Water Polo At The 1968 Summer Olympics
The water polo tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 25 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico.
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| Venues | Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool | |||||||||
| Date | 14–26 October 1968 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 162 from 15 nations | |||||||||
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Qualification
| Event | Dates | Hosts | Quotas | Qualified Teams |
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| Host Nation | 18 October 1963 |  Baden-Baden | 1 |  Mexico |
| 1964 Summer Olympics | 11-18 October 1964 |  Tokyo |  Hungary | |
| 1967 Pan American Games | 26 July - 1 August 1967 |  Winnipeg | 3 |  United States |
| European Qualifier | 3-8 June 1968 |  Milan | 3 | West Germany |
| Oceania Qualifier |  Australia | |||
| Asian Qualifier | 1 | Japan | ||
| African Qualifier | 1 |  Egypt | ||
| Reallocation | 1 |  Greece | ||
| Total | ||||
Groups
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While Australia had been accepted as one of the 16 teams, the Australian Olympic Committee, considering it a waste of money to send a team, did not endorse them. The players responded by paying their own way to travel to Mexico City, but after the AOC informed the organisers, the team were barred from competing.
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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| 1. | Hungary | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 14 | +25 |
| 2. |  Soviet Union | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 18 | +25 |
| 3. | United States | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 36 | +1 |
| 4. |  Cuba | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 35 | –4 |
| 5. | West Germany | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 34 | –1 |
| 6. |  Spain | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 37 | –17 |
| 7. |  Brazil | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 51 | –29 |
- 14 October 1968
| United States | 10 – 5 | Brazil |
| Soviet Union | 11 – 4 | Cuba |
| West Germany | 5 – 3 | Spain |
- 15 October 1968
| Cuba | 9 – 2 | Brazil |
- 16 October 1968
| Hungary | 6 – 4 | West Germany |
| United States | 10 – 7 |  Spain |
- 17 October 1968
| Soviet Union | 6 – 3 | West Germany |
| Cuba | 6 – 6 | United States |
| Hungary | 7 – 1 | Spain |
- 19 October 1968
| Soviet Union | 5 – 0 | Spain |
| Hungary | 5 – 1 | United States |
| West Germany | 10 – 5 | Brazil |
- 20 October 1968
| Cuba | 7 – 6 | West Germany |
| Spain | 6 – 6 | Brazil |
| Hungary | 6 – 5 | Soviet Union |
- 21 October 1968
| Cuba | 4 – 3 | Spain |
| Soviet Union | 8 – 3 | United States |
| Hungary | 8 – 2 | Brazil |
- 22 October 1968
| Soviet Union | 8 – 2 | Brazil |
| United States | 7 – 5 | West Germany |
| Hungary | 7 – 1 | Cuba |
Group B
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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| 1. | Italy | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 21 | +27 |
| 2. |  Yugoslavia | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 18 | +47 |
| 3. |  East Germany | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 22 | +44 |
| 4. |  Netherlands | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 28 | +14 |
| 5. | Japan | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 57 | –31 |
| 6. | Mexico | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 56 | –29 |
| 7. | Greece | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 62 | –28 |
| 8. | Egypt | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 65 | –44 |
- 14 October 1968
| Netherlands | 9 – 5 | Greece |
| Yugoslavia | 13 – 2 | Egypt |
| Italy | 9 – 2 | Japan |
| Mexico | 4 – 12 | East Germany |
- 15 October 1968
| Japan | 8 – 7 | Greece |
| Italy | 10 – 1 | Egypt |
| East Germany | 4 – 4 | Yugoslavia |
- 16 October 1968
| Mexico | 1 – 8 | Netherlands |
| Greece | 7 – 6 | Egypt |
| Italy | 5 – 4 | East Germany |
- 17 October 1968
| Mexico | 0 – 9 | Yugoslavia |
| Netherlands | 9 – 1 | Japan |
- 19 October 1968
| East Germany | 11 – 4 | Greece |
| Japan | 7 – 4 | Egypt |
| Mexico | 5 – 10 | Italy |
| Yugoslavia | 7 – 4 | Netherlands |
- 20 October 1968
| Italy | 5 – 4 | Yugoslavia |
| East Germany | 8 – 0 | Japan |
| Mexico | 11 – 8 | Greece |
| Netherlands | 6 – 3 | Egypt |
- 21 October 1968
| Mexico | 3 – 6 | Japan |
| Yugoslavia | 11 – 1 | Greece |
| Netherlands | 3 – 3 | Italy |
| East Germany | 19 – 2 | Egypt |
- 22 October 1968
| Mexico | 3 – 3 | Egypt |
| Italy | 6 – 2 | Greece |
| East Germany | 8 – 3 | Netherlands |
| Yugoslavia | 17 – 2 | Japan |
Classification round
- 24 October 1968 — 13th/15th place
| Brazil | 5 – 3 | Egypt |
- 24 October 1968 — 9th/12th place
| Mexico | 3 – 6 | West Germany |
| Spain | 5 – 0 | Japan |
- 24 October 1968 — 5th/8th place
| East Germany | 8 – 2 | Cuba |
| United States | 6 – 3 | Netherlands |
- 24 October 1968 — Semi Finals
| Yugoslavia | 8 – 6 | Hungary |
| Soviet Union | 8 – 5 | Italy |
Final round
- 25 October 1968 — 13th place
| Brazil | 5 – 2 | Greece |
- 25 October 1968 — 11th place
| Mexico | 5 – 4 | Japan |
- 25 October 1968 — 9th place
| Spain | 7 – 5 | West Germany |
- 25 October 1968 — 7th place
| Netherlands | 8 – 5 | Cuba |
- 25 October 1968 — 5th place
| United States | 6 – 4 | East Germany |
- 25 October 1968 — Bronze Medal Match
| Hungary | 9 – 4 | Italy |
- 25 October 1968 — Gold Medal Match
| Yugoslavia | 13 – 11 [aet] | Soviet Union |
Final ranking
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Medallists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
References
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1968 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 449–466, 811–826)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1968 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
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