Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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
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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)

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

## Medals

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's  |  Soviet Union (URS)[1]

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Vladimir Akimov
Aleksey Barkalov
Yevgeny Grishin
Mikhail Ivanov
Aleksandr Kabanov
Sergey Kotenko
Georgi Mshvenieradze
Mait Riisman
Viacheslav Sobchenko
Yevgeny Sharonov
Erkin Shagaev |  Yugoslavia (YUG)

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Luka Vezlić
Zoran Gopčević
Damir Polić
Ratko Rudić
Zoran Mustur
Zoran Roje
Milivoj Bebić
Slobodan Trifunović
Boško Lozica
Predrag Manojlović
Milorad Krivokapić |  Hungary (HUN)

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Endre Molnár
István Szívós, Jr.
Attila Sudár
György Gerendás
György Horkai
Gábor Csapó
István Udvardi
László Kuncz
Tamás Faragó
Károly Hauszler
István Kiss

## Qualification

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Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified

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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
Wildcards |  |  | 2 |  Bulgaria
Sweden
Total |  | 12 |

## Results

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### Preliminary round

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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: [citation needed]

20 July 1980  | Hungary | 6-6  |  Romania | Luzhniki

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Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–0, 1–3, 2–1
Faragó 2  | Goals | Nastasiu 3
20 July 1980  | Greece | 7-8 |  Netherlands | Luzhniki

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 0–1, 0–1
Rus 2  | Goals | Landeweerd 3

#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

20 July 1980  | Sweden | 3-7 |  Spain | Luzhniki

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–2, 0–4, 0–3
Carlström 1  | Goals | Riisman 3
22 July 1980  | Spain | 5-4  |  Italy | Luzhniki

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Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–0, 0–1, 2–2
Estiarte 2  | Goals | Collina, Simeoni 2

#### Group C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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: [citation needed]

20 July 1980  | Yugoslavia | 6-6  |  Cuba | Luzhniki

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Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–1, 1–0, 2–1
Rudić 2  | Goals | Díaz 3
20 July 1980  | Australia | 9-5  |  Bulgaria | Luzhniki

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Score by quarters: 0–0, 2–0, 2–1, 3–0
Benítez 2  | Goals | Nanov 1

### Final round

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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|  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: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

24 July 1980  | Hungary | 4-5 |  Soviet Union | Luzhniki

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Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 1–2, 0–0
Gerendás 3  | Goals | Shagaev 2
24 July 1980  | Netherlands | 5-6 |  Spain | Luzhniki

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–0, 2–3
Kotenko 3  | Goals | Rudić 3
29 July 1980  | Spain | 9-7  |  Cuba | Olimpiysky

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Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 1–2, 2–2
Estiarte 5  | Goals | Rizo 4

#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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: [citation needed]

24 July 1980  | Romania | 3-5 |  Italy | Luzhniki

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

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Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–0, 3–2, 1–0
24 July 1980  | Australia | 8-5  |  Bulgaria | Luzhniki

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Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 1–1, 2–1

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25 July 1980  | Romania | 4-4  |  Australia | Luzhniki

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

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

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Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 0–0, 2–1

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26 July 1980  | Romania | 8-3  |  Sweden | Luzhniki

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

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

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Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–0, 1–0, 2–2

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28 July 1980  | Romania | 10-6  |  Bulgaria | Olimpiysky

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Score by quarters: 0–0, 5–2, 2–1, 3–3
28 July 1980  | Greece | 3-4 |  Italy | Olimpiysky

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

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Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 0–2, 1–3

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29 July 1980  | Romania | 11-8  |  Greece | Olimpiysky

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Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–2, 2–2, 3–2
29 July 1980  | Italy | 4-5 |  Australia | Olimpiysky

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Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1
29 July 1980  | Sweden | 8-6  |  Bulgaria | Olimpiysky

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Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–1, 1–0, 4–3

## Final ranking

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| Rank[1] | Team

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|  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

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Australia |  Bulgaria |  Cuba |  Greece |  Hungary |  Italy

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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

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

## 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 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

## Sources

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* 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

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