| Water polo at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venues | Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 20–29 July 1980 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 132 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the swimming sport, other two parts were swimming and diving. They were not three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Water Polo discipline consisted of one event: men's team. In the preliminary round 12 teams were divided into three groups. Two best teams from each group (shaded ones) advanced to Group A of the final round to determine places 1 through 6. The rest of teams played in Group B of the final round to determine places 7 through 12.[1][2]
The event was held between 20 and 29 July in two venues:
- the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex (central part of Moscow)
- the Outdoor Swimming Pool of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south-western part of Moscow)
- ^ "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 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2019.