Major General James G. Blunt

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[4]

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
Host nation 18 May 1978 Greece Athens 1  United States
1982 World Championships 30 July -7 August 1982 Ecuador Guayaquil 6 3  Soviet Union
 Hungary
 West Germany
 Netherlands
 Cuba
 Yugoslavia
Intercontinental qualification 13-22 April 1984 5  Italy

 Spain

 Australia

 Greece

 China

Reallocation 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

Main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team 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 D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 34 16 +18 6
 Netherlands 3 2 0 1 25 26 –1 4
 China 3 1 0 2 21 27 –6 2
 Canada 3 0 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

Gold Silver Bronze
 Yugoslavia (YUG)[2]
Milorad Krivokapić
Deni Lušić
Zoran Petrović
Božo Vuletić
Veselin Đuho
Zoran Roje
Milivoj Bebić
Perica Bukić
Goran Sukno
Tomislav Paškvalin
Igor Milanović
Dragan Andrić
Andrija Popović

Head coach:
Ratko Rudić
 United States (USA)
Craig Wilson
Kevin Robertson
Gary Figueroa
Peter Campbell
Doug Burke
Joseph Vargas
Jon Svendsen
John Siman
Andrew McDonald
Terry Schroeder
Jody Campbell
Timothy Shaw
Chris Dorst

Head coach:
Monte Nitzkowski
 West Germany (FRG)
Peter Röhle
Thomas Loebb
Frank Otto
Rainer Hoppe
Armando Fernández
Thomas Huber
Jürgen Schroder
Rainer Osselmann
Hagen Stamm
Roland Freund
Dirk Theismann
Santiago Chalmovsky
Werner Obschernikat

Head coach:
Nico Firoiu

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

See also

References

  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.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.

Sources

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_polo_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics