Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Water polo
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Water polo; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool
Dates	1–10 August 1984
Competitors	153 from 12 nations
Medalists
	← 1980 1988 →

The water polo tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1984, at the Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, California.^[1] The tournament featured 12 teams, playing two rounds of round-robin play: preliminaries and finals.^[2]^[3]

Water polo was one of the four aquatic sports held at the 1984 Games, along with swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming, which was held for the first time.

Qualification^[4]

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	18 May 1978	Athens	1	United States
1982 World Championships	30 July–7 August 1982	Guayaquil	6 3	~~Soviet Union~~
				~~Hungary~~
				West Germany
				Netherlands
				~~Cuba~~
				Yugoslavia
Intercontinental qualification	13–22 April 1984		5	Italy Spain Australia Greece China
Wildcards			3	Canada
				Japan
				Brazil
Total			12

Teams

12 teams played in the 1984 Olympic tournament:

The top 8 teams qualified for the 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Duisburg, West Germany.

Squads

Tournament play

The tournament was set up into 2 levels of round-robin play: preliminary play in 3 groups; and final play in 2 groups. The top 2 teams from each preliminary group (shaded ones) advanced to Group D and played for the top-6 places; the bottom 2 teams from each preliminary group played in Group E to determine places 7-12.

Preliminary round

Group A

	Qualified for second group stage

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	34	16	+18	6
Netherlands	3	2	1	25	26	–1	4
China	3	1	2	21	27	–6	2
Canada	3	0	3	18	29	−11	0

1 August


Yugoslavia	13 – 4	Canada
China	8 – 10	Netherlands

2 August


Yugoslavia	12 – 7	China
Netherlands	10 – 9	Canada

3 August


China	6 – 5	Canada
Yugoslavia	9 – 5	Netherlands

Group B

	Qualified for second group stage

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	32	17	+15	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	39	31	+8	4
Greece	3	0	1	2	23	33	–10	1
Brazil	3	0	1	2	25	38	−13	1

1 August


Spain	19 – 12	Brazil
United States	12 – 5	Greece

2 August


Spain	12 – 9	Greece
United States	10 – 4	Brazil

3 August


Greece	9 – 9	Brazil
Spain	8 – 10	United States

Group C

	Qualified for second group stage

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	3	0	0	35	18	+17	6
Australia	3	1	1	1	29	20	+9	3
Italy	3	1	1	1	27	23	+4	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	15	45	−30	0

1 August


Italy	15 – 5	Japan
West Germany	10 – 6	Australia

2 August


Australia	8 – 8	Italy
West Germany	15 – 8	Japan

3 August


Japan	2 – 15	Australia
West Germany	10 – 4	Italy

Final round

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Yugoslavia	9	5	4	1	0	47	33	+14
2.	United States	9	5	4	1	0	43	34	+9
3.	West Germany	5	5	2	1	2	49	34	+15
4.	Spain	4	5	1	2	2	42	46	–4
5.	Australia	3	5	1	1	3	37	48	–11
6.	Netherlands	0	5	0	0	5	25	48	–23

6 August


Australia	6 – 9	Yugoslavia
United States	8 – 7	Netherlands
Spain	8 – 8	West Germany

7 August


United States	12 – 7	Australia
Yugoslavia	10 – 9	West Germany
Spain	8 – 4	Netherlands

9 August


United States	8 – 7	West Germany
Netherlands	7 – 8	Australia
Spain	8 – 14	Yugoslavia

10 August


West Germany	15 – 2	Netherlands
Australia	10 – 10	Spain
United States	5 – 5	Yugoslavia

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	Italy	9	5	4	1	0	63	34	+29
8.	Greece	8	5	3	2	0	52	41	+11
9.	China	6	5	3	0	2	44	39	+5
10.	Canada	3	5	1	1	3	40	48	–8
11.	Japan	2	5	1	0	4	30	55	–25
12.	Brazil	2	5	0	2	3	40	52	–12

6 August


China	10 – 4	Japan
Greece	11 – 8	Canada
Italy	13 – 4	Brazil

7 August


Greece	14 – 7	Japan
Italy	11 – 8	China
Canada	10 – 10	Brazil

9 August


China	11 – 9	Brazil
Canada	8 – 5	Japan
Greece	8 – 8	Italy

10 August


Japan	9 – 8	Brazil
Italy	16 – 9	Canada
Greece	10 – 9	China

Final ranking

	Yugoslavia^[2]
	United States
	West Germany
4	Spain
5	Australia
6	Netherlands
7	Italy
8	Greece
9	China
10	Canada
11	Japan
12	Brazil

Medalists

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Manuel Estiarte (ESP)	34
2	Mario Fiorillo (ITA)	19
3	Frank Otto (FRG)	18
4	Charles Turner (AUS)	17
5	Milivoj Bebić (YUG)	16
	Hagen Stamm (FRG)	16
	Wang Xiaotian (CHN)	16
8	Mario Souto (BRA)	15
	Eric Tebbe Borges (BRA)	15
	Christopher Wybrow (AUS)	15
	Sotirios Stathakis (GRE)	15
12	Terry Schroeder (USA)	14

References

^ Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 Volume 2: Competition Summary and results (note: this file is 50.8MB). Originally published in print form by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1985; digitally published by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles in 1998, retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Water Polo at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
^ "Men_1984". Todor66.

Sources

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1984 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 528–534)
Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1984 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

[1] Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 Volume 2: Competition Summary and results (note: this file is 50.8MB). Originally published in print form by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee in 1985; digitally published by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles in 1998, retrieved 15 March 2012.

[HistoFINA_PDF-2] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[SR-3] "Water Polo at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[4] "Men_1984". Todor66.

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yugoslavia (YUG)^[2] Milorad Krivokapić Deni Lušić Zoran Petrović Božo Vuletić Veselin Đuho Zoran Roje Milivoj Bebić Perica Bukić Goran Sukno Tomislav Paškvalin Igor Milanović Dragan Andrić Andrija Popović Head coach: Ratko Rudić	United States (USA) Craig Wilson Kevin Robertson Gary Figueroa Peter Campbell Doug Burke Joseph Vargas Jon Svendsen John Siman Andrew McDonald Terry Schroeder Jody Campbell Timothy Shaw Chris Dorst Head coach: Monte Nitzkowski	West Germany (FRG) Peter Röhle Thomas Loebb Frank Otto Rainer Hoppe Armando Fernández Thomas Huber Jürgen Schroder Rainer Osselmann Hagen Stamm Roland Freund Dirk Theismann Santiago Chalmovsky Werner Obschernikat Head coach: Nico Firoiu

Qualification[4]