Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics as usual was part of the swimming sport, the other two being swimming and diving. They were not seen as three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Water polo discipline consisted of one event: the men's team competition.

Water polo
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Dates21 September – 1 October 1988
Competitors156 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union
← 1984
1992 →

In the preliminary round twelve teams were divided into two groups. The two best teams from each group (shaded ones) advanced to the semi-finals. The two numbers three and four played classification matches to determine places 5 through 8, with the earlier result taken with them. The rest of the teams also played classification matches to determine places 9 through 12.[1][2]

Qualification[3]

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Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
Host nation 30 September 1978   Baden-Baden 1   South Korea
1986 World Championships 14-22 August 1986   Madrid 6   Yugoslavia
  Italy
  Soviet Union
  United States
  Spain
  West Germany
Intercontinental qualification 13-22 May 1988   Perth 5   Hungary

  Australia

  France

  Greece

  China

Total 12

Squads

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  West Germany 5 5 0 0 60 37 +23 10
  Soviet Union 5 3 1 1 63 30 +33 7
  Italy 5 3 1 1 48 33 +15 7
  Australia 5 2 0 3 40 39 +1 4
  France 5 1 0 4 43 54 −11 2
  South Korea 5 0 0 5 14 75 −61 0
Source: [citation needed]
  • 21 September
    • Italy 9-9 Soviet Union
    • France 16-5 South Korea
    • Australia 11-13 West Germany
  • 22 September
    • South Korea 1-11 Italy
    • France 9-10 West Germany
    • Australia 4-11 Soviet Union
  • 23 September
    • South Korea 2-18 West Germany
    • Australia 5-7 Italy
    • France 4-18 Soviet Union
  • 26 September
    • Italy 7-10 West Germany
    • South Korea 4-17 Soviet Union
    • France 6-7 Australia
  • 27 September
    • France 8-14 Italy
    • Australia 13-2 South Korea
    • Soviet Union 8-9 West Germany

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 5 4 0 1 56 40 +16 8
  Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 60 38 +22 8
  Spain 5 3 1 1 48 38 +10 7
  Hungary 5 2 1 2 50 43 +7 5
  Greece 5 1 0 4 45 66 −21 2
  China 5 0 0 5 34 68 −34 0
Source: [citation needed]
  • 21 September
    • Hungary 12-10 Greece
    • United States 7-6 Yugoslavia
    • China 6-13 Spain
  • 22 September
    • Greece 10-7 China
    • United States 7-9 Spain
    • Hungary 9-10 Yugoslavia
  • 23 September
    • United States 14-7 China
    • Greece 7-17 Yugoslavia
    • Hungary 6-6 Spain
  • 26 September
    • United States 18-9 Greece
    • Hungary 14-7 China
    • Spain 8-10 Yugoslavia
  • 27 September
    • Greece 9-12 Spain
    • Hungary 9-10 United States
    • Yugoslavia 17-7 China

Final round

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Semi finals

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  • 30 September
    • West Germany 10-14 Yugoslavia
    • Soviet Union 7-8 United States

Bronze medal match

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  • 1 October
    • West Germany 13-14 Soviet Union

Final

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  • 1 October
    • Yugoslavia 9-7 United States

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5   Hungary 3 1 2 0 28 20 +8 4
6   Spain 3 1 1 1 24 23 +1 3
7   Italy 3 1 1 1 25 25 0 3
8   Australia 3 1 0 2 18 27 −9 2
Source: [citation needed]
  • 30 September
    • Italy 9-9 Hungary
    • Australia 8-7 Spain
  • 1 October
    • Australia 5-13 Hungary
    • Italy 9-11 Spain

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9   Greece 3 3 0 0 37 21 +16 6
10   France 3 2 0 1 34 19 +15 4
11   China 3 1 0 2 25 28 −3 2
12   South Korea 3 0 0 3 19 47 −28 0
Source: [citation needed]
  • 30 September
    • France 11-4 China
    • South Korea 7-17 Greece
  • 1 October
    • South Korea 7-14 China
    • France 7-10 Greece

Final ranking

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    Yugoslavia[1]
    United States
    Soviet Union
4   West Germany
5   Hungary
6   Spain
7   Italy
8   Australia
9   Greece
10   France
11   China
12   South Korea

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Goals
1   Manuel Estiarte 27
2   Pierre Garsau 20
3   András Gyöngyösi 19
4   Frank Otto 18
  Kyriakos Giannopoulos
  Antonis Aronis
7   Dirk Theismann 17
8   Igor Milanovic 16
  Yang Yong
10   Hagen Stamm 15
11   Dmitry Apanasenko 14
  Giorgi Mshvenieradze
  Geoff Clark
14   Jordi Sans 13
15   Jody Campbell 12
  Sergey Kotenko
  Alessandro Campagna
  Massimiliano Ferretti

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Water Polo at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Men_1988". Todor66.

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