| Water polo at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc Piscines Bernat Picornell (final) | |||||||||
| Dates | 1–9 August 1992 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 152 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's water polo tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. Reigning world champion Yugoslavia had qualified for the tournament, but as it had formally dissolved in the interim, it didn't participate. The successor countries didn't participate for several reasons. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) couldn't participate due to the UN sanctions due to their aggression on Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia, which was the strongest among them at the time (the Croatian club was champion of Yugoslavia and European Champions' Cup winner), also did not participate in the water polo tournament. The position of Yugoslavia was replaced by Czechoslovakia.[1][2]
Teams
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Unified Team | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 10 |
| 2 |  United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 8 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 4 |
| 5 |  France | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 3 |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 0 |
Source:
- 1 August 1992
| Czechoslovakia | 6 – 10 | Unified Team |
| Australia | 4 – 8 | United States |
| Germany | 7 – 7 | France |
- 2 August 1992
| Czechoslovakia | 3 – 9 | United States |
| France | 5 – 9 | Australia |
| Germany | 7 – 11 | Unified Team |
- 3 August 1992
| United States | 11 – 7 | France |
| Germany | 15 – 9 | Czechoslovakia |
| Australia | 9 – 12 | Unified Team |
- 5 August 1992
| Czechoslovakia | 6 – 14 | France |
| United States | 5 – 8 | Unified Team |
| Germany | 7 – 7 | Australia |
- 6 August 1992
| Australia | 15 – 9 | Czechoslovakia |
| United States | 7 – 2 | Germany |
| France | 5 – 9 | Unified Team |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 9 |
| 2 |  Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 8 |
| 3 |  Hungary | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 6 |
| 4 |  Cuba | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 2 |
| 6 |  Greece | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 1 |
Source:
- 1 August 1992
| Hungary | 7 – 7 | Italy |
| Greece | 9 – 10 | Cuba |
| Spain | 12 – 6 | Netherlands |
- 2 August 1992
| Netherlands | 4 – 6 | Italy |
| Cuba | 11 – 12 | Hungary |
| Spain | 11 – 6 | Greece |
- 3 August 1992
| Italy | 11 – 8 | Cuba |
| Greece | 4 – 4 | Netherlands |
| Hungary | 5 – 8 | Spain |
- 5 August 1992
| Netherlands | 9 – 11 | Cuba |
| Greece | 7 – 12 | Hungary |
| Spain | 9 – 9 | Italy |
- 6 August 1992
| Hungary | 13 – 13 | Netherlands |
| Italy | 8 – 6 | Greece |
| Spain | 12 – 10 | Cuba |
Final round
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 5 |
| 6 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 3 |
| 8 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 0 |
Source:
- 8 August 1992
| Australia | 7 – 5 | Cuba |
| Germany | 7 – 8 | Hungary |
- 9 August 1992
| Germany | 10 – 6 | Cuba |
| Australia | 9 – 8 | Hungary |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 5 |
| 10 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 5 |
| 11 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 2 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 0 |
Source:
- 8 August 1992
| France | 6 – 10 | Greece |
| Czechoslovakia | 8 – 9 | Netherlands |
- 9 August 1992
| Czechoslovakia | 8 – 10 | Greece |
| France | 8 – 15 | Netherlands |
Semi finals
- 8 August 1992
| Italy | 9 – 8 | Unified Team |
| United States | 4 – 6 | Spain |
Bronze medal match
- 9 August 1992
| United States | 4 – 8 | Unified Team |
Gold medal match
- 9 August 1992
| Spain | 8 – 9 [aet] | Italy |
Final ranking
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| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Hungary |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Cuba |
| 9 | Netherlands |
| 10 | Greece |
| 11 | France |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia |
Medallists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Italy[1] Francesco Attolico Alessandro Bovo Alessandro Campagna Paolo Caldarella Massimiliano Ferretti Giuseppe Porzio Marco D'Altrui Mario Fiorillo Ferdinando Gandolfi Amedeo Pomilio Francesco Porzio Carlo Silipo Gianni Averaimo Head Coach: | Spain Daniel Ballart Jesús Rollán Jordi Sans Josep Picó Manuel Estiarte Manuel Silvestre Marco Antonio González Miguel Ángel Oca Pedro Francisco García Ricardo Sánchez Rubén Michavila Salvador Gómez Sergi Pedrerol Head Coach: | Unified Team Sergey Naumov Alexandre Ogorodnikov Aleksandr Chigir Dmitri Apanassenko Andrei Belofastov Evgueni Charonov Dmitry Gorshkov Vladimir Karabutov Aleksandr Kolotov Andriy Kovalenko Nikolay Kozlov Serghei Marcoci Alexei Vdovine Head Coach: Boris Popov |
See also
- 1991 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
- 1994 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
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 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1992 Olympic Games, v.5 (download, archive) (pp. 354, 386–400)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1992 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)