Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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The water polo tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1984, at the Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, California.[1] The tournament featured 12 teams, playing two rounds of round-robin play: preliminaries and finals.[2][3]
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| Venue | Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool | |||||||||
| Dates | 1–10 August 1984 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 153 from 12 nations | |||||||||
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Water polo was one of the four aquatic sports held at the 1984 Games, along with swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming, which was held for the first time.
Qualification
| Qualification[4] | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 18 May 1978 | Los Angeles | 1 |  United States |
| 1982 World Championships | 30 July–7 August 1982 |  Guayaquil |
 Soviet Union | |
 Hungary | ||||
 West Germany | ||||
 Netherlands | ||||
 Cuba | ||||
 Yugoslavia | ||||
| Intercontinental qualification | 13–22 April 1984 | 5 |  Italy
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| Wildcards | 3 |  Canada | ||
 Japan | ||||
 Brazil | ||||
| Total | 12 | |||
Teams
12 teams played in the 1984 Olympic tournament:
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The top 8 teams qualified for the 1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Duisburg, West Germany.
Squads
Tournament play
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The tournament was set up into 2 levels of round-robin play: preliminary play in 3 groups; and final play in 2 groups. The top 2 teams from each preliminary group (shaded ones) advanced to Group D and played for the top-6 places; the bottom 2 teams from each preliminary group played in Group E to determine places 7-12.
Preliminary round
Group A
| Qualified for second group stage |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 26 | –1 | 4 |
 China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 27 | –6 | 2 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 0 |
- 1 August
| Yugoslavia |
13 – 4 | Canada |
| China |
8 – 10 | Netherlands |
- 2 August
| Yugoslavia |
12 – 7 | China |
| Netherlands |
10 – 9 | Canada |
- 3 August
| China |
6 – 5 | Canada |
| Yugoslavia |
9 – 5 | Netherlands |
Group B
| Qualified for second group stage |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 6 |
 Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 4 |
 Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 33 | –10 | 1 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 1 |
- 1 August
| Spain |
19 – 12 | Brazil |
| United States |
12 – 5 | Greece |
- 2 August
| Spain |
12 – 9 | Greece |
| United States |
10 – 4 | Brazil |
- 3 August
| Greece |
9 – 9 | Brazil |
| Spain |
8 – 10 | United States |
Group C
| Qualified for second group stage |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 6 |
 Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 45 | −30 | 0 |
- 1 August
| Italy |
15 – 5 | Japan |
| West Germany |
10 – 6 | Australia |
- 2 August
| Australia |
8 – 8 | Italy |
| West Germany |
15 – 8 | Japan |
- 3 August
| Japan |
2 – 15 | Australia |
| West Germany |
10 – 4 | Italy |
Final round
Group D
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yugoslavia |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 33 | +14 |
| 2. | United States |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 34 | +9 |
| 3. | West Germany |
5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 34 | +15 |
| 4. | Spain |
4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 46 | –4 |
| 5. | Australia |
3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 48 | –11 |
| 6. | Netherlands |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 48 | –23 |
- 6 August
| Australia |
6 – 9 | Yugoslavia |
| United States |
8 – 7 | Netherlands |
| Spain |
8 – 8 | West Germany |
- 7 August
| United States |
12 – 7 | Australia |
| Yugoslavia |
10 – 9 | West Germany |
| Spain |
8 – 4 | Netherlands |
- 9 August
| United States |
8 – 7 | West Germany |
| Netherlands |
7 – 8 | Australia |
| Spain |
8 – 14 | Yugoslavia |
- 10 August
| West Germany |
15 – 2 | Netherlands |
| Australia |
10 – 10 | Spain |
| United States |
5 – 5 | Yugoslavia |
Group E
- 6 August
| China |
10 – 4 | Japan |
| Greece |
11 – 8 | Canada |
| Italy |
13 – 4 | Brazil |
- 7 August
| Greece |
14 – 7 | Japan |
| Italy |
11 – 8 | China |
| Canada |
10 – 10 | Brazil |
- 9 August
| China |
11 – 9 | Brazil |
| Canada |
8 – 5 | Japan |
| Greece |
8 – 8 | Italy |
- 10 August
| Japan |
9 – 8 | Brazil |
| Italy |
16 – 9 | Canada |
| Greece |
10 – 9 | China |
Final ranking
 | Yugoslavia[2] |
 | United States |
 | West Germany |
| 4 | Spain |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Netherlands |
| 7 | Italy |
| 8 | Greece |
| 9 | China |
| 10 | Canada |
| 11 | Japan |
| 12 | Brazil |
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Estiarte (ESP) |
34 |
| 2 | Mario Fiorillo (ITA) |
19 |
| 3 | Frank Otto (FRG) |
18 |
| 4 |  Charles Turner (AUS) |
17 |
| 5 | Milivoj Bebić (YUG) |
16 |
| Hagen Stamm (FRG) |
16 | |
| Wang Xiaotian (CHN) |
16 | |
| 8 |  Mario Souto (BRA) |
15 |
| Eric Tebbe Borges (BRA) |
15 | |
| Christopher Wybrow (AUS) |
15 | |
| Sotirios Stathakis (GRE) |
15 | |
| 12 | Terry Schroeder (USA) |
14 |