The water polo tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 25 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico.
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.
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
- 14 October 1968
- 15 October 1968
- 16 October 1968
- 17 October 1968
- 19 October 1968
- 20 October 1968
- 21 October 1968
- 22 October 1968
Group B
- 14 October 1968
- 15 October 1968
- 16 October 1968
- 17 October 1968
- 19 October 1968
- 20 October 1968
- 21 October 1968
- 22 October 1968
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
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
- NBCsports
- Results
