Ten nations competed in water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Medallists

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| image2 = First-aid officer escorting Ervin Zádor to the medical room for treatment of his cut eye (National Library of Australia). The Hungarians went on to win the gold medal by defeating Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final. Half of the Hungarian Olympic delegation defected after the Games.

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! Rank !! Nation !! Pld. !! Win !! Loss !! Tie !! GF !! GA !! Points

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| 1 ||align="left"| || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 3 || 10

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| 2 ||align="left"| || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 13 || 8 || 7

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| 3 ||align="left"| || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 14 || 14 || 6

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| 4 ||align="left"| || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 10 || 13 || 4

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| 5 ||align="left"| || 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 10 || 20 || 2

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| 6 ||align="left"| || 5 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 11 || 20 || 1

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1 December

  • 14:40 - Soviet Union def. Italy, 3-2
  • 22:40 - Yugoslavia def. United States, 5-1

3 December

  • 16:50 - United States def. Germany, 4-3
  • 21:30 - Hungary def. Italy, 4-0

4 December

  • 15:40 - Yugoslavia tied Germany, 2-2
  • 21:00 - Italy def. United States, 3-2

5 December

  • 16:40 - Soviet Union def. United States, 3-1
  • 22:20 - Hungary def. Germany, 4-0

6 December

  • 15:25 - Hungary def. Soviet Union, 4-0
  • 21:55 - Yugoslavia def. Italy, 2-1

7 December

  • 14:00 - Soviet Union def. Germany, 6-4
  • 21:20 - Hungary def. Yugoslavia, 2-1

Consolation

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! Rank !! Nation !! Pld. !! Win !! Loss !! Tie !! GF !! GA !! Points

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| 7 ||align="left"| || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 21 || 9 || 6

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| 8 ||align="left"| || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 21 || 8 || 4

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| 9 ||align="left"| || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 11 || 2

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| 10 ||align="left"| || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 8 || 29 || 0

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  • Great Britain def. Singapore, 11-5
  • Great Britain def. Australia, 5-2
  • Romania def. Singapore, 15-1
  • Great Britain def. Romania, 5-2
  • Australia def. Singapore, 3-2
  • Romania def. Australia, 4-2

See also

  • Blood in the Water match

References

Sources

  • PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
  • Official Report of the 1956 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 592–594, 624–627)
  • Water polo on the Olympedia website
  • Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo on the Sports Reference website
  • Water polo at the 1956 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • International Olympic Committee medal database