List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the men's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 1900.

Abbreviations Rk Rank Ref Reference (C) Captain Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper L/R Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed p. page pp. pages

General statistics This is a summary of men's water polo at the Summer Olympics by tournament.

The following table shows winning teams, coaches and captains by tournament. Last updated: 8 August 2021.

Legend – Olympic winning streak (winning three or more Olympic titles in a row) – Winning all matches during the tournament – Host team Team† – Defunct team

+ Winning teams, coaches and captains by tournament # Men's tournament Winning team Winning coach Winning captain 1 Paris 1900 (1st title) Thomas Coe 2 St. Louis 1904 Water polo was an unofficial sport 3 London 1908 (2nd title) Charles Smith 4 Stockholm 1912 (3rd title) George Wilkinson 5 Antwerp 1920 (4th title) Paul Radmilovic 6 Paris 1924 (1st title) Georges Rigal 7 Amsterdam 1928 (1st title) Dr. Moritz Nußbaum 8 Los Angeles 1932 (1st title) Bela Komjadi 9 Berlin 1936 (2nd title) 10 London 1948 (1st title) Giuseppe Valle 11 Helsinki 1952 (3rd title) Béla Rajki 12 Melbourne 1956 (4th title) Béla Rajki (2) Dezső Gyarmati 13 Rome 1960 (2nd title) Andres Zolyomy 14 Tokyo 1964 (5th title) Károly Laky Dezső Gyarmati (2) 15 Mexico City 1968 † (1st title) Aleksandar Sajfert 16 Munich 1972 † (1st title) Vladimir Semyonov 17 Montreal 1976 (6th title) Dezső Gyarmati 18 Moscow 1980 (2nd title) Boris Popov 19 Los Angeles 1984 † (2nd title) Ratko Rudić 20 Seoul 1988 † (3rd title) Ratko Rudić (2) 21 Barcelona 1992 (3rd title) Ratko Rudić (3) 22 Atlanta 1996 (1st title) Juan Jané Manuel Estiarte 23 Sydney 2000 (7th title) Dénes Kemény 24 Athens 2004 (8th title) Dénes Kemény (2) Tibor Benedek 25 Beijing 2008 (9th title) Dénes Kemény (3) Tibor Benedek (2) 26 London 2012 (1st title) Ratko Rudić (4) Samir Barać 27 Rio 2016 (1st title) Dejan Savić Živko Gocić 28 Tokyo 2020 (2nd title) Dejan Savić (2) Filip Filipović 29 Paris 2024 (3rd title) Uroš Stevanović Nikola Jakšić # Men's tournament Winning team Winning coach Winning captain

The following table shows top goalscorers, goalkeepers, sprinters and Most Valuable Players by tournament. Last updated: 8 August 2021.

Notes: Top goalscorer: the water polo player who scored the most goals in a tournament. Top goalkeeper: the water polo player who saved the most shots in a tournament. Top sprinter: the water polo player who won the most sprints in a tournament. Most Valuable Player: the water polo player who was named the Most Valuable Player of a tournament.

Legend and abbreviation – Olympic winning streak – Winning all matches during the tournament – Host team Team† – Defunct team Player‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

+ Top goalscorers, goalkeepers, sprinters and Most Valuable Players by tournament Year Winning team Top goalscorer(Goals) Top goalkeeper(Saves, Eff %) Top sprinter(Sprints won) Most Valuable Player(Goals or Saves, Eff %) 1900 John Jarvis‡ (6) 1904 Water polo was an unofficial sport 1908 Fernand Feyaerts (8) rowspan="19" rowspan="20" rowspan="21" 1912 Robert Andersson (9) 1920 Erik Andersson (10) 1924 Pierre Dewin (14) 1928 Ferenc Keserű (10) 1932 Philip Daubenspeck (14) 1936 Hans Schneider (22) 1948 Aldo Ghira‡ (18) 1952 István Szívós Sr.‡ (16) Ruud van Feggelen (16) 1956 Petre Mshvenieradze (11) 1960 Fred Tisue (12) Aurel Zahan (12) 1964 Nico van der Voet (10) 1968 † Nico van der Voet (33) 1972 † Carlos Sánchez (18) 1976 Tamás Faragó‡ (22) 1980 Manuel Estiarte (21) 1984 † Manuel Estiarte (34) 1988 † Manuel Estiarte (27) 1992 Tibor Benedek (22) Manuel Estiarte (22) 1996 Tibor Benedek (19) Arie van de Bunt (81, 52.6%) 2000 Aleksandar Šapić (18) Dan Hackett (70, 51.9%) Brad Schumacher (20) 2004 Aleksandar Šapić (18) Nikolay Maksimov (62, 59.6%) Pietro Figlioli (24) Gergely Kiss‡ (14 goals) 2008 Alessandro Calcaterra (27) Stefano Tempesti (83, 49.1%) Pietro Figlioli (21) 2012 Andrija Prlainović (22) Stefano Tempesti (87, 59.2%) Pietro Figlioli (19) Rhys Howden (19) Josip Pavić‡ (85 saves, 70.2%) 2016 Filip Filipović‡ (19) Guillermo Molina (19) Slobodan Soro (81, 53.3%) Rhys Howden (18) Filip Filipović‡ (19 goals) 2020 Aleksandar Ivović (23) Branislav Mitrović (70, 57.4%) Emmanouil Zerdevas (70, 57.4%) Johnny Hooper (22) Filip Filipović‡ (16 goals) 2020 Dušan Mandić‡ (26) Adrian Weinberg (94, 56%) Martin Famera (22) Dušan Mandić‡ (26) Year Winning team Top goalscorer(Goals) Top goalkeeper(Saves, Eff %) Top sprinter(Sprints won) Most Valuable Player(Goals or Saves, Eff %)

Confederation statistics

Best performances by tournament This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament. Last updated: 8 August 2021.

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

Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

All-time best performances This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation at the Olympics. Last updated: 8 August 2021.

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

Confederation Best performance Men's team Africa – CANA 7th (1948) 2nd (1984*, 1988, 2008) Asia – AASF 4th (1932) Europe – LEN 1st (2012), (1924*), (1928), (1900, 1908*, 1912, 1920), (1932, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2008), (1948, 1960*, 1992), (2016, 2020), † (1972, 1980*), (1996), † (1968, 1984, 1988) Oceania – OSA 5th (1984, 1992)

Team statistics

Comprehensive team results by tournament 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

– Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Qualified but were not allowed to compete – Disqualified – The nation did not participate in the Games – 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 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 (stats) — — — — 7 10 — 13 12 15 — 12 6 — 14 9 — — — — — — — 12 WD 3

+ Americas – UANA (8 teams) Men's team 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 — — 13 10 16 11 — 4 (stats) — — — — 6 — 9 12 13 13 12 8 8 (stats) 16 9 — 10 11 4 — — — — 17 — 1 — — — 8 9 7 5 — — 8 5 — — — — 18 11 13 10 4 (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 — — — — — 13 16 — 2

+ Asia – AASF (7 teams) Men's team 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 9 11 12 3 — — — 12 21 2 — — — — — — — — 12 — — 1 (stats) — — — 4 14 — 14 11 12 15 — 11 12 10 11 10 (stats) — — — — — Part of Soviet Union 9 11 11 11 4 — — — — — — — — — 10 — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — 12 1

+ Europe – LEN (34 teams) Men's team 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 4 — 7 13 3 (stats) 2 — 2 3 2 2 6 3 4 6 16 7 11 — — — — — — — 11 12 — 2 (stats) — — — — Part of Yugoslavia 2 7 10 6 1 2 5 2 8 † — — — — 12 6 10 11 — 12 Defunct 5 † Part of Germany P. of 6 — Part of Germany 1 (stats) 3 — 6 9 1 3 4 6 10 10 11 11 10 12 (stats) =5 — — 1 2 2 — 15 See See and 7 9 5 10 9 (stats) 1 1 1 1 8 4 8 13 12 7 12 11 (stats) 8 13 15 14 14 10 8 9 10 6 10 4 7 9 6 2 5 17 (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 — — — — — — — 15 1 — — — — — 9 14 — 2 (stats) — 10 11 1 3 4 1 4 4 6 2 8 7 7 1 3 5 8 9 2 3 7 7 22 — — — 11 — 1 — — — — — — 8 — 16 — — — — 2 (stats) — — — — Part of Yugoslavia P. of / 4 4 4 8 9 5 (stats) — 4 5 7 5 5 3 5 8 8 7 7 3 6 6 9 10 11 17 — — — 20 1 (stats) — — — — — — 17 8 5 5 8 4 9 11 10 12 10 (stats) — — — — — Part of Soviet Union 5 2 3 3 (stats) — — — Part of Yugoslavia P. of / 3 3 1 1 1 5 † (stats) — — — — Part of Yugoslavia See 2 Defunct 1 — — — — Part of Czechoslovakia 12 1 † (stats) — — — — — — — — — — 7 3 2 3 2 1 8 1 — 3 Defunct 9 (stats) — — — 7 10 9 — 8 8 — 9 10 4 4 6 2 1 4 6 5 6 7 4 6 19 (stats) — 3 2 3 4 6 5 11 11 8 11 12 12 12 14 — 5 — — — — — — — — — — Part of Soviet Union 12 1 Unified Team† (stats) — — — — — Part of Soviet Union 3 Defunct 1 See Germany 6 6 6 See and See Germany 3 † (stats) Part of Germany P. of 10 4 6 — 3 4 Part of Germany 5 † (stats) — — — — 10 9 2 2 4 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 Defunct 12 † (stats) — — — — Part of Yugoslavia — 8 3 Defunct 2

+ Oceania – OSA (1 team) Men's team 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 (stats) — — 18 19 9 15 10 12 11 7 5 8 5 8 9 8 7 9 9 8 18

Men's team 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 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

Number of appearances by team The following table is pre-sorted by number of appearances (in descending order), year of the last appearance (in ascending order), year of the first appearance (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 8 August 2021.

Legend and abbreviation Year* – As host team Team† – Defunct team Apps – Appearances stats – Olympic water polo team statistics

List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics

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