The
water polo
Water polo is a 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 ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...
tournament at the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...
was held from 1 to 10 August 1984, at the
Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool
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in
Malibu, California
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. The tournament featured 12 teams, playing two rounds of round-robin play: preliminaries and finals.
Water polo was one of four
Aquatics sports held at the 1984 games, along with
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
,
diving, and
synchronized swimming
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, which was held for the first time.
Qualification
Teams
12 teams played in the 1984 Olympic tournament:
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The top 8 teams qualified for the
1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in
Duisburg
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,
West Germany
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.
Squads
Tournament play
The tournament was set up into 2 levels of round-robin play: preliminary play in 3 groups; and final play in 2 groups. The top 2 teams from each preliminary group (shaded ones) advanced to Group D and played for the top-6 places; the bottom 2 teams from each preliminary group played in Group E to determine places 7-12.
Preliminary round
Group A
*1 August
*2 August
*3 August
Group B
*1 August
*2 August
*3 August
Group C
*1 August
*2 August
*3 August
Final round
Group D
*6 August
*7 August
*9 August
*10 August
Group E
*6 August
*7 August
*9 August
*10 August
Final ranking
Medalists
Top goalscorers
See also
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Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
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Water polo at the Friendship Games
References
Sources
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PDF
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documents in the
LA84 Foundation
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Digital Library
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Official Report of the 1984 Olympic Games, v.2downloadarchive
(pp. 528–534)
* Water polo on the Olympedi
website
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Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympicsmen's tournament
* Water polo on the Sports Reference
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Water polo at the 1984 Summer Games
(archived)
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1984 Summer Olympics events
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1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
Sports in Malibu, California