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207: 189: 2583: 1744: 259:, with whom he had already exchanged words, and a whistle was blown. In the intermission, Prokopov struck him, causing a bleeding gash. Zádor left the pool; his bleeding was the final straw for a crowd already in frenzy. Many angry spectators jumped onto the concourse beside the water, shook their fists, shouted abuse and spat at the Russians. To avoid a riot, police entered the arena and shepherded the crowd away. 2801: 2474: 2821: 2811: 376: 363: 350: 337: 324: 311: 298: 285: 272: 227:
A whistle came, I looked at the referee, I said 'What's the whistle for?' And the moment I did that, I knew I'd made a horrible mistake. I turned back and with a straight arm, he just smacked me in the face. He tried to punch me out. I saw about 4,000 stars. And I reached to my face and I felt warm
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Tensions were at an all time high between the competing teams; the Soviet military had violently suppressed the Hungarian Revolution just weeks before. Most of the Revolutionaries consisted of civilians, a majority factory workers and students, who constructed Molotov cocktails against the formal
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Throughout the match, players would use any form of violence they could manage whenever the players of opposing teams came in contact. Zador’s injury took place in the closing minutes of the match. Chaos ensued with the crowd booing the Russians. Ultimately Hungary won with a score of 4–0.
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By the start of the Olympics, the uprising had been suppressed and many players saw the Olympics as a way to salvage pride for their country. "We felt we were playing not just for ourselves but for our whole country", said Zádor after the match. The match was played in front of a
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Pictures of Zádor's injuries were published around the world, leading to the "Blood in the Water" moniker. Reports that the water in the pool turned red were, however, an exaggeration. Zádor said his only thought was whether he would be able to play the next match.
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escalated into an uprising against the government in Budapest. On 1 November, Soviet tanks began rolling into Hungary and from 4 to 10 November forces began suppressing the uprising with air strikes, artillery bombardments, and tank-infantry actions.
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Tensions were already high between the Hungarian and Soviet water polo teams, as the Soviets had taken advantage of their political control of Hungary to study and copy the training methods and tactics of the Olympic champion Hungarians.
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The Hungarians had created a strategy before the game to taunt the Russians, whose language they had studied in school. In the words of Ervin Zádor: "We had decided to try and make the Russians angry to distract them."
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to avoid being caught in the revolution. The players only learned of the true extent of the uprising and the subsequent crackdown after arriving in Australia and they were all anxious for news of friends and family.
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The referees stopped the match; Hungary was declared the winner since they had been leading. Hungary then beat
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emerged during the last two minutes with blood pouring from above his eye after being punched by Soviet player
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crowd bolstered with expatriate Hungarians as well as Australians and Americans, two of the Soviet Union's
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From the beginning, kicks and punches were exchanged. At one point, a punch thrown by Hungarian captain
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described it as "the best untold story ever". The documentary was narrated by the Olympic swimmer
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That evening, a similar anti-Russian protest occurred during a fencing match between Hungarian
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blood pouring down. And I instantly said, 'Oh my God, I won't be able to play the next game.'
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In 2006, for the 50th anniversary of the attempted Hungarian Revolution, the documentary
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First-aid officer escorting Ervin Zádor to the medical room for treatment of his cut eye
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Ervin Zádor in the medical room, receiving treatment, protected by a police officer
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With one minute remaining in the match, Hungary was leading 4–0. Zádor was marking
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At the time, the Hungarian water polo team was in a mountain training camp above
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was caught on film. Meanwhile, Zádor scored two goals to the crowd's cheers of
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Ervin Zádor leaving the pool with a cut eye (National Library of Australia)
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46 Hungarians Refuse to go Home, and . . . Security Men Guard "Village"
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Also in 2006, a feature film about the match was released, entitled
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Then, on 23 October 1956, a demonstration by students of the
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The incident is also featured in the 1978 Australian film
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Index

Blood In The Water match
Blood in the Water (disambiguation)
Hungarian
Russian
romanized
lit.
water polo
Hungary
USSR
1956 Melbourne Olympics
recent Hungarian Revolution
Ervin Zádor
Valentin Prokopov
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Budapest
Melbourne
Czechoslovakia
partisan
Cold War
Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Soviet Union
Hungary
Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
Dezső Gyarmati
Valentin Prokopov
Ervin Zádor leaving the pool with a cut eye (National Library of Australia)
First-aid officer escorting Ervin Zádor to the medical room for treatment of his cut eye
Ervin Zádor in the medical room, receiving treatment, protected by a police officer
Ervin Zádor’s cut eye

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