PROFILPELAJAR.COM

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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Qualification[4]