Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics
information
venue
Soviet Union Moscow
Competition venue
Olimpijski
Teams
12
Nations
12
Athletes
132 (132 )
date
July 20-29, 1980
decisions
1
← Montréal 1976
At the XXII. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , a water polo competition was held. The venue was the swimming pool in the Luzhniki Olympic Park .
competition
The first six teams of the 1978 World Cup (Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia, USSR, USA, Romania) qualified directly for the Olympic tournament. For the host USSR, the Federal Republic of Germany moved up in seventh place in the World Cup. However, the Federal Republic and the USA decided not to participate because of the Olympic boycott. The remaining starting places were determined at a qualification tournament that took place from April 28 to May 5, 1980 in Sofia . Spain, Australia, Cuba, the Netherlands and Greece prevailed. For the sixth place Canada, which also joined the boycott, FINA nominated Sweden.
The two best teams of the three groups of four in the preliminary round then played in the final round for places 1 to 6, the third and fourth teams for places 7 to 12.
Medalist
space
country
player
1
Soviet Union URS
Vladimir Akimov , Alexei Barkalow , Yevgeny Grishin , Mikhail Ivanov , Alexander Kabanow , Sergei Kotenko , Georgi Mschwenieradze , Mait Riisman , Erkin Schagajew , Yevgeny Sharonov , Vyacheslav Sobchenko
2
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic YUG
Milivoj Bebić , Zoran Gopčević , Milorad Krivokapić , Boško Lozica , Predrag Manojlović , Zoran Mustur , Damir Polič , Zoran Roje , Ratko Rudić , Slobodan Trifunović , Luka Vezilić
3
Hungary 1957 HUN
Gábor Csapó , Tamás Faragó , György Gerendás , Károly Hauszler , György Horkai , István Kiss , László Kuncz , Endre Molnár , Attila Sudár , István Szívós , István Udvardi
Preliminary round
Group A
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Hungary 1957 Hungary
2
1
0
19:14
+ 5
5
2.
IOC Netherlands
2
0
1
16:15
+ 1
4th
3.
Romania 1965 Romania
1
1
1
15:15
+/-
3
4th
Greece Greece
0
0
3
16:22
- 6
0
20th of July
11:00
Hungary
Romania
6: 6 (2: 2, 1: 0, 1: 3, 2: 1)
16:00
Greece
Netherlands
7: 8 (1: 1, 3: 1, 2: 2, 1: 4)
21 July
11:00
Hungary
Netherlands
5: 3 (2: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1)
16:00
Greece
Romania
4: 6 (1: 0, 0: 2, 2: 3, 1: 1)
22nd of July
11:00
Hungary
Greece
8: 5 (1: 0, 2: 3, 3: 0, 2: 2)
16:00
Romania
Netherlands
3: 5 (1: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Group B
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Soviet Union Soviet Union
3
0
0
24:10
+ 14
6th
2.
IOC Spain
2
0
1
15:11
+ 4
4th
3.
IOC Italy
0
1
2
14:17
- 3
1
4th
Sweden Sweden
0
1
2
0 8:23
- 15
1
20th of July
12:00
Sweden
Spain
3: 7 (0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 4)
17:00
USSR
Italy
8: 6 (4: 3, 1: 1, 1: 2, 2: 0)
21 July
12:00
Sweden
Italy
4: 4 (2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)
17:00
USSR
Spain
4: 3 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1)
22nd of July
12:00
Sweden
USSR
1:12 (0: 3, 1: 2, 0: 4, 0: 3)
17:00
Spain
Italy
5: 4 (1: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1, 2: 2)
Group C
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
2
1
0
24:10
+ 14
5
2.
Cuba Cuba
2
1
0
19:11
+ 8
5
3.
IOC Australia
1
0
2
15:20
- 5th
2
4th
Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria
0
0
3
0 8:25
- 17th
0
20th of July
13:00
Yugoslavia
Cuba
6: 6 (2: 4, 1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)
17:00
Australia
Bulgaria
9: 5 (1: 0, 3: 0, 2: 3, 3: 2)
21 July
13:00
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
9: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 1, 4: 0)
17:00
Australia
Cuba
4: 6 (1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2)
22nd of July
13:00
Yugoslavia
Australia
9: 2 (0: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1, 4: 1)
17:00
Cuba
Bulgaria
7: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0)
Final round
Group A
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Soviet Union Soviet Union
5
0
0
34:21
+ 13
10
2.
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
3
1
1
34:32
+ 2
7th
3.
Hungary 1957 Hungary
3
0
2
32:30
+ 2
6th
4th
IOC Spain
2
0
3
28:31
- 3
4th
5.
Cuba Cuba
0
2
3
31:38
- 7th
2
6th
IOC Netherlands
0
1
4th
26:33
- 7th
1
24th July
16:00
Hungary
USSR
4: 5 (2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0)
17:00
Netherlands
Spain
5: 6 (1: 2, 1: 2, 3: 1, 0: 1)
18:00
Yugoslavia
Cuba
7: 7 (1: 1, 4: 3, 1: 1, 1: 2)
July 25th
16:00
Hungary
Yugoslavia
7: 8 (2: 3, 2: 2, 0: 1, 3: 2)
17:00
Netherlands
Cuba
7: 7 (3: 1, 2: 2, 0: 2, 2: 2)
18:00
USSR
Spain
6: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0)
July 26th
16:00
Hungary
Spain
6: 5 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 3, 1: 1)
17:00
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
4: 5 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2, 3: 1)
18:00
USSR
Cuba
8: 5 (1: 1, 1: 1, 3: 1, 3: 2)
July 28th
16:00
Hungary
Cuba
7: 5 (1: 1, 1: 3, 2: 0, 3: 1)
17:00
Netherlands
USSR
3: 7 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 3, 1: 2)
18:00
Spain
Yugoslavia
6: 7 (1: 2, 1: 1, 2: 4, 2: 0)
29th of July
16:00
Hungary
Netherlands
8: 7 (2: 2, 2: 1, 2: 3, 2: 1)
17:00
USSR
Yugoslavia
8: 7 (3: 2, 2: 2, 1: 0, 2: 3)
18:00
Spain
Cuba
9: 7 (2: 2, 4: 1, 1: 2, 2: 2)
Group B
space
team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
0 7th
IOC Australia
4th
1
0
30:19
+ 11
9
0 8th.
IOC Italy
4th
0
1
26:18
+ 8
8th
0 9.
Romania 1965 Romania
3
1
1
36:26
+ 10
7th
10.
Greece Greece
2
0
3
28:28
0
4th
11.
Sweden Sweden
1
0
4th
23:40
- 17th
2
12.
Bulgaria 1971 Bulgaria
0
0
5
25:37
- 12
0
24th July
11:00
Romania
Italy
3: 5 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2)
12:00
Greece
Sweden
9: 5 (1: 3, 4: 0, 3: 2, 1: 0)
13:00
Australia
Bulgaria
8: 5 (3: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1, 2: 1)
July 25th
11:00
Romania
Australia
4: 4 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2)
12:00
Greece
Bulgaria
6: 4 (0: 1, 2: 1, 2: 1, 2: 1)
13:00
Italy
Sweden
8: 3 (3: 1, 3: 1, 0: 0, 2: 1)
July 26th
11:00
Romania
Sweden
8: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 1, 4: 0)
12:00
Greece
Australia
2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)
13:00
Italy
Bulgaria
5: 4 (0: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 2)
July 28th
11:00
Romania
Bulgaria
10: 6 (0: 0, 5: 2, 2: 1, 3: 3)
12:00
Greece
Italy
3: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 1)
13:00
Sweden
Australia
4: 9 (1: 2, 2: 2, 0: 2, 1: 3)
29th of July
11:00
Romania
Greece
11: 8 (3: 2, 3: 2, 2: 2, 3: 2)
12:00
Italy
Australia
4: 5 (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 1)
13:00
Sweden
Bulgaria
8: 6 (0: 2, 3: 1, 1: 0, 4: 3)
source
Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 , pp. 771-773.
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