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Water Polo, Men

Date	25 August – 3 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma / Piscina delle Rose, Roma
Participants	149 from 16 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool.

Italy had won the gold medal at the 1948 Olympics, while Hungary had won the last two golds, also placing first in 1932 and 1936. Along with Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, these were the four strongest sides in the world, and they would finish in the top four at Rome, with all four advancing out of the semi-final pools to the medal round. There Italy and the Soviets tied with one win and one loss, and were equal on goal differential among the contested matches of the final pool. But the gold medal came down to the Italy-USSR match that had taken place in the semi-final pools, which Italy won 2-0. Hungary claimed the bronze medal as Yugoslavia lost both of its final pool matches.

Hungary’s Dezső Gyarmati won his fourth consecutive water polo medal, after golds in 1952 and 1956 and a silver in 1948. He would return in 1964 to win his fifth medal, an all-time Olympic water polo record, with another gold. He is considered, with Spain’s Manuel Estiarte, who competed from 1980-92, one of the two greatest ever water poloists. The leading goal scorer of the 1960 Olympic tournament was the surprising Fred Tisue of the United States, which placed seventh. Tisue scored 12 goals in Rome, including five in one game against France in a preliminary round match.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	GP	Goals
1	–	Italy	ITA	7	31	Gold
	–	Amedeo Ambron		1	1
	–	Danio Bardi		6	2
	–	Giuseppe D'Altrui		6	1
	–	Salvatore Gionta		2	2
	–	Giancarlo Guerrini		2	3
	–	Franco Lavoratori		6	4
	–	Gianni Lonzi		5	0
	–	Luigi Mannelli		2	4
	–	Rosario Parmegiani		6	7
	–	Eraldo Pizzo		6	7
	–	Dante Rossi		5	0
	–	Brunello Spinelli		2	0
Coach		Bandy Zolyomy
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	7	30	Silver
	–	Viktor Ageyev		2	0
	–	Givi Chikvanaia		6	7
	–	Leri Gogoladze		3	0
	–	Boris Goykhman		4	0
	–	Yury Grigorovsky		6	2
	–	Anatoly Kartashov		7	5
	–	Vyacheslav Kurennoy		7	9
	–	P'et're Mshvenieradze		7	5
	–	Vladimir Novikov		1	0
	–	Yevgeny Saltsyn		1	2
	–	Vladimir Semyonov		5	0
Coach		Nikolay Malin
3	–	Hungary	HUN	7	37	Bronze
	–	András Bodnár		1	1
	–	Ottó Boros		5	0
	–	Zoltán Dömötör		6	9
	–	László Felkai		3	4
	–	Dezső Gyarmati		6	2
	–	István Hevesi		5	1
	–	László Jeney		2	0
	–	Tivadar Kanizsa		6	6
	–	György Kárpáti		4	5
	–	András Katona		1	0
	–	János Konrád		1	1
	–	Kálmán Markovits		4	1
	–	Mihály Mayer		3	1
	–	Péter Rusorán		2	5
Coach		Dezső Lemhényi
4	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	7	27
	–	Zdravko Ježić		7	4
	–	Hrvoje Kačić		7	4
	–	Milan Muškatirović		7	0
	–	Ante Nardeli		7	5
	–	Mirko Sandić		6	3
	–	Zlatko Šimenc		7	4
	–	Božidar Stanišić		1	1
	–	Marijan Žužej		7	6
	–	Ivo Cipci DNS		–	–
	–	Boris Čukvas DNS		–	–
	–	Đuro Radan DNS		–	–
	–	Dragoslav Šiljak DNS		–	–
5	–	Romania	ROU	7	28
	–	Alexandru Bădiță		7	6
	–	Gavril Blajek		7	4
	–	Anatol Grințescu		7	1
	–	Ștefan Kroner		7	3
	–	Mircea Ștefănescu		7	0
	–	Alexandru Szabo		7	2
	–	Aurel Zahan		7	12
	–	Adalbert Balint DNS		–	–
	–	Nicolae Firoiu DNS		–	–
	–	Emil Mureșan DNS		–	–
	–	Francisc Șimon DNS		–	–
Coach		Adalbert Balint
6	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	7	28
	–	Emil Bildstein		1	0
	–	Hans Hoffmeister		6	0
	–	Jürgen Honig		4	2
	–	Lajos Nagy		7	10
	–	Friedhelm Osselmann		7	3
	–	Hans Schepers		7	0
	–	Achim Schneider		7	9
	–	Dieter Seitz		3	1
	–	Bernd Strasser		7	2
	–	Jürgen Fuchs DNS		–	–
	–	Ludwig Ott DNS		–	–
Coach		Hans Schulze
7	–	United States	USA	7	33
	–	Chuck Bittick		5	3
	–	Marvin Burns		5	0
	–	Ron Crawford		6	5
	–	Gordie Hall		3	0
	–	Bob Horn		4	0
	–	Chick McIlroy		1	0
	–	Ronald Severa		7	4
	–	Fred Tisue		7	12
	–	Ron Volmer		4	4
	–	Wally Wolf		7	5
	–	Jim Kelsey DNS		–	–
Coach		Urho Eino Saari
8	–	Netherlands	NED	7	25
	–	Henk Hermsen		1	0
	–	Ben Kniest		6	0
	–	Harry Lamme		7	5
	–	Bram Leenards		5	0
	–	Hans Muller		5	1
	–	Harro Ran		5	2
	–	Fred van der Zwan		7	6
	–	Fred van Dorp		7	7
	–	Harry Vriend		6	4
	–	Anton de Boer DNS		–	–
	–	Wim van Spingelen DNS		–	–
Coach		Frans Kuijper
=9	–	Argentina	ARG	3	7
	–	Alfredo Carnovali		3	0
	–	Osvaldo Codaro		3	3
	–	Pedro Consuegra		3	1
	–	Roberto Fischer		3	1
	–	Jorge Lucey		3	2
	–	Ernesto Parga		3	0
	–	Diego Wolff		3	0
	–	Juan Maganás DNS		–	–
=9	–	South Africa	RSA	3	7
	–	William Aucamp		3	0
	–	Stephanus Botha		2	0
	–	Allan Brown		1	1
	–	Frank Butler		3	2
	–	Ron Meredith		3	0
	–	Leon Nahon		2	1
	–	Robert Schwartz		1	1
	–	Ronald Tinkler		3	2
	–	Wally Voges		3	0
Coach		György Bródy
=9	–	France	FRA	3	10
	–	René Daubinet		2	1
	–	Gérard Faetibolt		1	0
	–	Claude Greder		3	1
	–	Claude Haas		2	0
	–	Alex Jany		2	1
	–	Charles Lambert		3	4
	–	André Lochon		1	0
	–	Jacques Meslier		1	0
	–	Roland Moellé		2	0
	–	Roger Neubauer		3	3
	–	Jean-Paul Weil		1	0
Coach		Maurice Laurent
=9	–	United Arab Republic	UAR	3	7
	–	Mohamed Azmi		2	0
	–	Moustafa Bakri		3	0
	–	Moukhtar Hussain El-Gamal		3	4
	–	Gamal El-Nazer		1	0
	–	Dorri Abdel Kader		3	1
	–	Abdel Aziz El-Shafei		3	0
	–	Mohamed Abdel Hafiz		–	–
	–	Abdel Aziz Khalifa		1	0
	–	Abdel Rahman Amin		3	1
	–	Ibrahim Abdel Rahman		2	1
	–	Shoukry Younes DNS		–	–
=13	–	Japan	JPN	3	5
	–	Kanji Asanuma		3	0
	–	Shigenobu Fujimoto		3	0
	–	Mineo Kato		3	0
	–	Motonobu Miyamura		3	1
	–	Takanao Sato		3	2
	–	Yoji Shimizu		3	0
	–	Koki Takagi		3	2
	–	Reizo Aoyama DNS		–	–
	–	Teruyoshi Kanda DNS		–	–
	–	Toru Shibata DNS		–	–
	–	Takeshi Yamamoto DNS		–	–
Coach		Takeshi Hiwada
=13	–	Brazil	BRA	3	7
	–	Rolando da Cruz		1	0
	–	Everardo da Cruz Filho		2	0
	–	Luiz Daniel		3	0
	–	Hilton de Almeida		3	1
	–	Márvio dos Santos		3	1
	–	João Gonçalves Filho		3	5
	–	Adhemar Grijó Filho		3	0
	–	Henry Sanson		2	0
Coach		Claudino Castro
=13	–	Australia	AUS	3	7
	–	Allan Charleston		2	0
	–	Des Clark		1	0
	–	Tom Hoad		2	1
	–	John O'Brien		3	2
	–	Ted Pierce		2	1
	–	Graeme Sherman		3	0
	–	Dick Thornett		2	0
	–	Keith Whitehead		1	0
	–	Keith Wiegard		2	3
	–	Michael Withers		3	0
Coach		Herman Doerner
=13	–	Belgium	BEL	3	8
	–	Jacques Caufrier		3	0
	–	Bruno De Hesselle		3	0
	–	Karel De Vis		3	3
	–	Roger De Wilde		3	0
	–	Nicolas Dumont		3	3
	–	Léon Pickers		3	1
	–	Jozef Smits		3	1
	–	Frank D'Osterlinck DNS		–	–
	–	Marco Lagaert DNS		–	–
	–	Johan Van Den Steen DNS		–	–
	–	Eric Van Reybroeck DNS		–	–

Preliminary Round

Date	25 – 29 August 1960

Group A

Date	25 – 27 August 1960
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Italy	ITA	3	0	0	6	21-8

2	Romania	ROU	2	0	1	4	12-5

=3	Japan	JPN	0	1	2	1	5-15

=3	United Arab Republic	UAR	0	1	2	1	7-17

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 20:30	Japan	JPN	3 – 3	United Arab Republic	UAR
Match #2	25 Aug 21:30	Italy	ITA	4 – 3	Romania	ROU
Match #3	26 Aug 12:00	Romania	ROU	5 – 0	United Arab Republic	UAR
Match #4	26 Aug 22:40	Italy	ITA	8 – 1	Japan	JPN
Match #5	27 Aug 21:50	Italy	ITA	9 – 4	United Arab Republic	UAR
Match #6	27 Aug 22:00	Romania	ROU	4 – 1	Japan	JPN

Group B

Date	25 – 29 August 1960
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	0	6	20-10

2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	2	0	1	4	15-9

3	Argentina	ARG	0	1	2	1	7-14

4	Brazil	BRA	0	1	2	1	7-16

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 21:30	Argentina	ARG	2 – 2	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	25 Aug 22:30	Soviet Union	URS	5 – 4	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #3	26 Aug 21:00	Unified Team of Germany	GER	6 – 3	Brazil	BRA
Match #4	27 Aug 10:00	Soviet Union	URS	7 – 4	Argentina	ARG
Match #5	29 Aug 11:00	Soviet Union	URS	8 – 2	Brazil	BRA
Match #6	29 Aug 23:15	Unified Team of Germany	GER	5 – 1	Argentina	ARG

Group C

Date	25 – 29 August 1960
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Yugoslavia	YUG	3	0	0	6	15-4

2	Netherlands	NED	1	1	1	3	9-8

3	South Africa	RSA	1	1	1	3	7-12

4	Australia	AUS	0	0	3	0	7-14

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Aug 20:30	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 1	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	25 Aug 22:30	South Africa	RSA	3 – 2	Australia	AUS
Match #3	26 Aug 22:00	Netherlands	NED	5 – 3	Australia	AUS
Match #4	27 Aug 11:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	7 – 1	South Africa	RSA
Match #5	29 Aug 21:00	Netherlands	NED	3 – 3	South Africa	RSA
Match #6	29 Aug 22:15	Yugoslavia	YUG	6 – 2	Australia	AUS

Group D

Date	25 – 29 August 1960
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	3	0	0	6	27-9

2	United States	USA	2	0	1	4	17-13

3	France	FRA	1	0	2	2	10-23

4	Belgium	BEL	0	0	3	0	8-17

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Aug 11:00	France	FRA	3 – 2	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	26 Aug 23:40	Hungary	HUN	7 – 2	United States	USA
Match #3	27 Aug 21:00	United States	USA	10 – 4	France	FRA
Match #4	27 Aug 22:50	Hungary	HUN	9 – 4	Belgium	BEL
Match #5	29 Aug 10:00	United States	USA	5 – 2	Belgium	BEL
Match #6	29 Aug 22:00	Hungary	HUN	11 – 3	France	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	30 August – 1 September 1960

Group A

Date	30 – 31 August 1960
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Italy	ITA	3	0	0	6	9-3	1

2	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	1	4	8-8	2

3	Romania	ROU	0	1	2	1	8-10	3

4	Unified Team of Germany	GER	0	1	2	1	7-11	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug 18:10	Soviet Union	URS	3 – 2	Romania	ROU
Match #2	30 Aug 22:30	Italy	ITA	3 – 0	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #3	31 Aug 23:00	Unified Team of Germany	GER	3 – 3	Romania	ROU
Match #4	31 Aug 24:00	Italy	ITA	2 – 0	Soviet Union	URS

Group B

Date	30 August – 1 September 1960
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Yugoslavia	YUG	3	0	0	6	10-4	5

2	Hungary	HUN	2	0	1	4	11-5	6

3	United States	USA	1	0	2	2	11-19	7

4	Netherlands	NED	0	0	3	0	8-12	8

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug 23:30	Hungary	HUN	3 – 1	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	31 Aug 12:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	6 – 2	United States	USA
Match #3	01 Sep 22:30	United States	USA	7 – 6	Netherlands	NED
Match #4	01 Sep 23:20	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 1	Hungary	HUN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	2 – 3 September 1960
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Romania	ROU	2	1	0	5	14-11	9

2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	2	1	0	5	13-11	10

3	United States	USA	1	0	2	2	14-16	11

4	Netherlands	NED	0	0	3	0	15-18	12

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep 15:00	Unified Team of Germany	GER	4 – 3	United States	USA
Match #2	02 Sep 16:00	Romania	ROU	5 – 4	Netherlands	NED
Match #3	03 Sep 10:00	Romania	ROU	6 – 4	United States	USA
Match #4	03 Sep 11:00	Unified Team of Germany	GER	6 – 5	Netherlands	NED

Final Round

Date	2 – 3 September 1960
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Italy	ITA	2	1	0	5	7-4	13

2	Soviet Union	URS	1	1	1	3	7-8	14

3	Hungary	HUN	0	2	1	2	7-8	15

4	Yugoslavia	YUG	1	0	2	2	6-7	16

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep 22:30	Hungary	HUN	3 – 3	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	02 Sep 23:30	Italy	ITA	2 – 1	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match #3	03 Sep 21:50	Soviet Union	URS	4 – 3	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match #4	03 Sep 22:50	Hungary	HUN	3 – 3	Italy	ITA