Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Water polo
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Dates 20–28 July 1996
Competitors 153 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Croatia
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Italy

The men's water polo tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from July 20 to July 28, 1996, in Atlanta, United States.

Teams

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 1055004738+9
2.  Yugoslavia 753114644+2
3.  Spain 653023933+6
4.  Russia 552124238+4
5.  Germany 2510436459
6.  Netherlands 05005364812
  • Saturday July 20, 1996
Hungary  8 7  Russia
Spain  9 3  Germany
Yugoslavia  11 8  Netherlands
  • Sunday July 21, 1996
Hungary  9 8  Germany
Russia  9 9  Yugoslavia
Spain  8 7  Netherlands
  • Monday July 22, 1996
Hungary  10 8  Netherlands
Russia  10 8  Germany
Yugoslavia  9 7  Spain
  • Tuesday July 23, 1996
Hungary  8 7  Spain
Russia  10 5  Netherlands
Yugoslavia  9 8  Germany
  • Wednesday July 24, 1996
Germany  9 8  Netherlands
Hungary  12 8  Yugoslavia
Spain  8 6  Russia

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 1055004838+10
2.  United States 854014537+8
3.  Croatia 653025139+12
4.  Greece 4520337381
5.  Romania 15014314514
6.  Ukraine 15014334815
  • Saturday July 20, 1996
Croatia  8 5  Greece
Italy  10 7  United States
Romania  6 6  Ukraine
  • Sunday July 21, 1996
Croatia  11 6  Romania
Italy  8 6  Ukraine
United States  9 7  Greece
  • Monday July 22, 1996
Greece  8 5  Romania
Italy  10 8  Croatia
United States  9 7  Ukraine
  • Tuesday July 23, 1996
Croatia  16 8  Ukraine
Italy  10 8  Greece
United States  10 5  Romania
  • Wednesday July 24, 1996
Greece  9 6  Ukraine
Italy  10 9  Romania
United States  10 8  Croatia

Classification round

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
9.  Germany 633002916+13
10.  Netherlands 3311125261
11.  Romania 2310225283
12.  Ukraine 1301221309
  • Friday July 26, 1996
Germany  10 4  Ukraine
Netherlands  10 8  Romania
  • Saturday July 27, 1996
Germany  9 6  Netherlands
Romania  11 8  Ukraine
  • Sunday July 28, 1996
Netherlands  9 9  Ukraine
Germany  10 6  Romania

Final round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Hungary12
 
 
 
 Greece8
 
 Hungary6
 
 
 
 Spain7
 
 Spain5
 
 
 
 United States4
 
 Spain7
 
 
 
 Croatia5
 
 Yugoslavia6
 
 
 
 Croatia8
 
 Croatia7
 
 
 
 Italy6 Third place
 
 Russia9
 
 
 
 Italy11
 
 Hungary18
 
 
 Italy20
 

Quarterfinals

  • Friday July 26, 1996
Hungary  12 8  Greece
Yugoslavia  6 8  Croatia
Spain  5 4  United States
Russia  9 11  Italy

Semifinals

  • Saturday July 27, 1996 5th/8th place
Greece  7 6  United States
Yugoslavia  15 16  Russia
  • Saturday July 27, 1996 1st/4th place
Croatia  7 6  Italy
Hungary  6 7  Spain

Finals

  • Sunday July 28, 1996 7th place
United States  12 8  Yugoslavia
  • Sunday July 28, 1996 5th place
Greece  8 10  Russia
  • Sunday July 28, 1996 Bronze medal match
Hungary  18 20  Italy
  • Sunday July 28, 1996 Gold medal match
Spain  7 5  Croatia

Final ranking

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 Spain (ESP)
Josep María Abarca
Ángel Andreo
Daniel Ballart
Pedro Francisco García
Salvador Gómez
Manuel Estiarte
Iván Moro
Miguel Ángel Oca
Jorge Payá
Sergi Pedrerol
Jesús Rollán
Jordi Sans
Carles Sans

Head Coach:
Joan Jane
 Croatia (CRO)
Maro Balić
Perica Bukić
Damir Glavan
Igor Hinić
Vjekoslav Kobešćak
Joško Kreković
Ognjen Kržić
Dubravko Šimenc
Siniša Školneković
Ratko Štritof
Renato Vrbičić
Tino Vegar
Zdeslav Vrdoljak

Head Coach:
Bruno Silić
 Italy (ITA)
Alberto Angelini
Francesco Attolico
Fabio Bencivenga
Alessandro Bovo
Alessandro Calcaterra
Roberto Calcaterra
Marco Gerini
Alberto Ghibellini
Luca Giustolisi
Amedeo Pomilio
Francesco Postiglione
Carlo Silipo
Leonardo Sottani

Head Coach:
Ratko Rudić

Note

  • The women had to wait for Olympic recognition by the IOC, and played their own "Olympic Tournament" with twelve competing teams, from May 29 to June 7, 1996, in Emmen, Netherlands.

See also

References

  • "Official Olympic Report". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  • Results
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