This article contains lists of results of the United States men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The lists are updated as of March 30, 2020.

Basics Men's water polo tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1900. The United States has participated in 22 of 27 tournaments. The United States team is the only non-European squad to win medals in the men's Olympic water polo tournament.

Best results: 1st place ( Gold medal): 1904 St. Louis 2nd place ( Silver medal): 1904 St. Louis 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 2008 Beijing 3rd place ( Bronze medal): 1904 St. Louis 1924 Paris 1932 Los Angeles 1972 Munich

Latest medal: Silver medal (2nd place): 2008 Beijing

Results 1900 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 4 Host city: Paris Final Ranking: Did not participate

1904 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 1 Host city: St. Louis Final Ranking: New York Athletic Club (NYAC): 1st place ( Gold medal) Chicago Athletic Association (CAA): 2nd place ( Silver medal) Missouri Athletic Club (MAC): 3rd place ( Bronze medal)

Match # Round Date Result Notes Match 1/2 Semi-Finals Sep 5, 1904 NYAC 5–0 CAA Match 2/2 Final Round Sep 6, 1904 NYAC 6–0 MAC

1908 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 4 Host city: London Final Ranking: Did not participate

1912 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 6 Host city: Stockholm Final Ranking: Did not participate

1920 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Antwerp Final Ranking: 4th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/5 Quarter-Finals Aug 24, 1920 Won 7 0 7 Match 2/5 Semi-Finals Aug 26, 1920 Lost 2 7 -5 Match 3/5 Second-Place Tournament Aug 28, 1920 Won 5 0 5 Match 4/5 Second-Place Tournament Aug 28, 1920 Lost 2 7 -5 Match 5/5 Third-Place Tournament Aug 29, 1920 Lost 2 5 -3

1924 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 13 Host city: Paris Final Ranking: 3rd place ( Bronze medal)

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/5 Round One Jul 13, 1924 Lost 1 3 -2 Match 2/5 Second-Place Tournament Jul 18, 1924 Won 4 2 2 Match 3/5 Second-Place Tournament Jul 19, 1924 Lost 1 2 -1 Match 4/5 Second-Place Tournament Jul 20, 1924 Lost 1 2 -1 Match 5/5 Third-Place Tournament Jul 20, 1924 Won 3 2 1

1928 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 14 Host city: Amsterdam Final Ranking: 7th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/3 Quarter-Finals Aug 6, 1928 Lost 0 5 -5 Match 2/3 Third-Place Tournament Aug 8, 1928 Won 10 0 10 Match 3/3 Third-Place Tournament Aug 11, 1928 Lost 1 2 -1

1932 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 5 Host city: Los Angeles Final Ranking: 3rd place ( Bronze medal)

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/4 Round-Robin Aug 6, 1932 Won 6 1 5 Match 2/4 Round-Robin Aug 7, 1932 Won 10 0 10 Match 3/4 Round-Robin Aug 9, 1932 Ties 4 4 0 Match 4/4 Round-Robin Aug 11, 1932 Lost 0 7 -7

1936 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 16 Host city: Berlin Final Ranking: 9th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/3 Group A Aug 8, 1936 Lost 2 3 -1 Match 2/3 Group A Aug 9, 1936 Won 2 1 1 Match 3/3 Group A Aug 10, 1936 Lost 3 4 -1

1948 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 18 Host city: London Final Ranking: 11th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/3 Group A Jul 30, 1948 Won 7 0 7 Match 2/3 Group A Jul 31, 1948 Ties 4 4 0 Match 3/3 Group A Aug 3, 1948 Lost 0 7 -7

1952 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 21 Host city: Helsinki Final Ranking: 4th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/9 Qualifying Round Jul 25, 1952 Lost 1 5 -4 Match 2/9 Qualifying Round Jul 26, 1952 Won 6 3 3 Match 3/9 Group A Jul 27, 1952 Won 8 3 5 Match 4/9 Group A Jul 28, 1952 Lost 4 5 -1 Match 5/9 Group A Jul 29, 1952 Won 4 1 3 Match 6/9 Group A Jul 30, 1952 Won 4 2 2 Match 7/9 Group A Jul 31, 1952 Won 6 4 2 Match 8/9 Final Round Aug 1, 1952 Lost 2 4 -2 Match 9/9 Final Round Aug 2, 1952 Lost 0 4 -4

1956 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 10 Host city: Melbourne Final Ranking: 5th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/6 Group B Nov 28, 1956 Won 5 3 2 Match 2/6 Group B Nov 30, 1956 Lost 2 6 -4 Match 3/6 Final Round Dec 1, 1956 Lost 1 5 -4 Match 4/6 Final Round Dec 3, 1956 Won 4 3 1 Match 5/6 Final Round Dec 4, 1956 Lost 2 3 -1 Match 6/6 Final Round Dec 5, 1956 Lost 1 3 -2

1960 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 16 Host city: Rome Final Ranking: 7th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/7 Group D Aug 26, 1960 Lost 2 7 -5 Match 2/7 Group D Aug 27, 1960 Won 10 4 6 Match 3/7 Group D Aug 29, 1960 Won 5 2 3 Match 4/7 Semifinal Round Aug 31, 1960 Lost 2 6 -4 Match 5/7 Semifinal Round Sep 1, 1960 Won 7 6 1 Match 6/7 Classification Round 5-8 Sep 2, 1960 Lost 3 4 -1 Match 7/7 Classification Round 5-8 Sep 3, 1960 Lost 4 6 -2

1964 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 13 Host city: Tokyo Final Ranking: 9th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/3 Group C Oct 11, 1964 Lost 1 2 -1 Match 2/3 Group C Oct 12, 1964 Won 7 1 6 Match 3/3 Group C Oct 13, 1964 Lost 4 6 -2

1968 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 15 Host city: Mexico City Final Ranking: 5th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/8 Group A Oct 14, 1968 Won 10 5 5 Match 2/8 Group A Oct 16, 1968 Won 10 7 3 Match 3/8 Group A Oct 17, 1968 Ties 6 6 0 Match 4/8 Group A Oct 19, 1968 Lost 1 5 -4 Match 5/8 Group A Oct 21, 1968 Lost 3 8 -5 Match 6/8 Group A Oct 22, 1968 Won 7 5 2 Match 7/8 Classification Round 5-8 Oct 24, 1968 Won 6 3 3 Match 8/8 Final Round Oct 25, 1968 Won 6 4 2

1972 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 16 Host city: Munich Final Ranking: 3rd place ( Bronze medal)

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/9 Group A Aug 27, 1972 Won 4 3 1 Match 2/9 Group A Aug 28, 1972 Won 7 6 1 Match 3/9 Group A Aug 29, 1972 Won 8 1 7 Match 4/9 Group A Aug 30, 1972 Won 7 5 2 Match 5/9 Group A Aug 31, 1972 Won 5 3 2 Match 6/9 Final Round Sep 1, 1972 Ties 4 4 0 Match 7/9 Final Round Sep 2, 1972 Lost 3 5 -2 Match 8/9 Final Round Sep 3, 1972 Ties 6 6 0 Match 9/9 Final Round Sep 4, 1972 Won 6 5 1

1976 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Montreal Final Ranking: Did not qualify

1980 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Moscow Final Ranking: Qualified but withdrew

1984 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Los Angeles Final Ranking: 2nd place ( Silver medal)

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/7 Group B Aug 1, 1984 Won 12 5 7 Match 2/7 Group B Aug 2, 1984 Won 10 4 6 Match 3/7 Group B Aug 3, 1984 Won 10 8 2 Match 4/7 Final Round Aug 6, 1984 Won 8 7 1 Match 5/7 Final Round Aug 7, 1984 Won 12 7 5 Match 6/7 Final Round Aug 9, 1984 Won 8 7 1 Match 7/7 Final Round Aug 10, 1984 Ties 5 5 0

1988 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Seoul Final Ranking: 2nd place ( Silver medal)

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/7 Group B Sep 21, 1988 Won 7 6 1 Match 2/7 Group B Sep 22, 1988 Lost 7 9 -2 Match 3/7 Group B Sep 23, 1988 Won 14 7 7 Match 4/7 Group B Sep 26, 1988 Won 18 9 9 Match 5/7 Group B Sep 27, 1988 Won 10 9 1 Match 6/7 Semi-Finals Sep 30, 1988 Won 8 7 1 Match 7/7 Final Round Oct 1, 1988 Lost 7 9 -2

1992 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Barcelona Final Ranking: 4th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/7 Group A Aug 1, 1992 Won 8 4 4 Match 2/7 Group A Aug 2, 1992 Won 9 3 6 Match 3/7 Group A Aug 3, 1992 Won 11 7 4 Match 4/7 Group A Aug 5, 1992 Lost 5 8 -3 Match 5/7 Group A Aug 6, 1992 Won 7 2 5 Match 6/7 Semi-Finals Aug 8, 1992 Lost 4 6 -2 Match 7/7 Final Round Aug 9, 1992 Lost 4 8 -4

1996 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Atlanta Final Ranking: 7th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/8 Group B Jul 20, 1996 Lost 7 10 -3 Match 2/8 Group B Jul 21, 1996 Won 9 7 2 Match 3/8 Group B Jul 22, 1996 Won 9 7 2 Match 4/8 Group B Jul 23, 1996 Won 10 5 5 Match 5/8 Group B Jul 24, 1996 Won 10 8 2 Match 6/8 Quarter-Finals Jul 26, 1996 Lost 4 5 -1 Match 7/8 Classification Round 5-8 Jul 27, 1996 Lost 6 7 -1 Match 8/8 Final Round Jul 28, 1996 Won 12 8 4

2000 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Sydney Final Ranking: 6th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/8 Group B Sep 23, 2000 Lost 7 10 -3 Match 2/8 Group B Sep 24, 2000 Lost 5 8 -3 Match 3/8 Group B Sep 25, 2000 Won 12 8 4 Match 4/8 Group B Sep 26, 2000 Lost 9 10 -1 Match 5/8 Group B Sep 27, 2000 Won 9 3 6 Match 6/8 Quarter-Finals Sep 29, 2000 Lost 10 11 -1 Match 7/8 Classification Round 5-8 Sep 30, 2000 Won 9 8 1 Match 8/8 Final Round Oct 1, 2000 Lost 8 10 -2

2004 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Athens Final Ranking: 7th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/7 Group A Aug 15, 2004 Won 7 6 1 Match 2/7 Group A Aug 17, 2004 Won 9 6 3 Match 3/7 Group A Aug 19, 2004 Lost 5 7 -2 Match 4/7 Group A Aug 21, 2004 Lost 7 9 -2 Match 5/7 Group A Aug 23, 2004 Lost 4 9 -5 Match 6/7 Classification Round 7-10 Aug 27, 2004 Won 6 5 1 Match 7/7 Final Round Aug 29, 2004 Won 9 8 1

2008 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Beijing Final Ranking: 2nd place ( Silver medal)

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/7 Group B Aug 10, 2008 Won 8 4 4 Match 2/7 Group B Aug 12, 2008 Won 12 11 1 Match 3/7 Group B Aug 14, 2008 Lost 2 4 -2 Match 4/7 Group B Aug 16, 2008 Won 7 5 2 Match 5/7 Group B Aug 18, 2008 Won 8 7 1 Match 6/7 Semi-Finals Aug 22, 2008 Won 10 5 5 Match 7/7 Final Round Aug 24, 2008 Lost 10 14 -4

2012 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: London Final Ranking: 8th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/8 Group B Jul 29, 2012 Won 8 7 1 Match 2/8 Group B Jul 31, 2012 Won 10 8 2 Match 3/8 Group B Aug 2, 2012 Won 13 7 6 Match 4/8 Group B Aug 4, 2012 Lost 6 11 -5 Match 5/8 Group B Aug 6, 2012 Lost 6 11 -5 Match 6/8 Quarter-Finals Aug 8, 2012 Lost 2 8 -6 Match 7/8 Classification Round 5-8 Aug 10, 2012 Lost 7 8 -1 Match 8/8 Final Round Aug 12, 2012 Lost 9 10 -1

2016 Summer Olympics Number of participating nations: 12 Host city: Rio de Janeiro Final Ranking: 10th place

Match # Round Date Opponent Result Goals For Against Diff. Match 1/5 Group B Aug 6, 2016 Lost 5 7 -2 Match 2/5 Group B Aug 8, 2016 Lost 9 10 -1 Match 3/5 Group B Aug 10, 2016 Won 6 3 3 Match 4/5 Group B Aug 12, 2016 Lost 5 8 -3 Match 5/5 Group B Aug 14, 2016 Won 10 7 3

Statistics By tournament

Historical progression of the best finish

By opponent

Records Victories, ties and defeats Biggest victory in an Olympic match 10–0 vs. , Aug 8, 1928 10–0 vs. , Aug 7, 1932

Biggest home victory in an Olympic match 10–0 vs. , Aug 7, 1932

Heaviest defeat in an Olympic match 0–7 vs. , Aug 11, 1932 0–7 vs. , Aug 3, 1948

Heaviest home defeat in an Olympic match 0–7 vs. , Aug 11, 1932

Most victories in an Olympic tournament 6, 1972 Summer Olympics 6, 1984 Summer Olympics

Most consecutive victories in an Olympic tournament 6, Aug 1, 1984 vs. – Aug 9, 1984 vs.

Most consecutive victories at the Olympic Games 8, Oct 22, 1968 vs. – Aug 31, 1972 vs.

Most matches without defeat in an Olympic tournament 8, 1972 Summer Olympics

Most consecutive matches without defeat in an Olympic tournament