A water polo tournament was held at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki . The venue was the Helsingin uimastadion .
Medalist
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nation
player
Hungary 1949 Hungary
Róbert Antal , Antal Bolvári , Dezső Fábián , Dezső Gyarmati , István Hasznos , László Jeney , György Kárpáti , Miklós Martin , Dezső Lemhényi , Kálmán Markovits , Károly Szittya , István Szívós , Györ
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
Juraj Amšel , Veljko Bakašun , Marko Brainović , Vladimir Ivković , Zdravko Ježić , Zdravko Kovačić , Ivo Kurtini , Lovro Radonić , Ivo Štakula , Dragoslav Šiljak , Bosko Vuksanović
Italy Italy
Ermenegildo Arena , Lucio Ceccarini , Renato De Sanzuane , Raffaello Gambino , Salvatore Gionta , Maurizio Mannelli , Geminio Ognio , Carlo Peretti , Vincenzo Polito , Cesare Rubini , Renato Traiola
competition
The tournament began with the first qualifying round, in which ten seeded against ten unset teams competed; Argentina had a bye. Then the five losers played in the second qualifying round for the remaining places in the preliminary round. The remaining 16 teams met in four preliminary round groups drawn by lots, with the two best teams moving into the semi-final round (results of the direct encounters were taken away). The procedure was repeated in the two semi-final groups. The two best teams then played in the final round for places 1 to 4, the worse teams for places 5 to 8.
1st qualifying round
All games on July 25th.
2nd qualifying round
All games on July 26th.
Preliminary round
Group A
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team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Italy Italy
3
0
0
17: 0 8
+ 9
6th
2.
United States 48 United States
2
0
1
16: 0 9
+ 7
4th
3.
United Kingdom United Kingdom
0
1
2
0 9:15
- 6
1
4th
Austria Austria
0
1
2
0 5:15
- 10
1
July 26th
Italy
Great Britain
4: 3 (2: 0)
July 27th
Italy
Austria
8: 1 (4: 0)
United States
Great Britain
8: 3 (3: 2)
29th of July
Great Britain
Austria
3: 3 (0: 3)
Italy
United States
5: 4 (3: 2)
30th July
United States
Austria
4: 1 (2: 1)
Group B
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Hungary 1949 Hungary
3
0
0
23: 0 4
+ 19
6th
2.
Soviet Union 1923 Soviet Union
2
0
1
12: 0 9
+ 3
4th
3.
Egypt 1922 Egypt
1
0
2
0 7:14
- 7th
2
4th
Germany team all German Germany
0
0
3
0 5:20
- 15
0
July 26th
Hungary
Egypt
9: 0 (6: 0)
July 27th
Egypt
Germany
5: 2 (1: 1)
Hungary
Soviet Union
5: 3 (1: 2)
July 28th
Soviet Union
Egypt
3: 2 (1: 1)
Hungary
Germany
9: 1 (3: 0)
29th of July
Soviet Union
Germany
6: 2 (3: 1)
Group C
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
3
0
0
20: 0 3
+ 17
6th
2.
Netherlands Netherlands
2
0
1
17: 0 6
+ 11
4th
3.
Sweden Sweden
1
0
2
0 9:18
- 9
2
4th
Argentina Argentina
0
0
3
0 6:25
- 19th
0
July 26th
Netherlands
Argentina
9: 3 (6: 1)
July 27th
Yugoslavia
Argentina
9: 1 (4: 1)
Netherlands
Sweden
7: 1 (3: 0)
July 28th
Sweden
Argentina
7: 2 (3: 2)
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
3: 2 (1: 0) 1
29th of July
Yugoslavia
Sweden
9: 1 (4: 1)
August 1st
Yugoslavia
Netherlands
2: 1 (2: 0)
1 The Yugoslavs protested and forced a replay to be played on August 1.
Group D
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Belgium Belgium
3
0
0
12: 0 5
+ 7
6th
2.
Spain 1945 Spain
2
0
1
13:10
+ 3
4th
3.
South Africa 1928 South African Union
1
0
2
10: 0 9
+ 1
2
4th
Brazil 1889 Brazil
0
0
3
0 7:18
- 11
0
July 26th
Belgium
Spain
5: 4 (3: 2)
July 27th
Spain
South Africa
3: 1 (1: 0)
Belgium
Brazil
3: 1 (1: 0)
July 28th
Spain
Brazil
6: 4 (4: 1)
Belgium
South Africa
4: 0 (2: 0)
29th of July
South Africa
Brazil
9: 2 (3: 0)
Semi-final round
Group E
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Italy Italy
3
0
0
12: 0 6
+ 6
6th
2.
United States 48 United States
2
0
1
14:11
+ 3
4th
3.
Belgium Belgium
1
0
2
0 8:13
- 5th
2
4th
Spain 1945 Spain
0
0
3
0 9:13
- 4th
0
30th July
United States
Belgium
4: 2 (4: 1)
Italy
Spain
2: 1 (1: 1)
July 31
Italy
Belgium
5: 1 (2: 0)
United States
Spain
6: 4 (2: 2)
Group F.
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Hungary 1949 Hungary
1
2
0
11: 0 9
+ 2
4th
2.
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
1
2
0
0 7: 0 6
+ 1
4th
3.
Netherlands Netherlands
1
1
1
0 9: 0 8
+ 1
3
4th
Soviet Union 1923 Soviet Union
0
1
2
0 8:12
- 4th
1
30th July
Netherlands
Hungary
4: 4 (1: 3)
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
3: 3 (2: 1)
July 31
Yugoslavia
Hungary
2: 2 (1: 1)
Netherlands
Soviet Union
4: 2 (2: 0)
Final round
1st to 4th place
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Hungary 1949 Hungary
2
1
0
13: 0 4
+ 9
5
2.
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
2
1
0
0 9: 0 5
+ 4
5
3.
Italy Italy
1
0
2
0 8:14
- 6
2
4th
United States 48 United States
0
0
3
0 6:13
- 7th
0
August 1st
Hungary
Italy
7: 2 (2: 2)
Yugoslavia
United States
4: 2 (2: 1)
August 2nd
Yugoslavia
Italy
3: 1 (0: 1)
Hungary
United States
4: 0 (3: 0)
5th to 8th place
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
5.
Netherlands Netherlands
3
0
0
16: 0 6
+ 10
6th
6th
Belgium Belgium
1
1
1
11:12
- 1
3
7th
Soviet Union 1923 Soviet Union
1
1
1
0 9:10
- 1
3
8th.
Spain 1945 Spain
0
0
3
0 8:16
- 8
0
August 1st
Soviet Union
Spain
4: 3 (2: 2)
Netherlands
Belgium
5: 3 (2: 2)
August 2nd
Netherlands
Spain
7: 1 (4: 0)
Belgium
Soviet Union
3: 3 (2: 3)
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