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Water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the ''swimming sport'', other two parts were
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. They were not three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation —
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. Water Polo discipline consisted of one event: men's team. In the preliminary round 12 teams were divided into three groups. Two best teams from each group (shaded ones) advanced to Group A of the final round to determine places 1 through 6. The rest of teams played in Group B of the final round to determine places 7 through 12. The event was held between 20 and 29 July in two venues: *the ''Swimming Pool'' of the ''Olimpiysky Sports Complex'' (central part of
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) *the '' Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium'' at Luzhniki (south-western part of
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Medals


Qualification


Results


Preliminary round


Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Final round


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Group B

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Final ranking


Team rosters


See also

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1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
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1982 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship __NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab u ...


References


Sources

* PDF documents in the
LA84 Foundation The LA84 Foundation (known until June 2007 as the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles) is a private, nonprofit institution created by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee to manage Southern California's endowment from the 1984 Olym ...
br>Digital Library
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Official Report of the 1980 Olympic Games, v.3downloadarchive
(pp. 458, 495–510) * Water polo on the Olympedi
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Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympicsmen's tournament
* Water polo on the Sports Referencebr>website
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Water polo at the 1980 Summer Games
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