![Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ervin Zador of the Hungarian water polo team leaves the water after his clash with USSR Stock Photo - Alamy Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ervin Zador of the Hungarian water polo team leaves the water after his clash with USSR Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/WH96MX/aus-melbourne-olympics-1956-ervin-zador-of-the-hungarian-water-polo-team-leaves-the-water-after-his-clash-with-ussr-WH96MX.jpg)
Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ervin Zador of the Hungarian water polo team leaves the water after his clash with USSR Stock Photo - Alamy
![120 years, 120 stories (Part 25) : "Blood in the water" - Story of Hungary's epic 1956 Water polo gold 120 years, 120 stories (Part 25) : "Blood in the water" - Story of Hungary's epic 1956 Water polo gold](https://i0.wp.com/sports-nova.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/7176670254_b79b376c78_b_hungary-water-polo.jpg)
120 years, 120 stories (Part 25) : "Blood in the water" - Story of Hungary's epic 1956 Water polo gold
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Cold War Project a Twitter: "#OnThisDay Hungary and the USSR compete in water polo at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the famous "Blood in the Water" match… https://t.co/89IZNOUe8Q"
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File:RIAN archive 838753 Members of USSR National Water Polo Team at Olympiad.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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