Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics information
Water polo
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venues
Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium
Date
20–29 July 1980
Competitors
132 from 12 nations
Medalists
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Hungary
← 1976
1984 →
Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium during the event. RIAN photo
Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the swimming sport, other two parts were swimming and diving. They were not three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Water Polo discipline consisted of one event: men's team. In the preliminary round 12 teams were divided into three groups. Two best teams from each group (shaded ones) advanced to Group A of the final round to determine places 1 through 6. The rest of teams played in Group B of the final round to determine places 7 through 12.[1][2]
The event was held between 20 and 29 July in two venues:
the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex (central part of Moscow)
the Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow)
USSR Team, congratulated by their fans after victory in the final. RIAN photo
^"HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^"Water Polo at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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