Water polo at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venues | Piscina delle Rose Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto | |||||||||
Date | 25 August – 3 September 1960 | |||||||||
Competitors | 150 from 16 nations | |||||||||
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← 19561964 → |
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Qualification
Event | Dates | Hosts | Quotas | Qualified Teams |
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Host Nation | 15 June 1955 | Paris | 1 | Italy |
1956 Summer Olympics | 28 November - 7 December 1956 | Melbourne | 6 | Hungary
United Team of Germany (EUA) |
Oceania Qualifier | 24 February 1960 | Melbourne | 1 | Australia |
European & Middle East Qualifier | 18 June 1960 | Zagreb | 1 | United Arab Republic |
25-26 June 1960 | Groningen | 1 | Belgium | |
26 June 1960 | Camogli | 1 | France | |
American Qualifier | 2 | Brazil | ||
Argentina | ||||
Asian Qualifier | 1 | Japan | ||
African Qualifier | 1 | South Africa | ||
Wild Card | 1 | Netherlands | ||
Total | 16 |
Medal summary
Results
For the team rosters see: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 6 |
Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 4 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 1 |
Egypt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 1 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 6 |
United Team of Germany (EUA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 |
Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 |
Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 1 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 6 |
Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 |
South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 |
Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 0 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 6 |
United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 4 |
France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 2 |
Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 0 |
Semi-finals
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 |
Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
Romania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 1 |
United Team of Germany (EUA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 2 |
Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 0 |
Final round
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 |
Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 |
Hungary | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 |
Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 |
Final standings
Place | Nation |
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1 | Italy (ITA) |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) |
3 | Hungary (HUN) |
4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
5 | Romania (ROU) |
6 | United Team of Germany (EUA) |
7 | United States (USA) |
8 | Netherlands (NED) |
9 | South Africa (RSA) |
10 | France (FRA) |
11 | Argentina (ARG) |
12 | Brazil (BRA) |
13 | United Arab Republic (UAR) |
14 | Japan (JPN) |
15 | Australia (AUS) |
16 | Belgium (BEL) |
References
- ^ "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- "Water Polo at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- "Men Water Polo XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 Qualification". Todor 66.
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 552–555, 617–634)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1960 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
External links
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