- Source: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo. Dezső Gyarmati of Hungary is the only athlete of either gender to win five Olympic medals in water polo.
Abbreviations
Medalists by tournament
Overall multiple medalists
As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 59 male athletes have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo.
= By tournament
=The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2021.
Legend
Team* – Host team
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).
= By confederation
=Last updated: 11 August 2021.
= By team
=Last updated: 11 August 2021.
Legend
Team† – Defunct team
= By position
=Last updated: 11 August 2021.
= Four or more Olympic medals
=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 2021.
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).
Filip Filipović, Duško Pijetlović and Andrija Prlainović, all representing Serbia, won four consecutive Olympic medals between 2008 and 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
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).
= Three Olympic medals
=The following table is pre-sorted by 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 2021.
Forty-eight male athletes won three Olympic medals in water polo.
Legend
– Hosts
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 medalists by team
The following tables are 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.
Legend
Year* – As host team
Team† – Defunct team
= Belgium
=Men's national team: Belgium
Team appearances: 11 (1900, 1908–1928, 1936–1952, 1960–1964)
As host team: 1920*
Number of five-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 1
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 3
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
= Croatia
=Men's national team: Croatia
Team appearances: 7 (1996–2020)
As host team: —
Related team: Yugoslavia†
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Abbreviation
CRO – Croatia
YUG – Yugoslavia
= France
=Men's national team: France
Team appearances: 11 (1900*, 1912–1928, 1936–1948, 1960, 1988–1992, 2016)
As host team: 1900*, 1924*
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
= Germany
=Men's national team: Germany
Team appearances: 9 (1900, 1928–1936*, 1952, 1992–1996, 2004–2008)
As host team: 1936*
Related team: West Germany†
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
= Great Britain
=Men's national team: Great Britain
Team appearances: 11 (1900, 1908*–1928, 1936–1956, 2012*)
As host team: 1908*, 1948*, 2012*
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 2
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
= Greece
=Men's national team: Greece
Team appearances: 16 (1920–1924, 1948, 1968–1972, 1980–2020)
As host team: 2004*
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
= Hungary
=Men's national team: Hungary
Team appearances: 23 (1912, 1924–1980, 1988–2020)
As host team: —
Number of five-time Olympic medalists: 1
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 6
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 19
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
= Italy
=Men's national team: Italy
Team appearances: 21 (1920–1924, 1948–2020)
As host team: 1960*
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
= Netherlands
=Men's national team: Netherlands
Team appearances: 17 (1908, 1920–1928*, 1936–1952, 1960–1984, 1992–2000)
As host team: 1928*
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
= Russia
=Men's national team: Russia
Team appearances: 3 (1996–2004)
As host team: —
Related teams: Soviet Union†, Unified Team†
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 2
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Abbreviation
EUN – Unified Team
RUS – Russia
= Serbia
=Men's national team: Serbia
Team appearances: 4 (2008–2020)
As host team: —
Related teams: Yugoslavia†, FR Yugoslavia†, Serbia and Montenegro†
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 3
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 11
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
Abbreviation
FRY – FR Yugoslavia
SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
SRB – Serbia
= Serbia and Montenegro
=Men's national team: Serbia and Montenegro†
Team appearances: 1 (2004)
As host team: —
Related teams: Yugoslavia†, FR Yugoslavia†, Montenegro, Serbia
Number of five-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Notes:
Aleksandar Ćirić is listed in section Serbia.
Slobodan Nikić is listed in section Serbia.
Aleksandar Šapić is listed in section Serbia.
Dejan Savić is listed in section Serbia.
Vanja Udovičić is listed in section Serbia.
Vladimir Vujasinović is listed in section Serbia.
= Soviet Union
=Men's national team: Soviet Union†
Team appearances: 9 (1952–1980*, 1988)
As host team: 1980*
Related teams: Unified Team†, Russia
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 4
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
Note:
Yevgeny Sharonov is listed in section Unified Team.
= Spain
=Men's national team: Spain
Team appearances: 18 (1920–1928, 1948–1952, 1968–1972, 1980–2020)
As host team: 1992*
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
= Sweden
=Men's national team: Sweden
Team appearances: 8 (1908–1924, 1936–1952, 1980)
As host team: 1912*
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 4
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
= Unified Team
=Men's national team: Unified Team†
Team appearances: 1 (1992)
As host team: —
Related teams: Soviet Union†, Russia
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
– Hosts
EUN – Unified Team
URS – Soviet Union
Notes:
Dmitry Gorshkov is listed in section Russia.
Nikolay Kozlov is listed in section Russia.
= United States
=Men's national team: United States
Team appearances: 22 (1920–1972, 1984*–2020)
As host team: 1932*, 1984*, 1996*
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
= West Germany
=Men's national team: West Germany†
Team appearances: 5 (1968–1976, 1984–1988)
As host team: 1972*
Related teams: Germany
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
= Yugoslavia
=Men's national team: Yugoslavia†
Team appearances: 12 (1936–1988)
As host team: —
Related teams: Croatia, FR Yugoslavia†, Serbia and Montenegro†, Montenegro, Serbia
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Note:
Perica Bukić is listed in section Croatia.
= FR Yugoslavia
=Men's national team: Yugoslavia†
Team appearances: 2 (1996–2000)
As host team: —
Related teams: Yugoslavia†, Serbia and Montenegro†, Montenegro, Serbia
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Notes:
Aleksandar Ćirić is listed in section Serbia.
Aleksandar Šapić is listed in section Serbia.
Dejan Savić is listed in section Serbia.
Vladimir Vujasinović is listed in section Serbia.
See also
Water polo at the Summer Olympics
List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
Notes
References
Sources
= Official Reports (IOC)
=PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
= Official Results Books (IOC)
=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)
=PDF documents on the FINA website:
HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (pp. 4–13)
1870–2020 | 150 years of Water Polo – Evolution of its rules (archive)
= Official website (IOC)
=Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:
Water polo
Men's water polo
= Olympedia
=Water polo on the Olympedia website:
= Sports Reference
=Water polo on the Sports Reference website:
= Todor66
=Water polo on the Todor66 website:
External links
Olympic water polo – Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of Asian Games medalists in water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Lists of Olympic medalists in water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
- Water polo at the Summer Olympics
- Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
