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Water Polo, Men

Date	11 – 18 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, Shibuya, Tokyo / Tōkyō Taiikukan Indoor Swimming Pool, Shibuya, Tokyo
Participants	137 from 13 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool.

The two favorites were Hungary and Yugoslavia who had been 1-2 at Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956), and in Rome had placed 3-4 behind Italy and the Soviet Union. Those same four teams went through the preliminary round in Tokyo by winning their groups. All four of the favorites also advanced through the semi-final pools, with Russia placing first ahead of Italy in their pool. In the other pool, Hungary and Yugoslavia won one match each, had one win carried over, and when they met, they tied 4-4, with Hungary winning the pool by goal differential.

In the final round, Hungary and Yugoslavia would not meet, their match score carrying over from the semi-finals. Hungary defeated Italy 3-1, and the Soviet Union 5-2, while Yugoslavia defeated the Soviets 2-0, and Italy 2-1. This gave Hungary the gold medal by goal differential in the final round, with Yugoslavia second and the Soviets winning bronze. These same four teams had finished 1-4 at the last three Olympic Games (1956-64), and in 1952 the medalists had been Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Italy. For Hungary, Dezső Gyarmati won his fifth Olympic medal, finishing his career with three golds, one silver, and one bronze.

One interesting pairing occurred when the Netherlands defeated the United States in group play, 6-4. The USA goalie was Tony Van Dorp, who was facing his brother Fred van Dorp, a player for their native Netherlands, although they were both born in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the time the Dutch East Indies. Tony Van Dorp started out with the Dutch National Team, playing with them from 1954-56, and from 1961-63 played on the Dutch National Champions, but he later moved to the USA, obtaining US citizenship in 1957. They would face each other again at the 1968 Olympics, with the US winning that one, 6-3.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	GP	Goals	Exclusions	Penalty Fouls
1	–	Hungary	HUN	6	34	22	8	Gold
	1	Ottó Boros		4	0	0	0
	2	Mihály Mayer		4	0	3	0
	3	László Felkai		6	6	1	0
	4	Péter Rusorán		6	8	0	3
	5	János Konrád		6	2	2	0
	6	Zoltán Dömötör		6	7	7	1
	7	György Kárpáti		6	4	3	2
	8	Dezső Gyarmati		4	2	2	1
	9	Tivadar Kanizsa		5	1	3	1
	10	Dénes Pócsik		2	2	0	0
	11	Miklós Ambrus		3	0	0	0
	11	András Bodnár		5	2	1	0
Coach		Károly Laky
2	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	7	31	22	5	Silver
	1	Milan Muškatirović		6	0	0	0
	2	Ivo Trumbić		6	3	2	1
	3	Vinko Rosić		7	4	2	0
	4	Zlatko Šimenc		7	3	1	0
	5	Božidar Stanišić		7	5	3	0
	6	Ante Nardeli		7	4	1	2
	7	Zoran Janković		7	6	2	1
	8	Mirko Sandić		7	6	7	1
	9	Frane Nonković		4	0	1	0
	10	Ozren Bonačić		6	0	3	0
	11	Karlo Stipanić		4	0	0	0
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	6	15	22	4	Bronze
	1	Igor Grabovsky		6	0	0	0
	2	Vladimir Kuznetsov		6	2	0	0
	3	Boris Grishin		6	1	0	0
	4	Boris Popov		6	0	4	0
	5	Nikolay Kalashnikov		6	2	4	0
	6	Zenon Bortkevich		6	2	2	0
	7	Nikolay Kuznetsov		6	1	1	1
	8	Vladimir Semyonov		6	4	4	3
	9	Viktor Ageyev		6	2	3	0
	10	Leonid Osipov		6	1	4	0
	11	Eduard Yegorov		2	0	0	0
Coach		Andrey Kistyakovsky
4	–	Italy	ITA	6	13	19	1
	1	Dante Rossi		6	0	0	0
	2	Giuseppe D'Altrui		5	1	2	0
	3	Eraldo Pizzo		6	5	5	1
	4	Gianni Lonzi		6	0	4	0
	5	Franco Lavoratori		6	0	2	0
	6	Danio Bardi		5	0	0	0
	7	Rosario Parmegiani		6	0	4	0
	8	Mario Cevasco		6	3	0	0
	9	Fritz Dennerlein		3	1	1	0
	10	Giancarlo Guerrini		4	0	0	0
	11	Eugenio Merello		1	0	0	0
	11	Alberto Spinola		5	3	1	0
Coach		Mario Majoni
5	–	Romania	ROU	6	28	23	2
	1	Mircea Ștefănescu		6	0	0	0
	2	Anatol Grințescu		6	6	2	1
	3	Aurel Zahan		4	5	4	0
	4	Alexandru Szabo		6	3	8	0
	5	Ștefan Kroner		6	3	1	1
	6	Nicolae Firoiu		6	4	1	0
	7	Gruia Novac		5	0	1	0
	8	Cornel Mărculescu		6	6	1	0
	9	Iosif Culineac		6	1	5	0
	11	Emil Mureșan		2	0	0	0
	–	Cosma Lita DNS		–	–	–	–
Coach		Vasile Daroczi
6	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	6	20	24	1
	1	Heinz Mäder		3	0	0	0
	2	Jürgen Thiel		6	4	3	1
	3	Hubert Höhne		6	0	2	0
	4	Siegfried Ballerstedt		6	1	3	0
	5	Edgar Thiele		6	1	2	0
	6	Jürgen Kluge		6	0	5	0
	7	Dieter Vohs		6	9	2	0
	8	Klaus Schulze		6	1	1	0
	8	Heinz Wittig		4	1	2	0
	9	Klaus Schlenkrich		6	3	4	0
	10	Peter Schmidt		4	0	0	0
Coach		Lothar Oelmann
7	–	Belgium	BEL	6	23	29	3
	1	Bruno De Hesselle		6	0	0	0
	2	Frank D'Osterlinck		6	4	4	0
	3	Roger De Wilde		6	4	2	1
	4	Jacques Caufrier		6	0	7	0
	5	André Laurent		6	1	3	0
	6	Karel De Vis		6	2	3	0
	7	Nicolas Dumont		6	9	6	2
	8	Johan Van Den Steen		6	0	2	0
	9	Léon Pickers		6	3	1	0
	10	Joseph Stappers		3	0	1	0
	11	Eric Van Reybroeck DNS		–	–	–	–
8	–	Netherlands	NED	7	28	31	2
	1	Henk Hermsen		7	0	1	0
	2	Bram Leenards		7	3	6	0
	3	Wim van Spingelen		7	1	7	0
	4	Gerrit Wormgoor		7	0	5	0
	5	Fred van Dorp		7	4	3	1
	6	Harry Vriend		7	4	1	0
	7	Nico van der Voet		7	10	3	0
	8	Wim Vriend		7	4	2	1
	9	Hans Muller		7	2	1	0
	10	Jan Bultman		1	0	2	0
	11	Ben Kniest		5	0	0	0
Coach		Ruud van Feggelen
=9	–	Japan	JPN	2	7	7	2
	1	Mineo Kato		2	0	0	0
	2	Hachiro Arakawa		2	0	1	0
	3	Takashi Yokoyama		2	1	1	1
	4	Kazuya Takeuchi		2	2	3	0
	5	Yoji Shimizu		2	2	1	0
	6	Shigenobu Fujimoto		2	1	0	0
	7	Koki Takagi		2	1	0	1
	8	Keisuke Satsuke		2	0	1	0
	–	Reizo Aoyama DNS		–	–	–	–
	–	Norihide Iida DNS		–	–	–	–
	–	Shigeharu Kuwabara DNS		–	–	–	–
Coach		Takeshi Hiwada
=9	–	Australia	AUS	2	1	5	0
	1	Michael Withers		2	0	0	0
	2	Tom Hoad		2	0	0	0
	3	Ian Mills		2	1	0	0
	4	Ted Pierce		2	0	0	0
	5	Nicky Barnes		2	0	2	0
	6	Leon Wiegard		2	0	2	0
	7	Les Nunn		2	0	1	0
	8	Stan Hammond		2	0	0	0
	9	Bill McAtee		2	0	0	0
	10	William Phillips		1	0	0	0
	11	Graeme Samuel		2	0	0	0
Coach		Alex Kosegi
=9	–	United States	USA	3	12	4	0
	1	Tony Van Dorp		3	0	0	0
	2	Ron Crawford		3	4	0	0
	3	Dave Ashleigh		3	2	1	0
	4	Ned McIlroy		3	0	0	0
	5	Chick McIlroy		3	0	1	0
	6	Stan Cole		3	2	1	0
	7	Bob Saari		3	1	1	0
	8	Dan Drown		3	3	0	0
	10	Ralph Whitney		1	0	0	0
	11	George Stransky		1	0	0	0
	–	Paul McIlroy DNS		–	–	–	–
Coach		Andy Burke
=9	–	United Arab Republic	EGY	2	6	10	1
	1	Mohamed Khalil		2	0	0	0
	2	Mohamed Abid Soliman		2	0	1	0
	3	Moukhtar Hussain El-Gamal		2	1	4	0
	4	Abdel Rahman Amin		2	2	1	1
	5	Sami El-Sayed		2	0	0	0
	6	Hazem Kourched		2	2	4	0
	7	Ashraf Gamil		2	1	0	0
	8	Adel El-Moalem		2	0	0	0
	9	Mamadou Amir		1	0	0	0
Coach		István Szívós, Sr.
13	–	Brazil	BRA	3	3	14	0
	1	Luiz Daniel		3	0	0	0
	2	Osvaldo Cochrane Filho		3	0	4	0
	3	Polé		3	0	1	0
	4	Pedro Pinciroli Júnior		3	0	1	0
	5	Márvio dos Santos		3	1	1	0
	6	Aladar Szabo		3	2	1	0
	7	João Gonçalves Filho		3	0	2	0
	8	Adhemar Grijó Filho		3	0	2	0
	9	Ivo Carotini		1	0	0	0
	10	Ney Nogueira		2	0	1	0
	11	Rodney Bell		3	0	1	0

Preliminary Round

Date	11 – 13 October 1964

Group A

Date	11 – 13 October 1964
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Italy	ITA	2	0	0	4	9-6

2	Romania	ROU	1	0	1	2	12-8

3	Japan	JPN	0	0	2	0	7-14

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	11 Oct 11:10	Italy	ITA	4 – 3	Romania	ROU
Match #2	12 Oct 10:00	Italy	ITA	5 – 3	Japan	JPN
Match #3	13 Oct 11:10	Romania	ROU	9 – 4	Japan	JPN

Group B

Date	11 – 13 October 1964
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	0	4	9-2

2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1	0	1	2	5-4

3	Australia	AUS	0	0	2	0	1-9

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	11 Oct 16:30	Soviet Union	URS	6 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #2	12 Oct 11:10	Soviet Union	URS	3 – 2	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #3	13 Oct 16:30	Unified Team of Germany	GER	3 – 1	Australia	AUS

Group C

Date	11 – 13 October 1964
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Yugoslavia	YUG	3	0	0	6	17-3

2	Netherlands	NED	2	0	1	4	11-13

3	United States	USA	1	0	2	2	12-9

4	Brazil	BRA	0	0	3	0	3-18

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	11 Oct 10:00	Netherlands	NED	3 – 2	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	11 Oct 18:50	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 1	United States	USA
Match #3	12 Oct 17:40	Yugoslavia	YUG	7 – 2	Netherlands	NED
Match #4	12 Oct 18:50	United States	USA	7 – 1	Brazil	BRA
Match #5	13 Oct 10:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	8 – 0	Brazil	BRA
Match #6	13 Oct 18:50	Netherlands	NED	6 – 4	United States	USA

Group D

Date	11 – 13 October 1964
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	2	0	0	4	16-1

2	Belgium	BEL	1	0	1	2	8-10

3	United Arab Republic	EGY	0	0	2	0	6-19

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	11 Oct 17:40	Hungary	HUN	11 – 1	United Arab Republic	EGY
Match #2	12 Oct 16:30	Hungary	HUN	5 – 0	Belgium	BEL
Match #3	13 Oct 17:40	Belgium	BEL	8 – 5	United Arab Republic	EGY

Semi-Finals

Date	14 – 15 October 1964

Group A

Date	14 – 15 October 1964
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	1	0	5	7-4	1

2	Italy	ITA	2	0	1	4	6-6	2

3	Romania	ROU	1	1	1	3	10-10	3

4	Unified Team of Germany	GER	0	0	3	0	7-10	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct 14:16	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 0	Italy	ITA
Match #2	14 Oct 15:20	Romania	ROU	5 – 4	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #3	15 Oct 13:00	Italy	ITA	2 – 1	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #4	15 Oct 14:10	Romania	ROU	2 – 2	Soviet Union	URS

Group B

Date	14 – 15 October 1964
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Yugoslavia	YUG	2	1	0	5	17-8	5

2	Hungary	HUN	2	1	0	5	15-9	6

3	Netherlands	NED	1	0	2	2	14-18	7

4	Belgium	BEL	0	0	3	0	7-18	8

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct 10:00	Hungary	HUN	6 – 5	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	14 Oct 13:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	6 – 2	Belgium	BEL
Match #3	15 Oct 15:20	Netherlands	NED	7 – 5	Belgium	BEL
Match #4	15 Oct 19:20	Hungary	HUN	4 – 4	Yugoslavia	YUG

Classification Round 5-8

Date	17 – 18 October 1964
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Romania	ROU	2	0	1	4	14-10	9

2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	2	0	1	4	14-12	10

3	Belgium	BEL	1	0	2	2	13-15	11

4	Netherlands	NED	1	0	2	2	12-16	12

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	17 Oct 14:10	Romania	ROU	6 – 1	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	17 Oct 15:20	Unified Team of Germany	GER	5 – 3	Belgium	BEL
Match #3	18 Oct 13:50	Belgium	BEL	5 – 3	Romania	ROU
Match #4	18 Oct 14:40	Unified Team of Germany	GER	5 – 4	Netherlands	NED

Final Round

Date	17 – 18 October 1964
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	2	1	0	5	12-7	13

2	Yugoslavia	YUG	2	1	0	5	8-5	14

3	Soviet Union	URS	1	0	2	2	4-7	15

4	Italy	ITA	0	0	3	0	2-7	16

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	17 Oct 13:00	Hungary	HUN	3 – 1	Italy	ITA
Match #2	17 Oct 19:30	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 0	Soviet Union	URS
Match #3	18 Oct 13:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 1	Italy	ITA
Match #4	18 Oct 16:00	Hungary	HUN	5 – 2	Soviet Union	URS