Men Water Polo Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne (AUS) - 28.11-07.12 Winner Hungary
Final Groupptswondrwlstgfgag+-
1.HUN Hungary1050020:3+17
2.YUG Yugoslavia731113:8+5
3.URS Soviet Union630214:140
4.ITA Italy420310:13-3
5.USA United States210410:20-10
6.GER UT Germany101411:20-9
Final Ranking
Group 7-10
First Groups Rounds
_ Group A, Group B, Group C
Teams Composition
TeamHungYugoSoUnItalUnStUTGe
Hungary--- 2:1 4:0 4:06:2 4:0
Yugoslavia ---3:2 2:1 5:1 2:2
Soviet Union --- 3:2 3:1 6:4
Italy --- 3:24:2
United States --- 4:3
UT Germany ---
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 2HT
transferred from Group A: Yugoslavia 3-2 Soviet Union, from Group B: Hungary 6-2 United States and from Group C: Italy 4-2 UT Germany.
Sun 02.12.5614:40URS Soviet Union3-2ITA Italy3-2
Sun 02.12.5622:40YUG Yugoslavia5-1USA United States3-0
Mon 03.12.5616:50USA United States4-3GER UT Germany
Bob Hughes 3.
Mon 03.12.5621:30HUN Hungary4-0ITA Italy3-0
Tue 04.12.5615:40YUG Yugoslavia2-2GER UT Germany
Tue 04.12.5621:00ITA Italy3-2USA United States
Wed 05.12.5616:40URS Soviet Union3-1USA United States
Wed 05.12.5622:20HUN Hungary4-0GER UT Germany2-0
Thu 06.12.5615:25HUN Hungary4-0URS Soviet Union2-0
Thu 06.12.5621:55YUG Yugoslavia2-1ITA Italy
Fri 07.12.5614:00URS Soviet Union6-4GER UT Germany3-3
Fri 07.12.5621:20HUN Hungary2-1YUG Yugoslavia2-0
Hungary: Gyorgy Karpati 1, Mihaly Mayer 1.
Final Rankingptswondrwlstgfgag+-
1.HUN Hungary1260026:4+22
2.YUG Yugoslavia1151125:11+14
3.URS Soviet Union1050221:17+4
4.ITA Italy630317:14+3
5.USA United States420415:23-8
6.GER UT Germany311416:21-5
Group 7-10
7.GBR Great Britain630225:20+5
8.ROU Romania420326:15+11
9.AUS Australia21048:23-15
10.SGP Singapore000510:41-31
Group 7-10ptswondrwlstgfgag+-
7.GBR Great Britain630021:9+12
8.ROU Romania420121:8+13
9.AUS Australia21027:11-4
10.SGP Singapore00038:29-21
TeamGrBrRomaAustSing
Great Britain--- 5:2 5:211:5
Romania ---4:215:1
Australia --- 3:2
Singapore ---
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 2HT
transferred from Group A: Romania 4-2 Australia
Wed 05.12.56 GBR Great Britain11-5SGP Singapore
Thu 06.12.56 GBR Great Britain5-2ROU Romania
Romania: Fransisc Simon 1, Aurel Zahan 1. Referee: Harry Getz, South Africa.
Thu 06.12.56 AUS Australia3-2SGP Singapore
Fri 07.12.56 GBR Great Britain5-2AUS Australia
Fri 07.12.56 ROU Romania15-1SGP Singapore

First Groups Round

First 2 from eah Group advanced to Final Group. Rest to Group 7-10. Scores were transferred.
Group Aptswondrwlstgfgag+-
1.YUG Yugoslavia630015:5+10
2.URS Soviet Union42019:6+3
3.ROU Romania21029:90
4.AUS Australia00033:16-13
TeamYugoSoUnRomaAust
Yugoslavia---3:23:29:1
Soviet Union ---4:33:0
Romania ---4:2
Australia ---
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 2HTtransferred
Wed 28.11.5614:00ROU Romania4-2AUS Australia2-1Group 7-10
Wed 28.11.5619:30YUG Yugoslavia3-2URS Soviet Union2-1Final Group
Thu 29.11.5621:15URS Soviet Union4-3ROU Romania2-1
Thu 29.11.5622:15YUG Yugoslavia9-1AUS Australia
Fri 30.11.5610:30YUG Yugoslavia3-2ROU Romania2-2
Fri 30.11.5616:00URS Soviet Union3-0AUS Australia
Piotr Breus 1, Vyacheslav Kurennoy 1, P'et're Mshvenieradze 1.
Group Bptswondrwlstgfgag+-
1.HUN Hungary420012:3+9
2.USA United States21017:9-2
3.GBR Great Britain00024:11-7
TeamHuUnGr
Hungary---6:26:1
United States ---5:3
Great Britain ---
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 2HTtransferred
Wed 28.11.5620:30USA United States5-3GBR Great Britain3-3
Thu 29.11.5615:45HUN Hungary6-1GBR Great Britain4-0
Fri 30.11.5611:30HUN Hungary6-2USA United States6-2Final Group
Group Cptswondrwlstgfgag+-
1.ITA Italy420011:3+8
2.GER UT Germany21017:5+2
3.SGP Singapore00022:12-10
TeamItalGermSing
Italy---4:27:1
UT Germany ---5:1
Singapore ---
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 2HTtransferred
Wed 28.11.5615:00GER Germany5-1SGP Singapore2-0
Thu 29.11.5616:45ITA Italy7-1SGP Singapore3-1
Fri 30.11.5622:10ITA Italy4-2GER UT Germany1-1Final Group

Teams Composition

HUN 1. Hungary
Ottó Boros
Dezsö Gyarmati
István Hevesi
Antal Bolvari
Kálmán Markovits
László Jeney
Tivadar Kanizsa
Ervin Zádor
Mihály Mayer
György Karpati
István Szivós
YUG 2. Yugoslavia
Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić
Ivica Cipci
Tomislav Franjković
Marijan Žužej
Zdravko Ježić
Lovro Radonjić
Hrvoje Kačić
Vladimir Ivković
Juraj Amšel
Ivo Štakula
Boško Vuksanović
URS 3. Soviet Union
Borys Hoykhman
Yuriy Shliapin
Viacheslav Kurennoi
Viktor Ageyev
Nodar Gvakhariya
Piotr Mshvenieradze
Piotr Breus
Mikhail Ryzhak
Valentin Prokopov
Boris Makarov
ITA 4. Italy
Alfonso Buonocore
Enzo Cavazzoni
Giuseppe D'Altrui
Fritz Dennerlein
Angelo Marciani
Paolo Pucci
Cesare Rubini
Coach: Bandy Zolyomy
USA 5. United States
Bob Frojen
Bob Horn
Bob Hughes
Sam Kooistra
Bill Kooistra
Bill Ross
Wally Wolf
Coach: Neill Kohlhase
GER 6. UT Germany
Emil Bildstein
Wilfried Bode
Alfred Obschernikat
Erich Pennekamp
Achim Schneider
Willi Sturm
Coach: Hans Schulze
GBR 7. Great Britain
Arthur Grady
Jack Jones
Terry Miller
Peter Pass
Cliff Spooner
Ron Turner
Gerry Worsell
Coach: Edwin Wright
ROU 8. Romania
Ivan Bordi
Zoltan Hospodar
Alexandru Marinescu
Gavril Nagy
Fransisc Simon
Alexandru Szabo
Aurel Zahan
Coach: Vasile Daroczi
AUS 9. Australia
Peter Bennett
Jake Foster
Bill McCabe
John O'Brien
Bill Orchard
Ted Priece
Ray Simee
Coach: Colin French
SGP 10.Singapore
Gan Eng Teck
David Lim
Christophe Oh
Tan Eng Bock
Skip Wolters
Wlebe Wolters
Eric Yeo
Coach: Bee Kee Son
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Hungary XXIX Beijing 2008
Hungary XXVIII Athens 2004
Hungary XXVII Sydney 2000
Spain XXVI Atlanta 1996
Italy XXV Barcelona 1992
Yugoslavia XXIV Seoul 1988
Yugoslavia XXIII Los Angeles 1984
Soviet Union XXII Moskva 1980
Hungary XXI Montreal 1976
Soviet Union XX Munchen 1972
Yugoslavia XIX Mexico City 1968
Yugoslavia XVIII Tokyo 1964
Italy XVII Roma 1960
Hungary XVI Melbourne 1956
Hungary XV Helsinki 1952
Italy XIV London 1948
Hungary XI Berlin 1936
Hungary X Los Angeles 1932
Germany IX Amsterdam 1928
United States VIII Paris 1924
Great Britain VII Antwerp 1920
Great Britain V Stockholm 1912
Great Britain IV London 1908
New York Athletic Club (USA) III Saint Loius 1904
Osborne Swimming Club (GBR) II Paris 1900
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