Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Final results for the water polo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich.

Qualification EventDatesHostsQuotasQualified TeamsHost Nation26 April 1966Munich11968 Summer Olympics14-26 October 1968 Mexico City51971 Pan American Games26 July - 1 August 1971 Cali3European Qualifier14-20 May 1972 Munich4Oceania Qualifier1Asian Qualifier1Reallocation1Total16

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Squads

Preliminary round

Pool A Nation　PldWDLGFGA550031185401352453022823520338265104253050051450

27 August1st2nd3rd4th12-43-14-13-12-14-61-20-11-12-23-40-11-21-01-1

28 August1st2nd3rd4th7-61-11-02-13-47-32-10-11-04-17-83-22-12-20-3

29 August1st2nd3rd4th8-12-03-01-02-13-50-11-11-31-03-40-22-10-11-0

30 August1st2nd3rd4th7-50-23-12-12-116-41-16-15-14-15-71-11-41-12-1

31 August1st2nd3rd4th7-22-02-01-22-03-50-11-11-21-19-62-23-12-02-3

Pool B Nation　PldWDLGFGA431022642202113421114114013142740131327

27 August1st2nd3rd4th3-00-02-00-01-07-73-32-11-21-1

28 August1st2nd3rd4th2-41-00-00-11-33-31-00-10-22-0

29 August1st2nd3rd4th4-42-11-00-11-21-60-30-00-21-1

30 August1st2nd3rd4th2-100-31-20-31-28-33-13-11-11-0

31 August1st2nd3rd4th6-31-12-01-02-22-61-00-21-30-1

Pool C Nation　PldWDLGFGA440030943012716420219224103182540041436

28 August1st2nd3rd4th6-42-11-21-12-01-41-00-20-20-0

28 August1st2nd3rd4th11-11-04-13-03-08-53-13-22-10-1

29 August1st2nd3rd4th7-22-02-12-01-16-21-00-12-13-0

30 August1st2nd3rd4th7-43-10-12-12-15-80-11-22-22-3

31 August1st2nd3rd4th12-54-13-01-14-36-40-02-12-12-2

Final round

Group II (Classification 7th – 12th) Pos.NationPldWDLGFGA754102920853112419953112423105203262611502317231250141827

1 September1st2nd3rd4th7-41-22-00-04-25-21-00-12-12-06-51-13-21-1 1-1

2 September1st2nd3rd4th4-32-21-01-00-14-80-12-11-31-36-82-12-50-2 2-0

3 September1st2nd3rd4th4-42-21-01-10-15-52-21-20-12-04-32-11-20-0 1-0

4 September1st2nd3rd4th4-40-02-31-01-15-31-12-11-01-17-50-13-02-22-2

Results taken from Preliminary Round 1st2nd3rd4th4-3?-??-??-??-?4-2?-??-??-??-?6-4?-??-??-??-?

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th) Pos.NationPldWDLGFGA153202216253202318352212423450321518551132024650232126

1 September1st2nd3rd4th8-71-02-13-42-24-43-11-10-00-24-51-20-22-01-1

2 September1st2nd3rd4th6-62-22-11-11-22-41:11:30:00:03-50-01-22-20-1

3 September1st2nd3rd4th2-21-20-00-01-02-40-11-10-11-16-60-13-12-21-2

4 September1st2nd3rd4th5-43-00-11-11-26-52-11-12-11-23-32-11-10-10-0

Results taken from Preliminary Round 1st2nd3rd4th5-3?-??-??-??-?4-1?-??-??-??-?3-30-11-00-22-0

Final ranking

Top goalscorers RankNameGoals 1 Carlos Sanchez 18 2 Bruce Bradley 173 Mart Bras16 Juan Janac5 Eraldo Pizzo12 Gheorghe Zamfirescu Les Nunn8 Aleksandr Dreval11 Ingulf Nossek Gianni De Magistris Toma Tomov Armando Fernandez13 Anatoly Akimov10 Oleksiy Barkalov Viorel Rus

See also 1973 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship

References

Sources PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library: Official Report of the 1972 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 331, 353–365) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics (men's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 1972 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

External links

Official Olympic Report