Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The water polo tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 28 July 1996, in Atlanta, United States.[1][2]

Water polo at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Dates	20–28 July 1996
Competitors	153 from 12 nations
Medalists
Spain  Croatia  Italy

Teams

GROUP A  Germany  Hungary  Netherlands  Russia  Spain  FR Yugoslavia

GROUP B  Croatia  Greece  Italy  Romania  Ukraine  United States

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	47	38	+9	10
2	FR Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	46	44	+2	7
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	39	33	+6	6
4	Russia	5	2	1	2	42	38	+4	5
5	Germany	5	1	0	4	36	45	−9	2
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	5	36	48	−12	0

Source:

• Saturday 20 July 1996

Hungary	8 – 7	Russia
Spain	9 – 3	Germany
FR Yugoslavia	11 – 8	Netherlands

• Sunday 21 July 1996

Hungary	9 – 8	Germany
Russia	9 – 9	FR Yugoslavia
Spain	8 – 7	Netherlands

• Monday 22 July 1996

Hungary	10 – 8	Netherlands
Russia	10 – 8	Germany
FR Yugoslavia	9 – 7	Spain

• Tuesday 23 July 1996

Hungary	8 – 7	Spain
Russia	10 – 5	Netherlands
FR Yugoslavia	9 – 8	Germany

• Wednesday 24 July 1996

Germany	9 – 8	Netherlands
Hungary	12 – 8	FR Yugoslavia
Spain	8 – 6	Russia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	5	5	0	0	48	38	+10	10
2	United States	5	4	0	1	45	37	+8	8
3	Croatia	5	3	0	2	51	39	+12	6
4	Greece	5	2	0	3	37	38	−1	4
5	Romania	5	0	1	4	31	45	−14	1
6	Ukraine	5	0	1	4	33	48	−15	1

Source:

• Saturday 20 July 1996

Croatia	8 – 5	Greece
Italy	10 – 7	United States
Romania	6 – 6	Ukraine

• Sunday 21 July 1996

Croatia	11 – 6	Romania
Italy	8 – 6	Ukraine
United States	9 – 7	Greece

• Monday 22 July 1996

Greece	8 – 5	Romania
Italy	10 – 8	Croatia
United States	9 – 7	Ukraine

• Tuesday 23 July 1996

Croatia	16 – 8	Ukraine
Italy	10 – 8	Greece
United States	10 – 5	Romania

• Wednesday 24 July 1996

Greece	9 – 6	Ukraine
Italy	10 – 9	Romania
United States	10 – 8	Croatia

Classification round

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
9.	Germany	6	3	3	0	0	29	16	+13
10.	Netherlands	3	3	1	1	1	25	26	–1
11.	Romania	2	3	1	0	2	25	28	–3
12.	Ukraine	1	3	0	1	2	21	30	–9

• Friday 26 July 1996

Germany	10 – 4	Ukraine
Netherlands	10 – 8	Romania

• Saturday 27 July 1996

Germany	9 – 6	Netherlands
Romania	11 – 8	Ukraine

• Sunday 28 July 1996

Netherlands	9 – 9	Ukraine
Germany	10 – 6	Romania

Final round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Hungary	12
	Greece	8
					Hungary	6
					Spain	7
	Spain	5
	United States	4
									Spain	7
									Croatia	5
	FR Yugoslavia	6
	Croatia	8
					Croatia	7
					Italy	6			Third place
	Russia	9
	Italy	11
									Hungary	18
									Italy	20

Quarterfinals

• Friday 26 July 1996

Hungary	12 – 8	Greece
FR Yugoslavia	6 – 8	Croatia
Spain	5 – 4	United States
Russia	9 – 11	Italy

Semifinals

• Saturday 27 July 1996 — 5th/8th place

Greece	7 – 6	United States
FR Yugoslavia	15 – 16	Russia

• Saturday 27 July 1996 — 1st/4th place

Croatia	7 – 6	Italy
Hungary	6 – 7	Spain

Finals

• Sunday 28 July 1996 — 7th place

United States	12 – 8	FR Yugoslavia

• Sunday 28 July 1996 — 5th place

Greece	8 – 10	Russia

• Sunday 28 July 1996 — Bronze medal match

Hungary	18 – 20	Italy

• Sunday 28 July 1996 — Gold medal match

Spain	7 – 5	Croatia

Final ranking

RANK[1] TEAM  Spain  Croatia  Italy 4.  Hungary 5.  Russia 6.  Greece 7.  United States 8.  FR Yugoslavia 9.  Germany 10.  Netherlands 11.  Romania 12.  Ukraine

1996 Men's Olympic Champions  Spain First title

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Spain (ESP)[1] Josep María Abarca Ángel Andreo Daniel Ballart Pedro Francisco García Salvador Gómez Manuel Estiarte Iván Moro Miguel Ángel Oca Jorge Payá Sergi Pedrerol Jesús Rollán Jordi Sans Carles Sans Head Coach: Joan Jane	Croatia (CRO) Maro Balić Perica Bukić Damir Glavan Igor Hinić Vjekoslav Kobešćak Joško Kreković Ognjen Kržić Dubravko Šimenc Siniša Školneković Ratko Štritof Renato Vrbičić Tino Vegar Zdeslav Vrdoljak Head Coach: Bruno Silić	Italy (ITA) Alberto Angelini Francesco Attolico Fabio Bencivenga Alessandro Bovo Alessandro Calcaterra Roberto Calcaterra Marco Gerini Alberto Ghibellini Luca Giustolisi Amedeo Pomilio Francesco Postiglione Carlo Silipo Leonardo Sottani Head Coach: Ratko Rudić

See also

• 1994 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
• 1998 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
2. "Water Polo at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

Sources

• PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
  • Official Report of the 1996 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 56–73)
• Water polo on the Olympedia website
  • Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
• Water polo on the Sports Reference website
  • Water polo at the 1996 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

External links

• "Official Olympic Report". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
• Results