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Water Polo At The 1968 Summer Olympics
The water polo tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 25 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. Qualification Groups ;GROUP A * (''excluded'') * * * * * * * ;GROUP B * * * * * * * * 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
The Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez is an indoor swimming pool Olympic facility located in Mexico City, Mexico. It has a capacity of 4,300. It hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics for competitions of swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming part of modern pentathlon. The only Mexican gold medal in Olympic swimming competitions was won at this site. It was won by Felipe Muñoz in the 200 metres men breast stroke competition. It also hosted the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships The 2017 World Para Swimming Championships was an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico and took place from 2 to 7 December. Around 304 athletes from around 70 different countries com .... References1968 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. Part 1. p. 72. Sports venues in Mexico City Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic diving venues Olympic modern pentathlon venues Olympic swimming venues Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Janković (water Polo)
Zoran Janković (January 8, 1940 in Zenica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – May 25, 2002 in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia) was a Yugoslav water polo player notable for winning a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a gold medal in Mexico City in 1968, with the Yugoslavian men's water polo team. In his career, he played for the Mladost from Zagreb and Partizan from Belgrade. See also * Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Barkalov
Aleksei Barkalov ( uk, Олексій Степанович Баркалов, russian: Алексей Степанович Баркалов; 18 February 1946 – 9 September 2004) was a Ukrainian water polo player who competed in the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and won two gold and one silver medals for the Soviet Union team. During his career, he played 412 games for the national team, more than any other athlete in the water polo history. In 1993, he was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Biography Barkalov was born in the village of Vvedenka near Kharkiv and graduated from the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute. Before choosing water polo, he played basketball for the Kharkiv city team, as well as football. Since 1957 he competed in water polo for Dynamo Kharkiv and in 1971 changed to Dynamo Kyiv. Since 1976 he acted both as a player and a coach for Dynamo Kyiv. After retirement in 1980 he became the head coach of the Junior Water Polo Team of Ukrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Dolgushin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Dolgushin (russian: Александр Иванович Долгушин, 7 March 1946 in Moscow – 17 April 2006 in Moscow) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. See also * Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of world champions in men's water polo * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and ... References External links * 1946 births 2006 deaths Soviet male water polo players Russian male water polo pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Grishin
Boris Dmitriyevich Grishin (russian: Борис Дмитриевич Гришин, born 4 January 1938 in Moscow) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was married to champion Olympic fencer Valentina Rastvorova. His daughter, Yelena Grishina, is also an Olympic fencer. Sergey Bida, Yelena's son and Boris's grandson, is a world champion fencer. He made his Olympic debut in Tokyo, winning a silver medal. He was ranked #1 in the world in 2020. He is also a three-time European épée team champion.Владимир Линдер, Павел Андрианов, Ирина Прасканова, Сергей Шилов (2021)''На крыльях «Буревестника». История студенческого спорта''(in Russian). He moved to the United States in 2023 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with his wife, Olympic épée fencer Violetta Khrapina Bida. Later Grishin was a wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Givi Chikvanaya
Givi Pyotrovich Chikvanaia ( ka, გივი ჩიქვანაია, russian: Гиви Петрович Чикваная; May 29, 1939 – August 2, 2018) was a Georgian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Telavi. In 1960 he won the silver medal with the Soviet team in the Olympic water polo competition. He played all seven matches and scored seven goals. Eight years later he won his second silver medal with the Soviet team in the water polo tournament at the 1968 Games. He played all eight matches. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... External links * 1939 births 2018 deaths People from Telavi Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Gulyaev
Vadim Vladimirovich Gulyayev (russian: Вадим Владимирович Гуляев; 5 February 1941 in Moscow – 12 December 1998 in Moscow) was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. See also * Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. Abbreviations Winning goalkeepers The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number o ... External links * 1941 births 1998 deaths Sportspeople from Moscow Soviet male water polo players Russian male water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Olympic water polo players for the Soviet Union Water polo play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damir Čorić & A
Damir is a common male given name in South Slavic languages. It also occasionally appears in Central Asia and Turkic regions of Russia. It is of Slavic origin, with ''da'' meaning "give"/"take", and ''mir'', meaning "peace". It can also be a variation of a Turkish name "Demir", which means "iron". In Tatar names, DAMIR is also an acronym for "Да здравствует мировая революция", meaning "Long live the world revolution". In Croatia, the name Damir was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1960 and 1979. Notable people with the name include: * Damir Bajs, Croatian politician * Damir Bičanić, Croatian handball player * Damir Bjelopoljak, Bosnian volleyball player * Damir Botonjič, Slovenian football player * Damir Burić (other), several people * Damir Čakar, Montenegrin football player * Damir Čeković, Serbian football player * Damir Čerkić, Bosnian football player * Damir Desnica, Croatian footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Trumbić
Ivo Trumbić (2 April 1935 – 12 March 2021) was a Croatian water polo player and Olympic medallist. He later went on to manage. Ivo Trumbić coached the Netherlands to a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, becoming one of the few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches. Career According to the Netherlands men's national water polo team, Trumbic was not only national coach of Orange in two periods, but he also worked as a coach and technical director for a long time at AC&PC from Amersfoort. The Croat, who conquered Olympic silver (1964) and gold (1968) as a water polo player with the former Yugoslavia. Trumbic was inducted into the Swimming World’s International Hall of Fame in 2015. The Royal Dutch Swimming Federation appointed him a member of merit in 2018, and in 2020 he received the Franjo Bučar Lifetime Achievement Award, Croatia’s most important sports prize. Ivo Trumbic died on 12 March, 2021 at the age of 85. See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlo Stipanić
Karlo Stipanić (born 8 December 1941) is a former Croatian water polo player, most notable for winning a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a gold medal in Mexico City in 1968, with the Yugoslavian water polo team. See also * Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. Abbreviations Winning goalkeepers The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number o ... External links * 1941 births Living people Croatian male water polo players Yugoslav male water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Olympic water polo players for Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Water pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirko Sandić
Mirko Sandić ( sr-cyrl, Мирко Сандић; 9 May 1942 – 24 December 2006) was a Serbian water polo player who led Yugoslav teams to a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the 1960 and 1972 Olympics where his teams placed fourth and fifth, respectively. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, becoming the twelfth water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Between 1958 and 1974 Sandić played more than 235 matches for the Yugoslav national team contributing 250 goals. According to his friend and FINA President Ante Lambasa, Sandic learned to swim and started playing water polo at an early age in Makarska, the birth town of his mother where he spent his summers. However, it was not until age 16 that he began playing water polo for club Partizan, a member of the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Poljak
Miroslav Poljak (3 September 1944 – 2 November 2015) was a Croatian water polo player notable for winning a gold medal in Mexico City in 1968, with the Yugoslavian water polo team. See also * Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References Umro jedan od najboljih hrvatskih vaterpolista i osvajač zlatne medalje na OI External links * 1944 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Zagreb Croatian male water polo players Yugoslav male water polo players Olympic water polo players for Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |