The men's water polo tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. Reigning world champion Yugoslavia had qualified for the tournament, but as it had formally dissolved in the interim, it did not participate. The successor countries did not participate for several reasons. The position of Yugoslavia was replaced by Czechoslovakia.[1][2]

Water polo
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Piscines Bernat Picornell (final)
Dates1–9 August 1992
Competitors152 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Unified Team
← 1988
1996 →

Qualification[3]

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Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
Host nation 17 October 1986   Lausanne 1   Spain
1991 World Championships 5-13 January 1991   Perth 6 5   Yugoslavia
  Hungary
  United States
  Germany
  Italy
  Unified Team
Intercontinental qualification 3-10 May 1992   Calgary 5   Cuba

  Australia

  Greece

  France

  Netherlands

Reallocation 1   Czechoslovakia
Total 12

Teams

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Squads

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Unified Team 5 5 0 0 50 32 +18 10
2   United States 5 4 0 1 40 24 +16 8
3   Australia 5 2 1 2 44 41 +3 5
4   Germany 5 1 2 2 38 41 −3 4
5   France 5 1 1 3 38 42 −4 3
6   Czechoslovakia 5 0 0 5 33 63 −30 0
Source: [citation needed]


1 August 1992 Czechoslovakia   6–10   Unified team Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
1 August 1992 Australia   4–8   United States Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
1 August 1992 Germany   7–7   France Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

2 August 1992 Czechoslovakia   3–9   United States Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
2 August 1992 France   5–9   Australia Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
2 August 1992 Germany   7–11   Unified team Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

3 August 1992 United States   11–7   France Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
3 August 1992 Germany   15–9   Czechoslovakia Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
3 August 1992 Australia   9–12   Unified team Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

5 August 1992 Czechoslovakia   6–14   France Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
5 August 1992 United States   5–8   Unified team Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
5 August 1992 Germany   7–7   Australia Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

6 August 1992 Australia   15–9   Czechoslovakia Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
6 August 1992 United States   7–2   Germany Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
6 August 1992 France   5–9   Unified team Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 5 4 1 0 52 36 +16 9
2   Italy 5 3 2 0 41 34 +7 8
3   Hungary 5 2 2 1 49 46 +3 6
4   Cuba 5 2 0 3 50 53 −3 4
5   Netherlands 5 0 2 3 36 46 −10 2
6   Greece 5 0 1 4 32 45 −13 1
Source: [citation needed]


1 August 1992 Hungary   7–7   Italy Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
1 August 1992 Greece   9–10   Cuba Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
1 August 1992 Spain   12–6   Netherlands Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

2 August 1992 Netherlands   4–6   Italy Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
2 August 1992 Cuba   11–12   Hungary Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
2 August 1992 Spain   11–6   Greece Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

3 August 1992 Italy   11–8   Cuba Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
3 August 1992 Greece   4–4   Netherlands Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
3 August 1992 Hungary   5–8   Spain Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

5 August 1992 Netherlands   9–11   Cuba Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
5 August 1992 Greece   7–12   Hungary Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
5 August 1992 Spain   9–9   Italy Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

6 August 1992 Hungary   13–13   Netherlands Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
6 August 1992 Italy   8–6   Greece Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
6 August 1992 Spain   12–10   Cuba Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

Final round

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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5   Australia 3 2 1 0 23 20 +3 5
6   Hungary 3 2 0 1 28 27 +1 4
7   Germany 3 1 1 1 24 21 +3 3
8   Cuba 3 0 0 3 22 29 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]


8 August 1992 Australia   7–5   Cuba Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
8 August 1992 Germany   7–8   Hungary Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

9 August 1992 Germany   10–6   Cuba Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
9 August 1992 Australia   9–8   Hungary Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9   Netherlands 3 2 1 0 28 20 +8 5
10   Greece 3 2 1 0 24 18 +6 5
11   France 3 1 0 2 28 31 −3 2
12   Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 22 33 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]


8 August 1992 France   6–10   Greece Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
8 August 1992 Czechoslovakia   8–9   Netherlands Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

9 August 1992 Czechoslovakia   8–10   Greece Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
9 August 1992 France   8–15   Netherlands Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

Semi finals

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8 August 1992 Italy   9–8   Unified Team Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
8 August 1992 United States   4–6   Spain Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

Bronze medal match

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9 August 1992 United States   4–8   Unified Team Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

Gold medal match

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9 August 1992 Spain   8–9   Italy Piscines Bernat Picornell

Final ranking

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    Italy[1]
    Spain
    Unified team
4   United States
5   Australia
6   Hungary
7   Germany
8   Cuba
9   Netherlands
10   Greece
11   France
12   Czechoslovakia

Medallists

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Gold Silver Bronze

Head Coach:
Ratko Rudić

Head Coach:
Dragan Matutinović

Head Coach:
Boris Popov

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Men_1992". Todor66.

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