10 nations competed in Water Polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. The event was open only to men's teams. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ...

Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Hungary	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union

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Results

Preliminary round

The preliminary round consisted of a round-robin tournament held in three groups. Each team played the other teams in its group once.

Group A

Nation	Pld.	Win	Loss	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	15	5	6
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	9	6	4
Romania	3	1	2	0	9	9	2
Australia	3	0	3	0	3	16	0

28 November Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, Југославија in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• 14:00 - Romania def. Australia, 4-2
• 19:30 - Yugoslavia def. Soviet Union, 3-2

29 November November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• 21:15 - Soviet Union def. Romania, 4-3
• 22:15 - Yugoslavia def. Australia, 9-1

30 November November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ...

• 10:30 - Yugoslavia def. Romania, 3-2
• 16:00 - Soviet Union def. Australia, 3-0

Group B

Nation	Pld.	Win	Loss	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Hungary	2	2	0	0	12	3	4
United States	2	1	1	0	7	9	2
Great Britain and Northern Ireland	2	0	2	0	4	11	0

28 November Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Motto: Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto; French for God and my right) 3 Anthem: God Save the Queen Capital London Most populous conurbation London Official language(s) English (de facto 5) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen HM Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP Establishment January... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• 20:30 - United States def. Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 5-3

29 November November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• 15:45 - Hungary def. Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 6-1

30 November November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ...

• 11:30 - Hungary def. United States, 6-2

Group C

Nation	Pld.	Win	Loss	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Italy	2	2	0	0	11	3	4
Germany	2	1	1	0	7	5	2
Singapore	2	0	2	0	2	12	0

28 November Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Singapore. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• 15:00 - Germany def. Singapore, 5-1

29 November November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

• 16:45 - Italy def. Singapore, 7-1

30 November November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ...

• 22:10 - Italy def. Germany, 4-2

Final round

The top two teams in each preliminary group advanced to the championship, in which they played each of the four other championship teams they had not previously faced. The results of the preliminary round game against the team from their group carried over into the final round.

The teams that did not advance to the championship played in a consolation tournament.

Championship

The most famous water polo match in history might be the finals round match between Hungary and the Soviet Union. As the athletes left for the games, the 1956 Hungarian revolution happened, with a Soviet army crushing an uprising of Hungarian insurgents. Many of the Hungarian athletes vowed never to return home and felt their only means of fighting back was in the pool. Combatants Soviet Union AVH Hungarian government, various nationalist militias Commanders Yuri Andropov Pál Maléter, Gergely Pongrátz, József Dudás Strength 150,000 troops, 6,000 tanks 100,000+ demonstrators (some later armed), unknown number of soldiers Casualties 720 KIA 2502 The 1956 Hungarian Revolution, also known...

With only two games left for each team, the Hungarians were leading in the standings, 1 point ahead of Yugoslavia and 2 ahead of the Soviets. A Soviet victory would have put them alongside the Hungarians in the standings, with the final match pairings favoring the Soviets, who would face the last-place Germans while Hungary had to compete with Yugoslavia. A Hungarian victory would ensure at least a silver medal for the team, with a draw or a win against Yugoslavia in the last game meaning gold.

The Hungary-Soviet Union confrontation was extremely bloody and violent, and the pool reputedly turned red from the blood spilt. The Hungarians lead the Soviets 4-0 before the game was called off in the final minute to prevent angry Hungarians in the crowd reacting to Valentin Prokopov punching Ervin Zador's eye open. Born in Hungary in 1935, Ervin Zador was arguably one of the greatest water polo players ever. ...

The Hungarians continued to win the championship by defeating Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final. Half of the Hungarian Olympic delegation defected after the games.

Rank	Nation	Pld.	Win	Loss	Tie	GF	GA	Points
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	20	3	10
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	13	8	7
3	Soviet Union	5	3	2	0	14	14	6
4	Italy	5	2	3	0	10	13	4
5	United States	5	1	4	0	10	20	2
6	Germany	5	0	4	1	11	20	1

1 December Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, Југославија in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

3 December December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

4 December December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

5 December December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

6 December December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

7 December December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

Consolation

Rank	Nation	Pld.	Win	Loss	Tie	GF	GA	Points
7	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	3	3	0	0	21	9	6
8	Romania	3	2	1	0	21	8	4
9	Australia	3	1	2	0	7	11	2
10	Singapore	3	0	3	0	8	29	0

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