The water polo tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 25 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico.

Qualification EventDatesHostsQuotasQualified teamsHost Nation18 October 1963 Baden-Baden11964 Summer Olympics11-18 October 1964 Tokyo6 51967 Pan American Games26 July - 1 August 1967 Winnipeg3European Qualifier3-8 June 1968 Milan3Oceania Qualifier1Asian Qualifier1African Qualifier1Reallocation1Total16 15

Groups

GROUP A (excluded)

GROUP B

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 TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.1266003914+252.1065014318+253.763123736+14.763123135–45.462043334–16.160152037–177.160152251–29

14 October 1968 10 – 511 – 45 – 3

15 October 1968 9 – 2

16 October 1968 6 – 410 – 7

17 October 1968 6 – 36 – 67 – 1

19 October 1968 5 – 05 – 110 – 5

20 October 1968 7 – 66 – 66 – 5

21 October 1968 4 – 38 – 38 – 2

22 October 1968 8 – 27 – 57 – 1

Group B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.1376104821+272.1175116518+473.1175116622+444.974124228+145.673042657–316.371152756–297.271063462–288.170162165–44

14 October 1968 9 – 513 – 29 – 24 – 12

15 October 1968 8 – 710 – 14 – 4

16 October 1968 1 – 87 – 65 – 4

17 October 1968 0 – 99 – 1

19 October 1968 11 – 47 – 45 – 107 – 4

20 October 1968 5 – 48 – 011 – 86 – 3

21 October 1968 3 – 611 – 13 – 319 – 2

22 October 1968 3 – 36 – 28 – 317 – 2

Classification round 24 October 1968 — 13th/15th place 5 – 3

24 October 1968 — 9th/12th place 3 – 65 – 0

24 October 1968 — 5th/8th place 8 – 26 – 3

24 October 1968 — Semi Finals 8 – 68 – 5

Final round 25 October 1968 — 13th place 5 – 2

25 October 1968 — 11th place 5 – 4

25 October 1968 — 9th place 7 – 5

25 October 1968 — 7th place 8 – 5

25 October 1968 — 5th place 6 – 4

25 October 1968 — Bronze Medal Match 9 – 4

25 October 1968 — Gold Medal Match 13 – 11 [aet]

Final rankings

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Medallists GoldSilverBronze

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 at the 1968 Summer Olympics (men's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 1968 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

External links NBCsports Results