Men Water Polo Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City, Mexico - 14th to 26th October - Gold Mewdal: Yugoslavia
Final Matches
Gamedatetimeteam 1scoreteam 21T2T3T
Final26.10.6817:00YUG Yugoslavia13-11aetURS Soviet Union2-35-58-6
1T: 2-3 0-1 Skok 1:17, 1-1 Trumbic 2:07, 2-1 Sandic 2:18, 2-2 Barkalov 2:32, 2-3 Barkalov 4:41 2T: 3-2 3-3 Sandic 0:49, 4-3 Sandic 1:00, 4-4 Skok 1:57, 5-4 Bonacic 2:07, 5-5 Barkalov 2:51 3T: 3-1 6-5 Trumbic 0:03, 7-5 Marovic 0:31, 7-6 Barkalov 2:21, 8-6 Marovic 2:22 4T: 3-5 9-6 Marovic 0:30, 9-7 Skok 1:18, 9-8 Skok 2:26, 10-8 Bonacic 3:19, 10-9 Barkalov 3:32, 11-9 Bonacic 3:58, 11-10 Barkalov 4:26, 11-11 Barkalov 4:55 OT 3': 2-0 12-11 Marovic 0:33, 13-11 Marovic 1:49 Referee: Fuchs, Belgium.
Yugoslavia: Stipanic, Trumbic 1, Bonacic 3, Marovic 5, Lopatni, Jankovic 1, Poljak, Dabovic, Perisic, Sandic 3, Hebel.Soviet Union: Gulayev, Chikvania, Grishin, Dolgushin, Barkalov 7, Grigorovsky, Semyonov, Shidlovsky, Skok 4, Osipov, Bovin.
3-426.10.6810:00HUN Hungary9-4ITA Italy1-15-29-3
1T: 1-1 1-0 Felkai 3:41, 1-1 Pizzo 4:36 2T: 4-1 2-1 Felkai 1:01, 2-2 Pizzo 1:28, 3-2 Felkai 1:46, 4-2 Bodnar 2:19, 5-2 Felkai 3:18 3T: 4-1 6-2 Bodnar 1:12, 7-2 Felkai 2:17, 8-2 Felkai 2:34, 8-3 Cevasco, 9-3 Felkai 3:45 4T: 1-0 9-4 Pizzo 2:10 Referee: Mateo Manguillot, Spain.
5-625.10.6815:30USA United States6-4GDR East Germany1-14-35-4
7-825.10.6815:30NED Netherlands8-5CUB Cuba4-06-28-3
9-1025.10.6810:00ESP Spain7-5FRG West Germany1-13-36-4
11-1225.10.6810:00MEX Mexico5-4JPN Japan1-23-34-3
13-1425.10.6810:00BRA Brazil5-2GRE Greece0-11-24-2

Semi-Finals (1/2).

Gamedatetimeteam 1scoreteam 21T2T3T
1/224.10.6815:00URS Soviet Union8-5ITA Italy3-14-38-4
1/224.10.6815:00YUG Yugoslavia8-6HUN Hungary1-02-34-5
5-824.10.6809:00GDR East Germany8-2CUB Cuba1-04-16-1
5-824.10.6815:00USA United States6-3NED Netherlands1-05-25-3
9-1224.10.6809:00ESP Spain5-0JPN Japan0-00-02-0
9-1224.10.6809:00FRG West Germany6-3MEX Mexico0-02-14-3
13-1524.10.6809:00BRA Brazil5-3EGY Egypt0-01-02-2
Final Rankingptswondrwlstgfgag+-
1.YUG Yugoslavia1571186:35+51
2.URS Soviet Union1260262:36+26
3.HUN Hungary1470154:26+28
4.ITA Italy1361257:38+19
5.USA United States1151249:43+6
6.GDR East Germany1361278:30+48
7.NED Netherlands1151353:39+14
8.CUB Cuba731438:51-13
9.ESP Spain521532:42-10
10.FRG West Germany630544:440
11.MEX Mexico521635:66-31
12.JPN Japan630630:67-37
13.BRA Brazil521532:56-24
14.GRE Greece210736:67-31
15.EGY Egypt101724:70-46
-.AUS Australia DNS
Australia Case
Qualification

Groups Round.

First 2 to Semi-Finals (1/2). Rest to Classification.
Group Aptswondrwlstgfgag+-to
1.HUN Hungary1260039:14+251/2
2.URS Soviet Union1050143:18+251/2
3.USA United States731237:36+15-8
4.CUB Cuba731231:35-45-8
5.FRG West Germany420433:34-19-12
6.ESP Spain101520:37-179-12
7.BRA Brazil101522:51-2913-15
-.AUS Australia not allowed
TeamHungSoUnUnStCubaWeGeSpaiBrazAust
Hungary---6:55:17:16:47:18:2
Soviet Union ---8:311:46:35:08:2
United States ---6:67:510:710:5
Cuba ---7:64:39:2
West Germany ---5:310:5
Spain ---6:6
Brazil ---
Australia ---
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 21T2T3T
14.10.6810:00USA United States10-5BRA Brazil3-15-25-3
14.10.6815:00URS Soviet Union11-4CUB Cuba0-14-27-3
15.10.6810:00FRG West Germany5-3ESP Spain3-04-14-2
15.10.6815:00CUB Cuba9-2BRA Brazil2-05-16-1
16.10.6810:00HUN Hungary6-4FRG West Germany1-14-34-3
16.10.6815:00USA United States10-7ESP Spain2-15-38-5
17.10.6810:00URS Soviet Union6-3FRG West Germany0-12-25-3
17.10.6810:00USA United States6-6CUB Cuba3-24-34-4
17.10.6815:30HUN Hungary7-1ESP Spain1-04-06-0
19.10.6810:00URS Soviet Union5-0ESP Spain2-03-03-0
19.10.6815:30HUN Hungary5-1USA United States2-12-13-1
19.10.6815:30FRG West Germany10-5BRA Brazil1-21-36-4
20.10.6809:00CUB $Cuba7-6FRG West Germany1-02-14-3
20.10.6815:30ESP Spain6-6BRA Brazil1-02-25-4
20.10.6815:30HUN Hungary6-5URS Soviet Union2-24-35-5
21.10.6810:00CUB $Cuba4-3ESP Spain1-12-23-3
21.10.6810:00URS Soviet Union8-3USA United States1-13-25-3
21.10.6815:30HUN Hungary8-2BRA Brazil0-03-06-1
22.10.6809:00URS Soviet Union8-2BRA Brazil1-04-17-2
22.10.6815:30USA United States7-5FRG West Germany1-13-35-4
23.10.6809:00HUN Hungary7-1CUB $Cuba1-02-14-1
Group Bptswondrwlstgfgag+-to
1.ITA Italy1361048:21+271/2
2.YUG Yugoslavia1151165:18+471/2
3.GDR East Germany1151166:22+445-8
4.NED Netherlands941242:28+145-8
5.JPN Japan630426:57-319-12
6.MEX Mexico311527:56-299-12
7.GRE Greece210634:62-2813-15
8.EGY Egypt101621:65-4413-15
TeamItalYugoEaGeNethJapaMexiGreeEgyp
Italy---5:45:43:39:210:56:210:1
Yugoslavia ---4:47:417:29:011:113:2
East Germany ---8:38:012:411:419:2
Netherlands ---9:18:19:56:3
Japan ---6:38:77:4
Mexico ---11:83:3
Greece ---7:6
Egypt ---
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 21T2T3T
14.10.6810:00NED Netherlands9-5GRE Greece2-05-25-3
14.10.6815:00YUG Yugoslavia13-2EGY Egypt2-13-18-2
14.10.6815:00ITA Italy9-2JPN Japan2-04-26-2
15.10.6810:00GDR East Germany12-4MEX Mexico3-05-08-2
15.10.6815:00JPN Japan8-7GRE Greece3-15-27-5
15.10.6815:00ITA Italy10-1EGY Egypt2-03-07-1
16.10.6810:00YUG Yugoslavia4-4GDR East Germany0-01-03-2
16.10.6815:00NED Netherlands8-1MEX Mexico1-04-17-1
16.10.6815:00GRE Greece7-6EFY Egypt0-22-54-6
17.10.6810:00ITA Italy5-4GDR East Germany1-12-13-3
17.10.6815:30YUG Yugoslavia9-0MEX Mexico2-05-06-0
17.10.6815:30NED Netherlands9-1JPN Japan1-04-05-1
19.10.6810:00GDR East Germany11-4GRE Greece3-13-18-2
19.10.6810:00JPN Japan7-4EGY Egypt1-13-26-2
19.10.6815:30ITA Italy10-5MEX Mexico3-15-39-4
19.10.6815:30YUG Yugoslavia7-4NED Netherlands1-13-26-3
20.10.6809:00GDR East Germany8-0JPN Japan2-04-07-0
20.10.6809:00MEX Mexico11-8GRE Greece4-38-49-6
20.10.6815:30ITA Italy5-4YUG Yugoslavia1-13-35-3
20.10.6815:30NED Netherlands6-3EGY Egypt1-13-15-2
21.10.6810:00JPN Japan6-3MEX Mexico1-04-14-2
21.10.6810:00YUG Yugoslavia11-1GRE Greece3-07-08-1
21.10.6815:30ITA Italy3-3NED Netherlands1-02-13-3
21.10.6815:30GDR East Germany19-2EGY Egypt2-09-016-1
22.10.6809:00MEX Mexico3-3EGY Egypt1-02-12-1
22.10.6809:00ITA Italy6-2GRE Greece2-13-15-1
22.10.6815:30GDR East Germany8-3NED Netherlands2-03-05-2
22.10.6815:30YUG Yugoslavia17-2JPN Japan6-18-213-2
Qualification
HungaryMen 19641st
YugoslaviaMen 19642nd
Soviet UnionMen 19643rd
ItalyMen 19644th
RomaniaMen 19645th
East GermanyMen 19646th
West GermanyMen OQ 19681st
NetherlandsMen OQ 19682nd
SpainMen OQ 19683rd
United StatesAmerica Men PG 19671st
BrazilAmerica Men PG 19672nd
MexicoAmerica Men PG 19673rd
CanadaAmerica Men PG 19674th
EgyptAfrica-Algeria
AustraliaOceania
Greece
Australia Case
Australia was elected initialy by FINA to play in the Olympic Games. The Australian Olympic Federation in their initial plans for the participation in the Games had limited the number of Athletes in the swimming Competitions. So there was not room for the Water Polo Team. Until the last days before the competition FINA and the Australian Swimming Federation insisted the Team has to participate. In the last moment IOC took the side of AOF and forbide the Water Polo team to play. The Team was in Mexico and had played many friendly preparation games. The athletes had spent their own money.

Teams Composition

YUG 1. Yugoslavia
Ivo Trumbić
Karlo Stipanić
Ozren Bonačić
Zoran Janković
Uroš Marović
Ronald Lopatni
Miroslav Poljak
Dejan Dabović
Đorđe Perišić
Mirko Sandić
Zdravko Hebel
URS 2. Soviet Union
1. Vadim Gulyaev
2. Givi Chikvania
3. Boris Grishin
4. Aleksandr Dolgushin
5. Aleksey Barkalov
6. Yury Grigorovsky
7. Vladimir Semyonov
8. Aleksandr Shidlovsky
9. Vyacheslav Skok
10.Leonid Osipov
11.Oleg Bovin
Coach: Anatoly Blyumental.
HUN 3. Hungary
Endre Molnár
Mihály Mayer
István Szivós Jr.
János Konrád
László Sárosi
László Felkai
Ferenc Konrád
Dénes Pócsik
András Bodnár
Zoltán Dömötör
János Steinmetz
ITA 4. Italy
1. Alberto Alberani
2. Eraldo Pizzo
3. Mario Cevasco
4. Gianni Lonzi
5. Enzo Barlocco
6. Franco Lavoratori
7. Gianni De Magistris
8. Alessandro Chibellini
9. Giancarlo Guerrini
10.Paolo Ferrando
11.Eugenio Merello
Coach: Mario Majoni.
USA 5. United States
Tony van Dorp
Dave Ashleigh
Russ Webb
Ron Crawford
Stan Cole
Bruce Bradley
Dean Willeford
Barry Weitzenberg
Gary Sheerer
John Parker
Steve Barnett
GDR 6. East Germany
Hans-Georg Fehn
Klaus Schlenkrich
Jürgen Thiel
Siegfried Ballerstedt
Peter Rund
Hans-Jürgen Schüler
Jürgen Kluge
Veit Herrmanns
Manfred Herzog
Hans-Ulrich Lange
Peter Schmidt
NED 7. Netherlands
Feike de Vries
Hans Wouda
Loet Geutjes
Hans Hoogveld
Fred van Dorp
Hans Parrel
Nico van der Voet
Ad Moolhuijzen
Bart Bongers
André Hermsen
Evert Kroon
CUB 8. Cuba
Oscar Periche
Waldimiro Arcos
Miguel García
Rolando Valdés
Rubén Junco
Guillermo Martínez Ginoris
Chepe Rodríguez
Osvaldo García
Roberto Rodríguez
Guillermo Cañete
Jesús Pérez
ESP 9. Spain
Luis Bestit
Jorge Borell
Juan Rubio
José Padrós
Agustín Codera
Fermín Más
Lolo Ibern
Santiago Zubicoa
Luis Meya
Juan Jané
Vicente Brugat
FRG 10.West Germany
Hans Hoffmeister
Hermann Haverkamp
Peter Teicher
Lajos Nagy
Wolf-Rüdiger Schulz
Ludger Weeke
Dietmar Seiz
Kurt Schuhmann
Heinz Kleimeier
Ludwig Ott
Günter Kilian
MEX 11.Mexico
Oscar Familiar
Rolando Chávez
Francisco García
Germán Chávez
Carlos Morfín
Luis Guzmán
Virgilio Botella
Juan Manuel García
José Luis Vásquez
Sergio Ramos
Daniel Gómez
JPN 12.Japan
Tetsunosuke Ishii
Hirokatsu Kuwayama
Koji Nakano
Shuzo Yajima
Shigeharu Kuwabara
Haruo Sato
Kazuya Takeuchi
Kunio Yonehara
Seiya Sakamoto
BRA 13.Brazil
Ivo Carotini
Marc de Vicoso
Henrique Filellini
João Gonçalves Filho
Cláudio Lima
Aluísio Marsili
Arnaldo Marsili
Pedro Pinciroli Júnior
Alvaro Pires
Fernando Sandoval
GRE 14.Greece
Ioannis Thymaras
Georgios Theodorakopoulos
Kyriakos Iosifidis
Andreas Garyfallos
Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos
Panagiotis Mathioudakis
Ioannis Palios
Georgios Palikaris
Nikolaos Tsangas
Thomas Karalogos
Panagiotis Mikhalos
EGY 15.Egypt
Mohamed Abid Soliman
Salah El-Din Shalabi
Mohamed El-Bassiouni
Sameh Soliman
Galal Touny
Adel El-Moalem
Alaa El-Din El-Shafei
Khaled El-Kashef
Hossam El-Baroudi
Haroun Touny
Ashraf Gamil
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______ XXXIII Paris 2024
Serbia XXXII Tokyo 2020
Serbia XXXI Rio de Janeiro 2016
Croatia XXX London 2012
Hungary XXIX Beijing 2008
Hungary XXVIII Athens 2004
Hungary XXVII Sydney 2000
Spain XXVI Atlanta 1996
Italy XXV Barcelona 1992
Yugoslavia XXIV Seoul 1988
Yugoslavia XXIII Los Angeles 1984
Soviet Union XXII Moskva 1980
Hungary XXI Montreal 1976
Soviet Union XX Munchen 1972
Yugoslavia XIX Mexico City 1968
Yugoslavia XVIII Tokyo 1964
Italy XVII Roma 1960
Hungary XVI Melbourne 1956
Hungary XV Helsinki 1952
Italy XIV London 1948
Hungary XI Berlin 1936
Hungary X Los Angeles 1932
Germany IX Amsterdam 1928
United States VIII Paris 1924
Great Britain VII Antwerp 1920
Great Britain V Stockholm 1912
Great Britain IV London 1908
New York Athletic Club (USA) III Saint Loius 1904
Osborne Swimming Club (GBR) II Paris 1900
Special thanks to Serguey Shklyar s_shklyar@mail.ru
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