Water polo at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool | |||||||||
Dates | 1–10 August 1984 | |||||||||
Competitors | 153 from 12 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 four Aquatics sports held at the 1984 Games, along with swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming, which was held for the first time.
Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 18 May 1978 | ![]() |
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1982 World Championships | 30 July -7 August 1982 | ![]() |
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Intercontinental qualification | 13-22 April 1984 | 5 | ![]() | |
Reallocation | 3 | ![]() | ||
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Total | 12 |
12 teams played in the 1984 Olympic tournament:
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The top 8 teams qualified for the 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Duisburg, West Germany.
Main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads |
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.
Qualified for second group stage |
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 26 | –1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 27 | –6 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 0 |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
13 – 4 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
8 – 10 | ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
12 – 7 | ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() |
10 – 9 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
6 – 5 | ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
9 – 5 | ![]() |
Qualified for second group stage |
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 33 | –10 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 1 |
Spain ![]() |
19 – 12 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
12 – 5 | ![]() |
Spain ![]() |
12 – 9 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
10 – 4 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
9 – 9 | ![]() |
Spain ![]() |
8 – 10 | ![]() |
Qualified for second group stage |
Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 45 | −30 | 0 |
Italy ![]() |
15 – 5 | ![]() |
West Germany ![]() |
10 – 6 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() |
8 – 8 | ![]() |
West Germany ![]() |
15 – 8 | ![]() |
Japan ![]() |
2 – 15 | ![]() |
West Germany ![]() |
10 – 4 | ![]() |
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | ![]() |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 33 | +14 |
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9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 34 | +9 |
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5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 34 | +15 |
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4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 46 | –4 |
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3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 48 | –11 |
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0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 48 | –23 |
Australia ![]() |
6 – 9 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
8 – 7 | ![]() |
Spain ![]() |
8 – 8 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
12 – 7 | ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() |
10 – 9 | ![]() |
Spain ![]() |
8 – 4 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
8 – 7 | ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() |
7 – 8 | ![]() |
Spain ![]() |
8 – 14 | ![]() |
West Germany ![]() |
15 – 2 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() |
10 – 10 | ![]() |
United States ![]() |
5 – 5 | ![]() |
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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7. | ![]() |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 34 | +29 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 41 | +11 |
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6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 39 | +5 |
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3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 48 | –8 |
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2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 55 | –25 |
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2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 52 | –12 |
China ![]() |
10 – 4 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
11 – 8 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
13 – 4 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
14 – 7 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
11 – 8 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() |
10 – 10 | ![]() |
China ![]() |
11 – 9 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() |
8 – 5 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
8 – 8 | ![]() |
Japan ![]() |
9 – 8 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() |
16 – 9 | ![]() |
Greece ![]() |
10 – 9 | ![]() |
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Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Rank | Player | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
34 |
2 | ![]() |
19 |
3 | ![]() |
18 |
4 | ![]() |
17 |
5 | ![]() |
16 |
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14 |