The water polo tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 27 July 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Qualification EventDatesHostsQuotasQualified TeamsHost Nation12 May 1970 Amsterdam11974 Asian Games2-7 September 1974 Tehran11975 World Championships19-25 July 1975 Cali61975 Pan American Games16-20 October 1975 Mexico City1European Qualifier23-25 April 1976 West Berlin1Oceania Qualifier1African Qualifier1Reallocation1Total12

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Participating teams

Group A

Group B

Group C

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.532102613+132.431202510+153.331112215+74.03003439–35

18 July 1976 4 – 412 – 1

19 July 1976 15 – 08 – 6

20 July 1976 6 – 612 – 3

Group B TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.633001410+42.331111814+43.331111412+24.030031020–10

18 July 1976 5 – 35 – 5

19 July 1976 3 – 28 – 3

20 July 1976 6 – 57 – 4

Group C TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.63300158+22.4320197+23.23102814–64.030031417–3

18 July 1976 7 – 60 – 5

19 July 1976 4 – 32 – 4

20 July 1976 4 – 06 – 5

Classification round

Group D TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff7.954103416+188.753113316+179.652212721+610.551312619+511.351132225–312.05005853–45

22 July 1976 5 – 0 14 – 311 – 3

23 July 1976 4 – 35 – 78 – 2

24 July 1976 4 – 47 – 28 – 1

26 July 1976 10 – 26 – 64 – 4

27 July 1976 8 – 516 – 04 – 4

1 The Soviet Union forfeited the match due to player illness. The USSR also threatened to quit the tournament after failing to make the medal round, but this never materialized.Soviet Forfeit Adds to Woes

Group E TeamPointsGWDLGFGADiff1.954103024+62.652212120+13.652211817+14.551312625+15.350322124–36.150141521–6

22 July 1976 6 – 53 – 25 – 5

23 July 1976 5 – 35 – 44 – 4

24 July 1976 5 – 34 – 44 – 4

26 July 1976 9 – 84 – 35 – 3

27 July 1976 5 – 53 – 35 – 3

Final ranking

See also 1975 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship 1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship

References

Sources PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library: Official Report of the 1976 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 446–447, 484–497) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics (men's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 1976 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

External links

Results