Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the swimming sport, other two parts were swimming and diving. They were not three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. 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 Moscow) the Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow)
Medals Men's Vladimir AkimovAleksey BarkalovYevgeny GrishinMikhail IvanovAleksandr KabanovSergey KotenkoGeorgi MshvenieradzeMait RiismanViacheslav SobchenkoYevgeny SharonovErkin Shagaev Luka VezlićZoran GopčevićDamir PolićRatko RudićZoran MusturZoran RojeMilivoj Bebić Slobodan TrifunovićBoško LozicaPredrag ManojlovićMilorad Krivokapić Endre MolnárIstván Szívós, Jr.Attila Sudár György GerendásGyörgy HorkaiGábor CsapóIstván UdvardiLászló KunczTamás FaragóKároly HauszlerIstván Kiss
Qualification Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified Host nation 23 October 1974 Vienna 1 1978 World Championships 19–27 August 1978 West Berlin 6 4 Intercontinental qualification 28 April – 4 May 1980 Sofia 5 Wildcards 2 Total 12
Results Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Final round Group A
Group B
Final ranking
Rank Team4 Spain56 Netherlands7 Australia8 Italy9101112
Team rosters Robert BryantMartin CallaghanAnthony FalsonRandall GoffAndrew KerrPeter MontgomeryJulian MusprattDavid NeeshamAndrew StewardCharles TurnerMichael TurnerAndrey AndreevBiser GeorgievGeorgi GospodinovAsen DenchevKiril KiryakovPetar KostadinovVasil NanovAntoni PartalevMatei PopovVolodya SirakovNikola StamatovCarlos Benítez Lazaro CostaOrlando CowleyBárbaro DíazOriel DomínguezNelson DomínguezOscar PericheArturo RamosJorge RizoGerardo RodríguezPedro RodríguezAntonios AronisIoannis GarifallosIoannis GiannourisKiriakos GiannopoulosAndreas GounasSpyros KapralosThomas KaralogosAristidis KefalogiannisMarkellos SitareniosSotirios StathakisIoannis VossosGábor CsapóTamás FaragóGyörgy GerendásKároly HauszlerGyörgy HorkaiIstván KissLászló KunczEndre MolnárAttila SudárIstván SzívósIstván UdvardiAlberto AlberaniRomeo CollinaGianni De MagistrisVincenzo D'AngeloMassimo FondelliAlfio MisaggiSante MisaggiUmberto PaneraiPaolo RagosaRoldano SimeoniAntonello SteardoTon BuunkWouly de BieJan Jaap KorevaarNico LandeweerdRuud MisdorpDick NieuwenhuizenEric NoordegraafStan van BelkumAad van MilHans van ZeelandJan Evert VeerViorel CostrașAdrian NastasiuDinu PopescuLiviu RâducanuViorel RusClaudiu loan RusuAdrian SchervanFlorin SlâveiIlie SlâveiDoru SpînuVasile UngureanuJosé AlcázarJorge AlonsoAntonio AquilarJorge CarmonaManuel DelgadoAntonio EstellerManuel EstiarteSalvador FranchPedro RobertFederico SabriáGaspar VenturaVladimir AkimovAleksei BarkalovYevgeny GrishinMikhail IvanovAleksandr KabanovSergey KotenkoGiorgi MshvenieradzeMait RiismanErkin ShagaevYevgeny SharonovViacheslav SobchenkoPer-Arne AnderssonSören CarlssonPeter CarlströmArne ClaessonTommy DanielsonAnders FlodqvistGunnar JohanssonKenth KarlssonHans LundénLars SkåålChrister StenbergMilivoj BebićZoran GopčevićMilorad KrivokapićBoško LozicaPredrag ManojlovićZoran MusturDamir PolićRatko RudićZoran RojeSlobodan TrifunovićLuka Vezilić
See also 1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship 1982 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
References
Sources PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library: Official Report of the 1980 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 458, 495–510) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics (men's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 1980 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
External links Official Olympic Report