Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Water polo
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Atlanta
Venue(s)	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Dates	20 July 1996 – 28 July 1996
Event	1 (men's)
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Competitors	153
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Croatia
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches	48
Multiple; appearances	5-time Olympian(s): 1; 4-time Olympian(s): 3
Top scorer(s)	Tibor Benedek (19 goals)
Most saves	Arie van de Bunt (81 saves)
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The water polo tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 28 July 1996, in Atlanta, United States.^[1]^[2]

Host country

United States

CityAtlanta

Venue(s)Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

Dates20 July 1996 – 28 July 1996

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Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	18 September 1990	Tokyo	1	United States
1995 World Cup	12-17 September 1995	Atlanta	3	Hungary
				Italy
				Russia
1994 World Championships	2-10 September 1994	Rome	2	Spain
1994 World Championships	2-10 September 1994	Rome	2	Croatia
Intercontinental qualification	10-18 February 1996	Berlin	6	Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Ukraine Germany Romania
Total			12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	47	38	+9	10
2	FR Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	46	44	+2	7
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	39	33	+6	6
4	Russia	5	2	1	2	42	38	+4	5
5	Germany	5	1	0	4	36	45	−9	2
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	5	36	48	−12	0

20 July 1996	Hungary	8–7	Russia	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

20 July 1996	Spain	9–3	Germany	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

20 July 1996	FR Yugoslavia	11–8	Netherlands	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Qualification

Teams

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Classification round

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

7th place match

5th place match

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Multi-time Olympians

Medallists

See also

References

Sources

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21 July 1996	Hungary	9–8	Germany	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

21 July 1996	Russia	9–9	FR Yugoslavia	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

22 July 1996	Hungary	10–8	Netherlands	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

22 July 1996	Russia	10–8	Germany	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

22 July 1996	FR Yugoslavia	9–7	Spain	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

23 July 1996	Hungary	8–7	Spain	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

23 July 1996	Russia	10–5	Netherlands	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

24 July 1996	Germany	9–8	Netherlands	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

24 July 1996	Hungary	12–8	FR Yugoslavia	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

20 July 1996	Croatia	8–5	Greece	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
9.	Germany	6	3	3	0	0	29	16	+13
10.	Netherlands	3	3	1	1	1	25	26	–1
11.	Romania	2	3	1	0	2	25	28	–3
12.	Ukraine	1	3	0	1	2	21	30	–9

20 July 1996	Italy	10–7	United States	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

21 July 1996	Croatia	11–6	Romania	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

21 July 1996	Italy	8–6	Ukraine	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

21 July 1996	United States	9–7	Greece	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

22 July 1996	Greece	8–5	Romania	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

23 July 1996	Croatia	16–8	Ukraine	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

24 July 1996	Greece	9–6	Ukraine	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

24 July 1996	Italy	10–9	Romania	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

26 July 1996	Germany	10–4	Ukraine	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

26 July 1996	Netherlands	10–8	Romania	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

27 July 1996	Germany	9–6	Netherlands	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

27 July 1996	Romania	11–8	Ukraine	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

28 July 1996	Netherlands	9–9	Ukraine	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

28 July 1996	Germany	10–6	Romania	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Hungary	12

Greece	8
		Hungary	6

		Spain	7
Spain	5

United States	4
				Spain	7

				Croatia	5
FR Yugoslavia	6

Croatia	8
		Croatia	7

		Italy	6	Third place
Russia	9

Italy	11
				Hungary	18

				Italy	20

26 July 1996	FR Yugoslavia	6–8	Croatia	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

26 July 1996	Spain	5–4	United States	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

26 July 1996	Russia	9–11	Italy	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

27 July 1996	Greece	7–6	United States	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

27 July 1996	FR Yugoslavia	15–16	Russia	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center