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Qualification

Teams

;GROUP A * * * * * * ;GROUP B * * * * * *

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

*Saturday 20 July 1996 *Sunday 21 July 1996 *Monday 22 July 1996 *Tuesday 23 July 1996 *Wednesday 24 July 1996

Group B

*Saturday 20 July 1996 *Sunday 21 July 1996 *Monday 22 July 1996 *Tuesday 23 July 1996 *Wednesday 24 July 1996

Classification round

*Friday 26 July 1996 *Saturday 27 July 1996 *Sunday 28 July 1996

Final round

Quarterfinals

*Friday 26 July 1996

Semifinals

*Saturday 27 July 1996 — 5th/8th place *Saturday 27 July 1996 — 1st/4th place

Finals

*Sunday 28 July 1996 — 7th place *Sunday 28 July 1996 — 5th place *Sunday 28 July 1996 — Bronze medal match *Sunday 28 July 1996 — Gold medal match

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Multi-time Olympians

Five-time Olympian(s): 1 player * : Manuel Estiarte Four-time Olympian(s): 3 players * :

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Anastasios Papanastasiou Anastasios "Tasos" Papanastasiou (born 12 July 1964) is a Greek former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. See also * Greece men's O ...

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Jordi Sans Jordi "Chiqui" Sans Juan (born August 3, 1965 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Four years e ...

Medallists

References

Sources

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