Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Encyclopedia
Final results for the water polo
competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics
held in Munich
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Results taken from Preliminary Round
Results taken from Preliminary Round
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
held in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
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Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Anatoli Akimov Aleksei Barkalov Vadim Gulyaev Aleksandr Dolgushin Aleksandr Dreval Vladimir Shmudski Aleksandr Kabanov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov is a Russian water polo player and head coach of Russian water polo team.-Achievements:*Gold in the 1972 Munich Olympics*Gold in the Water Polo World Championship in Cali 1975*Gold in the 1980 Moscow Olympics... Leonid Osipov Viacheslav Sobtschenko Nikolai Melnikov Nikolai Melnikov Nikolai Andreyevich Melnikov was a water polo player for the Soviet Union. He was Jewish, and was born in Moscow, Russia. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.-External links:*... Aleksandr Schidlovski |
András Bodnár András Bodnár András Bodnár is a Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics, and 1972 Summer Olympics.He was born in Uzhhorod.... Tibor Cservenyák István Görgényi Tamás Faragó Tamás Faragó Tamás Faragó is a former water polo player from Hungary, who competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972.... Zoltán Kásás Ferenc Konrád István Magas Dénes Pócsik László Sárosi Endre Molnár Endre Molnár Endre Molnár is a Hungarian water polo player.-External links:*... István Szívós, Jr. István Szívós, Jr. István Szívós is a Hungarian water polo player.His father István was a member of the Hungarian water polo team which won the gold medal in 1952 and 1956.-External links:** in the International Swimming Hall of Fame... |
Peter Asch Peter Asch Peter Gregory Asch "Pasch" is a retired water polo player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany... Steven Barnett Bruce Bradley Bruce Bradley Myron Bruce Bradley is a retired water polo player from the United States, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1968. He won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Now he is living at... Stanley Cole Stanley Cole Stanley Clark Cole is a retired water polo player from the United States, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1964. He won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:**... James Ferguson James Ferguson (water polo) James Michael Ferguson is a retired water polo player from the United States. He played on UCLA's team from which included the in which he received All-American honors.... Eric Lindroth Eric Lindroth Eric Emil Lindroth is a retired water polo player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:**... John Parker John Parker (water polo) John Michael Parker is a retired water polo player from the United States, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1968. He won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:**... Gary Sheerer Gary Sheerer Gary Peter Sheerer is a retired water polo player from the United States, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1968. He won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:**... James Slatton James Slatton James Walter Slatton is a retired water polo player from the United States. He won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:**... Russel Adams Barry Weitzenberg Barry Weitzenberg Charles Barry Weitzenberg is a former water polo player from the United States, who was a member of the American Men's Team that won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:*... |
Pool A
| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 18 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 24 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 23 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 26 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 30 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 50 |
| August 27 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-4 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | ||
| 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | ||
| 3-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| August 28 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-6 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-4 | ||
| 7-3 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | ||
| 7-8 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-3 |
| August 29 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | ||
| 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | ||
| 3-4 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 |
| August 30 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-5 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | ||
| 16-4 | 1-1 | 6-1 | 5-1 | 4-1 | ||
| 5-7 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| August 31 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | ||
| 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | ||
| 9-6 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-3 |
Pool B
| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 27 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| August 27 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | ||
| 7-7 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| August 28 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | ||
| 3-3 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 |
| August 29 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-4 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | ||
| 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| August 30 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-10 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | ||
| 8-3 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| August 31 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | ||
| 2-6 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-1 |
Pool C
| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 16 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 20 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 25 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 36 |
| August 28 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-4 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | ||
| 1-4 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| August 28 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | ||
| 8-5 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| August 29 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | ||
| 6-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 |
| August 30 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-4 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | ||
| 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-3 |
| August 31 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-5 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 4-3 | ||
| 6-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
Group II (Classification 7th – 12th)
| Pos. | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 25 | |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 18 | |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 24 | |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 20 | |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 27 |
| September 1 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-4 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | ||
| 5-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | ||
| 6-5 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| September 2 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | ||
| 4-8 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | ||
| 6-8 | 2-1 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 2-0 |
| September 3 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-4 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | ||
| 5-5 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | ||
| 4-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| September 4 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-1 | ||
| 5-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | ||
| 7-5 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
Results taken from Preliminary Round
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-3 | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? | ||
| 4-2 | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? | ||
| 4-2 | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? |
Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)
| Pos. | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 16 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 18 | |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 23 | |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 18 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 24 | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 26 |
| September 1 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-7 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 2-2 | ||
| 4-4 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | ||
| 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| September 2 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-6 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | ||
| 2-4 | 1:1 | 1:3 | 0:0 | 0:0 | ||
| 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| September 3 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | ||
| 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | ||
| 6-6 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| September 4 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-4 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | ||
| 6-5 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | ||
| 3-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Results taken from Preliminary Round
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-3 | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? | ||
| 4-1 | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? | ?-? | ||
| 3-3 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 |