This is a list of records and statistics of the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000.

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 women's water polo at the Summer Olympics by tournament.

The following table shows winning teams, coaches and captains by tournament. Last updated: 31 August 2024.

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 # Women's tournament Winning team Winning coach Winning captain 1 Sydney 2000 (1st title) István Görgényi 2 Athens 2004 (1st title) Pierluigi Formiconi Carmela Allucci 3 Beijing 2008 (1st title) Robin van Galen Yasemin Smit 4 London 2012 (1st title) Adam Krikorian Brenda Villa 5 Rio 2016 (2nd title) Adam Krikorian (2) Maggie Steffens 6 Tokyo 2020 (3rd title) Adam Krikorian (3) Maggie Steffens (2) 7 Paris 2024 (1st title) Miki Oca Pili Peña

The following table shows top goalscorers, goalkeepers, sprinters and Most Valuable Players by tournament. Last updated: 31 August 2024.

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 her 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 %) 2000 Daniëlle de Bruijn (11) Bridgette Gusterson‡ (11) Sofia Konukh (11) Karla Plugge (45, 55.6%) Tatiana Petrova (16) 2004 Tania Di Mario‡ (14) Jacqueline Frank (41, 60.3%) Kyriaki Liosi (21) Tania Di Mario‡ (14 goals) 2008 Daniëlle de Bruijn‡ (17) Elizabeth Armstrong (49, 53.3%) Wang Yi (18) 2012 Maggie Steffens‡ (21) Elena Gigli (56, 53.3%) Kate Gynther (21) Jennifer Pareja (21) Maggie Steffens‡ (21 goals) 2016 Maggie Steffens‡ (17) Giulia Gorlero (65, 61.3%) Rachel Fattal‡ (17) Maggie Steffens‡ (17 goals) 2020 Simone van de Kraats (28) Ashleigh Johnson‡ (80, 64.5%) Vanda Vályi (27) Maddie Musselman‡ (18 goals)2024 Alice Williams (21) Ashleigh Johnson (80, 63%) Vanda Vályi (22) Alice Williams (21 goals)

Confederation statistics

Best performances by tournament This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament. Last updated: 7 August 2021.

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

Confederation ! 2000 ! 2004 ! 2008 ! 2012 ! 2016 ! 2020 ! 2024 Africa – CANA — — — — — 10th — 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

All-time best performances This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation at the Olympics. Last updated: 15 January 2021.

Legend Year* – As host team

Confederation Best performance Women's team Africa – CANA 10th (2020) 1st (2012, 2016, 2020) Asia – AASF 5th (2008*, 2012) Europe – LEN 1st (2004), (2008) (2024) Oceania – OSA 1st (2000*)

Team statistics

Comprehensive team results by tournament Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included.

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

Abbreviation stats – Olympic water polo team statistics

Africa – CANA (1 team) Women's team 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Years 10th WD 1 Americas – UANA (3 teams) Women's team 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Years 8th 1 (stats) 5th 7th 7th 8th 4 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th 7 Asia – AASF (3 teams) Women's team 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Years (stats) 5th 5th 7th 8th 10th 5 9th 1 6th 8th 2 Europe – LEN (9 teams) Women's team 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Years 9th 1 8th 1 (stats) 2nd 8th 7th 3 (stats) 6th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 5th 6 (stats) 1st 6th 7th 2nd 6th 5 (stats) 4th 1st 6th 3rd 4 (stats) 4th 1 (stats) 3rd 5th 7th 6th 3rd 5 (stats) 2nd 5th 2nd 1st 4 Oceania – OSA (1 team) Women's team 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Years (stats) 1st 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 5th 2nd 7 Total teams 6 8 8 8 8 10 10

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: 7 August 2021.

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

+ Number of appearances by team Rk Women's team Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 1 (stats) 7 7 7 2000* 2024 Champions Oceania – OSA 6 7 7 2000 2024 Champions Americas – UANA3 (stats) 6 6 0 2000 2020 Third place Europe – LEN (stats) 6 6 6 2004 2024 Fourth place Europe – LEN 6 (stats) 5 4 1 2004 2024 Champions Europe – LEN (stats) 5 5 5 2008* 2024 Fifth place Asia – AASF 7 (stats) 4 2 2 2000 2024 Fifth place Americas – UANA (stats) 4 2 2 2000 2024 Champions Europe – LEN (stats) 4 4 4 2012 2024 Champions Europe – LEN10 (stats) 3 2 1 2004* 2024 Runners-up Europe – LEN 11 2 2 0 2000 2004 Sixth place Asia – AASF 12 1 1 0 2012* 2012* Eighth place Europe – LEN 1 1 0 2016* 2016* Eighth place Americas – UANA 1 1 0 2020* 2020* Ninth place Asia – AASF 1 1 0 2020 2020 Tenth place Africa – CANA 1 1 1 2024* 2024* Ninth place Europe – LEN Rk Women's team Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation

Best finishes by team The following table is pre-sorted by best finish (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 7 August 2024.

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

+ Best finishes by team Rk Women's team Best finish Apps Confederation 1 Champions (2002, 2006) 7 Americas – UANA 2 (stats) Champions (2000*) 7 Oceania – OSA (stats) Champions (2004) 5 Europe – LEN (stats) Champions (2008) 4 Europe – LEN (stats) Champions (2024) 4 Europe – LEN 6 (stats) Runners-up (2004*) 3 Europe – LEN 7 (stats) Third place (2000, 2016) 6 Europe – LEN 8 (stats) Fourth place (2008, 2012, 2016) 6 Europe – LEN 9 (stats) Fifth place (2008*, 2012) 5 Asia – AASF 10 (stats) Fifth place (2000) 4 Americas – UANA 11 Sixth place (2000) 2 Asia – AASF 12 Eighth place (2016*) 1 Americas – UANA Eighth place (2012*) 1 Europe – LEN14 Ninth place (2020*) 1 Asia – AASF Eighth place (2024*) 1 Europe – LEN 15 Tenth place (2020) 1 Africa – CANA Rk Women's team Best finish Apps Confederation

Finishes in the top four 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

Rk Women's team Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last 1 6 3 (2012, 2016, 2020) 2 (2000, 2008) 1 (2004) 1 (2024) 2000 2024 2 5 1 (2000*) 1 (2024) 3 (2008, 2012) 1 (2004) 2000 2024 3 4 1 (2020) 3 (2008, 2012, 2016) 2008 2020 4 3 1 (2024) 2 (2012, 2020) 2012 2024 5 3 1 (2008) 1 (2024) 1 (2000) 2000 2024 6 2 1 (2004) 1 (2016) 2004 2016 7 2 2 (2000, 2016) 2000 2016 8 1 1 (2004*) 2004 2004 9 1 1 (2020) 2020 2020 Rk Women's team Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last

Medal table 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.

Champions (results)

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

Legend – Winning 6 matches during the tournament – Drawing 4 matches during the tournament – Losing 2 matches during the tournament – Winning all matches during the tournament – Olympic winning streak (winning three or more Olympic titles in a row) – 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 1 Sydney 2000 (1st title) 7 6 0 1 85.7% 46 29 17 6.571 4.143 2.429 2 Athens 2004 (1st title) 6 5 0 1 83.3% 44 33 11 7.333 5.500 1.833 3 Beijing 2008 (1st title) 6 4 0 2 66.7% 57 53 4 9.500 8.833 0.667 4 London 2012 (1st title) 6 5 1 0 83.3% 58 48 10 9.667 8.000 1.667 5 Rio 2016 (2nd title) 6 6 0 0 100.0% 73 32 41 12.167 5.333 6.833 6 Tokyo 2020 (3rd title) 7 6 0 1 85.7% 109 47 62 15.571 6.714 8.857 7 Paris 2024 (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).

The following table shows women's teams that won all matches during the Olympic tournament.

+ Winning all matches during the tournament # Year Champions MP W D L Win % 1 2016 (2nd title) 6 6 0 0 100.0% 2 2024 7 7 0 0 100.0%

The following tables show records of goals for per match.

+ Top 3 most goals for per match Rk Year Champions MP GF GF/MP 1 2020 (3rd title) 7 109 15.571 2 2024 (1st title) 7 94 13.428 3 2016 (2nd title) 6 73 12.167

+ Top 3 fewest goals for per match Rk Year Champions MP GF GF/MP 1 2000 (1st title) 7 46 6.571 2 2004 (1st title) 6 44 7.333 3 2008 (1st title) 6 57 9.500

+ Historical progression of records: Goals for per match Goals forper match Achievement Year Champions Date ofwinning gold Duration of record 6.571 Set record 2000 (1st title) 23 September 2000 7.333 Broke record 2004 (1st title) 26 August 2004 9.500 Broke record 2008 (1st title) 21 August 2008 9.667 Broke record 2012 (1st title) 9 August 2012 12.167 Broke record 2016 (2nd title) 19 August 2016 15.571 Broke record 2020 (3rd title) 7 August 2021

The following tables show records of goals against per match.

+ Top 3 most goals against per match Rk Year Champions MP GA GA/MP 1 2024 (1st title) 7 67 9.571 2 2008 (1st title) 6 53 8.833 3 2012 (1st title) 6 48 8.000

+ Top 3 fewest goals against per match Rk Year Champions MP GA GA/MP 1 2000 (1st title) 7 29 4.143 2 2016 (2nd title) 6 32 5.333 3 2004 (1st title) 6 33 5.500

The following tables show records of goals difference per match.

+ Top 3 most goals difference per match Rk Year Champions MP GD GD/MP 1 2020 (3rd title) 7 62 8.857 2 2016 (2nd title) 6 41 6.833 3 2000 (1st title) 7 17 2.429

+ Top 3 fewest goals difference per match Rk Year Champions MP GD GD/MP 1 2008 (1st title) 6 4 0.667 2 2012 (1st title) 6 10 1.667 3 2004 (1st title) 6 11 1.833

Champions (squads)