- Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the1988 Summer Olympics as usual was part of the "swimming sport", the other two being swimming and diving. They were not seen as three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation —FINA . Water polo discipline consisted of one event: the men's team competition.In the preliminary round twelve teams were divided into two groups. The two best teams from each group (shaded ones) advanced to the semi-finals. The two numbers three and four played classification matches to determine places 5 through 8, with the earlier result taken with them. The rest of the teams also played played classification matches to determine places 9 through 12.
Preliminary Round
Group A
*September 30
** Italy 9-9 Hungary
** Australia 8-7 Spain
*October 1
** Australia 5-13 Hungary
** Italy 9-11 Spain----
Group E
*September 30
** France 11-4 China
** South Korea 7-17 Greece
*October 1
** South Korea 7-14 China
** France 7-10 Greece----
Final Ranking
References
* [http://www.aafla.com/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v2.pdf Official results]
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Team Rosters
wp|Australia
Glenn Townsend ,Richard Pengelley ,Christopher Harrison ,Troy Stockwell ,Andrew Wightman , Andrew Kerr,Raymond Mayers ,Geoffrey Clark , John Fox,Christopher Wybrow ,Simon Asher , Andrew Taylor, and Donald Cameron. Head Coach:Tom Hoad .wp|China
Ni Shiwei ,Wang Minhui , Yang Yong,Yu Xiang , Huang Long,Huang Qijiang ,Cui Shiping ,Zhao Bilong ,Li Jianxiong ,Cai Shengliu ,Wen Fan ,Ge Jianqing , andZheng Qing . Head Coach:Peng Shaorong .wp|France
Arnaud Bouet ,Marc Brisfer ,Marc Crousillat ,Pierre Garsau ,Bruno Boyadjian ,Philippe Herve ,Michel Idoux ,Thierry Alimondo ,Michel Crousillat ,Nicolas Marischael ,Nicolas Jeleff ,Pascal Perot , andChristian Volpi . Head Coach:Jean Paul Clemencon .wp|Greece
Nikolaos Christoforidis ,Philippos Kaiafas ,Epaminondas Samartzidis ,Anastassios Tsikaris ,Kyriakos Giannopoulos ,Aris Kefalogiannis ,Nikolaos Venetopoulos ,Dimitrios Seletopoulos ,Andonios Aronis ,Evangelos Pateros ,Georgios Mavrotas , andEvangelos Patras . Head Coach:Losifidis Koulis wp|Hungary
Peter Kuna ,Gabor Bujka ,Gabor Schmiedt ,Zsolt Petovary ,Istvan Pinter ,Tibor Keszthelyi ,Balazs Vincze ,Zoltan Mohi ,Tibor Pardi ,Laszlo Toth ,Andras Gyongyosi ,Zoltan Kosz , andImre Toth . Head Coach:Zoltan Kasas wp|Italy
Paolo Trapanese ,Alfio Misaggi , Andrea Pisano,Antonello Steardo ,Alessandro Campagna ,Paolo Caldarella ,Mario Fiorillo ,Francesco Porzio ,Stefano Postiglione ,Riccardo Tempestini ,Massimiliano Ferretti ,Marco d'Altrui , andGianni Averaimo . Head Coach:Fritz Dennerlein .wp|South Korea
Jung-Suk Lee ,Si-Young Chang ,Sung-Eun Kim ,Seung-Hoon Yoo ,Ki-Choon Kim ,Jae-Yun Kim ,Sun-Young Choi ,Kil-Hwan Kim ,Jin-Tae Kim ,Seung-Ho Song ,Soon-Bo Hong ,Taek-Won Lee , and Sang-Won Park. Head Coach:Jong-Ku Kim .wp|Soviet Union
Evgueni Charonov ,Nourlan Mendygaliev ,Evgeni Grichine ,Alexandre Kolotov ,Sergei Naoumov ,Victor Berendiouga ,Serguei Kotenko ,Dmitri Apanasenko ,Georgui Mchvenieradze ,Mikhail Ivanov ,Serguei Markotch ,Nikolai Smirnov , andMikhail Giorgadze . Head Coach:Boris Popov .wp|Spain
Jesus Rollan ,Miguel Chillida ,Marco Antonio Gonzalez , Miguel Pérez,Manuel Estiarte ,Pere Robert ,Jorge Paya ,José Antonio Rodriguez ,Jorge Sans ,Salvador Gómez ,Mariano Moya ,Jorge Neira , andPedro Garcia . Head Coach:Antonio Esteller .wp|United States
Craig Wilson,
Kevin Robertson ,James Bergeson , Peter Campbell,Douglas Kimbell ,Edward Klass ,Alan Mouchawar , Jeffrey Campbell,Gregory Boyer ,Terry Schroeder ,Jody Campbell ,Christopher Duplanty , and Michael Evans. Head Coach:Bill Barnett .wp|West Germany
Peter Röhle ,Dirk Jacoby ,Frank Otto ,Uwe Sterzik ,Armando Fernandez ,Andreas Ehrl ,Ingo Borgmann ,Rainer Osselmann ,Hagen Stamm , Thomas Huber,Dirk Theismann ,René Reimann , andWerner Obschernikat . Head Coach:Nicola Firuio .wp|Yugoslavia
Aleksandar Šoštar ,Deni Lušić ,Dubravko Šimenc ,Perica Bukić ,Veselin Đuho ,Dragan Andrić ,Mirko Vičević ,Igor Gočanin ,Mislav Bezmalinović ,Tomislav Paškvalin ,Igor Milanović ,Goran Rađenović , andRenco Posinković . Head Coach:Ratko Rudić .(Note: from the winning Yugoslav team, 7 players were from
Croatia :
Deni Lušić, Dubravko Šimenc, Perica Bukić, Veselin Đuho, Mislav Bezmalinović, Tomislav Paškvalin and Renco Posinković, as well as the coach Ratko Rudić.
FromMontenegro was 1 player: Mirko Vičević.
FromSerbia were 5 players: Aleksandar Šoštar, Dragan Andrić, Igor Milanović, Goran Rađenović and Igor Gočanin.)ee also
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1986 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
*1991 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
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