Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The men's water polo tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from August 1 to August 10, 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. Reigning world champion Yugoslavia had qualified for the tournament, but as it had formally dissolved in the interim, it didn't participate. The successor countries didn't participate for several reasons. Serbia and Montenegro couldn't participate due to the UN sanctions due to their aggression on Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia, which was the strongest among them at the time (the Croatian club was champion of Yugoslavia and European Champions' Cup winner), also did not participate in the water polo tournament.
The position of Yugoslavia was replaced by Czechoslovakia.
Teams
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Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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| 1. |  Unified Team |
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 32 | +18 |
| 2. |  United States |
8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 24 | +16 |
| 3. |  Australia |
5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 41 | +3 |
| 4. |  Germany |
4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 41 | –3 |
| 5. |  France |
3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 42 | –4 |
| 6. |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 33 | –28 |
- August 1, 1992
| Czechoslovakia |
6 – 10 | Unified Team |
| Australia |
4 – 8 | United States |
| Germany |
7 – 7 | France |
- August 2, 1992
| Czechoslovakia |
3 – 9 | United States |
| France |
5 – 9 | Australia |
| Germany |
7 – 11 | Unified Team |
- August 3, 1992
| United States |
11 – 7 | France |
| Germany |
15 – 9 | Czechoslovakia |
| Australia |
9 – 12 | Unified Team |
- August 5, 1992
| Czechoslovakia |
6 – 14 | France |
| United States |
5 – 8 | Unified Team |
| Germany |
7 – 7 | Australia |
- August 6, 1992
| Australia |
15 – 9 | Czechoslovakia |
| United States |
7 – 2 | Germany |
| France |
5 – 9 | Unified Team |
Group B
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Spain |
9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 36 | +16 |
| 2. |  Italy |
8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 34 | +7 |
| 3. |  Hungary |
6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 46 | +3 |
| 4. |  Cuba |
4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 53 | –3 |
| 5. |  Netherlands |
2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 46 | –10 |
| 6. |  Greece |
1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 45 | –13 |
- August 1, 1992
| Hungary |
7 – 7 | Italy |
| Greece |
9 – 10 | Cuba |
| Spain |
12 – 6 | Netherlands |
- August 2, 1992
| Netherlands |
4 – 6 | Italy |
| Cuba |
11 – 12 | Hungary |
| Spain |
11 – 6 | Greece |
- August 3, 1992
| Italy |
11 – 8 | Cuba |
| Greece |
4 – 4 | Netherlands |
| Hungary |
5 – 8 | Spain |
- August 5, 1992
| Netherlands |
9 – 11 | Cuba |
| Greece |
7 – 12 | Hungary |
| Spain |
9 – 9 | Italy |
- August 6, 1992
| Hungary |
13 – 13 | Netherlands |
| Italy |
8 – 6 | Greece |
| Spain |
12 – 10 | Cuba |
Final round
Group D
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 20 | +3 |
| 6. | Hungary |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 27 | +1 |
| 7. | Germany |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 21 | +3 |
| 8. | Cuba |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 29 | –7 |
- August 8, 1992
| Australia |
7 – 5 | Cuba |
| Germany |
7 – 8 | Hungary |
- August 9, 1992
| Germany |
10 – 6 | Cuba |
| Australia |
9 – 8 | Hungary |
Group E
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | Netherlands |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 20 | +8 |
| 10. | Greece |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 18 | +6 |
| 11. | France |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 31 | –3 |
| 12. | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 33 | –11 |
- August 8, 1992
| France |
6 – 10 | Greece |
| Czechoslovakia |
8 – 9 | Netherlands |
- August 9, 1992
| Czechoslovakia |
8 – 10 | Greece |
| France |
8 – 15 | Netherlands |
Semi finals
- August 8, 1992
| Italy |
9 – 8 | Unified Team |
| United States |
4 – 6 | Spain |
Bronze medal match
- August 9, 1992
| United States |
4 – 8 | Unified Team |
Gold medal match
- August 9, 1992
| Spain |
8 – 9 [aet] | Italy |
Final ranking
 | Italy |
 | Spain |
 | Unified Team |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Hungary |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Cuba |
| 9 | Netherlands |
| 10 | Greece |
| 11 | France |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia |
Medallists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Italy Francesco Attolico Alessandro Bovo Alessandro Campagna Paolo Caldarella Massimiliano Ferretti Giuseppe Porzio Marco D'Altrui Mario Fiorillo Ferdinando Gandolfi Amedeo Pomilio Francesco Porzio Carlo Silipo Gianni Averaimo Head Coach: |
Spain Daniel Ballart Jesús Rollán Jordi Sans Josep Picó Manuel Estiarte Manuel Silvestre Marco Antonio González Miguel Ángel Oca Pedro Francisco García Ricardo Sánchez Rubén Michavila Salvador Gómez Sergi Pedrerol Head Coach: |
Unified Team Sergey Naumov Alexandre Ogorodnikov Alexandre Tchuguir Dmitri Apanassenko Andrei Belofastov Evgueni Charonov Dmitry Gorshkov Vladimir Karaboutov Aleksandr Kolotov Alexandre Kovalenko Nikolay Kozlov Serguei Markotch Alexei Vdovine Head Coach: |
See also
- 1991 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
- 1994 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
References
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