| Water polo at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venues | Piscina delle Rose Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto | |||||||||
| Date | 25 August – 3 September 1960 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 150 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Medal summary
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Italy[1] Amedeo Ambron Danio Bardi Giuseppe D'Altrui Salvatore Gionta Giancarlo Guerrini Franco Lavoratori Gianni Lonzi Luigi Mannelli Rosario Parmegiani Eraldo Pizzo Dante Rossi Brunello Spinelli |  Soviet Union Viktor Ageev Givi Chikvanaia Leri Gogoladze Boris Goykhman Yury Grigorovsky Anatoly Kartashov Vyacheslav Kurennoy P'et're Mshveniyeradze Vladimir Novikov Yevgeny Saltsyn Vladimir Semyonov |  Hungary András Bodnár Ottó Boros Zoltán Dömötör László Felkai Dezső Gyarmati István Hevesi László Jeney Tivadar Kanizsa György Kárpáti András Katona János Konrád Kálmán Markovits Mihály Mayer Péter Rusorán |
Results
For the team rosters see: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 6 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 4 |
 Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 1 |
 Egypt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 1 |
Source: sports-reference.com
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 6 |
.svg.png){kind=small} United Team of Germany (EUA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 |
 Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 1 |
Source: sports-reference.com
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 6 |
 Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 |
.svg.png){kind=small} South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 0 |
Source: sports-reference.com
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 6 |
 United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 4 |
 France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 2 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 0 |
Source: sports-reference.com
Semi-finals
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 1 |
| United Team of Germany (EUA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 |
Source: sports-reference.com
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 0 |
Source: sports-reference.com
Final round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 |
Source: sports-reference.com
Final standings
| Place[1] | Nation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia (YUG) |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania (ROU) |
| 6 | United Team of Germany (EUA) |
| 7 |  United States (USA) |
| 8 |  Netherlands (NED) |
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} South Africa (RSA) |
| 10 |  France (FRA) |
| 11 |  Argentina (ARG) |
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil (BRA) |
| 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Egypt (EGY) |
| 14 | .svg.png){kind=small} Japan (JPN) |
| 15 |  Australia (AUS) |
| 16 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium (BEL) |
References
- ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 552–555, 617–634)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1960 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)