The World Games I women's water polo competition was held on July 25–27, 1981, at Santa Clara International Swim Center in Santa Clara, California. Teams from the United States (2), Netherlands and Canada participated. Six days before the first game, Canada had become the newly-crowned World Cup champion in Brisbane, Australia, in a competition that included the same three teams that medaled in these Games.
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze J. BoerBrinkhofDorine HeijnertKokRia RoosIngrid ScholtenElly SpijkerAnn van BeekLeineke van den HeuvelMarion van den MarkGreet van den Veenothers. ILynn ComerLaura CoxRuth CoxDebbie DeckerLeslie EntwistleKaren HastieVaune KadlubekSimone LaPayRobin LinnSue McIntyreMaureen O'TooleMarla Smithother Sylvie ArchambaultTracy CrandallOdile DelaserraIsabel DeschampsMichele DespatisJocelyn DumaisDiedre FinshawJohanne GervaisJanice GilbeyHeather GiffordHilary KnowlesDenise PrefontaineSylvie Thibault
Standing TeamWLGFGA305217 I213023122429 II031047
Details Saturday, July 25, 1981:
United States I 14, United States II 4Netherlands 17, Canada 7
Sunday, July 26, 1981:
United States I 9, Canada 6Netherlands 22, United States II 3
Monday, July 27, 1981:
Netherlands 13, United States I 7Canada 11, United States II 3
Other known individual participants: USA – Marybeth Rozance
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