Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics


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 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.
The event was held between 20 and 29 July in two venues:

Medals

Qualification

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Final round

Group A

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Group B

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Final ranking

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Team rosters