# Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The men's water polo tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. Reigning world champion Yugoslavia had qualified for the tournament, but as it had formally dissolved in the interim, it did not participate. The successor countries did not participate for several reasons. The position of Yugoslavia was replaced by Czechoslovakia.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 17 October 1986 | Lausanne | 1 | Spain |
| 1991 World Championships | 5-13 January 1991 | Perth | 6 5 | Yugoslavia |
| 1991 World Championships | 5-13 January 1991 | Perth | 6 5 | Hungary |
| 1991 World Championships | 5-13 January 1991 | Perth | 6 5 | United States |
| 1991 World Championships | 5-13 January 1991 | Perth | 6 5 | Germany |
| 1991 World Championships | 5-13 January 1991 | Perth | 6 5 | Italy |
| 1991 World Championships | 5-13 January 1991 | Perth | 6 5 | Unified Team |
| Intercontinental qualification | 3-10 May 1992 | Calgary | 5 | Cuba  Australia  Greece  France  Netherlands |
| Reallocation | | | 1 | Czechoslovakia |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Unified Team | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 10 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 8 |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 5 |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 4 |
| 5 | France | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 3 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 0 |
| 1 August 1992 | Czechoslovakia | 6–10 | Unified team | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 1 August 1992 | Australia | 4–8 | United States | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 1 August 1992 | Germany | 7–7 | France | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 2 August 1992 | Czechoslovakia | 3–9 | United States | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 2 August 1992 | France | 5–9 | Australia | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 2 August 1992 | Germany | 7–11 | Unified team | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 3 August 1992 | United States | 11–7 | France | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 3 August 1992 | Germany | 15–9 | Czechoslovakia | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 3 August 1992 | Australia | 9–12 | Unified team | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 5 August 1992 | Czechoslovakia | 6–14 | France | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 5 August 1992 | United States | 5–8 | Unified team | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 5 August 1992 | Germany | 7–7 | Australia | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 6 August 1992 | Australia | 15–9 | Czechoslovakia | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 6 August 1992 | United States | 7–2 | Germany | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 6 August 1992 | France | 5–9 | Unified team | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 9 |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 8 |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 6 |
| 4 | Cuba | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 4 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 2 |
| 6 | Greece | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 1 |
| 1 August 1992 | Hungary | 7–7 | Italy | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 1 August 1992 | Greece | 9–10 | Cuba | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 1 August 1992 | Spain | 12–6 | Netherlands | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 2 August 1992 | Netherlands | 4–6 | Italy | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 2 August 1992 | Cuba | 11–12 | Hungary | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 2 August 1992 | Spain | 11–6 | Greece | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 3 August 1992 | Italy | 11–8 | Cuba | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 3 August 1992 | Greece | 4–4 | Netherlands | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 3 August 1992 | Hungary | 5–8 | Spain | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 5 August 1992 | Netherlands | 9–11 | Cuba | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 5 August 1992 | Greece | 7–12 | Hungary | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 5 August 1992 | Spain | 9–9 | Italy | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 6 August 1992 | Hungary | 13–13 | Netherlands | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 6 August 1992 | Italy | 8–6 | Greece | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 6 August 1992 | Spain | 12–10 | Cuba | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |

## Final round
### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 5 |
| 6 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 3 |
| 8 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 0 |
| 8 August 1992 | Australia | 7–5 | Cuba | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 8 August 1992 | Germany | 7–8 | Hungary | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 9 August 1992 | Germany | 10–6 | Cuba | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 9 August 1992 | Australia | 9–8 | Hungary | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 5 |
| 10 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 5 |
| 11 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 2 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 0 |
| 8 August 1992 | France | 6–10 | Greece | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 8 August 1992 | Czechoslovakia | 8–9 | Netherlands | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 9 August 1992 | Czechoslovakia | 8–10 | Greece | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 9 August 1992 | France | 8–15 | Netherlands | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |

### Semi finals

| 8 August 1992 | Italy | 9–8 | Unified Team | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |
| 8 August 1992 | United States | 4–6 | Spain | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |

### Bronze medal match

| 9 August 1992 | United States | 4–8 | Unified Team | Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc |

### Gold medal match

| 9 August 1992 | Spain | 8–9 | Italy | Piscines Bernat Picornell |

## Final ranking

| | Italy |
| | Spain |
| | Unified team |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Hungary |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Cuba |
| 9 | Netherlands |
| 10 | Greece |
| 11 | France |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia |

## Medallists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| ItalyFrancesco Attolico Alessandro Bovo Alessandro Campagna Paolo Caldarella Massimiliano Ferretti Giuseppe Porzio Marco D'Altrui Mario Fiorillo Ferdinando Gandolfi Amedeo Pomilio Francesco Porzio Carlo Silipo Gianni Averaimo Head Coach: Ratko Rudić | SpainDaniel Ballart Jesús Rollán Jordi Sans Josep Picó Manuel Estiarte Manuel Silvestre Marco Antonio González Miguel Ángel Oca Pedro Francisco García Ricardo Sánchez Rubén Michavila Salvador Gómez Sergi Pedrerol Head Coach: Dragan Matutinović | Unified Team Sergey Naumov Alexandre Ogorodnikov Aleksandr Chigir Dmitri Apanassenko Andrei Belofastov Yevgeny Sharonov Dmitry Gorshkov Vladimir Karabutov Aleksandr Kolotov Andriy Kovalenko Nikolay Kozlov Serghei Marcoci Alexei Vdovine Head Coach: Boris Popov |