This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Greece men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Greece men's national water polo team has participated in 16 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.

Abbreviations Apps Appearances Rk Rank Ref Reference Cap No. Water polo cap number Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper ISHOF International Swimming Hall of Fame L/R Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed Oly debut Olympic debut in water polo (C) Captain p. page pp. pages

Team statistics

Comprehensive results by tournament Notes: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, but only American contestants participated. Currently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

– Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – The nation did not participate in the Games – Qualified for forthcoming tournament – Hosts

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 Years 8 13 15 14 14 10 8 9 10 6 10 4 7 9 6 Q 16 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

Number of appearances Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend Year* – As host team

Men's team Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 16 11 11 1920 2020 Fourth place Europe – LEN

Best finishes Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend Year* – As host team

Men's team Best finish Apps Confederation Fourth place (2004*) 16 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend Year* – As host team

Men's team Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last 1 1 (2004*) 2004 2004

Medal table Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Player statistics Multiple appearances

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.

Multiple medalists

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.

Top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation – Hosts Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOFmember Note Ref 1920 Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos 22–23 Konstantinos Nikolopoulos 1924 Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos (2) 26–27 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1948 Alexandros Monastiriotis Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1968 1 Ioannis Thymaras 33–34 11 Takis Michalos 20 1972 1 Dimitrios Konstas 11 Takis Michalos (2) 24 1980 1 Ioannis Vossos 19 11 Ioannis Giannouris 22 1984 1 Ioannis Vossos (2) 23 13 Stavros Giannopoulos 23 1988 1 Nikolaos Christoforidis 23 12 Evangelos Patras 19 1992 1 Evangelos Patras (2) 23 13 Gerasimos Voltirakis 24 Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOFmember Note Ref

Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref 1996 1 Gerasimos Voltirakis (2) 28 64 124 51.6% Starting goalkeeper 13 Evangelos Patras (3) 27 1 7 14.3% 2000 1 Georgios Reppas 25 7 23 30.4% 6 Nikolaos Deligiannis 24 48 97 49.5% Starting goalkeeper 2004 1 Georgios Reppas (2) 29 18 37 48.6% 12 Nikolaos Deligiannis (2) 27 31 52 59.6% 2008 1 Nikolaos Deligiannis (3) 31 38 82 46.3% 13 Georgios Reppas (3) 33 28 65 43.1% 2012 1 Nikolaos Deligiannis (4) 35 45 83 54.2% Starting goalkeeper 13 Filippos Karampetsos 34 6 11 54.5% 2016 1 Konstantinos Flegkas 28 56 120 46.7% Starting goalkeeper 13 Stefanos Galanopoulos 23 1 5 20.0% 2020 1 Emmanouil Zerdevas 23 13 Konstantinos Galanidis 30 Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref Sources: Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 69, 71–72); Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 57, 59, 61, 80–81, 86, 88, 91), 2004 (pp. 203–204), 2008 (pp. 199–200), 2012 (pp. 478–479), 2016 (pp. 117–118).

Top sprinters The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

* Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won, since 2000): 0 Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 0 Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 2 Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 2 Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Legend and abbreviation – Hosts Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)

+ Male players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics (statistics since 2000) Rk Sprinter Birth Totalsprintswon Totalsprintscontested Eff % Water polo tournaments(sprints won / contested) Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ioannis Thomakos 18 32 56.3% 2000(12/18) 2004(5/12) 2008(1/2) 23/31 2 Christos Afroudakis 15 37 40.5% 2004(6/15) 2008(7/17) 2012(1/4) 2016(1/1) 20/32 3 Konstantinos Genidounias 8 18 44.4% 2016(8/18) 23/23 4 Emmanouil Mylonakis 7 31 22.6% 2008(2/12) 2012(2/9) 2016(3/10) 23/31 Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 57, 59, 61, 80–81, 86, 88, 91), 2004 (pp. 203–204), 2008 (pp. 199–200), 2012 (pp. 478–479), 2016 (pp. 117–118).

See also Greece women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics Greece at the Olympics

References

Sources

ISHOF

External links Greece men's national water polo team – Official website Olympic water polo – Official website