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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Event | |||
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Men | Hungary Gabor Csapo Tibor Cservenyak Tamas Farago Gyorgy Gerandas Gyorgy Horkai Gyorgy Kenez Ferenc Konrad Endre Molnar Laszlo Sarosi Attila Sudar Istvan Szivos |
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 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.