Water Polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1984 at the Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, California.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Event | |||
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Men | Yugoslavia Dragan Andric Milivoj Bebic Perica Bukic Veselin Djuho Milorad Krivokapic Deni Lusic Igor Milanovic Tomislav Paskvalin Zoran Petrovic Andrija Popovic Zoran Roje Goran Sukno Bozo Vuletic |
United States Douglas Burke Jody Campbell Peter Campbell Christopher Dorst Gary Figueroa Andrew McDonald Kevin Robertson Terry Schroeder Timothy Shaw John Siman Jon Svendsen Joseph Vargas Craig Wilson |
West Germany Santiago Chalmovsky Armando Fernandez Roland Freund Rainer Hoppe Thomas Huber Thomas Loebb Werner Obschernikat Rainer Osselmann Frank Otto Peter Rohle Jurgen Schroder Hagen Stamm Dirk Theismann |
Statistics[]
- There were 154 total athletes from 12 countries.
- George Mavrotas was the youngest participant with 17 years and 24 days.
- Peter Montgomery was the oldest participant with 34 years and 35 days.
- Tony Buunk of the Netherlands was the only water polo player chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- United States won its first medal in the sport since Munich 1972.
- Yugoslavia won its first gold medal in the sport since Mexico City 1968.
- West Germany won its first-ever medal in the sport.