![6th December 1956: 'Blood in the Water' Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary - YouTube 6th December 1956: 'Blood in the Water' Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HifAFvCKZJw/sddefault.jpg)
6th December 1956: 'Blood in the Water' Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary - YouTube
![Cold War Project on X: "#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/NJ8U3OXmyW" / X Cold War Project on X: "#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/NJ8U3OXmyW" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvyPy3-WYAAtYJO.jpg)
Cold War Project on X: "#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/NJ8U3OXmyW" / X
![Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ervin Zador (Hungary) gets some medical attention from a team mate, Miklos Martin, after a water polo match against USSR Stock Photo - Alamy Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ervin Zador (Hungary) gets some medical attention from a team mate, Miklos Martin, after a water polo match against USSR Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/WH96J6/aus-melbourne-olympics-1956-ervin-zador-hungary-gets-some-medical-attention-from-a-team-mate-miklos-martin-after-a-water-polo-match-against-ussr-WH96J6.jpg)
Aus., Melbourne, Olympics, 1956: Ervin Zador (Hungary) gets some medical attention from a team mate, Miklos Martin, after a water polo match against USSR Stock Photo - Alamy
Olympic scandals: 1956 Melbourne 'Blood in the Water' match reveals how politics can impinge on the Games
![The water polo match between Hungary and Soviet Union in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, turns out to be one of the bloodiest one ever, known as Blood in the Water, as both The water polo match between Hungary and Soviet Union in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, turns out to be one of the bloodiest one ever, known as Blood in the Water, as both](https://i.redd.it/9anmlwcw694a1.jpg)