In the 1996 Olympic Games in the American US metropolis Atlanta a competition in place water polo instead.
The venue was the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.
competition
The five best teams at the World Cup in Atlanta from September 12 to 17, 1995 (Hungary, Italy, Russia, Spain, Croatia) were directly qualified for the Olympic tournament, with the USA as hosts. A qualification tournament in Berlin from February 10th to 18th, 1996 decided on the six other starting places. Yugoslavia, Greece, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Germany and Romania prevailed.
The four best teams from both preliminary round groups advanced to the quarter-finals. The fifth and sixth ranked teams fought a round for places 9 to 12.
Medalist
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country
player
1
Spain ESP
José María Abarca , Ángel Luis Andreo , Daniel Ballart , Pedro Francisco García , Salvador Gómez , Manuel Estiarte , Iván Moro , Miguel Ángel Oca , Jorge Payá , Sergi Pedrerol , Jesús Miguel Rollán , Carles Sans , Jordi Sans
2
Croatia CRO
Maro Balić , Perica Bukić , Damir Glavan , Igor Hinić , Vjekoslav Kobeščak , Joško Kreković , Ognjen Kržić , Dubravko Šimenc , Siniša Školneković , Ratko Štritof , Renato Vrbičić , Tino Vegar , Zdeslav Vrdoljak
3
Italy ITA
Alberto Angelini , Francesco Attolico , Fabio Bencivenga , Alessandro Bovo , Alessandro Calcaterra , Roberto Calcaterra , Marco Gerini , Alberto Ghibellini , Luca Giustolisi , Amedeo Pomilio , Francesco Postiglione , Carlo Silipo , Leonardo Sottani
Preliminary round
Group A
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team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Hungary Hungary
5
0
0
47:38
+ 9
10
2.
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992 Yugoslavia
3
1
1
46:44
+ 2
7th
3.
Spain Spain
3
0
2
39:33
+ 6
6th
4th
Russia Russia
2
1
2
42:38
+ 4
5
5.
Germany Germany
1
0
4th
36:45
- 9
2
6th
Netherlands Netherlands
0
0
5
36:48
- 12
0
20th of July
11:00
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
8:11 (2: 3, 2: 4, 2: 3, 2: 1)
12:40
Hungary
Russia
8: 7 (1: 2, 1: 3, 4: 1, 2: 1)
16:40
Spain
Germany
9: 3 (3: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1, 3: 0)
21 July
11:00
Yugoslavia
Russia
9: 9 (3: 3, 1: 1, 4: 2, 1: 3)
12:40
Germany
Hungary
8: 9 (1: 3, 3: 3, 3: 1, 1: 2)
16:40
Netherlands
Spain
7: 8 (1: 2, 0: 2, 3: 2, 3: 2)
22nd of July
11:00
Russia
Germany
10: 8 (3: 2, 3: 3, 2: 1, 2: 2)
12:40
Spain
Yugoslavia
7: 9 (1: 2, 1: 3, 2: 2, 3: 2)
16:40
Hungary
Netherlands
10: 8 (2: 2, 3: 2, 3: 2, 2: 2)
July 23
11:00
Yugoslavia
Germany
9: 8 (2: 1, 1: 3, 5: 2, 1: 2)
12:40
Netherlands
Russia
5:10 (2: 2, 0: 3, 1: 2, 2: 3)
16:40
Spain
Hungary
7: 8 (2: 2, 2: 3, 1: 1, 2: 2)
24th July
11:00
Hungary
Yugoslavia
12: 8 (4: 2, 3: 1, 4: 3, 1: 2)
12:40
Russia
Spain
6: 8 (3: 2, 0: 2, 3: 3, 0: 1)
16:40
Netherlands
Germany
8: 9 (2: 2, 0: 4, 5: 2, 1: 1)
Group B
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team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Italy Italy
5
0
0
48:38
+ 10
10
2.
United States United States
4th
0
1
45:37
+ 8
8th
3.
Croatia Croatia
3
0
2
51:39
+ 12
6th
4th
Greece Greece
2
0
3
37:38
- 1
4th
5.
Romania Romania
0
1
4th
31:45
- 14
1
6th
Ukraine Ukraine
0
1
4th
33:48
- 15
1
20th of July
15:00
Croatia
Greece
8: 5 (3: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2)
18:20
Ukraine
Romania
6: 6 (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 2, 4: 2)
22:00
Italy
United States
10: 7 (3: 1, 1: 3, 2: 0, 4: 3)
21 July
15:00
Romania
Croatia
6:11 (2: 5, 2: 1, 0: 2, 2: 3)
18:20
Italy
Ukraine
8: 6 (2: 2, 4: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2)
22:00
United States
Greece
9: 7 (4: 2, 3: 1, 1: 2, 1: 2)
22nd of July
15:00
Greece
Romania
8: 5 (3: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1)
18:20
Croatia
Italy
8:10 (1: 3, 2: 2, 2: 2, 3: 3)
22:00
Ukraine
United States
7: 9 (1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 5, 1: 2)
July 23
15:00
Italy
Greece
10: 8 (1: 2, 2: 1, 4: 3, 3: 2)
18:20
Ukraine
Croatia
8:16 (0: 3, 1: 3, 1: 4, 6: 6)
22:00
United States
Romania
10: 5 (2: 0, 4: 1, 3: 1, 1: 3)
24th July
15:00
Greece
Ukraine
9: 6 (0: 0, 2: 1, 4: 1, 3: 4)
18:20
Italy
Romania
10: 9 (2: 2, 3: 3, 3: 1, 2: 3)
22:00
Croatia
United States
8:10 (2: 2, 2: 2, 1: 4, 3: 2)
Placement round
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team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
0 9.
Germany Germany
3
0
0
29:16
+ 13
6th
10.
Netherlands Netherlands
1
1
1
25:26
- 1
3
11.
Romania Romania
1
0
2
25:28
- 3
2
12.
Ukraine Ukraine
0
1
2
21:30
- 9
1
July 26th
11:00
Germany
Ukraine
10: 4 (3: 0, 3: 1, 1: 1, 3: 2)
12:40
Netherlands
Romania
10: 8 (3: 2, 2: 1, 4: 1, 1: 4)
July 27th
11:00
Germany
Netherlands
9: 6 (1: 0, 2: 3, 3: 1, 3: 2)
12:40
Romania
Ukraine
11: 8 (2: 0, 4: 3, 3: 2, 2: 3)
July 28th
08:00
Netherlands
Ukraine
9: 9 (1: 2, 5: 1, 2: 3, 1: 3)
09:30
Germany
Romania
10: 6 (2: 2, 2: 0, 3: 2, 3: 2)
Final round
Quarter finals
July 26th
15:00
Hungary
Greece
12: 8 (3: 2, 4: 2, 2: 2, 3: 2)
16:40
Yugoslavia
Croatia
6: 8 (1: 3, 1: 2, 2: 1, 2: 2)
18:20
Spain
United States
5: 4 (2: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 3)
22:10
Russia
Italy
9:11 (4: 4, 3: 2, 1: 3, 1: 2)
5th to 8th place
July 27th
15:00
Greece
United States
7: 6 (1: 1, 3: 0, 1: 4, 2: 1)
20:40
Yugoslavia
Russia
15:16 a.d. (5: 4, 1: 2, 3: 3, 3: 3, 1: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1)
Semifinals
July 27th
16:40
Croatia
Italy
7: 6 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2, 2: 0)
19:00
Hungary
Spain
6: 7 (2: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 3)
Game for 7th place
July 28th
11:30
United States
Yugoslavia
12: 8 (2: 1, 5: 2, 2: 2, 3: 3)
Play for 5th place
July 28th
15:00
Greece
Russia
8:10 a.d. (2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 2, 3: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1)
3rd place match
July 28th
15:00
Hungary
Italy
18:20 a.d. (4: 3, 4: 4, 3: 2, 5: 7, 0: 3, 2: 1)
final
July 28th
16:30
Spain
Croatia
7: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 4: 2, 2: 0)
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