Water polo at the Summer Olympics

IOC Code| WPO
Governing body| World Aquatics
Events| 2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Summer Olympics

* 1896
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* 1956
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* 1980
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* 2004
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* Medalists
* men
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Overall statistics (men • women)
Champions (men • women)
Team appearances (men • women)
Player appearances (men • women)
Top goalscorers (men • women)
Goalkeepers (men • women)
Flag bearers and oath takers
Venues
Water Polo at the 2024 Olympics (Italy v. Montenegro) Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.

## History

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Main article: History of water polo

The history of water polo as a team sport began in mid-19th century England and Scotland, where water sports were a feature of county fairs and festivals.[1][2] Water polo has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896. Women's water polo made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 2000.

### Beginnings

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Water polo final at the 1908 London Olympics

Men's water polo was among the first team sports introduced at the modern Olympic Games in 1900.[3] Seven European teams from four countries, including four from the host nation France, took part in the competition. The British team was the inaugural champion.[4]

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, three club teams of seven players each entered.[5] A German team tried to enter, but its entry was refused because the players did not play for the same club.[6] The event took place in a pond in Forest Park, the location of both the Olympics and the World's Fair.[7] Previously, the International Olympic Committee and International Swimming Federation (FINA) considered the water polo event at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration sport.[5] However, in July 2021, after accepting the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the IOC recognized water polo along with several others as an official sport of the 1904 Olympic program.[8] Water polo was not played at the 1906 Olympics.[3]

From 1908 to 1920, the Great Britain men's national water polo team won three consecutive gold medals at the Olympics, becoming the first water polo team to have an Olympic winning streak (winning three or more Olympic titles in a row).

### Hungarian dominance

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Hungary men's national water polo team has participated in 22 of 27 Olympic tournaments, with fifteen Olympic medals (nine gold, three silver and three bronze). From 1928 to 1980, the Hungarians won twelve consecutive medals in water polo. Twenty years later, the team won three golds in a row between 2000 and 2008, becoming the second team to have an Olympic winning streak in water polo.

#### Blood in the Water match

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Main article: Blood in the Water match

The most famous water polo match in Olympic history often referred to as the Blood in the Water match, was a 1956 Summer Olympics semi-final match between Hungary and the Soviet Union, played in Melbourne on 6 December 1956. As the athletes left for the games, the Hungarian revolution began, and the Soviet army crushed the uprising. The match was bloody and violent. The Hungarians defeated the Soviets 4–0 before the game was called off in the final minute to prevent angry Hungarians in the crowd reacting to Soviet player Valentin Prokopov punching Hungarian player Ervin Zádor. Pictures of Zádor's injuries were published around the world, leading to the "Blood in the Water" moniker.[9]

The Hungarians went on to win the Olympic gold medal by defeating Yugoslavia 2–1 in the final.

### Addition of women's program

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Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Six nations competed in the women's tournament with home team Australia winning the gold medal over the United States.

From 2012 to 2020, the United States women's team won three consecutive gold medals at the Summer Olympics, becoming the first women's water polo team to have an Olympic winning streak.

## Geography

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Main article: Geography of water polo

Water polo is now popular in many countries around the world, notably in Europe (particularly in Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Spain), Australia, Brazil, Canada and the United States.

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 51 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) from six continents have sent their water polo teams to the Olympic Games. Men's water polo teams of European NOCs won all 27 official tournaments, while women's teams from Europe, North America and Oceania won all six gold medals. Water polo teams from Africa, Asia and South America have not won an Olympic medal yet.

## Venues

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Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center was used at the 2020 Olympics in water polo.

Main article: List of Olympic venues in water polo

For the Summer Olympics, there are 34 venues that have been or will be used for water polo.

The Seine in Paris hosted the first water polo competitions at the 1900 Olympics. The Forest Park in St. Louis hosted the water polo events for the 1904 Summer Olympics.

The first water polo venue not located on a river or a lake took place at the 1908 London Olympics. It was not until the 1920 Olympics that a separate venue was created for the aquatic venues. The 1948 Games were the first Olympics in which water polo took place both indoors and in more than one venue. The first separate water polo venue that was not connected to other aquatic venues was at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

The Water Polo Arena of the 2012 London Olympics was the first dedicated water polo venue to be built for an Olympics, the structure was taken down after the games.

1. Paris 1900: Seine, Paris
2. St. Louis 1904: Forest Park, St. Louis
3. London 1908: White City Stadium, White City
4. Stockholm 1912: Djurgårdsbrunnsviken, Stockholm
5. Antwerp 1920: Stade Nautique d'Antwerp, Antwerp
6. Paris 1924: Piscine des Tourelles, Paris
7. Amsterdam 1928: Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium, Amsterdam
8. Los Angeles 1932: Swimming Stadium, Los Angeles
9. Berlin 1936: Olympic Swimming Stadium, Berlin
10. London 1948: Empire Pool (final), Wembley; and Finchley Lido, North Finchley
11. Helsinki 1952: Swimming Stadium, Helsinki
12. Melbourne 1956: Swimming/Diving Stadium, Melbourne
13. Rome 1960: Piscina delle Rose and Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto (final), both in Rome
14. Tokyo 1964: Tokyo Metropolitan Indoor Swimming Pool, Tokyo
15. Mexico City 1968: Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool (final) and University City Swimming Pool, both in Mexico City
16. Munich 1972: Dantebad and Schwimmhalle (final), both in Munich
17. Montreal 1976: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard and Olympic Pool (final), both in Montreal
18. Moscow 1980: Swimming Pool - Moscow and Swimming Pool - Olimpiysky (final), both in Moscow
19. Los Angeles 1984: Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool, Malibu, California
20. Seoul 1988: Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool, Seoul
21. Barcelona 1992: Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc and Piscines Bernat Picornell (finals), both in Barcelona
22. Atlanta 1996: Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta
23. Sydney 2000: Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre, Ryde; and Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Sydney
24. Athens 2004: Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens
25. Beijing 2008: Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
26. London 2012: Water Polo Arena, London
27. Rio de Janeiro 2016: Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and Olympic Aquatics Stadium (finals), Rio de Janeiro
28. Tokyo 2020: Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo
29. Paris 2024: Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena (finals)
30. Los Angeles 2028: Long Beach Waterfront
31. Brisbane 2032: Sleeman Centre

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1900–1996;
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000–2016;
* Olympedia: Water polo venues.

## Events

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Notes

The X indicates that the tournament was held as a full Olympic medal sport.
The bullet (•) denotes that it was contested as an unofficial sport.

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Women's tournament  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7
Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## Rules

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### Qualification summary

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Year | M | W

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1900-1956  | No Qualification | No Tournament
1960 | 1960 Men's Qualification
1964 | 1964 Men's Qualification
1968 | 1968 Men's Qualification
1972 | 1972 Men's Qualification
1976 | 1976 Men's Qualification
1980 | 1980 Men's Qualification
1984 | 1984 Men's Qualification
1988 | 1988 Men's Qualification
1992 | 1992 Men's Qualification
1996 | 1996 Men's Qualification
2000 | 2000 Men's Qualification | 2000 Women's Qualification
2004 | 2004 Men's Qualification | 2004 Women's Qualification
2008 | 2008 Men's Qualification | 2008 Women's Qualification
2012 | 2012 Men's Qualification | 2012 Women's Qualification
2016 | 2016 Men's Qualification | 2016 Women's Qualification
2020 | 2020 Men's Qualification | 2020 Women's Qualification
2024 | 2024 Men's Qualification | 2024 Women's Qualification
Total | 17 | 7

### Qualification

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Since 2012, the qualifying process consists of five stages:

1. The team of the host nation qualifies automatically.
2. No more than one team qualifies as the top team in the FINA World League.
3. No more than three teams qualify as the top teams in the World Aquatics Championships.
4. No more than five teams qualify as the continental Olympic qualification tournament champions.
5. No more than four teams qualify through a world qualifying tournament, in which the best teams which did not qualify directly from each continent compete for the remaining berths.

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1  | — | Host nation | 1 (from
Europe) | 1 (from
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2  | World – FINA | FINA Water Polo World League | 1 | 1  | 1
3  | World – FINA | World Aquatics Championships | 3 | 2  | 2
4  | Africa – CANA | African Continental Selection | 0 | 0  | 1
Americas – UANA | Pan American Games | 1 | 1  | 1
Asia – AASF | Asian Water Polo Championship | 1 | 1  | 1
Europe – LEN | European Water Polo Championship | 0 | 1  | 1
Oceania – OSA | Oceanian Continental Selection | 1 | 1  | 1
5  | World – FINA | World Qualification Tournament | 4 | 4  | 3
Total | 12  | 12  | 12
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1  | — | Host nation | 1 (from
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Asia)
2  | World – FINA | FINA Water Polo World League | 0 | 0  | 1
3  | World – FINA | World Aquatics Championships | 0 | 0  | 1
4  | Africa – CANA | African Continental Selection | 0 | 0  | 1
Americas – UANA | Pan American Games | 1 | 0  | 1
Asia – AASF | Asian Water Polo Championship | 1 | 1  | 1
Europe – LEN | European Water Polo Championship | 0 | 1  | 1
Oceania – OSA | Oceanian Continental Selection | 1 | 1  | 1
5  | World – FINA | World Qualification Tournament | 4 | 4  | 2
Total | 8 | 8  | 10

### Players

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#### Eligibility

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According to the FINA General Rules,[10] the list below shows the requirements for a player to be eligible to play in international tournaments:

* "GR 1.1: All competitors shall be registered with their National Federation to be eligible to compete."
* "GR 2.5: When a competitor or competition official represents his/her country in a competition, he/she shall be a citizen, whether by birth or naturalisation, of the nation he/she represents, provided that a naturalised citizen shall have lived in that country for at least one year prior to that competition. Competitors, who have more than one nationality according to the laws of the respective nations must choose one 'Sport Nationality'. This choice shall be exercised by the first representation of the competitor for one of the countries."
* "GR 2.6: Any competitor or competition official changing his sport nationality from one national governing body to another must have resided in the territory of and been under the jurisdiction of the latter for at least twelve months prior to his first representation for the country."

### Competition format

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For both the men's and women's tournaments at the 2020 Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic),[11] the competition consists of a round-robin group stage followed by a knockout stage. Teams are placed into two groups, with each team playing each other team in its group once. Teams earn 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The top four teams in each group advance to the knockout rounds. The knockout rounds are a single-elimination tournament consisting of quarterfinals, semifinals, and the gold and bronze medal matches.

Matches consist of four quarters of eight minutes each. During the knockout rounds, if the score is tied after four quarters (32 minutes), penalty shootouts, which is 5 rounds, plus extra rounds if tied, are used to determine the winner.

Men's tournament  # | Year | Dates | Number of | Competition format

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1  | 1900 | 11–12 August | 7 teams | 6 matches | Single-elimination tournament
2  | 1904 | 5–6 September | 3 teams  | 2 matches
3  | 1908 | 15–22 July | 4 teams  | 4 matches
4  | 1912 | 7–16 July | 6 teams  | 10 matches
5  | 1920 | 22–29 August | 12 teams  | 19 matches  | Single-elimination tournament with Bergvall system for second- and third-place
6  | 1924 | 13–20 July | 13 teams  | 19 matches
7  | 1928 | 4–11 August | 14 teams  | 18 matches  | Single-elimination tournament with Bergvall system for third place
8  | 1932 | 4–13 August | 5 teams  | 6 matches[a] | Round-robin tournament
9  | 1936 | 8–15 August | 16 teams  | 40 matches  | Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
10  | 1948 | 28 July – 7 August | 18 teams  | 40 matches[b] | Series of round-robin elimination pools, followed by round-robin semi-final pools, and then round-robin final pools
11  | 1952 | 25 July – 2 August | 21 teams  | 56 matches[c] | Single-elimination tournament qualifying; round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
12  | 1956 | 28 November – 7 December | 10 teams  | 29 matches  | Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
13  | 1960 | 25 August – 3 September | 16 teams  | 40 matches  | Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
14  | 1964 | 11–18 October | 13 teams  | 31 matches
15  | 1968 | 14–26 October | 15 teams  | 63 matches  | Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
16  | 1972 | 27 August – 4 September | 16 teams  | 59 matches  | Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
17  | 1976 | 18–27 July | 12 teams  | 48 matches
18  | 1980 | 20–29 July | 12 teams  | 48 matches
19  | 1984 | 1–10 August | 12 teams  | 42 matches
20  | 1988 | 21 September – 1 October | 12 teams  | 42 matches  | Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
21  | 1992 | 1–9 August | 12 teams  | 42 matches
22  | 1996 | 20–28 July | 12 teams  | 48 matches
23  | 2000 | 23 September – 1 October | 12 teams  | 48 matches
24  | 2004 | 15–29 August | 12 teams  | 44 matches
25  | 2008 | 10–24 August | 12 teams  | 44 matches
26  | 2012 | 29 July – 12 August | 12 teams  | 42 matches
27  | 2016 | 6–20 August | 12 teams  | 42 matches
28  | 2020 | 25 July – 8 August 2021[11] | 12 teams  | 42 matches
# | Year | Dates | Teams | Matches | Competition format
Number of
Women's tournament  # | Year | Dates | Number of | Competition format

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1  | 2000 | 16–23 September | 6 teams | 20 matches | Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
2  | 2004 | 16–26 August | 8 teams  | 20 matches
3  | 2008 | 11–21 August | 8 teams  | 20 matches
4  | 2012 | 30 July – 9 August | 8 teams  | 24 matches
5  | 2016 | 9–19 August | 8 teams  | 24 matches
6  | 2020 | 24 July – 7 August 2021[11] | 10 teams  | 32 matches

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1900–1996;
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000–2016;
* Olympedia: 1900–2016;
* Sports Reference: 1900–2016.

### Game rules

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Main article: Rules of water polo

#### Maximum number of players per team

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Men's tournament  | Maximum number of players

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1900–1904 | 1908–1980 | 1984–2016 | 2020–
In the playing area of the pool during an Olympic match  | 7 | 7  | 7  | 7
During an Olympic match  | 11 | 11  | 13  | 12[12]
During an Olympic tournament  | 11 | 11  | 13  | 13[12]
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Women's tournament | Maximum number of players

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2000–2016 | 2020–
In the playing area of the pool during an Olympic match  | 7 | 7
During an Olympic match  | 13 | 12[12]
During an Olympic tournament  | 13 | 13[12]
| per nation | per nation

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1900–1996;
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000–2016.

### Anti-doping

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Main articles: Doping at the Olympic Games and List of doping cases in sport

The FINA follows the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) regulations on performance-enhancing drugs. According to the WADA, a positive in-competition test results in disqualification of the player and a suspension that varies based on the number of offences. When a player tests positive, the rest of their team is subjected to testing; another positive test can result in a disqualification of the entire team.[13][14][15][16]

## Men's tournament

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### Results summary

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Year[5] | Hosts  | Gold medal game  | Bronze medal game  | Number of teams

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1900 |
Paris |
Great Britain (Mixed team)
(Osborne Swimming Club)  | 7–2 |
Belgium
(Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club)  |
France (Mixed team)
(Libellule de Paris)

France
(Pupilles de Neptune de Lille #2)  | [d] |  | 7
1904 |
St. Louis | Water polo was a demonstration sport | Water polo was a demonstration sport |
1908 |
London |
Great Britain | 9–2[e] |
Belgium |
Sweden | [f] |
Netherlands | 4
1912 |
Stockholm |
Great Britain | 8–0 |
Sweden |
Belgium | 5–4 |
Austria | 6
1920 |
Antwerp |
Great Britain | 3–2 |
Belgium |
Sweden | 5–0 |
United States | 12
1924 |
Paris |
France | 3–0 |
Belgium |
United States | 3–2 |
Sweden | 13
1928 |
Amsterdam |
Germany | 5–2 |
Hungary |
France | 8–1 |
Great Britain | 14
1932 |
Los Angeles |
Hungary | Round-robin |
Germany |
United States | Round-robin |
Japan | 5
1936 |
Berlin |
Hungary | Round-robin |
Germany |
Belgium | Round-robin |
France | 16
1948 |
London |
Italy | Round-robin |
Hungary |
Netherlands | Round-robin |
Belgium | 18
1952 |
Helsinki |
Hungary | Round-robin |
Yugoslavia |
Italy | Round-robin |
United States | 21
1956 |
Melbourne |
Hungary | Round-robin |
Yugoslavia |
Soviet Union | Round-robin |
Italy | 10
1960 |
Rome |
Italy | Round-robin |
Soviet Union |
Hungary | Round-robin |
Yugoslavia | 16
1964 |
Tokyo |
Hungary | Round-robin |
Yugoslavia |
Soviet Union | Round-robin |
Italy | 13
1968 |
Mexico City |
Yugoslavia | 13–11 (aet)  |
Soviet Union |
Hungary | 9–4 |
Italy | 15
1972 |
Munich |
Soviet Union | Round-robin |
Hungary |
United States | Round-robin |
West Germany | 16
1976 |
Montreal |
Hungary | Round-robin |
Italy |
Netherlands | Round-robin |
Romania | 12
1980 |
Moscow |
Soviet Union | Round-robin |
Yugoslavia |
Hungary | Round-robin |
Spain | 12
1984 |
Los Angeles |
Yugoslavia | Round-robin |
United States |
West Germany | Round-robin |
Spain | 12
1988 |
Seoul |
Yugoslavia | 9–7 (aet)  |
United States |
Soviet Union | 14–13 |
West Germany | 12
1992 |
Barcelona |
Italy | 9–8 (aet)  |
Spain |
Unified Team[g] | 8–4 |
United States | 12
1996 |
Atlanta |
Spain | 7–5 |
Croatia |
Italy | 20–18 (aet)  |
Hungary | 12
2000 |
Sydney |
Hungary | 13–6 |
Russia |
Yugoslavia[h] | 8–3 |
Spain | 12
2004 |
Athens |
Hungary | 8–7 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
Russia | 6–5 |
Greece | 12
2008 |
Beijing |
Hungary | 14–10 |
United States |
Serbia | 6–4 |
Montenegro | 12
2012 |
London |
Croatia | 8–6 |
Italy |
Serbia | 12–11 |
Montenegro | 12
2016 |
Rio |
Serbia | 11–7 |
Croatia |
Italy | 12–10 |
Montenegro | 12
2020 |
Tokyo |
Serbia | 13–10 |
Greece |
Hungary | 9–5 |
Spain | 12
2024 |
Paris |
Serbia | 13–11 |
Croatia |
United States | 8–8
(3–0) (ps)  |
Hungary | 12

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1900–1996 (men's tournaments);
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000–2020 (men's tournaments);
* Olympedia: 1900–2020 (men's tournaments);
* Sports Reference: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments).

### Confederation statistics

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Main article: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament § Confederation statistics

#### Best performances by tournament

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This section is transcluded from List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics. (edit | history)

This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.[5] Last updated: 8 August 2021.

Note: italic number in header means unofficial tournament was held.

Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Confederation  | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24

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Africa – CANA | — |  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7th | 10th | — | 9th | 12th | 15th | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12th | — | — | — | 12th | —
Americas – UANA | — |  | — | — | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 9th | 10th | 4th | 5th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 8th | 10th | 6th | 3rd
Asia – AASF | — |  | — | — | — | — | — | 4th | 14th | 12th | 21st | 10th | 14th | 11th | 12th | 15th | 12th | — | 9th | 11th | — | — | 9th | 11th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 10th | 11th
Europe – LEN | 1st |  | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st
Oceania – OSA | — |  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18th | 19th | 9th | 15th | 10th | — | 12th | 11th | 7th | 5th | 8th | 5th | — | 8th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 9th | 8th
Total teams | 7 |  | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12

### Team statistics

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Main article: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

Rk  | Rank  | Ref  | Reference  | p.  | page  | pp.  | pages

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#### Comprehensive team results by tournament

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This section is transcluded from List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Comprehensive team results by tournament. (edit | history)

Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games; italic number in header means unofficial tournament was held. Last updated: 11 February 2024.

Legend

* 1 – Champions
* 2 – Runners-up
* 3 – Third place
* 4 – Fourth place
* – Qualified but were not allowed to compete
* – Disqualified
* — – The nation did not participate in the Games
* Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
* – Hosts
* = – More than one team tied for that rank
* Team† – Defunct team

Abbreviation

* stats – Olympic water polo team statistics
* EUA – United Team of Germany
* FRG – West Germany
* FRY – FR Yugoslavia
* GDR – East Germany
* SCG – Serbia and Montenegro

Africa – CANA (2 teams)  Men's team[5] | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Years

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South Africa | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14 |  | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | WD | 3
Americas – UANA (8 teams)  Men's team[5] | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Years

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Brazil (stats)  | — | — | — | — | 6 |  | — | [a] |  |  | 9 |  | 12 | 13 | 13 |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  | 8
Canada (stats)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 | 9 | — | 10 |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  |  | 4
Chile | — | — | — |  |  |  |  | — |  | 17 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Cuba |  |  | — | — | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5
Mexico |  | — | — | — | — |  |  |  |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 11 | 13 | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
United States (stats)  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 |  | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 23
Uruguay | — | — | — | — | — |  |  |  | 13 | 16 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Asia – AASF (7 teams)  Men's team[5] | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Years

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India |  | — | — | — |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 21 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Iran |  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | — | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Japan (stats)  | — | — | — |  |  |  |  | 4 | 14 | — |  |  | 14 | 11 | 12 | 15 |  | — | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10
Kazakhstan (stats)  | — | — | — | — | — | Part of Soviet Union | [g] |  | 9 | 11 |  | 11 |  | 11 |  | 4
Singapore | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |  |  | 10 |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
South Korea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1

Europe – LEN (34 teams)  Men's team[5] | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Years

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Belgium (stats)  | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |  | 3 | 4 | 6 |  | 16 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11
Bulgaria | — | — | — | — | — |  |  | — |  | — |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |  | 12 | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Croatia (stats)  | — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia |  | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8
Czechoslovakia† | — | — | — | — | 12 | 6 | 10 |  | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  | 12 | Defunct |  | 5
East Germany† | Part of Germany | P. of EUA | 6 |  |  |  | — |  | Part of Germany |  | 1
France (stats)  | 3[d] | — |  | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 |  | 4 | 6 |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 | 11 |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |  | 10 | 12
Germany (stats)  | =5 |  |  |  | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 15 | See EUA | See FRG and GDR | 7 | 9 |  | 5 | 10 |  |  |  |  | 9
Great Britain (stats)  | 1 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 |  | 8 | 13 | 12 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 11
Greece (stats)  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 13 |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  | 14 | 14 |  | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17
Hungary (stats)  |  |  |  | 5 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24
Iceland | — | — | — |  | — | — | — | — | 15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Ireland | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 14 |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Italy (stats)  |  | — |  |  | 10 | 11 |  |  |  | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22
Luxembourg | — | — | — |  |  |  | 11 | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Malta | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 16 |  | — | — |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Montenegro (stats)  | — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | P. of FRY / SCG | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5
Netherlands (stats)  |  | — | 4 |  | 5 | 7 | 5 |  | 5 | 3 | 5 |  | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 |  | 9 | 10 | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17
Portugal | — | — | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Romania (stats)  |  | — | — | — | — |  |  | — |  | — | 17 | 8 | 5 | 5 |  | 8 | 4 | 9 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  | 12 | 10
Russia (stats)  | — | — | — | — | — | Part of Soviet Union | [g] | 5 | 2 | 3 |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Serbia (stats)  | — | — | — |  | Part of Yugoslavia | P. of FRY / SCG | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5
Serbia and Montenegro† (stats)  | — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | See FRY | 2 | Defunct | 1
Slovakia | — | — | — | — | Part of Czechoslovakia |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Soviet Union†[i] (stats)  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | Defunct | 9
Spain (stats)  |  | — | — | — | 7 | 10 | 9 |  | — | 8 | 8 | — |  |  | 9 | 10 |  | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19
Sweden (stats)  |  | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |  |  | 6 | 5 | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8
Switzerland |  |  |  |  | 11 | 12 | 12 |  | 12 | 14 |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5
Ukraine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Part of Soviet Union | [g] | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Unified Team†[g] (stats)  | — | — | — | — | — | Part of Soviet Union | 3 | Defunct | 1
United Team of Germany† (stats) | See Germany | 6 | 6 | 6 | See FRG and GDR | See Germany | 3
West Germany† (stats)  | Part of Germany | P. of EUA | 10 | 4 | 6 | — | 3 | 4 | Part of Germany | 5
Yugoslavia† (stats)  | — | — | — | — |  |  |  |  | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Defunct | 12
Yugoslavia†[h] (stats)  | — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | — | 8 | 3 | Defunct | 2

Oceania – OSA (1 team)  Men's team[5] | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Years

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Men's team[5] | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Years

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#### Finishes in the top four

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This section is transcluded from List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Finishes in the top four. (edit | history)

The following table is pre-sorted by total finishes in the top four (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 8 August 2021.

Legend

* Year* – As host team
* Team† – Defunct team

Rk | Men's team[5] | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last

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1  |  Hungary | 17 | 9 (1932, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2008) | 3 (1928, 1948, 1972) | 4 (1960, 1968, 1980, 2020) | 2 (1996, 2024) | 1928 | 2024
2  |  Italy | 11 | 3 (1948, 1960*, 1992) | 2 (1976, 2012) | 3 (1952, 1996, 2016) | 3 (1956, 1964, 1968) | 1948 | 2016
3  |  United States | 10 |  | 3 (1984*, 1988, 2008) | 4 (1924, 1932*, 1972, 2024) | 3 (1920, 1952, 1992) | 1920 | 2024
4  |  Yugoslavia† | 8 | 3 (1968, 1984, 1988) | 4 (1952, 1956, 1964, 1980) |  | 1 (1960) | 1952 | 1988
5  |  Soviet Union† | 7 | 2 (1972, 1980*) | 2 (1960, 1968) | 3 (1956, 1964, 1988) |  | 1956 | 1988
6  |  Belgium | 7 |  | 4 (1900, 1908, 1920*, 1924) | 2 (1912, 1936) | 1 (1948) | 1900 | 1948
7  |  Spain | 6 | 1 (1996) | 1 (1992*) |  | 4 (1980, 1984, 2000, 2020) | 1980 | 2020
8  |  Great Britain | 5 | 4 (1900, 1908*, 1912, 1920) |  |  | 1 (1928) | 1900 | 1928
9  |  France | 5 | 1 (1924*) |  | 3 (1900*×2,[d] 1928) | 1 (1936) | 1900 | 1936
10  |  Serbia | 5 | 3 (2016, 2020, 2024) |  | 2 (2008, 2012) |  | 2008 | 2024
11  |  Croatia | 4 | 1 (2012) | 3 (1996, 2016, 2024) |  |  | 1996 | 2024
12  |  Sweden | 4 |  | 1 (1912*) | 2 (1908, 1920) | 1 (1924) | 1908 | 1924
13  |  Germany | 3 | 1 (1928) | 2 (1932, 1936*) |  |  | 1928 | 1936
14  |  Netherlands | 3 |  |  | 2 (1948, 1976) | 1 (1908) | 1908 | 1976
15  |  West Germany† | 3 |  |  | 1 (1984) | 2 (1972*, 1988) | 1972 | 1988
16  |  Montenegro | 3 |  |  |  | 3 (2008, 2012, 2016) | 2008 | 2016
17  |  Russia | 2 |  | 1 (2000) | 1 (2004) |  | 2000 | 2004
18  |  Greece | 2 |  | 1 (2020) |  | 1 (2004*) | 2004 | 2020
19  |  Serbia and Montenegro† | 1 |  | 1 (2004) |  |  | 2004 | 2004
20  |  Yugoslavia†[h] | 1 |  |  | 1 (2000) |  | 2000 | 2000
Unified Team†[g] |  |  | 1 (1992) |  | 1992 | 1992
22  |  Austria | 1 |  |  |  | 1 (1912) | 1912 | 1912
Japan |  |  |  | 1 (1932) | 1932 | 1932
Romania |  |  |  | 1 (1976) | 1976 | 1976
Rk | Men's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last

#### Medal table

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This section is transcluded from List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Medal table. (edit | history)

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2024.

Hungary is the most successful country in the men's Olympic water polo tournament, with nine gold, three silver and four bronze.[5]

Legend

* Team† – Defunct team

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2|  Yugoslavia (YUG)†| 3| 4| 0| 7
3|  Italy (ITA)| 3| 2| 3| 8
4|  Serbia (SRB)| 3| 0| 2| 5
5|  Great Britain (GBR)[k]| 3| 0| 0| 3
6|  Soviet Union (URS)†| 2| 2| 3| 7
7|  United States (USA)[l]| 1| 4| 5| 10
8|  Croatia (CRO)| 1| 3| 0| 4
9|  Germany (GER)| 1| 2| 0| 3
10|  Spain (ESP)| 1| 1| 0| 2
11|  France (FRA)[d]| 1| 0| 2| 3
12|  Mixed team (ZZX)†| 1| 0| 1| 2
13|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 4| 2| 6
14|  Sweden (SWE)| 0| 1| 2| 3
15|  Russia (RUS)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)†[h]| 0| 1| 1| 2
17|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
18|  Netherlands (NED)| 0| 0| 2| 2
19|  Unified Team (EUN)†[g]| 0| 0| 1| 1
West Germany (FRG)†| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (20 entries)| 29| 29| 30| 88

#### Champions (results, squads)

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Main article: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo

Champions (results)

Serbia men's national water polo team celebrated after the gold medal match of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The following table shows results of Olympic champions in men's water polo by tournament. Last updated: 8 August 2021.

Legend

* 6 – Winning 6 matches during the tournament
* 4 – Drawing 4 matches during the tournament
* 2 – Losing 2 matches during the tournament
* 100.0% – Winning all matches during the tournament
* Team – Olympic winning streak (winning three or more Olympic titles in a row)
* Team – Host team
* Team† – Defunct team

Abbreviation

* MP – Matches played
* W – Won
* D – Drawn
* L – Lost
* GF – Goals for
* GA – Goals against
* GD – Goal difference
* GF/MP – Goals for per match
* GA/MP – Goals against per match
* GD/MP – Goal difference per match

Results of champions by tournament  # | Men's tournament | Champions | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP

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1  |  Paris 1900 |  Great Britain (1st title) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 29 | 3 | 26 | 9.667 | 1.000 | 8.667
2 |  St. Louis 1904 | Water polo was a demonstration sport
3  |  London 1908 |  Great Britain (2nd title) | 1[e] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 7.000
4  |  Stockholm 1912 |  Great Britain (3rd title) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 21 | 8 | 13 | 7.000 | 2.667 | 4.333
5  |  Antwerp 1920 |  Great Britain (4th title) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 19 | 4 | 15 | 6.333 | 1.333 | 5.000
6  |  Paris 1924 |  France (1st title) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4.000 | 1.500 | 2.500
7  |  Amsterdam 1928 |  Germany (1st title) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 18 | 10 | 8 | 6.000 | 3.333 | 2.667
8  |  Los Angeles 1932 |  Hungary (1st title) | 3[a] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 30 | 2 | 28 | 10.000 | 0.667 | 9.333
9  |  Berlin 1936 |  Hungary (2nd title) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | 44 | 4 | 40 | 6.286 | 0.571 | 5.714
10  |  London 1948 |  Italy (1st title) | 7[b] | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | 35 | 14 | 21 | 5.000 | 2.000 | 3.000
11  |  Helsinki 1952 |  Hungary (3rd title) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | 53 | 16 | 37 | 6.625 | 2.000 | 4.625
12  |  Melbourne 1956 |  Hungary (4th title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 26 | 4 | 22 | 4.333 | 0.667 | 3.667
13  |  Rome 1960 |  Italy (2nd title) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | 31 | 12 | 19 | 4.429 | 1.714 | 2.714
14  |  Tokyo 1964 |  Hungary (5th title) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.3% | 34 | 13 | 21 | 5.667 | 2.167 | 3.500
15  |  Mexico City 1968 |  Yugoslavia† (1st title) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 77.8% | 86 | 35 | 51 | 9.556 | 3.889 | 5.667
16  |  Munich 1972 |  Soviet Union† (1st title) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% | 48 | 24 | 24 | 6.000 | 3.000 | 3.000
17  |  Montreal 1976 |  Hungary (6th title) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.5% | 45 | 32 | 13 | 5.625 | 4.000 | 1.625
18  |  Moscow 1980 |  Soviet Union† (2nd title) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 58 | 31 | 27 | 7.250 | 3.875 | 3.375
19  |  Los Angeles 1984 |  Yugoslavia† (2nd title) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | 72 | 44 | 28 | 10.286 | 6.286 | 4.000
20  |  Seoul 1988 |  Yugoslavia† (3rd title) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 83 | 55 | 28 | 11.857 | 7.857 | 4.000
21  |  Barcelona 1992 |  Italy (3rd title) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.4% | 59 | 50 | 9 | 8.429 | 7.143 | 1.286
22  |  Atlanta 1996 |  Spain (1st title) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.0% | 58 | 48 | 10 | 7.250 | 6.000 | 1.250
23  |  Sydney 2000 |  Hungary (7th title) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.0% | 78 | 57 | 21 | 9.750 | 7.125 | 2.625
24  |  Athens 2004 |  Hungary (8th title) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 59 | 39 | 20 | 8.429 | 5.571 | 2.857
25  |  Beijing 2008 |  Hungary (9th title) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.7% | 85 | 55 | 30 | 12.143 | 7.857 | 4.286
26  |  London 2012 |  Croatia (1st title) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 73 | 42 | 31 | 9.125 | 5.250 | 3.875
27  |  Rio 2016 |  Serbia (1st title) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.5% | 80 | 66 | 14 | 10.000 | 8.250 | 1.750
28  |  Tokyo 2020 |  Serbia (2nd title) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 75.0% | 103 | 71 | 32 | 12.875 | 8.875 | 4.000
29  |  Paris 2024 |  Serbia (3rd title) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 62.5% | 93 | 91 | 2 | 11.625 | 11.375 | 0.250
# | Men's tournament | Total | 177 | 148 | 16 | 12 | 84.2% | 1445 | 838 | 607 | 7.638 | 4.734 | 3.429
Champions | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1900–1996 (men's tournaments);
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 207), 2008 (p. 202), 2012 (p. 471), 2016 (p. 131), 2020 (p. 150);
* Olympedia: 1900–2020 (men's tournaments);
* Sports Reference: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments).

Champions (squads)
The following table shows number of players and average age, height and weight of Olympic champions in men's water polo by tournament. Last updated: 30 August 2021.

Legend

* Team – Olympic winning streak
* Team – Winning all matches during the tournament
* Team – Host team
* Team† – Defunct team

Winning squads by tournament  # | Men's tournament | Champions | Players | Returning Olympians | Average

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1  |  Paris 1900 |  Great Britain (1st title) | 7 | 0 | 0.0% |  |  |
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3  |  London 1908 |  Great Britain (2nd title) | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 26 years, 111 days |  |
4  |  Stockholm 1912 |  Great Britain (3rd title) | 7 | 4 | 57.1% | 29 years, 16 days |  |
5  |  Antwerp 1920 |  Great Britain (4th title) | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 33 years, 279 days |  |
6  |  Paris 1924 |  France (1st title) | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 26 years, 303 days |  |
7  |  Amsterdam 1928 |  Germany (1st title) | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | 24 years, 329 days |  |
8  |  Los Angeles 1932 |  Hungary (1st title) | 10 | 7 | 70.0% | 27 years, 291 days |  |
9  |  Berlin 1936 |  Hungary (2nd title) | 11 | 5 | 45.5% | 26 years, 66 days |  |
10  |  London 1948 |  Italy (1st title) | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 30 years, 203 days |  |
11  |  Helsinki 1952 |  Hungary (3rd title) | 13 | 6 | 46.2% | 26 years, 337 days |  |
12  |  Melbourne 1956 |  Hungary (4th title) | 12 | 7 | 58.3% | 26 years, 148 days | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[m] | 80 kg (176 lb)[n]
13  |  Rome 1960 |  Italy (2nd title) | 12 | 3 | 25.0% | 22 years, 363 days | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 81 kg (179 lb)
14  |  Tokyo 1964 |  Hungary (5th title) | 12 | 10 | 83.3% | 28 years, 208 days | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 82 kg (181 lb)
15  |  Mexico City 1968 |  Yugoslavia† (1st title) | 11 | 5 | 45.5% | 26 years, 151 days | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 94 kg (207 lb)
16  |  Munich 1972 |  Soviet Union† (1st title) | 11 | 5 | 45.5% | 26 years, 351 days | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb)
17  |  Montreal 1976 |  Hungary (6th title) | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | 25 years, 333 days | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 88 kg (194 lb)
18  |  Moscow 1980 |  Soviet Union† (2nd title) | 11 | 4 | 36.4% | 25 years, 117 days | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb)
19  |  Los Angeles 1984 |  Yugoslavia† (2nd title) | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 23 years, 362 days | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 92 kg (203 lb)
20  |  Seoul 1988 |  Yugoslavia† (3rd title) | 13 | 6 | 46.2% | 23 years, 341 days | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 94 kg (207 lb)
21  |  Barcelona 1992 |  Italy (3rd title) | 13 | 7 | 53.8% | 26 years, 224 days | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[o] | 81 kg (179 lb)[p]
22  |  Atlanta 1996 |  Spain (1st title) | 13 | 9 | 69.2% | 26 years, 279 days | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 81 kg (179 lb)
23  |  Sydney 2000 |  Hungary (7th title) | 13 | 5 | 38.5% | 25 years, 254 days | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 93 kg (205 lb)
24  |  Athens 2004 |  Hungary (8th title) | 13 | 10 | 76.9% | 27 years, 344 days | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 96 kg (212 lb)
25  |  Beijing 2008 |  Hungary (9th title) | 13 | 9 | 69.2% | 29 years, 248 days | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 100 kg (220 lb)
26  |  London 2012 |  Croatia (1st title) | 13 | 8 | 61.5% | 29 years, 85 days | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 102 kg (225 lb)
27  |  Rio 2016 |  Serbia (1st title) | 13 | 9 | 69.2% | 28 years, 205 days | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 96 kg (212 lb)
28  |  Tokyo 2020 |  Serbia (2nd title) | 13 | 10 | 76.9% | 31 years, 250 days | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 95 kg (209 lb)
# | Men's tournament | Champions | Number | Number | % | Age | Height | Weight
Players | Returning Olympians | Average

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1900–1996 (men's tournaments);
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 208), 2008 (p. 203), 2012 (p. 472), 2016 (p. 132), 2020 (p. 151);
* Olympedia: 1900–2020 (men's tournaments);
* Sports Reference: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments).

#### Team records

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Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Team records

### Player statistics

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Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Player statistics

Rk  | Rank  | Ref  | Reference  | (C)  | Captain

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L/R  | Handedness | L  | Left-handed  | R  | Right-handed
p.  | page  | pp.  | pages  |  |

#### Multiple appearances (five-time Olympians)

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Main article: List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments

See also: List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

Manuel Estiarte of Spain is the only water polo player to compete at six Olympic Games (1980–2000).

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Seventeen athletes competed in water polo at five or more Olympic Games between 1900 and 2020 inclusive. Paul Radmilovic, representing Great Britain, is the first water polo player to compete at five Olympics (1908–1928).[17]

Four players (Manuel Estiarte, Salvador Gómez, Jesús Rollán and Jordi Sans) were all members of the Spain men's national water polo team (1988–2000). Manuel Estiarte is the first and only water polo player (man or woman) to compete at six Olympics (1980–2000).[18] Jesús Rollán is the first water polo goalkeeper of either gender to compete at five Olympics (1984–2004).[19]

Tony Azevedo of the United States is the first non-European water polo player to compete at five Olympic Games (2000–2016).[20]

Italian goalkeeper Stefano Tempesti competed at five Olympics between 2000 and 2016.[21]

Legend and abbreviation

* – Hosts
* Apps – Appearances

Male athletes who competed in water polo at five or more Olympics  Apps | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period
(age of
first/last) | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | G | S | B | T
6  | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) |  Spain | FP | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 20 years
(18/38) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [18]
5  | Paul Radmilovic | 1886 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) |  Great Britain | FP | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 |  | 20 years
(22/42) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [17]
Dezső Gyarmati | 1927 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 |  | 16 years
(20/36) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [22]
Gianni De Magistris | 1950 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Italy | FP | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 |  | 16 years
(17/33) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [23]
Jordi Sans | 1965 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) |  Spain | FP | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 |  | 16 years
(18/35) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [24]
George Mavrotas | 1967 | 1.75 m
(5 ft 9 in) |  Greece | FP | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 |  | 16 years
(17/33) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [25]
Salvador Gómez | 1968 | 1.94 m
(6 ft 4 in) |  Spain | FP | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 |  | 16 years
(20/36) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [26]
Jesús Rollán | 1968 | 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in) |  Spain | GK | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 |  | 16 years
(20/36) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [19]
Tibor Benedek | 1972 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |  | 16 years
(20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [27]
Igor Hinić | 1975 | 2.02 m
(6 ft 8 in) |  Croatia | FP | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 16 years
(20/36) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [28]
Tamás Kásás | 1976 | 2.00 m
(6 ft 7 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 16 years
(20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [29]
Georgios Afroudakis | 1976 | 1.94 m
(6 ft 4 in) |  Greece | FP | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 16 years
(19/35) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [30]
Stefano Tempesti | 1979 | 2.05 m
(6 ft 9 in) |  Italy | GK | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |  | 16 years
(21/37) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [21]
Tony Azevedo | 1981 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  United States | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |  | 16 years
(18/34) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [20]
Jesse Smith | 1983 | 1.93 m
(6 ft 4 in) |  United States | FP | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  | 17 years
(21/38) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [31]
Xavier García | 1984 | 1.98 m
(6 ft 6 in) |  Spain | FP | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  |  |  | 17 years
(20/37) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [32]
Croatia | FP |  |  |  | 2016 | 2020 |
Pietro Figlioli | 1984 | 1.91 m
(6 ft 3 in) |  Australia | FP | 2004 | 2008 |  |  |  |  | 17 years
(20/37) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [33]
Italy | FP |  |  | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
Apps | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Period
(age of
first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref
Water polo tournaments | Medals

#### Multiple medalists

[edit]

Main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

See also: List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2024.

Eleven male athletes won four or more Olympic medals in water polo. Among them, seven were members of the Hungary men's national water polo team. Dezső Gyarmati is the first and only athlete (man or woman) to win five Olympic medals in water polo (three gold, one silver and one bronze).[22]

Filip Filipović, Duško Pijetlović and Andrija Prlainović, all representing Serbia, won four consecutive Olympic medals between 2008 and 2021.[34][35][36]

Legend

* – Hosts

Male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo  Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period
(age of
first/last) | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T
1 | Dezső Gyarmati | 1927 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 16 years
(20/36) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [22]
2 | György Kárpáti | 1935 | 1.67 m
(5 ft 6 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 |  | 12 years
(17/29) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | [37]
Dušan Mandić | 1994 | 2.02 m
(6 ft 8 in) |  Serbia | FP | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |  | 12 years
(18/30) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | [38]
4 | László Jeney | 1923 | 1.81 m
(5 ft 11 in) |  Hungary | GK | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 |  | 12 years
(25/37) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | [39]
5 | Mihály Mayer | 1933 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 |  | 12 years
(22/34) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | [40]
Filip Filipović | 1987 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) |  Serbia | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  | 13 years
(21/34) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | [34]
Duško Pijetlović | 1985 | 1.97 m
(6 ft 6 in) |  Serbia | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  | 13 years
(23/36) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | [35]
Andrija Prlainović | 1987 | 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in) |  Serbia | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  | 13 years
(21/34) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | [36]
9 | András Bodnár | 1942 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 |  | 12 years
(18/30) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | [41]
Endre Molnár | 1945 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Hungary | GK | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 |  | 12 years
(23/35) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | [42]
István Szívós Jr. | 1948 | 2.02 m
(6 ft 8 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 |  | 12 years
(20/32) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | [43]
12 | Joseph Pletincx | 1888 |  |  Belgium | FP | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 |  | 16 years
(20/36) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | [44]
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Period
(age of
first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref
Water polo tournaments | Medals

Sources:

* Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016);
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 27), 2004 (p. 89), 2008 (p. 79), 2012 (p. 370), 2016 (p. 6), 2020 (p. 11).

#### Multiple gold medalists

[edit]

Main article: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo

See also: List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event

Paul Radmilovic, representing Great Britain, won three gold medals in water polo at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Olympics.

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic gold medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 31 March 2021.

Ten athletes won three or more Olympic gold medals in water polo. Six players (Tibor Benedek, Péter Biros, Tamás Kásás, Gergely Kiss, Tamás Molnár and Zoltán Szécsi) were all members of the Hungary men's national water polo team that won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2000, 2004 and 2008.[27][45][29][46][47][48]

There are thirty-one male athletes who won two Olympic gold medals in water polo.

Legend

* – Hosts

Male athletes who won three or more Olympic gold medals in water polo  Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period
(age of
first/last) | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T
1 | Dezső Gyarmati | 1927 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 16 years
(20/36) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [22]
2 | György Kárpáti | 1935 | 1.67 m
(5 ft 6 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 |  | 12 years
(17/29) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | [37]
Dušan Mandić | 1994 | 2.02 m
(6 ft 8 in) |  Serbia | FP | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |  | 12 years
(18/30) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | [38]
4 | Paul Radmilovic | 1886 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) |  Great Britain | FP | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 20 years
(22/42) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [17]
Charles Smith | 1879 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Great Britain | GK | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 |  | 16 years
(29/45) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [49]
Tibor Benedek | 1972 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 16 years
(20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [27]
Péter Biros | 1976 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) |  Hungary | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 12 years
(24/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [45]
Tamás Kásás | 1976 | 2.00 m
(6 ft 7 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 16 years
(20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [29]
Gergely Kiss | 1977 | 1.98 m
(6 ft 6 in) |  Hungary | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 12 years
(22/34) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [46]
Tamás Molnár | 1975 | 1.93 m
(6 ft 4 in) |  Hungary | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 |  |  | 8 years
(25/33) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [47]
Zoltán Szécsi | 1977 | 1.98 m
(6 ft 6 in) |  Hungary | GK | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 12 years
(22/34) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [48]
Nikola Jakšić | 1997 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) |  Serbia | FP | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |  |  | 8 years
(19/27) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [50]
Sava Ranđelović | 1993 | 1.93 m
(6 ft 4 in) |  Serbia | FP | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |  |  | 8 years
(23/31) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [51]
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Period
(age of
first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref
Water polo tournaments | Medals

#### Top goalscorers (one match, one tournament, all-time)

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Top goalscorers (one match)

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers § One match

Top goalscorers (one tournament)

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers § One tournament

Eraldo Pizzo of Italy scored 29 goals at the 1968 Olympics.

The following table is pre-sorted by number of goals (in descending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Five male players have scored 25 or more goals in an Olympic water polo tournament.

Spaniard Manuel Estiarte is the first and only water polo player to achieve this feat twice. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, Estiarte netted 34 goals, setting the record for the most goals scored by a water polo player in a single Olympic tournament. Four years later, he scored 27 goals in Seoul.[52]

The most recent player to scoring 25 or more goals in a tournament was Alessandro Calcaterra, with Italy men's national team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[53]

Legend

* Team – Host team
* Player‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team

Male players with 25 or more goals in an Olympic tournament  Rk | Year | Player | Birth | Age | Height | L/R | Goals | Matches
played | Goals
per
match | Men's team | Finish | Ref

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1  | 1984 | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | 22 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) | Right | 34 | 7 | 4.857 |  Spain | 4th of 12
teams | [52]
2  | 1968 | Nico van der Voet | 1944 | 24 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  | 33 | 9 | 3.667 |  Netherlands | 7th of 15
teams | [54]
3  | 1968 | Eraldo Pizzo | 1938 | 30 | 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in) | Right | 29 | 9 | 3.222 |  Italy | 4th of 15
teams | [55]
4  | 1988 | Manuel Estiarte (2) | 1961 | 26 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) | Right | 27 | 7 | 3.857 |  Spain | 6th of 12
teams | [52]
2008 | Alessandro Calcaterra | 1975 | 33 | 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in) | Right | 27 | 8 | 3.375 |  Italy | 9th of 12
teams | [53]
6 | 1968 | Rubén Junco | 1950 | 18 | 1.54 m
(5 ft 1 in) |  | 26 | 8 | 3.250 |  Cuba | 8th of 15
teams | [56]
Rk | Year | Player | Birth | Age | Height | L/R | Goals | Matches
played | Goals
per
match | Men's team | Finish | Ref

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1900–1972, 1976 (p. 497), 1980 (p. 510), 1984 (p. 534), 1988–1996;
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 184), 2008 (p. 179), 2012 (p. 466), 2016 (p. 100);
* Olympedia: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments);
* Sports Reference: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments).

Filip Filipović scored 19 goals at the 2016 Olympics, helping Serbia win gold. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the men's water polo tournament.

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Hans Schneider of Germany scored 22 goals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,[57] which stood as an Olympic water polo record for one Games until 1968, when the Dutch player Nico van der Voet netted 33 goals in Mexico City.[54]

At 18 years old, Manuel Estiarte of Spain made his Olympic debut at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where he was the youngest-ever male top goalscorer with 21 goals. He was also the top goalscorer at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, with 34 and 27 goals, respectively. He was the joint top goalscorer at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with 22 goals.[52]

Hungarian left-handed player Tibor Benedek was the joint top goalscorer at the 1992 Games with 22 goals, and the top goalscorer at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with 19 goals.[58]

Aleksandar Šapić, representing FR Yugoslavia, was the top goalscorer at the 2000 Sydney Olympics with 18 goals. Four years later, he netted 18 goals for Serbia and Montenegro, becoming the top goalscorer at the 2004 Athens Olympics.[59]

31-year-old István Szívós Sr. scored 16 goals for Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics,[60] which stood as an age record for the oldest top goalscorer in a single Olympic water polo tournament until 2008, when 33-year-old Alessandro Calcaterra of Italy netted 27 goals in Beijing.[53]

Left-hander Filip Filipović of Serbia was the joint top goalscorer at the 2016 Olympics, with 19 goals. He netted two goals in the gold medal match, helping the Serbian team win the Olympics.[61]

Legend

* Team – Host team
* Player‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team

Male players with the most goals in each Olympic tournament  Year | Player | Birth | Age | Height | L/R | Goals | Matches
played | Goals
per
match | Men's team | Finish | Ref

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1900 | John Jarvis‡ | 1872 | 28 |  |  | 6 | 1 | 6.000 |  Great Britain | 1st of 7
teams | [62]
1908 | Fernand Feyaerts | 1880 | 27–28 |  |  | 8 | 3 | 2.667 |  Belgium | 2nd of 4
teams | [63]
1912 | Robert Andersson | 1886 | 25 |  |  | 9 | 4 | 2.250 |  Sweden | 2nd of 6
teams | [64]
1920 | Erik Andersson | 1896 | 24 |  |  | 10 | 4 | 2.500 |  Sweden | 3rd of 12
teams | [65]
1924 | Pierre Dewin | 1894 | 29–30 |  |  | 14 | 5 | 2.800 |  Belgium | 2nd of 13
teams | [66]
1928 | Ferenc Keserű | 1903 | 24 | 1.55 m
(5 ft 1 in) |  | 10 | 4 | 2.500 |  Hungary | 2nd of 14
teams | [67]
1932 | Philip Daubenspeck | 1905 | 26 |  |  | 14 | 4 | 3.500 |  United States | 3rd of 5
teams | [68]
1936 | Hans Schneider | 1909 | 26 |  |  | 22 | 7 | 3.143 |  Germany | 2nd of 16
teams | [57]
1948 | Aldo Ghira‡ | 1920 | 28 |  |  | 18[b] | 7[b] | 2.571 |  Italy | 1st of 18
teams | [69]
1952 | Ruud van Feggelen | 1924 | 28 |  |  | 16[c] | 8[c] | 2.000 |  Netherlands | 5th of 21
teams | [70]
István Szívós Sr.‡ | 1920 | 31 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) | Right | 16 | 8 | 2.000 |  Hungary | 1st of 21
teams | [60]
1956 | Petre Mshvenieradze | 1929 | 27 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  | 11 | 7 | 1.571 |  Soviet Union | 3rd of 10
teams | [71]
1960 | Fred Tisue | 1938 | 21 | 1.75 m
(5 ft 9 in) |  | 12 | 7 | 1.714 |  United States | 7th of 16
teams | [72]
Aurel Zahan | 1938 | 22 | 1.83 m
(6 ft 0 in) |  | 12 | 7 | 1.714 |  Romania | 5th of 16
teams | [73]
1964 | Nico van der Voet | 1944 | 20 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  | 10 | 7 | 1.429 |  Netherlands | 8ht of 13
teams | [54]
1968 | Nico van der Voet (2) | 1944 | 24 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  | 33 | 9 | 3.667 |  Netherlands | 7th of 15
teams | [54]
1972 | Carlos Sánchez | 1952 | 20 | 1.71 m
(5 ft 7 in) |  | 18 | 9 | 2.000 |  Cuba | 9th of 16
teams | [74]
1976 | Tamás Faragó‡ | 1952 | 23 | 1.94 m
(6 ft 4 in) | Right | 22 | 8 | 2.750 |  Hungary | 1st of 12
teams | [75]
1980 | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | 18 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) | Right | 21 | 8 | 2.625 |  Spain | 4th of 12
teams | [52]
1984 | Manuel Estiarte (2) | 1961 | 22 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) | Right | 34 | 7 | 4.857 |  Spain | 4th of 12
teams | [52]
1988 | Manuel Estiarte (3) | 1961 | 26 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) | Right | 27 | 7 | 3.857 |  Spain | 6th of 12
teams | [52]
1992 | Tibor Benedek | 1972 | 20 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) | Left | 22 | 7 | 3.143 |  Hungary | 6th of 12
teams | [58]
Manuel Estiarte (4) | 1961 | 30 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) | Right | 22 | 7 | 3.143 |  Spain | 2nd of 12
teams | [52]
1996 | Tibor Benedek (2) | 1972 | 24 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) | Left | 19 | 8 | 2.375 |  Hungary | 4th of 12
teams | [58]
2000 | Aleksandar Šapić | 1978 | 22 | 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in) | Right | 18 | 8 | 2.250 |  Yugoslavia | 3rd of 12
teams | [59]
2004 | Aleksandar Šapić (2) | 1978 | 26 | 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in) | Right | 18 | 8 | 2.250 |  Serbia and Montenegro | 2nd of 12
teams | [59]
2008 | Alessandro Calcaterra | 1975 | 33 | 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in) | Right | 27 | 8 | 3.375 |  Italy | 9th of 12
teams | [53]
2012 | Andrija Prlainović | 1987 | 25 | 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in) | Right | 22 | 8 | 2.750 |  Serbia | 3rd of 12
teams | [76]
2016 | Filip Filipović‡ | 1987 | 29 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) | Left | 19 | 8 | 2.375 |  Serbia | 1st of 12
teams | [61]
Guillermo Molina | 1984 | 32 | 1.95 m
(6 ft 5 in) | Right | 19 | 8 | 2.375 |  Spain | 7th of 12
teams | [77]
Year | Player | Birth | Age | Height | L/R | Goals | Matches
played | Goals
per
match | Men's team | Finish | Ref

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1900–1972, 1976 (p. 497), 1980 (p. 510), 1984 (p. 534), 1988–1996;
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 184), 2008 (p. 179), 2012 (p. 466), 2016 (p. 100);
* Olympedia: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments);
* Sports Reference: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments).

Top goalscorers (all-time)

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers § All-time

Aleksandar Šapić scored 64 goals at four Olympics (1996–2008).

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), number of total Olympic matches played (in ascending order), date of the last Olympic match played (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic match played (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Six-time Olympian Manuel Estiarte holds the record for the most goals scored by a water polo player in Olympic history, with 127 goals, far more than any other player. At his first three Olympics (1980–1988), Estiarte netted 82 goals.[52]

Hungarian left-hander Tibor Benedek scored 65 goals at five Olympics (1992–2008),[58] and his teammate Tamás Kásás netted 56 goals between 1996 and 2012.[78]

Aleksandar Šapić, representing FR Yugoslavia in 1996 and 2000, Serbia and Montenegro in 2004, and Serbia in 2008, scored 64 goals in 32 matches.[59]

Tony Azevedo of the United States holds the record for the most goals scored by a non-European water polo player in Olympic history, with 61 goals at five Olympics (2000–2016).[79]

Gianni De Magistris is the top scorer for the Italy men's Olympic water polo team, with 59 goals (1968–1984).[80] His compatriot Eraldo Pizzo netted 53 goals at four Olympics between 1960 and 1972.[55]

Charles Turner, representing Australia between 1976 and 1984, scored 50 goals in 23 matches.[81]

Legend

* – Hosts

All-time male players with 50 or more goals at the Olympics  Rk | Player | Birth | Height | L/R | Men's team | Total
goals | Total
matches
played | Goals
per
match | Tournaments
(goals) | Period
(age of
first/last) | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | G | S | B | T
1 | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) | Right |  Spain | 127 | 45 | 2.822 | 1980
(21) | 1984
(34) | 1988
(27) | 1992
(22) | 1996
(13) | 2000
(10) | 20 years
(18/38) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [52]
2 | Tibor Benedek | 1972 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) | Left |  Hungary | 65 | 37 | 1.757 | 1992
(22) | 1996
(19) | 2000
(9) | 2004
(5) | 2008
(10) |  | 16 years
(20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [58]
3 | Aleksandar Šapić | 1978 | 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in) | Right |  Yugoslavia | 64 | 32 | 2.000 | 1996
(8) | 2000
(18) |  |  |  |  | 12 years
(18/30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | [59]
Serbia and Montenegro |  |  | 2004
(18) |  |  |
Serbia |  |  |  | 2008
(20) |  |
4 | Tony Azevedo | 1981 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) | Right |  United States | 61 | 35 | 1.743 | 2000
(13) | 2004
(15) | 2008
(17) | 2012
(11) | 2016
(5) |  | 16 years
(18/34) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [79]
5 | Gianni De Magistris | 1950 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) | Right |  Italy | 59 | 40 | 1.475 | 1968
(6) | 1972
(11) | 1976
(11) | 1980
(20) | 1984
(11) |  | 16 years
(17/33) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [80]
6 | Tamás Kásás | 1976 | 2.00 m
(6 ft 7 in) | Right |  Hungary | 56 | 38 | 1.474 | 1996
(13) | 2000
(12) | 2004
(14) | 2008
(8) | 2012
(9) |  | 16 years
(20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [78]
7 | Eraldo Pizzo | 1938 | 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in) | Right |  Italy | 53 | 29 | 1.828 | 1960
(7) | 1964
(5) | 1968
(29) | 1972
(12) |  |  | 12 years
(22/34) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | [55]
8 | Charles Turner | 1952 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) | Right |  Australia | 50 | 23 | 2.174 | 1976
(15) | 1980
(17) | 1984
(18) |  |  |  | 8 years
(23/31) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [81]

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1900–1972, 1976 (p. 497), 1980 (p. 510), 1984 (p. 534), 1988–1996;
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 184), 2008 (p. 179), 2012 (p. 466), 2016 (p. 100);
* Olympedia: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments);
* Sports Reference: 1900–2016 (men's tournaments).

#### Top goalkeepers (one match, one tournament, all-time)

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Top goalkeepers (one match)

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers § One match

Top goalkeepers (one tournament)

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers § One tournament

Josip Pavić saved 85 shots at the 2012 Games, helping Croatia win the Olympic title. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the men's water polo tournament.

The following table is pre-sorted by number of saves (in descending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Since 1996, six male goalkeepers have saved 75 or more shots in an Olympic water polo tournament.

Stefano Tempesti of Italy is the first water polo goalkeeper to achieve this feat twice. At the 2008 Olympics, Tempesti saved 83 shots. Four years later in London, he blocked 87 shots, setting the record for the most saves by a water polo goalkeeper in a single Olympic tournament.

Slobodan Soro is the second goalkeeper to achieve this feat twice. At the 2012 London Olympics, Soro saved 75 shots for Serbia. In Rio de Janeiro, he saved 81 shots for Brazil.

At the 2012 Summer Games, Josip Pavić saved 85 shots, including nine in the gold medal match, helping the Croatia team win the Olympics. He is the most efficient one among these six goalkeepers.

Legend and abbreviation

* Team – Host team
* Player‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team
* MP – Matches played
* Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
* 70.2% – Highest save efficiency

Male goalkeepers with 75 or more saves in an Olympic tournament (statistics since 1996) Rk | Year | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Height | Saves | Shots | Eff % | MP | Saves
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1 | 2012 | Stefano Tempesti | 1979 | 33 | 2.05 m
(6 ft 9 in) | 87 | 147 | 59.2% | 8 | 10.875 |  Italy | 2nd of 12
teams | [21]
2 | 2012 | Josip Pavić‡ | 1982 | 30 | 1.95 m
(6 ft 5 in) | 85 | 121 | 70.2% | 8 | 10.625 |  Croatia | 1st of 12
teams | [82]
3 | 2008 | Stefano Tempesti (2) | 1979 | 29 | 2.05 m
(6 ft 9 in) | 83 | 169 | 49.1% | 8 | 10.375 |  Italy | 9th of 12
teams | [21]
4 | 1996 | Arie van de Bunt | 1969 | 27 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) | 81 | 154 | 52.6% | 8 | 10.125 |  Netherlands | 10th of 12
teams | [83]
2016 | Slobodan Soro | 1978 | 37 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) | 81 | 152 | 53.3% | 8 | 10.125 |  Brazil | 8th of 12
teams | [84]
6 | 1996 | Christopher Duplanty | 1965 | 30 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) | 77 | 132 | 58.3% | 8 | 9.625 |  United States | 7th of 12
teams | [85]
1996 | Siniša Školneković | 1968 | 28 | 1.94 m
(6 ft 4 in) | 77 | 135 | 57.0% | 8 | 9.625 |  Croatia | 2nd of 12
teams | [86]
8 | 2012 | Slobodan Soro (2) | 1978 | 33 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) | 75 | 135 | 55.6% | 8 | 9.375 |  Serbia | 3rd of 12
teams | [84]
Rk | Year | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Height | Saves | Shots | Eff % | MP | Saves
per
match | Men's team | Finish | Ref

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 56–73);
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 180), 2008 (p. 175), 2012 (p. 462), 2016 (p. 102).

Stefano Tempesti of Italy saved 83 and 87 shots at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, respectively.

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

At the 2004 Summer Games, Nikolay Maksimov saved 62 shots, including seven in the bronze medal match, helping Russia win the match.

Stefano Tempesti of Italy blocked 83 shots at the 2008 Olympics. In the 2012 edition, he saved 87 shots, helping the Italian team win the Olympic silver medal.

Slobodan Soro, representing Brazil, saved 81 shots at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Legend and abbreviation

* Team – Host team
* Player‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team
* MP – Matches played
* Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Male goalkeepers with the most saves in each Olympic tournament (statistics since 1996) Year | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Height | Saves | Shots | Eff % | MP | Saves
per
match | Men's team | Finish | Ref

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1996 | Arie van de Bunt | 1969 | 27 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) | 81 | 154 | 52.6% | 8 | 10.125 |  Netherlands | 10th of 12
teams | [83]
2000 | Dan Hackett | 1970 | 30 | 1.98 m
(6 ft 6 in) | 70 | 135 | 51.9% | 8 | 8.750 |  United States | 6th of 12
teams | [87]
2004 | Nikolay Maksimov | 1972 | 31 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) | 62 | 104 | 59.6% | 8 | 7.750 |  Russia | 3rd of 12
teams | [88]
2008 | Stefano Tempesti | 1979 | 29 | 2.05 m
(6 ft 9 in) | 83 | 169 | 49.1% | 8 | 10.375 |  Italy | 9th of 12
teams | [21]
2012 | Stefano Tempesti (2) | 1979 | 33 | 2.05 m
(6 ft 9 in) | 87 | 147 | 59.2% | 8 | 10.875 |  Italy | 2nd of 12
teams | [21]
2016 | Slobodan Soro | 1978 | 37 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) | 81 | 152 | 53.3% | 8 | 10.125 |  Brazil | 8th of 12
teams | [84]

Sources:

* Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 56–73);
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 180), 2008 (p. 175), 2012 (p. 462), 2016 (p. 102).

Top goalkeepers (all-time)

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers § All-time

### Coach statistics

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Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Coach statistics

Rk  | Rank  | Ref  | Reference  | p.  | page  | pp.  | pages

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#### Most successful coaches

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Ratko Rudić coached three men's national teams to four Olympic gold medals (Yugoslavia in 1984 and 1988, Italy in 1992 and Croatia in 2012).

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the coach (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 31 March 2021.

There are four coaches who led men's national water polo teams to win three or more Olympic medals.

Ratko Rudić is the most successful water polo coach in Olympic history. As a head coach, he led three men's national water polo teams to win four Olympic gold medals and one Olympic bronze medal. He guided Yugoslavia men's national team to two consecutive gold medals in 1984 and 1988, Italy men's national team to a gold medal in 1992 and a bronze medal in 1996, and Croatia men's national team to a gold medal in 2012, making him the first and only coach to lead three different men's national water polo teams to the Olympic titles.[89][90]

Dénes Kemény of Hungary is another coach who led men's national water polo team(s) to win three Olympic gold medals. Under his leadership, the Hungary men's national team won three gold in a row between 2000 and 2008, becoming the second water polo team to have an Olympic winning streak.[91]

Dezső Gyarmati coached the Hungary men's national team to three consecutive Olympic medals, a silver in 1972, a gold in 1976, and a bronze in 1980.[92]

Boris Popov led the Soviet Union men's national team to win an Olympic gold medal in 1980 and a bronze medal in 1988. Four years later, he coached the Unified Team to another bronze medal.[93]

Legend

* – Hosts

Head coaches who led men's national teams to win three or more Olympic medals  Rk | Head coach | Nationality | Birth | Age | Men's team | Tournaments
(finish) | Period | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | G | S | B | T
1  | Ratko Rudić |  Yugoslavia | 1948 | 36–40 |  Yugoslavia | 1984
(1st) | 1988
(1st) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32
years | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | [94]
[89]
[90]
Croatia | 44–52 |  Italy |  |  | 1992
(1st) | 1996
(3rd) | 2000
(5th) |  |  |  |
56 |  United States |  |  |  |  |  | 2004
(7th) |  |  |
60–64 |  Croatia |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2008
(6th) | 2012
(1st) |
68 |  Brazil |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2016
(8th)
2  | Dénes Kemény |  Hungary | 1954 | 46–58 |  Hungary | 2000
(1st) | 2004
(1st) | 2008
(1st) | 2012
(5th) |  |  |  |  |  | 12
years | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [91]
3  | Dezső Gyarmati |  Hungary | 1927 | 44–52 |  Hungary | 1972
(2nd) | 1976
(1st) | 1980
(3rd) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8
years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | [22]
[92]
4  | Boris Popov |  Soviet Union | 1941 | 39, 47 |  Soviet Union | 1980
(1st) |  | 1988
(3rd) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12
years | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | [95]
[93]
Russia | 51 |  Unified Team |  |  |  | 1992
(3rd) |  |  |  |  |

#### Medals as coach and player

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Terry Schroeder of the United States won two Olympic medals in 1984 and 1988, and then coached the United States men's national team to the podium in 2008.

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 7 May 2021.

Twelve water polo players won Olympic medals and then guided men's national water polo teams to the Olympic podium as head coaches.

Dezső Gyarmati of Hungary won five Olympic medals in a row between 1948 and 1964. He coached the Hungary men's national team to three consecutive Olympic medals, including a gold in 1976,[22][92] making him the only man to win Olympic gold in water polo as player and head coach in the last 100 years.

Ivo Trumbić won the silver medal in 1964 and Yugoslavia's first Olympic gold medal in water polo in 1968. He moved to the Netherlands in 1973, hired as the head coach of the Netherlands men's national team. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he led the Dutch team to win a bronze medal.[96][97]

Vladimir Semyonov, representing the Soviet Union, won three Olympic medals in a row between 1960 and 1968. As a head coach, he led the Soviet Union men's national water polo team to win an Olympic gold medal in 1972.[98]

Soviet Boris Popov won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. He guided the Soviet Union men's national team to two Olympic medals in 1980 and 1988, and the Unified Team to a bronze medal in 1992.[93]

Aleksandr Kabanov of the Soviet Union won a gold at the Munich Olympics in 1972, coached by Vladimir Semyonov. Eight years later, he won the second gold medal at the Moscow Olympics in 1980, coached by Boris Popov. As a head coach, he led Russia men's national team to win two consecutive medals in 2000 and 2004.[99][100]

Ratko Rudić won a silver medal for Yugoslavia at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Upon retirement as an athlete, he immediately entered the coaching ranks. During his career, Rudić guided three different men's national teams to five Olympic medals, more than any other coaches.[94][89][90]

Terry Schroeder of the United States won two consecutive silver medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. Twenty years later, he coached the United States men's national team to a silver in 2008, becoming the first and only non-European to achieve this feat.[101][102]

Italian Alessandro Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, coached by Ratko Rudić. As a head coach, he led Italy men's national team to win two medals in 2012 and 2016.[103][104]

Dejan Savić won three consecutive Olympic medals between 2000 and 2008. At the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, he coached Serbia men's national team to the Olympic title.[105]

Legend

* Year* – As host team

Rk | Person | Birth | Height | Player | Head coach | Total medals | Ref

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1  | Dezső Gyarmati | 1927 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) | 20–36 |  Hungary | FP | 1948 , 1952 ,
1956 , 1960 ,
1964  | 44–52 |  Hungary | 1972 , 1976 ,
1980  | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | [22]
[92]
2  | Ratko Rudić | 1948 | 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in) | 32 |  Yugoslavia | FP | 1980  | 36–40 |  Yugoslavia | 1984 , 1988  | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | [94]
[89]
[90]
44–48 |  Italy | 1992 , 1996
64 |  Croatia | 2012
3  | Dejan Savić | 1975 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) | 25 |  Yugoslavia | FP | 2000  | 41–46 |  Serbia | 2016 , 2020  | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | [105]
29 |  Serbia and Montenegro | FP | 2004
33 |  Serbia | FP | 2008
4  | Aleksandr Kabanov | 1948 | 1.81 m
(5 ft 11 in) | 24, 32 |  Soviet Union | FP | 1972 , 1980* | 52–56 |  Russia | 2000 , 2004  | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | [99]
[100]
5  | Vladimir Semyonov | 1938 | 1.84 m
(6 ft 0 in) | 22–30 |  Soviet Union | FP | 1960 , 1964 ,
1968  | 34 |  Soviet Union | 1972  | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | [98]
6  | Boris Popov | 1941 | 1.81 m
(5 ft 11 in) | 23 |  Soviet Union | FP | 1964  | 39, 47 |  Soviet Union | 1980* , 1988  | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | [95]
[93]
51 |  Unified Team | 1992
7  | Dezső Lemhényi | 1917 |  | 30–34 |  Hungary | FP | 1948 , 1952  | 42 |  Hungary | 1960  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | [106]
[107]
Ivo Trumbić | 1935 | 1.97 m
(6 ft 6 in) | 29–33 |  Yugoslavia | FP | 1964 , 1968  | 41 |  Netherlands | 1976  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | [96]
[97]
Alessandro Campagna | 1963 | 1.82 m
(6 ft 0 in) | 29 |  Italy | FP | 1992  | 49–53 |  Italy | 2012 , 2016  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | [103]
[104]
10  | Terry Schroeder | 1958 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) | 25–29 |  United States | FP | 1984* , 1988  | 49 |  United States | 2008  | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | [101]
[102]
11  | Gianni Lonzi | 1938 | 1.82 m
(6 ft 0 in) | 22 |  Italy | FP | 1960* | 37 |  Italy | 1976  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [108]
[109]
12  | Mario Majoni | 1910 |  | 38 |  Italy | FP | 1948* | 42 |  Italy | 1952  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | [110]
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Rk | Person | Birth | Height | Age | Men's team | Pos | Medal | Age | Men's team | Medal | G | S | B | T | Ref
Player | Head coach | Total medals

## Women's tournament

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### Results summary

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Year[5] | Hosts  | Gold medal game  | Bronze medal game  | Number of teams

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2000 |
Sydney |
Australia | 4–3 |
United States |
Russia | 4–3 |
Netherlands | 6
2004 |
Athens |
Italy | 10–9 (aet)  |
Greece |
United States | 6–5 |
Australia | 8
2008 |
Beijing |
Netherlands | 9–8 |
United States |
Australia | 9–9 (aet)
(3–2) (ps)  |
Hungary | 8
2012 |
London |
United States | 8–5 |
Spain |
Australia | 13–11 (aet)  |
Hungary | 8
2016 |
Rio |
United States | 12–5 |
Italy |
Russia | 12–12
(7–6) (ps)  |
Hungary | 8
2020 |
Tokyo |
United States | 14–5 |
Spain |
Hungary | 11–9 |
ROC | 10
2024 |
Paris |
Spain | 11–9 |
Australia |
Netherlands | 11–10 |
United States | 10

Sources:

* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000–2016 (women's tournaments);
* Olympedia: 2000–2016 (women's tournaments);
* Sports Reference: 2000–2016 (women's tournaments).

### Confederation statistics

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Main article: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament § Confederation statistics

#### Best performances by tournament

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This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.[5] Last updated: 7 August 2021.

Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Confederation  | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024

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Africa – CANA | — | — | — | — | — | 10th | —
Americas – UANA | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th
Asia – AASF | 6th | 8th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 10th
Europe – LEN | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st
Oceania – OSA | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 2nd
Total teams | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10

### Team statistics

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Main article: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament

Rk  | Rank  | Ref  | Reference  | p.  | page  | pp.  | pages

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#### Comprehensive team results by tournament

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Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included.

Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
* – Hosts

Abbreviation

* stats – Olympic water polo team statistics

Africa – CANA (1 team)

Women's team[5] | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Years
South Africa |  |  |  |  |  | 10th | WD | 1
Americas – UANA (3 teams)
Women's team[5] | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Years
Brazil |  |  |  |  | 8th |  |  | 1
Canada (stats)  | 5th | 7th |  |  |  | 7th | 8th | 4
United States (stats) | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 7
Asia – AASF (3 teams)
Women's team[5] | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Years
China (stats)  |  |  | 5th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 10th | 5
Japan |  |  |  |  |  | 9th |  | 1
Kazakhstan | 6th | 8th |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Europe – LEN (9 teams)
Women's team[5] | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Years
France |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9th | 1
Great Britain |  |  |  | 8th |  |  |  | 1
Greece (stats)  |  | 2nd | 8th |  |  |  | 7th | 3
Hungary (stats)  |  | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6
Italy (stats)  |  | 1st | 6th | 7th | 2nd |  | 6th | 5
Netherlands (stats)  | 4th |  | 1st |  |  | 6th | 3rd | 4
ROC (stats)  |  |  |  |  |  | 4th |  | 1
Russia (stats)  | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 6th | 3rd |  |  | 5
Spain (stats)  |  |  |  | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 4
Oceania – OSA (1 team)
Women's team[5] | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Years
Australia (stats)  | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 7
Total teams  | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |

#### Finishes in the top four

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The following table is pre-sorted by total finishes in the top four (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 7 August 2021.

Legend

* Year* – As host team

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1 |  United States | 6 | 3 (2012, 2016, 2020) | 2 (2000, 2008) | 1 (2004) | 1 (2024) | 2000 | 2024
2 |  Australia | 5 | 1 (2000*) | 1 (2024) | 3 (2008, 2012) | 1 (2004) | 2000 | 2024
3 |  Hungary | 4 |  |  | 1 (2020) | 3 (2008, 2012, 2016) | 2008 | 2020
4 |  Spain | 3 | 1 (2024) | 2 (2012, 2020) |  |  | 2012 | 2024
5 |  Netherlands | 3 | 1 (2008) |  | 1 (2024) | 1 (2000) | 2000 | 2024
6 |  Italy | 2 | 1 (2004) | 1 (2016) |  |  | 2004 | 2016
7 |  Russia | 2 |  |  | 2 (2000, 2016) |  | 2000 | 2016
8 |  Greece | 1 |  | 1 (2004*) |  |  | 2004 | 2004
9 |  ROC | 1 |  |  |  | 1 (2020) | 2020 | 2020
Rk | Women's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last

#### Medal table

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The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 7 August 2021.

The United States is the most successful country in the women's Olympic water polo tournament, with three gold, two silver and one bronze.[5]

Rank| Women's team| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 3| 2| 1| 6
2|  Spain (ESP)| 1| 2| 0| 3
3|  Australia (AUS)| 1| 1| 2| 4
4|  Italy (ITA)| 1| 1| 0| 2
5|  Netherlands (NED)| 1| 0| 1| 2
6|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
7|  Russia (RUS)| 0| 0| 2| 2
8|  Hungary (HUN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (8 entries)| 7| 7| 7| 21

#### Champions (results, squads)

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Main article: List of Olympic champions in women's water polo

Champions (results) The following table shows results of Olympic champions in women's water polo by tournament. Last updated: 7 August 2021.

Legend

* 6 – Winning 6 matches during the tournament
* 4 – Drawing 4 matches during the tournament
* 2 – Losing 2 matches during the tournament
* 100.0% – Winning all matches during the tournament
* Team – Olympic winning streak (winning three or more Olympic titles in a row)
* Team – Host team

Abbreviation

* MP – Matches played
* W – Won
* D – Drawn
* L – Lost
* GF – Goals for
* GA – Goals against
* GD – Goals difference
* GF/MP – Goals for per match
* GA/MP – Goals against per match
* GD/MP – Goals difference per match

Results of champions by tournament # | Women's tournament | Champions | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP

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1 |  Sydney 2000 |  Australia (1st title) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 46 | 29 | 17 | 6.571 | 4.143 | 2.429
2 |  Athens 2004 |  Italy (1st title) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.3% | 44 | 33 | 11 | 7.333 | 5.500 | 1.833
3 |  Beijing 2008 |  Netherlands (1st title) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 66.7% | 57 | 53 | 4 | 9.500 | 8.833 | 0.667
4 |  London 2012 |  United States (1st title) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.3% | 58 | 48 | 10 | 9.667 | 8.000 | 1.667
5 |  Rio 2016 |  United States (2nd title) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 73 | 32 | 41 | 12.167 | 5.333 | 6.833
6 |  Tokyo 2020 |  United States (3rd title) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 109 | 47 | 62 | 15.571 | 6.714 | 8.857
7 |  Paris 2024 |  Spain (1st title) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 94 | 67 | 27 | 13.428 | 9.571 | 3.857
# | Women's tournament | Total | 45 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 86.6% | 481 | 309 | 172 | 10.688 | 6.866 | 3.822
Champions | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP

Sources:

* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 96), 2004 (p. 72), 2008 (p. 71), 2012 (p. 368), 2016 (p. 218), 2020 (p. 273);
* Olympedia: 2000–2020 (women's tournaments).

Champions (squads) The following table shows number of players and average age, height and weight of Olympic champions in women's water polo by tournament. Last updated: 7 August 2021.

Legend

* Team – Olympic winning streak
* Team – Winning all matches during the tournament
* Team – Host team

Winning squads by tournament # | Women's tournament | Champions | Players | Returning Olympians | Average

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1 |  Sydney 2000 |  Australia (1st title) | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 26 years, 215 days | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 71 kg (157 lb)
2 |  Athens 2004 |  Italy (1st title) | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 28 years, 301 days | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | 67 kg (148 lb)
3 |  Beijing 2008 |  Netherlands (1st title) | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | 25 years, 248 days | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 70 kg (154 lb)
4 |  London 2012 |  United States (1st title) | 13 | 8 | 61.5% | 26 years, 96 days | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 77 kg (170 lb)
5 |  Rio 2016 |  United States (2nd title) | 13 | 4 | 30.8% | 23 years, 200 days | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 77 kg (170 lb)
6 |  Tokyo 2020 |  United States (3rd title) | 13 | 8 | 61.5% | 26 years, 33 days | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
6 |  Paris 2024 |  Spain (1st title) | 13 | 8 | 61.5%
# | Women's tournament | Champions | Number | Number | % | Age | Height | Weight
Players | Returning Olympians | Average

Sources:

* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 96), 2004 (p. 73), 2008 (p. 72), 2012 (p. 369), 2016 (p. 219), 2020 (p. 274);
* Olympedia: 2000–2020 (women's tournaments).

#### Team records

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Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Team records

### Player statistics

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Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Player statistics

Rk  | Rank  | Ref  | Reference  | (C)  | Captain

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L/R  | Handedness | L  | Left-handed  | R  | Right-handed
p.  | page  | pp.  | pages  |  |

#### Multiple appearances (four-time Olympians)

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Main article: List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments

American water polo player Heather Petri competed at four Olympics (2000–2012).

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 7 August 2021.

Eight female athletes competed in water polo at four or more Olympic Games between 2000 and 2020 inclusive.

Legend

* – Hosts
* Apps – Appearances

Female athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics Apps | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period
(age of
first/last) | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T
4 | Heather Petri | 1978 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) |  United States | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 12 years
(22/34) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | [112]
Sofia Konukh | 1980 | 1.73 m
(5 ft 8 in) |  Russia | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 12 years
(20/32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [113]
Brenda Villa | 1980 | 1.63 m
(5 ft 4 in) |  United States | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 12 years
(20/32) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | [114]
Tania Di Mario | 1979 | 1.68 m
(5 ft 6 in) |  Italy | FP | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |  | 12 years
(25/37) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [115]
Bronwen Knox | 1986 | 1.82 m
(6 ft 0 in) |  Australia | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  | 13 years
(22/35) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [116]
Nadezhda Glyzina | 1988 | 1.75 m
(5 ft 9 in) |  Russia | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |  |  | 13 years
(20/33) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [117]
ROC | FP |  |  |  | 2020 |
Evgenia Soboleva | 1988 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) |  Russia | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |  |  | 13 years
(19/32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [118]
ROC | FP |  |  |  | 2020 |
Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 1991 | 1.76 m
(5 ft 9 in) |  Russia | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |  |  | 13 years
(17/30) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [119]
ROC | FP |  |  |  | 2020 |
Apps | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Period
(age of
first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref
Water polo tournaments | Medals

#### Multiple medalists

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Main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)

See also: List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event

Brenda Villa of the United States won four Olympic medals in water polo between 2000 and 2012.

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 7 August 2021.

Heather Petri and Brenda Villa, both representing the United States, are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals in water polo.[112][114]

Legend

* – Hosts

Female athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period
(age of
first/last) | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T
1 | Heather Petri | 1978 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) |  United States | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 12 years
(22/34) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | [112]
Brenda Villa | 1980 | 1.63 m
(5 ft 4 in) |  United States | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  | 12 years
(20/32) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | [114]

Sources:

* Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016);
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 28), 2004 (p. 2), 2008 (p. 2), 2012 (p. 285), 2016 (p. 135), 2020 (p. 156).

#### Multiple gold medalists

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Main article: List of Olympic champions in women's water polo

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic gold medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 7 August 2021.

Two female athletes won three or more Olympic gold medals in water polo. They were both members of the United States women's national water polo team that won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2012, 2016 and 2021.

Legend

* – Hosts

Female athletes who won three or more Olympic gold medals in water polo Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period
(age of
first/last) | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T
1 | Melissa Seidemann | 1990 | 1.83 m
(6 ft 0 in) |  United States | FP | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  |  | 9 years
(22/31) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [120]
Maggie Steffens | 1993 | 1.73 m
(5 ft 8 in) |  United States | FP | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  |  | 9 years
(19/28) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [121]

#### Top goalscorers (one match, one tournament, all-time)

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Top goalscorers (one match)

Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers § One match

Top goalscorers (one tournament)

Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers § One tournament

The following table is pre-sorted by number of goals (in descending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Seven female players have scored 18 or more goals in an Olympic water polo tournament.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Dutch left-hander Simone van de Kraats scored 28 goals, setting the record for the most goals scored by a female water polo player in a single Olympic tournament.

Maggie Steffens of the United States is the first and only female water polo player to achieve this feat twice. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Steffens netted 21 goals. Nine years later, she scored 18 goals in Tokyo.

Legend

* Team – Host team
* Player‡ – Player who won the tournament with her team

Female players with 18 or more goals in an Olympic tournament Rk | Year | Player | Birth | Age | Height | L/R | Goals | Matches
played | Goals
per
match | Women's team | Finish | Ref

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1 | 2020 | Simone van de Kraats | 2000 | 20 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) | Left | 28 | 7 | 4.000 |  Netherlands | 6th of 10
teams | [122]
2 | 2012 | Maggie Steffens‡ | 1993 | 19 | 1.73 m
(5 ft 8 in) | Right | 21 | 6 | 3.500 |  United States | 1st of 8
teams | [121]
3 | 2012 | Ma Huanhuan | 1990 | 22 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) | Right | 19 | 6 | 3.167 |  China | 5th of 8
teams | [123]
4 | 2012 | Tania Di Mario | 1979 | 33 | 1.68 m
(5 ft 6 in) | Right | 18 | 6 | 3.000 |  Italy | 7th of 8
teams | [124]
2020 | Maddie Musselman‡ | 1998 | 23 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) | Right | 18 | 7 | 2.571 |  United States | 1st of 10
teams | [125]
2020 | Beatriz Ortiz | 1995 | 26 | 1.76 m
(5 ft 9 in) | Right | 18 | 7 | 2.571 |  Spain | 2nd of 10
teams | [126]
2020 | Maggie Steffens‡ (2) | 1993 | 28 | 1.73 m
(5 ft 8 in) | Right | 18 | 7 | 2.571 |  United States | 1st of 10
teams | [121]
Rk | Year | Player | Birth | Age | Height | L/R | Goals | Matches
played | Goals
per
match | Women's team | Finish | Ref

Source:

* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 53), 2008 (p. 54), 2012 (p. 345), 2016 (p. 193), 2020 (p. 234).

Daniëlle de Bruijn of the Netherlands scored 11 and 17 goals at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics, respectively.

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 12 August 2021.

At 19 years old, Maggie Steffens of the United States made her Olympic debut at the 2012 London Olympics, where she was the youngest-ever female top goalscorer with 21 goals. She was also the top goalscorer at the 2016 Rio Olympics, with 17 goals.

Dutch left-handed player Daniëlle de Bruijn was the joint top goalscorer at the 2000 Olympics, with 11 goals. Eight years later she netted 17 goals, including seven goals in the gold medal match, becoming the top goalscorer at the 2008 Olympics.

Legend

* Team – Host team
* Player‡ – Player who won the tournament with her team

Female players with the most goals in each Olympic tournament Year | Player | Birth | Age | Height | L/R | Goals | Matches
played | Goals
per
match | Women's team | Finish | Ref

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2000 | Daniëlle de Bruijn | 1978 | 22 | 1.72 m
(5 ft 8 in) | Left | 11 | 7 | 1.571 |  Netherlands | 4th of 6
teams | [127]
Bridgette Gusterson‡ | 1973 | 27 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) | Right | 7 | 1.571 |  Australia | 1st of 6
teams | [128]
Sofia Konukh | 1980 | 20 | 1.73 m
(5 ft 8 in) | Right | 7 | 1.571 |  Russia | 3rd of 6
teams | [129]
2004 | Tania Di Mario‡ | 1979 | 25 | 1.68 m
(5 ft 6 in) | Right | 14 | 6 | 2.333 |  Italy | 1st of 8
teams | [124]
2008 | Daniëlle de Bruijn‡ (2) | 1978 | 30 | 1.72 m
(5 ft 8 in) | Left | 17 | 6 | 2.833 |  Netherlands | 1st of 8
teams | [127]
2012 | Maggie Steffens‡ | 1993 | 19 | 1.73 m
(5 ft 8 in) | Right | 21 | 6 | 3.500 |  United States | 1st of 8
teams | [121]
2016 | Maggie Steffens‡ (2) | 1993 | 23 | 1.73 m
(5 ft 8 in) | Right | 17 | 6 | 2.833 |  United States | 1st of 8
teams | [121]
2020 | Simone van de Kraats | 2000 | 20 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) | Left | 28 | 7 | 4.000 |  Netherlands | 6th of 10
teams | [122]

Source:

* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 53), 2008 (p. 54), 2012 (p. 345), 2016 (p. 193), 2020 (p. 234).

Top goalscorers (all-time)

Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers § All-time

Kate Gynther of Australia scored 30 goals at three Olympics (2004–2012).

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), number of total Olympic matches played (in ascending order), date of the last Olympic match played (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic match played (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 7 August 2021.

Three-time Olympian Maggie Steffens of the United States holds the record for the most goals scored by a female water polo player in Olympic history, with 56 goals.[130]

Italian Tania Di Mario netted 47 goals at four Olympics (2004–2016).[124]

Ma Huanhuan, representing China, holds the record for the most goals scored by an Asian female water polo player in Olympic history, with 37 goals at three Olympics (2008–2016).[123]

Kate Gynther of Australia netted 30 goals in 32 matches between 2004 and 2012.[131]

Legend

* – Hosts

All-time female players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics Rk | Player | Birth | Height | L/R | Women's team | Total
goals | Total
matches
played | Goals
per
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(goals) | Period
(age of
first/last) | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | G | S | B | T
1 | Maggie Steffens | 1993 | 1.73 m
(5 ft 8 in) | Right |  United States | 56 | 19 | 2.947 | 2012
(21) | 2016
(17) | 2020
(18) |  | 9 years
(19/28) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [130]
2 | Tania Di Mario | 1979 | 1.68 m
(5 ft 6 in) | Right |  Italy | 47 | 23 | 2.043 | 2004
(14) | 2008
(10) | 2012
(18) | 2016
(5) | 12 years
(25/37) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [124]
3 | Ma Huanhuan | 1990 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) | Right |  China | 37 | 17 | 2.176 | 2008
(7) | 2012
(19) | 2016
(11) |  | 8 years
(18/26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [123]
4 | Sofia Konukh | 1980 | 1.73 m
(5 ft 8 in) | Right |  Russia | 31 | 22 | 1.409 | 2000
(11) | 2004
(9) | 2008
(7) | 2012
(4) | 12 years
(20/32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [129]
5 | Brenda Villa | 1980 | 1.63 m
(5 ft 4 in) | Right |  United States | 31 | 23 | 1.348 | 2000
(9) | 2004
(7) | 2008
(9) | 2012
(6) | 12 years
(20/32) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | [132]
6 | Kate Gynther | 1982 | 1.75 m
(5 ft 9 in) | Right |  Australia | 30 | 17 | 1.765 | 2004
(7) | 2008
(13) | 2012
(10) |  | 8 years
(22/30) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [131]

Source:

* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 53), 2008 (p. 54), 2012 (p. 345), 2016 (p. 193).

#### Top goalkeepers (one match, one tournament, all-time)

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Top goalkeepers (one match)

Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers § One match

Top goalkeepers (one tournament)

Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers § One tournament

The following table is pre-sorted by number of saves (in descending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Six female goalkeepers have saved 50 or more shots in an Olympic water polo tournament.

Giulia Gorlero of Italy holds the record for the most saves by a female water polo goalkeeper in a single Olympic tournament, blocking 65 shots in the 2016 edition.

At the 2016 Summer Games, Ashleigh Johnson saved 51 shots, including nine in the gold medal match, helping the American team win the Olympics. She is the most efficient one among these six goalkeepers.

Legend and abbreviation

* Team – Host team
* Player‡ – Player who won the tournament with her team
* MP – Matches played
* Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
* 64.6% – Highest save efficiency

Female goalkeepers with 50 or more saves in an Olympic tournament Rk | Year | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Height | Saves | Shots | Eff % | MP | Saves
per
match | Women's team | Finish | Ref

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1 | 2016 | Giulia Gorlero | 1990 | 25 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) | 65 | 106 | 61.3% | 6 | 10.833 |  Italy | 2nd of 8
teams | [133]
2 | 2012 | Elena Gigli | 1985 | 27 | 1.92 m
(6 ft 4 in) | 56 | 105 | 53.3% | 6 | 9.333 |  Italy | 7th of 8
teams | [134]
3 | 2016 | Yang Jun | 1988 | 28 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) | 55 | 118 | 46.6% | 6 | 9.167 |  China | 7th of 8
teams | [135]
4 | 2012 | Rosemary Morris | 1986 | 26 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) | 54 | 113 | 47.8% | 6 | 9.000 |  Great Britain | 8th of 8
teams | [136]
5 | 2012 | Elizabeth Armstrong‡ | 1983 | 29 | 1.92 m
(6 ft 4 in) | 53 | 101 | 52.5% | 6 | 8.833 |  United States | 1st of 8
teams | [137]
6 | 2016 | Ashleigh Johnson‡ | 1994 | 21 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) | 51 | 79 | 64.6% | 6 | 8.500 |  United States | 1st of 8
teams | [138]

Source:

* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 49), 2008 (p. 50), 2012 (p. 341), 2016 (p. 195).

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

At the 2004 Summer Games, Jacqueline Frank saved 41 shots, including seven in the bronze medal match, helping the United States win the match.

Giulia Gorlero of Italy blocked 65 shots at the 2016 Olympics, helping the Italian team win the Olympic silver medal.

Legend and abbreviation

* Team – Host team
* Player‡ – Player who won the tournament with her team
* MP – Matches played
* Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Female goalkeepers with the most saves in each Olympic tournament Year | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Height | Saves | Shots | Eff % | MP | Saves
per
match | Women's team | Finish | Ref

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2000 | Karla Plugge | 1968 | 31 | 1.81 m
(5 ft 11 in) | 45 | 81 | 55.6% | 7 | 6.429 |  Netherlands | 4th of 6
teams | [139]
2004 | Jacqueline Frank | 1980 | 24 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) | 41 | 68 | 60.3% | 5 | 8.200 |  United States | 3rd of 8
teams | [140]
2008 | Elizabeth Armstrong | 1983 | 25 | 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in) | 49 | 92 | 53.3% | 5 | 9.800 |  United States | 2nd of 8
teams | [137]
2012 | Elena Gigli | 1985 | 27 | 1.92 m
(6 ft 4 in) | 56 | 105 | 53.3% | 6 | 9.333 |  Italy | 7th of 8
teams | [134]
2016 | Giulia Gorlero | 1990 | 25 | 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in) | 65 | 106 | 61.3% | 6 | 10.833 |  Italy | 2nd of 8
teams | [133]

Source:

* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 49), 2008 (p. 50), 2012 (p. 341), 2016 (p. 195).

Top goalkeepers (all-time)

Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers § All-time

### Coach statistics

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Main article: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Coach statistics

Rk  | Rank  | Ref  | Reference  | p.  | page  | pp.  | pages

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#### Most successful coaches

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The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the coach (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 31 March 2021.

There are three coaches who led women's national water polo teams to win two or more Olympic medals.

Guy Baker guided the United States women's national team to three Olympic medals in a row between 2000 and 2008.[141][142]

Adam Krikorian coached the United States women's national team to three consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2012, 2016 and 2024.[143][142]

Miki Oca guided United States women's national team to three Olympic medals between 2012 and 2024, including one gold.[144]

Greg McFadden led Australia women's national team to win two consecutive Olympic bronze medals in 2008 and 2012.[145]

Legend

* – Hosts

Head coaches who led women's national teams to win two or more Olympic medals Rk | Head coach | Nationality | Birth | Age | Women's team | Tournaments
(finish) | Period | Medals | Ref

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1 | Adam Krikorian |  United States | 1974 | 38–42 |  United States | 2012
(1st) | 2016
(1st) | 2020
(1st) | | 12
years | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [143]
[142]
2 | Miki Oca |  Spain | 1970 | 42–54 |  Spain | 2012
(2nd) |  | 2020
(2nd) | 2024
(1st) |  | 12
years | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | [146]
3 | Guy Baker |  United States |  |  |  United States | 2000
(2nd) | 2004
(3rd) | 2008
(2nd) |  | 8
years | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | [141]
[142]
4 | Greg McFadden |  Australia | 1964 | 43–51 |  Australia | 2008
(3rd) | 2012
(3rd) | 2016
(6th) |  | 8
years |  | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [147]
[145]

#### Medals as coach and player

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István Görgényi of Hungary won an Olympic medal in 1972, and then coached the Australia women's team to gold in 2000.

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 31 March 2021.

As of 2016, two water polo players won Olympic medals and then guided women's national water polo teams to the Olympic podium as head coaches.

With the Hungary men's national water polo team, István Görgényi won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was appointed head coach of the Australia women's national team in 1998. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he led the team to win the inaugural women's water polo gold medal.[148][149]

Spanish water polo player Miki Oca won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later, he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. As a head coach, he guided Spain women's national water polo team to a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and silver medals at London 2012 and Tokyo 2020.[146]

Legend

* Year* – As host team

Rk | Person | Birth | Height | Player | Head coach | Total medals | Ref

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Age | Men's team | Pos | Medal | Age | Women's team | Medal | G | S | B | T
1 | Miki Oca | 1970 | 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in) | 22–26 |  Spain | FP | 1992* , 1996  | 42 |  Spain | 2024
2012, 2020  | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | [146]
2 | István Görgényi | 1946 | 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in) | 25 |  Hungary | FP | 1972  | 53 |  Australia | 2000* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [148]
[149]

## Overall medal table

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The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), name of the NOC (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 31 December 2021.[150]

Italy is the only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments at the Summer Olympics. Italy men's national team won gold medals at the 1948, 1960 and 1992 Olympics, while the women's team was Olympic champions in 2004.

Legend

* NOC◊ – NOC that won medals in both the men's and women's tournaments
* NOC† – Defunct NOC

Rank| NOC| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Hungary◊| 9| 3| 5| 17
2|  United States◊[l]| 4| 6| 5| 15
3|  Italy◊| 4| 3| 3| 10
4|  Yugoslavia†| 3| 4| 0| 7
5|  Serbia| 3| 0| 2| 5
6|  Great Britain[k]| 3| 0| 0| 3
7|  Spain◊| 2| 3| 0| 5
8|  Soviet Union†| 2| 2| 3| 7
9|  Croatia| 1| 3| 0| 4
10|  Germany| 1| 2| 0| 3
11|  Netherlands◊| 1| 0| 3| 4
12|  Australia| 1| 0| 2| 3
France[d]| 1| 0| 2| 3
14|  Mixed team†| 1| 0| 1| 2
15|  Belgium| 0| 4| 2| 6
16|  Greece◊| 0| 2| 0| 2
17|  Russia◊| 0| 1| 3| 4
18|  Sweden| 0| 1| 2| 3
19|  Serbia and Montenegro†| 0| 1| 1| 2
20|  Unified Team†[g]| 0| 0| 1| 1
West Germany†| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (21 entries)| 36| 35| 36| 107

### Winning two medals in one edition of the Games

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As of the 2024 Summer Olympics, four NOCs won two medals in one edition of the Games.

Legend

* – Hosts

Year | Nation | Men's tournament | Women's tournament

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2000 |  Russia | silver | bronze
2004 | No NOC won both editions of the Year.
2008 |  United States | silver | silver
2012 | No NOC won both editions of the Year.
2016 |  Italy | bronze | silver
2020 |  Hungary | bronze | bronze
2024 | No NOC won both editions of the Year.

## Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

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### Flag bearers

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Evert Kroon was the flag bearer for the Netherlands at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Olympics.

Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, thirty water polo people from six continents were given the honour. Among them, three flag bearers won the tournament with his/her team.

Charles Smith, representing Great Britain, was the first water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[49]

Six-time Olympian Manuel Estiarte of Spain was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[18]

After winning gold in the women's tournament, Carmela Allucci, the captain of the Italian women's water polo team, carried the national flag of Italy at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics,[152] becoming the first female water polo player to be given the honour.

Legend

* 2008 O – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
* 2012 C – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
* – Hosts
* Flag bearer – Female flag bearer
* Flag bearer‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his/her team

Water polo people who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games  # | Year | Country | Flag bearer | Birth | Age | Height | Team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period
(age of
first/last) | Medals | Ref

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | G | S | B | T
1  | 1912 O |  Great Britain | Charles Smith‡ | 1879 | 33 | 1.86 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Great Britain | GK | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 |  |  | 16 years
(29/45) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [49]
2  | 1920 O |  Belgium | Victor Boin | 1886 | 34 |  |  Belgium | FP | 1908 | 1912 |  |  |  |  | 4 years
(22/26) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [153]
3  | 1924 O |  Great Britain | Arthur Hunt | 1886 | 37 |  |  Great Britain | FP | 1924 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 years
(37/37) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [154]
4  | 1928 O |  France | Jean Thorailler | 1888 | 40 |  |  France | GK | 1912 | 1920 |  |  |  |  | 8 years
(24/32) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [155]
5  | 1948 O |  Australia | Les McKay | 1917 | 31 |  |  Australia | FP | 1948 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 years
(31/31) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [156]
6  |  Yugoslavia | Božo Grkinić | 1913 | 34 |  |  Yugoslavia | FP | 1948 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 years
(34/34) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [157]
7  | 1952 O |  Egypt | Ahmed Fouad Nessim | 1924 | 27 |  |  Egypt | GK | 1948 | 1952 |  |  |  |  | 4 years
(23/27) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [158]
8  | 1956 O |  Singapore | Lionel Chee | 1931 | 25 |  |  Singapore | FP | 1956 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 years
(25/25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [159]
9  |  Yugoslavia | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić | 1925 | 31 |  |  Yugoslavia | GK | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 |  |  |  | 8 years
(23/31) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | [160]
10  | 1968 O |  Brazil | João Gonçalves | 1934 | 33 | 1.75 m
(5 ft 9 in) |  Brazil | FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 |  |  |  | 8 years
(25/33) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [161]
11  |  Netherlands | Fred van Dorp | 1938 | 30 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) |  Netherlands | FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 |  |  |  | 8 years
(21/30) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [162]
11  | 1968 C |  Netherlands | Fred van Dorp | 1938 | 30 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) |  Netherlands | FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 |  |  |  | 8 years
(21/30) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [162]
12  | 1972 O |  Yugoslavia | Mirko Sandić | 1942 | 30 | 1.98 m
(6 ft 6 in) |  Yugoslavia | FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 |  |  | 12 years
(18/30) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [163]
13  | 1976 C |  Netherlands | Evert Kroon | 1946 | 29 | 1.92 m
(6 ft 4 in) |  Netherlands | GK | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 |  |  |  | 8 years
(22/29) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [164]
14  | 1980 O |  Hungary | István Szívós Sr. | 1920 | 59 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Hungary | FP | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 |  |  |  | 8 years
(27/36) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | [165]
15  | 1984 O |  Netherlands | Ton Buunk | 1952 | 31 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) |  Netherlands | FP | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 |  |  | 12 years
(19/31) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [166]
16  | 1988 C |  United States | Terry Schroeder | 1958 | 29 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) |  United States | FP | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 |  |  |  | 8 years
(25/33) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | [101]
17  | 1996 O |  Croatia | Perica Bukić | 1966 | 30 | 1.98 m
(6 ft 6 in) |  Yugoslavia | FP | 1984 | 1988 |  |  |  |  | 12 years
(18/30) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | [167]
Croatia | FP |  |  |  | 1996 |  |
18  |  FR Yugoslavia | Igor Milanović | 1965 | 30 | 1.95 m
(6 ft 5 in) |  Yugoslavia | FP | 1984 | 1988 |  |  |  |  | 12 years
(18/30) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | [168]
Yugoslavia | FP |  |  |  | 1996 |  |
19  | 2000 O |  Spain | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | 38 | 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in) |  Spain | FP | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 20 years
(18/38) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [18]
20  | 2004 O |  Croatia | Dubravko Šimenc | 1966 | 37 | 2.01 m
(6 ft 7 in) |  Yugoslavia | FP | 1988 |  |  |  |  |  | 16 years
(21/37) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [169]
Croatia | FP |  |  | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 |
21  | 2004 C |  Italy | Carmela Allucci‡ | 1970 | 34 | 1.67 m
(5 ft 6 in) |  Italy | FP | 2004 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 years
(34/34) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | [152]
22  | 2008 O |  Montenegro | Veljko Uskoković | 1971 | 37 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Yugoslavia | FP | 1996 | 2000 |  |  |  |  | 12 years
(25/37) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [170]
Montenegro | FP |  |  |  | 2008 |  |
22  | 2008 C |  Montenegro | Veljko Uskoković | 1971 | 37 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Yugoslavia | FP | 1996 | 2000 |  |  |  |  | 12 years
(25/37) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [170]
Montenegro | FP |  |  |  | 2008 |  |
23  | 2012 O |  Hungary | Péter Biros | 1976 | 36 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) |  Hungary | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |  |  | 12 years
(24/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [45]
24  | 2016 O |  Croatia | Josip Pavić | 1982 | 34 | 1.95 m
(6 ft 5 in) |  Croatia | GK | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |  |  |  | 8 years
(26/34) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [82]
25  | 2016 C |  Montenegro | Predrag Jokić | 1983 | 33 | 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in) |  Serbia and Montenegro | FP | 2004 |  |  |  |  |  | 12 years
(21/33) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [171]
Montenegro | FP |  | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |  |
26  | 2020 O |  Serbia | Filip Filipović‡ | 1987 | 34 | 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in) |  Serbia | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  |  | 13 years
(21/34) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | [34]
27  |  Montenegro | Draško Brguljan | 1984 | 36 | 1.94 m
(6 ft 4 in) |  Montenegro | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  |  | 13 years
(23/36) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [172]
28  | 2020 C |  Greece | Ioannis Fountoulis | 1988 | 33 | 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in) |  Greece | FP | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  |  |  | 9 years
(24/33) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [173]
29  |  Croatia | Andro Bušlje | 1986 | 35 | 1.99 m
(6 ft 6 in) |  Croatia | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |  |  | 13 years
(22/35) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [174]
30  |  Montenegro | Dušan Matković | 1999 | 22 | 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in) |  Montenegro | FP | 2020 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 years
(22/22) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [175]

### Oath takers

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Victor Boin was the Oath taker at the opening ceremony of the 1920 Olympics.

Some sportspeople from the host nations were chosen to take the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, four water polo people were given the honour.[176][177]

As an athlete, Victor Boin of Belgium took the first ever Olympic Oath at the 1920 Games in Antwerp.[153]

Eugeni Asensio, a Spanish water polo referee, took the Officials' Oath at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[178]

As a water polo referee, Australian Peter Kerr took the Officials' Oath at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[179]

Asumi Tsuzaki of Japan took the Officials' Oath at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[180] becoming the first female water polo referee to be given the honour.

Legend

* – Hosts
* Oath taker – Female oath taker
* Oath taker‡ – Oath taker who won the tournament with his/her team

Water polo people who were oath takers at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games  # | Year | Oath | Country | Oath taker | Birth | Age | Water polo tournament | Ref

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1  | 1920 | Athletes' Oath |  Belgium | Victor Boin | 1886 | 34 | 1908 | 1912 | As player | [153]
2  | 1992 | Officials' Oath |  Spain | Eugeni Asensio |  |  | 1992 |  | As referee (official) | [178]
3  | 2000 | Officials' Oath |  Australia | Peter Kerr |  |  | 1996 | 2000 | As referee (official) | [179]
4  | 2020 | Officials' Oath |  Japan | Asumi Tsuzaki | 1989 | 32 | 2020 |  | As referee (official) | [180]

## See also

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* Olympic Games portal

* Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
* List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
* List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
* List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
* List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
* National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament
* National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament
* List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
* List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments
* List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
* List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
* List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
* List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
* List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
* List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
* List of Olympic venues in water polo

* Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
* FINA Water Polo World Rankings
* List of water polo world medalists
* Major achievements in water polo by nation

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c At the 1932 Olympics, Brazil was ejected from the competition after their players assaulted the Hungarian referee, Bela Komjadi, and other officials at the end of their match against Germany, leading to the entire team being arrested. Their two matches were annulled. For more details, please see the Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games (pp. 650–651), and here.
2. ^ a b c d At the 1948 Olympics, the water polo matches between Italy and Yugoslavia in Group D and between Egypt and Hungary in Group E were both replayed. For more details, please see here.
3. ^ a b c At the 1952 Olympics, the water polo match between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia in Group C was replayed. For more details, please see here.
4. ^ a b c d e France had four teams compete in 1900. Bronze medals were given to the losers of both semifinals; France took both bronze medals. Bill Burgess, a member of one of the French bronze medalist teams, was a British national: the IOC subsequently attributed the bronze medal to a mixed team.
5. ^ a b As Great Britain had a bye in the first round, and then received a walkover in the semi-finals after Austria withdrew, the final was the only match that they played during the tournament.
6. ^ There was no bronze medal match at the 1908 Games in London. Belgium beat the Netherlands in the only first round match, and then beat Sweden in the only semi-final.
7. ^ a b c d e f g h In 1992, 12 of the 15 former Soviet Republics competed together as the Unified Team and marched under the Olympic Flag in the Barcelona Games.
8. ^ a b c d After the breakup of Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team participated at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2000. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to Serbia and Montenegro. Despite the renaming of the country name, both the team of FR Yugoslavia and the team of Serbia and Montenegro represented the same national entity: a joint state of Montenegro and Serbia.
9. ^ The Olympic Committee of the Soviet Union was formed on 21 April 1951, and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 7 May 1951.
10. ^ While Australia had qualified to compete as one of the sixteen teams, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) did not endorse them. The Australian players responded by paying their own way to travel to Mexico City, but the lack of endorsement meant the team were ineligible to compete. For more details, please see here (1, 2).
11. ^ a b A British team won the gold medal in 1900. Victor Lindberg, a member of the British team, was a New Zealander: the IOC subsequently attributed the gold medal to a mixed team.
12. ^ a b Previously, the International Olympic Committee and International Swimming Federation (FINA) considered the water polo event at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration sport.[5] However, in July 2021, after accepting the recommendation of Olympic historian Bill Mallon, the IOC recognized water polo along with several others as an official sport of the 1904 Olympic program.[151]
13. ^ Average height of 9 players.
14. ^ Average weight of 8 players.
15. ^ Average height of 11 players.
16. ^ Average weight of 11 players.

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## Sources

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### Official Reports (IOC)

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PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

* Official Report of the 1896 Olympic Games (download, archive)
* Official Report of the 1900 Olympic Games (download, archive)
* Official Report of the 1904 Olympic Games (download, archive)
* Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 359–361)
* Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 1021–1024, 1031–1037)
* Official Report of the 1920 Olympic Games (download, archive) (p. 130)
* Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 439–440, 486–494)
* Official Report of the 1928 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 746–757, 797–807)
* Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 619–623, 646–652)
* Official Report of the 1936 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 345–356)
* Official Report of the 1948 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 537–540, 640–647)
* Official Report of the 1952 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 600–608)
* Official Report of the 1956 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 592–594, 624–627)
* Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 552–555, 617–634)
* Official Report of the 1964 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 682–698)
* Official Report of the 1968 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 449–466, 811–826)
* Official Report of the 1972 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 331, 353–365)
* Official Report of the 1976 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 446–447, 484–497)
* Official Report of the 1980 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 458, 495–510)
* Official Report of the 1984 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 528–534)
* Official Report of the 1988 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 590–598)
* Official Report of the 1992 Olympic Games, v.5 (download, archive) (pp. 354, 386–400)
* Official Report of the 1996 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 56–73)

### Official Results Books (IOC)

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PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

* Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
* Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
* Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

* Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (archive) (pp. 284–507)

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

* Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

* Official Results Book – 2020 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

### Official Reports (FINA)

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PDF documents on the FINA website:

* HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (pp. 4–13, 56)
* 1870–2020 | 150 years of Water Polo – Evolution of its rules (archive)

### Official website (IOC)

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Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

* Water polo
* Men's water polo
* Women's water polo

### Sports Reference

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Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

* Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016) (archived)
* Men's water polo (1900–2016) (archived)
* Women's water polo (2000–2016) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1900 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1904 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1908 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1912 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1920 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1924 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1928 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1932 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1936 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1948 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1952 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1956 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1960 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1964 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1968 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1972 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1976 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1980 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1984 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1988 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1992 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 1996 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 2000 Summer Games (men's tournament, women's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 2004 Summer Games (men's tournament, women's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 2008 Summer Games (men's tournament, women's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games (men's tournament, women's tournament) (archived)
* Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (men's tournament, women's tournament) (archived)

### Todor66

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Water polo on the Todor66 website:

* Water polo at the Summer Games
* Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
* Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
* Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
* Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's European qualification)
* Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's European qualification, men's world qualification)
* Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
* Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
* Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
* Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
* Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification, women's tournament, women's qualification)
* Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification, women's tournament, women's qualification)
* Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification, women's tournament, women's qualification)
* Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification, women's tournament, women's qualification)
* Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification, women's tournament, women's qualification)
* Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification, women's tournament, women's qualification)

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*[GDR]: East Germany
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*[SCG]: Serbia and Montenegro
*[Pos]: Position
*[G]: Gold
*[S]: Silver
*[B]: Bronze
*[T]: Total
*[Ref]: Reference
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