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Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Water polo
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenuesDantebad
Olympia Schwimmhalle (final)
Date27 August – 4 September 1972
Competitors176 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
← 1968
1976 →

Final results for the water polo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich.[1][2]

Qualification[3]

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Event Dates Hosts Quotas Qualified Teams
Host Nation 26 April 1966 Munich 1  West Germany
1968 Summer Olympics 14-26 October 1968 Mexico Mexico City 5  Yugoslavia
 Soviet Union
 Hungary
 Italy
 United States
1971 Pan American Games 26 July - 1 August 1971 Colombia Cali 3  Cuba
 Mexico
 Brazil

 Canada

European Qualifier 14-20 May 1972 West Germany Munich 4  Romania
 Spain
 Bulgaria
 Greece
Oceania Qualifier 1  Australia
Asian Qualifier 1  Japan
Reallocation 1  Netherlands
Total 16

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
 Soviet Union[1]

Anatoli Akimov
Aleksei Barkalov
Vadim Gulyaev
Aleksandr Dolgushin
Aleksandr Dreval
Vladimir Shmudski
Aleksandr Kabanov
Leonid Osipov
Viacheslav Sobtschenko
Nikolai Melnikov

Aleksandr Schidlovski
 Hungary

András Bodnár
Tibor Cservenyák
István Görgényi
Tamás Faragó
Zoltán Kásás
Ferenc Konrád
István Magas
Dénes Pócsik
László Sárosi
Endre Molnár

István Szívós, Jr.
 United States

Peter Asch
Steven Barnett
Bruce Bradley
Stanley Cole
James Ferguson
Eric Lindroth
John Parker
Gary Sheerer
James Slatton
Russell Webb

Barry Weitzenberg

Squads

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Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
 United States 5 5 0 0 31 18
 Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 35 24
 Cuba 5 3 0 2 28 23
 Romania 5 2 0 3 38 26
 Mexico 5 1 0 4 25 30
 Canada 5 0 0 5 14 50
27 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia  12-4  Canada 3-1 4-1 3-1 2-1
Mexico  4-6  Cuba 1-2 0-1 1-1 2-2
Romania  3-4  United States 0-1 1-2 1-0 1-1
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States  7-6  Cuba 1-1 1-0 2-1 3-4
Mexico  7-3  Canada 2-1 0-1 1-0 4-1
Romania  7-8  Yugoslavia 3-2 2-1 2-2 0-3
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States  8-1  Canada 2-0 3-0 1-0 2-1
Mexico  3-5  Yugoslavia 0-1 1-1 1-3 1-0
Romania  3-4  Cuba 0-2 2-1 0-1 1-0
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia  7-5  Cuba 0-2 3-1 2-1 2-1
Romania  16-4  Canada 1-1 6-1 5-1 4-1
Mexico  5-7  United States 1-1 1-4 1-1 2-1
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Cuba  7-2  Canada 2-0 2-0 1-2 2-0
Yugoslavia  3-5  United States 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-1
Romania  9-6  Mexico 2-2 3-1 2-0 2-3

Pool B

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Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
 Hungary 4 3 1 0 22 6
 West Germany 4 2 2 0 21 13
 Netherlands 4 2 1 1 14 11
 Australia 4 0 1 3 14 27
 Greece 4 0 1 3 13 27
27 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Hungary  3-0  Netherlands 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0
Greece  7-7  Australia 3-3 2-1 1-2 1-1
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia  2-4  Netherlands 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-3
West Germany  3-3  Hungary 1-0 0-1 0-2 2-0
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany  4-4  Netherlands 2-1 1-0 0-1 1-2
Greece  1-6  Hungary 0-3 0-0 0-2 1-1
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia  2-10  Hungary 0-3 1-2 0-3 1-2
West Germany  8-3  Greece 3-1 3-1 1-1 1-0
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany  6-3  Australia 1-1 2-0 1-0 2-2
Greece  2-6  Netherlands 1-0 0-2 1-3 0-1

Pool C

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Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
 Soviet Union 4 4 0 0 30 9
 Italy 4 3 0 1 27 16
 Spain 4 2 0 2 19 22
 Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 18 25
 Japan 4 0 0 4 14 36
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Spain  6-4  Japan 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-0
Italy  1-4  Soviet Union 1-0 0-2 0-2 0-0
28 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Soviet Union  11-1  Japan 1-0 4-1 3-0 3-0
Italy  8-5  Bulgaria 3-1 3-2 2-1 0-1
29 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Soviet Union  7-2  Bulgaria 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-1
Italy  6-2  Spain 1-0 0-1 2-1 3-0
30 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Bulgaria  7-4  Japan 3-1 0-1 2-1 2-1
Spain  5-8  Soviet Union 0-1 1-2 2-2 2-3
31 August 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Italy  12-5  Japan 4-1 3-0 1-1 4-3
Spain  6-4  Bulgaria 0-0 2-1 2-1 2-2

Final round

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Group II (Classification 7th – 12th)

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Pos. Nation Pld W D L GF GA
7  Netherlands 5 4 1 0 29 20
8  Romania 5 3 1 1 24 19
9  Cuba 5 3 1 1 24 23
10  Spain 5 2 0 3 26 26
11  Bulgaria 5 0 2 3 17 23
12  Australia 5 0 1 4 18 27
1 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Romania  7-4  Spain 1-2 2-0 0-0 4-2
Netherlands  5-2  Bulgaria 1-0 0-1 2-1 2-0
Cuba  6-5  Australia 1-1 3-2 1-1 1-1
2 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Romania  4-3  Bulgaria 2-2 1-0 1-0 0-1
Australia  4-8  Spain 0-1 2-1 1-3 1-3
Cuba  6-8  Netherlands 2-1 2-5 0-2 2-0
3 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia  4-4  Bulgaria 2-2 1-0 1-1 0-1
Romania  5-5  Netherlands 2-2 1-2 0-1 2-0
Cuba  4-3  Spain 2-1 1-2 0-0 1-0
4 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Cuba  4-4  Bulgaria 0-0 2-3 1-0 1-1
Romania  5-3  Australia 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1
Netherlands  7-5  Spain 0-1 3-0 2-2 2-2
Results taken from Preliminary Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Cuba  4-3  Romania ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Netherlands  4-2  Australia ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Spain  6-4  Bulgaria ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)

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Pos. Nation Pld W D L GF GA
1  Soviet Union 5 3 2 0 22 16
2  Hungary 5 3 2 0 23 18
3  United States 5 2 2 1 24 23
4  West Germany 5 0 3 2 15 18
5  Yugoslavia 5 1 1 3 20 24
6  Italy 5 0 2 3 21 26
1 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Hungary  8-7  Italy 1-0 2-1 3-4 2-2
United States  4-4  West Germany 3-1 1-1 0-0 0-2
Yugoslavia  4-5  Soviet Union 1-2 0-2 2-0 1-1
2 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia  6-6  Italy 2-2 2-1 1-1 1-2
West Germany  2-4  Soviet Union 1:1 1:3 0:0 0:0
United States  3-5  Hungary 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-1
3 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
West Germany  2-2  Italy 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0
Yugoslavia  2-4  Hungary 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-1
United States  6-6  Soviet Union 0-1 3-1 2-2 1-2
4 September 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Yugoslavia  5-4  West Germany 3-0 0-1 1-1 1-2
United States  6-5  Italy 2-1 1-1 2-1 1-2
Hungary  3-3  Soviet Union 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-0
Results taken from Preliminary Round
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States  5-3  Yugoslavia ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
Soviet Union  4-1  Italy ?-? ?-? ?-? ?-?
West Germany  3-3  Hungary 0-1 1-0 0-2 2-0

Final ranking

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Goals
1 Cuba Carlos Sanchez 18
2 United States Bruce Bradley 17
3 Netherlands Mart Bras 16
Cuba Juan Janac
5 Italy Eraldo Pizzo 12
Romania Gheorghe Zamfirescu
Australia Les Nunn
8 Soviet Union Aleksandr Dreval 11
West Germany Ingulf Nossek
Italy Gianni De Magistris
Bulgaria Toma Tomov
Mexico Armando Fernandez
13 Soviet Union Anatoly Akimov 10
Soviet Union Oleksiy Barkalov
Romania Viorel Rus

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Water Polo at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Men_1972". Todor66.

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