The water polo tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 25 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico.[1][2]
Qualification
Groups
While Australia had been accepted as one of the 16 teams, the Australian Olympic Committee, considering it a waste of money to send a team, did not endorse them. The players responded by paying their own way to travel to Mexico City, but after the AOC informed the organisers, the team were barred from competing.[4]
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Classification round
- 24 October 1968 — 13th/15th place
- 24 October 1968 — 9th/12th place
- 24 October 1968 — 5th/8th place
- 24 October 1968 — Semi Finals
Final round
- 25 October 1968 — 13th place
- 25 October 1968 — 11th place
- 25 October 1968 — 9th place
- 25 October 1968 — 7th place
- 25 October 1968 — 5th place
- 25 October 1968 — Bronze Medal Match
- 25 October 1968 — Gold Medal Match
Final ranking
Medallists
References
- ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "Men Water Polo Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City". Todor66.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 425. ISBN 0140066322.
Sources
- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1968 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 449–466, 811–826)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1968 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
External links
