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Water Polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 27 July 1976 at the Claude-Robillard Sports Complex and Montréal Olympic Pool.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Hungary Hungary 1 0 0 1
2 Italy Italy 0 1 0 1
3 Netherlands Netherlands 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men Hungary Hungary
Gabor Csapo
Tibor Cservenyak
Tamas Farago
Gyorgy Gerandas
Gyorgy Horkai
Gyorgy Kenez
Ferenc Konrad
Endre Molnar
Laszlo Sarosi
Attila Sudar
Istvan Szivos
Italy Italy
Alberto Alberani
Silvio Baracchini
Luigi Castagnola
Vincenzo D'Angelo
Marcello del Ducca
Alessandro Ghibellini
Gianni de Magistris
Riccardo de Magistris
Sante Marsili
Umberto Panerai
Roldano Simeoni
Netherlands Netherlands
Alex Boegschoten
Ton Buunk
Andy Hoepelman
Evert Kroon
Nico Landeweerd
Hans Smits
Gyze Stroboer
Rik Toonen
Jan Evert Veer
Hans van Zeeland
Piet de Zwarte

Statistics[]

  • There were 131 total athletes from 12 countries.
  • Jorge Coste was the youngest participant with 17 years and 172 days.
  • Ozren Bonacic was the oldest participant with 34 years and 204 days.
  • No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • Netherlands won its first medal in the sport since London 1948.
  • Italy won its first medal in the sport since Rome 1960.
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