Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships
# Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

The water polo events at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships were held from 13 to 23 August 1986, in Madrid, Spain.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men details | FR Yugoslavia Dragan Andrić Perica Bukić Veselin Đuho Milorad Krivokapić Deni Lušić Igor Milanović Tomislav Paškvalin Zoran Petrović Andrija Popović Dubravko Šimenc Aleksandar Šoštar Anto Vasović Mirko Vičević. Head coach: Ratko Rudić | Italy Gianni Averaimo Antonello Steardo Sandro Campagna Andrea Pisano Paolo Trapanese Massimiliano Ferretti Marco D'Altrui Paolo Caldarella Mario Fiorillo Ricardo Tempestini Francesco Porzio Stefano Postiglione Alfio Missagi Head coach: Federico "Fritz" Dennerlein | Soviet Union Serghei Marcoci Nikolai Smirnov Yevgeny Sharonov Nikolay Sharafeyev Mikhail Ivanov Sergey Kotenko Dmitry Apanasenko Viktor Berendyuha Pavel Prokopchuk Yevgeny Grishin Sergey Naumov Giorgi Mshvenieradze Nurlan Mendygaliyev Head coach: Aleksandr Kabanov |
| Women details | Australia | Netherlands | United States |
