![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/maxresdefault.jpg)
6th December 1956: 'Blood in the Water' Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary - YouTube
![Cold War Project on 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/NJ8U3OXmyW" / Twitter Cold War Project on 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/NJ8U3OXmyW" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvyPy3-WYAAtYJO.jpg)
Cold War Project on 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/NJ8U3OXmyW" / Twitter
![In Memoriam 1956 - Hungary's Legendary Water Polo Team Spill Blood To Defeat Soviet Union - Video! - Hungary Today In Memoriam 1956 - Hungary's Legendary Water Polo Team Spill Blood To Defeat Soviet Union - Video! - Hungary Today](https://hungarytoday.hu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/asp_620_valogatott21.jpg)
In Memoriam 1956 - Hungary's Legendary Water Polo Team Spill Blood To Defeat Soviet Union - Video! - Hungary Today
A water polo superstar broke her nose mid-match, gushed blood into the pool, and returned days later to set an Olympic record
![Jordan Futscher on Twitter: ""Blood in Water" was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne #Olympics #sportshistory https://t.co/ooeSWsmmFe" / Twitter Jordan Futscher on Twitter: ""Blood in Water" was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne #Olympics #sportshistory https://t.co/ooeSWsmmFe" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSGZVCTXIAA2eDW.jpg)