Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Appearance
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
City | Atlanta |
Venue(s) | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Dates | 20 July 1996 | – 28 July 1996
Event | 1 (men's) |
Teams | 12 (from 3 confederations) |
Competitors | 153 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 48 |
Multiple appearances | 5-time Olympian(s): 1 4-time Olympian(s): 3 |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Most saves | ![]() |
The water polo tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 28 July 1996, in Atlanta, United States.[1][2]
Qualification
[edit]Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 18 September 1990 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
1995 World Cup | 12-17 September 1995 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
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1994 World Championships | 2-10 September 1994 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
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Intercontinental qualification | 10-18 February 1996 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
Total | 12 |
Teams
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Squads
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 10 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 7 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 5 |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 2 |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
20 July 1996 | Hungary ![]() |
8–7 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
20 July 1996 | Spain ![]() |
9–3 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
20 July 1996 | FR Yugoslavia ![]() |
11–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
21 July 1996 | Hungary ![]() |
9–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
21 July 1996 | Russia ![]() |
9–9 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
21 July 1996 | Spain ![]() |
8–7 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
22 July 1996 | Hungary ![]() |
10–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
22 July 1996 | Russia ![]() |
10–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
22 July 1996 | FR Yugoslavia ![]() |
9–7 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
23 July 1996 | Hungary ![]() |
8–7 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
23 July 1996 | Russia ![]() |
10–5 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
23 July 1996 | FR Yugoslavia ![]() |
9–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
24 July 1996 | Germany ![]() |
9–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
24 July 1996 | Hungary ![]() |
12–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
24 July 1996 | Spain ![]() |
8–6 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 10 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 8 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 1 |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
20 July 1996 | Croatia ![]() |
8–5 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
20 July 1996 | Italy ![]() |
10–7 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
20 July 1996 | Romania ![]() |
6–6 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
21 July 1996 | Croatia ![]() |
11–6 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
21 July 1996 | Italy ![]() |
8–6 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
21 July 1996 | United States ![]() |
9–7 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
22 July 1996 | Greece ![]() |
8–5 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
22 July 1996 | Italy ![]() |
10–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
22 July 1996 | United States ![]() |
9–7 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
23 July 1996 | Croatia ![]() |
16–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
23 July 1996 | Italy ![]() |
10–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
23 July 1996 | United States ![]() |
10–5 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
24 July 1996 | Greece ![]() |
9–6 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
24 July 1996 | Italy ![]() |
10–9 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
24 July 1996 | United States ![]() |
10–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Classification round
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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9. | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 16 | +13 |
10. | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 26 | –1 |
11. | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 28 | –3 |
12. | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 30 | –9 |
26 July 1996 | Germany ![]() |
10–4 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
26 July 1996 | Netherlands ![]() |
10–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
27 July 1996 | Germany ![]() |
9–6 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
27 July 1996 | Romania ![]() |
11–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
28 July 1996 | Netherlands ![]() |
9–9 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
28 July 1996 | Germany ![]() |
10–6 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Final round
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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![]() | 6 | Third place | ||||||||
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Quarterfinals
[edit]26 July 1996 | Hungary ![]() |
12–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
26 July 1996 | FR Yugoslavia ![]() |
6–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
26 July 1996 | Spain ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
26 July 1996 | Russia ![]() |
9–11 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Semifinals
[edit]5th/8th place
27 July 1996 | Greece ![]() |
7–6 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
27 July 1996 | FR Yugoslavia ![]() |
15–16 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
1st/4th place
27 July 1996 | Croatia ![]() |
7–6 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
27 July 1996 | Hungary ![]() |
6–7 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Finals
[edit]7th place match
[edit]28 July 1996 | United States ![]() |
12–8 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
5th place match
[edit]28 July 1996 | Greece ![]() |
8–10 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Bronze medal match
[edit]28 July 1996 | Hungary ![]() |
18–20 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Gold medal match
[edit]28 July 1996 | Spain ![]() |
7–5 | ![]() |
Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
Ranking and statistics
[edit]Final ranking
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Multi-time Olympians
[edit]Five-time Olympian(s): 1 player
Four-time Olympian(s): 3 players
Medallists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's tournament |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Manuel Estiarte". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "George Mavrotas". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Anastasios Papanastasiou". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Jordi Sans". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
Sources
[edit]- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1996 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 56–73)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1996 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
External links
[edit]- "Official Olympic Report". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
- Results[dead link]