Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

1986 World Water Polo Championship
1986 World Water Polo Championship
5th FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location	Spain
Date(s)	13–23 August
Category	1986 World Aquatics Championships
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The water polo events at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships were held from 13 to 23 August 1986, in Madrid, Spain.^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Yugoslavia ^[2] Dragan Andrić Perica Bukić Veselin Đuho Milorad Krivokapić Deni Lušić Igor Milanović Tomislav Paškvalin Zoran Petrović Andrija Popović Dubravko Šimenc Aleksandar Šoštar Anto Vasović Mirko Vičević. Head coach: Ratko Rudić	Italy ^[2] Gianni Averaimo Antonello Steardo Sandro Campagna Andrea Pisano Paolo Trapanese Massimiliano Ferretti Marco D'Altrui Paolo Caldarella Mario Fiorillo Ricardo Tempestini Francesco Porzio Stefano Postiglione Alfio Missagi Head coach: Federico "Fritz" Dennerlein	Soviet Union ^[2] Serghei Marcoci Nikolai Smirnov Yevgeny Sharonov Nikolay Sharafeyev Mikhail Ivanov Sergey Kotenko Dmitry Apanasenko Viktor Berendyuha Pavel Prokopchuk Yevgeny Grishin Sergey Naumov Giorgi Mshvenieradze Nurlan Mendygaliyev Head coach: Aleksandr Kabanov
Women details	Australia^[1]	Netherlands	United States

^ ^a ^b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 14, 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c 5th FINA World Championships 1986, Madrid - Water polo Men www.fina.org

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
1	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	0	0	1
3	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
3	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
5	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1
5	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6