Water polo at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venues	Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium
Date	20–29 July 1980
Competitors	132 from 12 nations
Medalists
Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  Hungary

Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium during the event. RIAN photo

Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the swimming sport, other two parts were swimming and diving. They were not three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Water Polo discipline consisted of one event: men's team. In the preliminary round 12 teams were divided into three groups. Two best teams from each group (shaded ones) advanced to Group A of the final round to determine places 1 through 6. The rest of teams played in Group B of the final round to determine places 7 through 12.^[1][2]

The event was held between 20 and 29 July in two venues:

• the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex (central part of Moscow)
• the Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow)

USSR Team, congratulated by their fans after victory in the final. RIAN photo

Medals

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	Soviet Union (URS)[1] Vladimir Akimov Aleksey Barkalov Yevgeny Grishin Mikhail Ivanov Aleksandr Kabanov Sergey Kotenko Georgi Mshvenieradze Mait Riisman Viacheslav Sobchenko Yevgeny Sharonov Erkin Shagaev	Yugoslavia (YUG) Luka Vezlić Zoran Gopčević Damir Polić Ratko Rudić Zoran Mustur Zoran Roje Milivoj Bebić Slobodan Trifunović Boško Lozica Predrag Manojlović Milorad Krivokapić	Hungary (HUN) Endre Molnár István Szívós, Jr. Attila Sudár György Gerendás György Horkai Gábor Csapó István Udvardi László Kuncz Tamás Faragó Károly Hauszler István Kiss

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	23 October 1974	Vienna	1	Soviet Union
1978 World Championships	19–27 August 1978	West Berlin	6 4	Italy  Hungary  Yugoslavia  United States  Romania  West Germany
Intercontinental qualification	28 April – 4 May 1980	Sofia	5	Spain  Australia  Cuba  Netherlands  Greece
Reallocation			2	Bulgaria  Sweden
Total			12

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	19	14	+5	5	Medal round
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	16	15	+1	4
3	Romania	3	1	1	1	15	15	0	3	Classification round
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	16	22	−6	0

Source:

20 July 1980	Hungary	6–6	Romania	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–0, 1–3, 2–1
	Faragó 2	Goals	Nastasiu 3

20 July 1980	Greece	7–8	Netherlands	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 2–2, 1–4
	three players 2	Goals	Van Zeeland 3

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21 July 1980	Hungary	5–3	Netherlands	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 1–1, 0–1
	Faragó 2	Goals	three players 1

21 July 1980	Greece	4–6	Romania	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–0, 0–2, 2–3, 1–1
	Capralos 2	Goals	six players 1

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22 July 1980	Hungary	8–5	Greece	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–3, 3–0, 2–2
	three players 2	Goals	Stathakis 4

22 July 1980	Romania	3–5	Netherlands	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1
	Rus 2	Goals	Landeweerd 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union (H)	3	3	0	0	24	10	+14	6	Medal round
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	15	11	+4	4
3	Italy	3	0	1	2	14	17	−3	1	Classification round
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	8	23	−15	1

Source:
(H) Hosts

20 July 1980	Sweden	3–7	Spain	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 0–0, 2–4
	Stenberg 2	Goals	Estiarte 4

20 July 1980	Soviet Union	8–6	Italy	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–1, 1–2, 2–0
	Ivanov, Kotenko 2	Goals	De Magistris 4

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21 July 1980	Sweden	4–4	Italy	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1
	Andersson 3	Goals	D'Angelo 2

21 July 1980	Soviet Union	4–3	Spain	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–0, 0–1, 2–1
	Grishin 2	Goals	three players 1

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22 July 1980	Sweden	1–12	Soviet Union	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–2, 0–4, 0–3
	Carlström 1	Goals	Riisman 3

22 July 1980	Spain	5–4	Italy	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–0, 0–1, 2–2
	Estiarte 2	Goals	Collina, Simeoni 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	24	10	+14	5	Medal round
2	Cuba	3	2	1	0	19	11	+8	5
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	15	20	−5	2	Classification round
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	8	25	−17	0

Source:

20 July 1980	Yugoslavia	6–6	Cuba	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–1, 1–0, 2–1
	Rudić 2	Goals	Díaz 3

20 July 1980	Australia	9–5	Bulgaria	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–0, 2–3, 3–2
	C. Turner 6	Goals	five players 1

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21 July 1980	Yugoslavia	9–2	Bulgaria	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–0, 2–1, 4–0
	Gopčević 3	Goals	Nanov, Popov 1

21 July 1980	Australia	4–6	Cuba	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 1–1, 0–2
	Bryant, C. Turner 2	Goals	Rizo 4

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22 July 1980	Yugoslavia	9–2	Australia	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 0–0, 3–0, 2–1, 4–1
	Rudić 3	Goals	Bryant, Neesham 1

22 July 1980	Cuba	7–1	Bulgaria	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 0–0, 2–0, 2–1, 3–0
	Benítez 2	Goals	Nanov 1

Final round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Soviet Union (H)	5	5	0	0	34	21	+13	10
	Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	34	32	+2	7
	Hungary	5	3	0	2	32	30	+2	6
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	28	31	−3	4
5	Cuba	5	0	2	3	31	38	−7	2
6	Netherlands	5	0	1	4	26	33	−7	1

Source:
(H) Hosts

24 July 1980	Hungary	4–5	Soviet Union	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 1–2, 0–0
	Gerendás 3	Goals	Shagaev 2

24 July 1980	Netherlands	5–6	Spain	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 2–2, 1–4
	Landeweerd, Veer 2	Goals	Estiarte 3

24 July 1980	Yugoslavia	7–7	Cuba	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–3, 1–1, 1–2
	Gopčević 4	Goals	Rizo 4

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25 July 1980	Hungary	7–8	Yugoslavia	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 0–1, 3–2
	Horkai 3	Goals	three players 2

25 July 1980	Netherlands	7–7	Cuba	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 0–2, 2–2
	Van Zeeland 3	Goals	Rizo 4

25 July 1980	Soviet Union	6–2	Spain	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–1, 3–1, 1–0
	six players 1	Goals	Carmona 2

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26 July 1980	Hungary	6–5	Spain	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–0, 2–3, 1–1
	Faragó, Gerendás 2	Goals	Estiarte 3

26 July 1980	Netherlands	4–5	Yugoslavia	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 0–2, 3–1
	Noordegraaf, Veer 2	Goals	Gopčević 2

26 July 1980	Soviet Union	8–5	Cuba	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 3–1, 3–2
	three players 2	Goals	five players 1

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28 July 1980	Hungary	7–5	Cuba	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–0, 3–1
	Horkai 3	Goals	five players 1

28 July 1980	Netherlands	3–7	Soviet Union	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 1–3, 1–2
	three players 1	Goals	Ivanov 3

28 July 1980	Spain	6–7	Yugoslavia	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 2–4, 2–0
	Estiarte 3	Goals	Bebić, Gopčević 2

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29 July 1980	Hungary	8–7	Netherlands	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 2–3, 2–1
	Faragó, Kuncz 2	Goals	Veer 3

29 July 1980	Soviet Union	8–7	Yugoslavia	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–0, 2–3
	Kotenko 3	Goals	Rudić 3

29 July 1980	Spain	9–7	Cuba	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 1–2, 2–2
	Estiarte 5	Goals	Rizo 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Australia	5	4	1	0	30	19	+11	9
8	Italy	5	4	0	1	26	18	+8	8
9	Romania	5	3	1	1	36	26	+10	7
10	Greece	5	2	0	3	28	28	0	4
11	Sweden	5	1	0	4	23	40	−17	2
12	Bulgaria	5	0	0	5	25	37	−12	0

Source:

24 July 1980	Romania	3–5	Italy	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–2

24 July 1980	Greece	9–5	Sweden	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–0, 3–2, 1–0

24 July 1980	Australia	8–5	Bulgaria	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 1–1, 2–1

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25 July 1980	Romania	4–4	Australia	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–1, 2–1, 2–2

25 July 1980	Greece	6–4	Bulgaria	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 2–1, 2–1

25 July 1980	Italy	8–3	Sweden	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 0–0, 2–1

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26 July 1980	Romania	8–3	Sweden	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 1–1, 4–0

26 July 1980	Greece	2–4	Australia	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1

26 July 1980	Italy	5–4	Bulgaria	Luzhniki
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–0, 1–0, 2–2

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28 July 1980	Romania	10–6	Bulgaria	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 0–0, 5–2, 2–1, 3–3

28 July 1980	Greece	3–4	Italy	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 2–0, 0–1

28 July 1980	Sweden	4–9	Australia	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 0–2, 1–3

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29 July 1980	Romania	11–8	Greece	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–2, 2–2, 3–2

29 July 1980	Italy	4–5	Australia	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1

29 July 1980	Sweden	8–6	Bulgaria	Olimpiysky
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–1, 1–0, 4–3

Final ranking

Rank[1] Team  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  Hungary 4 Spain 5  Cuba 6 Netherlands 7 Australia 8 Italy 9  Romania 10  Greece 11  Sweden 12  Bulgaria

1980 Men's Olympic champions  Soviet Union Second title

Team rosters

Australia	Bulgaria	Cuba	Greece	Hungary	Italy
Robert Bryant Martin Callaghan Anthony Falson Randall Goff Andrew Kerr Peter Montgomery Julian Muspratt David Neesham Andrew Steward Charles Turner Michael Turner	Andrey Andreev Biser Georgiev Georgi Gospodinov Asen Denchev Kiril Kiryakov Petar Kostadinov Vasil Nanov Antoni Partalev Matei Popov Volodya Sirakov Nikola Stamatov	Carlos Benítez Lazaro Costa Orlando Cowley Bárbaro Díaz Oriel Domínguez Nelson Domínguez Oscar Periche Arturo Ramos Jorge Rizo Gerardo Rodríguez Pedro Rodríguez	Antonios Aronis Ioannis Garifallos Ioannis Giannouris Kiriakos Giannopoulos Andreas Gounas Spyros Kapralos Thomas Karalogos Aristidis Kefalogiannis Markellos Sitarenios Sotirios Stathakis Ioannis Vossos	Gábor Csapó Tamás Faragó György Gerendás Károly Hauszler György Horkai István Kiss László Kuncz Endre Molnár Attila Sudár István Szívós István Udvardi	Alberto Alberani Romeo Collina Gianni De Magistris Vincenzo D'Angelo Massimo Fondelli Alfio Misaggi Sante Misaggi Umberto Panerai Paolo Ragosa Roldano Simeoni Antonello Steardo
Netherlands	Romania	Spain	Soviet Union	Sweden	Yugoslavia
Ton Buunk Wouly de Bie Jan Jaap Korevaar Nico Landeweerd Ruud Misdorp Dick Nieuwenhuizen Eric Noordegraaf Stan van Belkum Aad van Mil Hans van Zeeland Jan Evert Veer	Viorel Costraş Adrian Nastasiu Dinu Popescu Liviu Râducanu Viorel Rus Claudiu loan Rusu Adrian Schervan Florin Slâvei Ilie Slâvei Doru Spînu Vasile Ungureanu	José Alcázar Jorge Alonso Antonio Aquilar Jorge Carmona Manuel Delgado Antonio Esteller Manuel Estiarte Salvador Franch Pedro Robert Federico Sabriá Gaspar Ventura	Vladimir Akimov Aleksei Barkalov Yevgeny Grishin Mikhail Ivanov Aleksandr Kabanov Sergey Kotenko Giorgi Mshvenieradze Mait Riisman Erkin Shagaev Yevgeny Sharonov Viacheslav Sobchenko	Per-Arne Andersson Sören Carlsson Peter Carlström Arne Claesson Tommy Danielson Anders Flodqvist Gunnar Johansson Kenth Karlsson Hans Lundén Lars Skåål Christer Stenberg	Milivoj Bebić Zoran Gopčević Milorad Krivokapić Boško Lozica Predrag Manojlović Zoran Mustur Damir Polić Ratko Rudić Zoran Roje Slobodan Trifunović Luka Vezilić

See also

• 1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
• 1982 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship

References

Sources

• PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
  • Official Report of the 1980 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 458, 495–510)
• Water polo on the Olympedia website
  • Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
• Water polo on the Sports Reference website
  • Water polo at the 1980 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

External links

• Official Olympic Report