Water Polo - Men's Olympic Games - Statistics

Choice of a season :

Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
Hungary	10	1932	2008
Serbia	3	2016	2024
Yugoslavia	3	1968	1988
Great Britain	3	1908	1920
Italy	2	1948	1992
U.S.S.R.	2	1960	1980
Croatia	1	2012	2012
Germany	1	1928	1928
Spain	1	1996	1996
France	1	1924	1924
New York Athletic Club	1	1904	1904
Osborne Swimming Club	1	1900	1900

Winners and finalists since 1900

Team	Winners	Finalists
Hungary	10	2
Yugoslavia	3	3
Serbia	3	1
Great Britain	3	0
Italy	2	3
U.S.S.R.	2	3
Croatia	1	3
Germany	1	2
Spain	1	1
France	1	0
New York Athletic Club	1	0
Osborne Swimming Club	1	0
United States		3
Belgium		3
Sweden		1
Russia		1
Greece		1
Chicago Athletic Association		1
Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club		1
Netherlands
Community of Independent States
Missouri Athletic Club
Pupilles de Neptune de Lille 2
Libellule de Paris

Winners and finalists by country since 1900

Country	Winners	Finalists
Hungary	10	2
Great Britain	4	0
Yugoslavia	3	3
Serbia	3	1
Italy	2	3
Soviet Union	2	3
United States	1	4
Croatia	1	3
Germany	1	2
Spain	1	1
France	1	0
Belgium		4
Sweden		1
Russia		1
Greece		1
Netherlands
Commonwealth of Independent States

Winners and finalists by city since 1900

Location Winners Finalists

New York 1 0
Brussels 1
Chicago 1
Lille
Paris
St. Louis

Location	Winners	Finalists
New York	1	0
Brussels		1
Chicago		1
Lille
Paris
St. Louis

Various statistics since 1900

Number of appearances
1	Hungary	25
2	United States	23
3	Italy	22
4	Spain	19
5	Australia	18
6	Greece	17
7	Netherlands	17
8	Yugoslavia	14
9	France	11
10	Germany	11

Number of matches
1	Hungary	147
2	Italy	139
3	United States	126
4	Spain	112
5	Netherlands	109
6	Yugoslavia	99
7	Australia	96
8	Greece	91
9	U.S.S.R.	68
10	Germany	66

Games per appearance
1	East Germany	9
2	Bulgaria	8
3	Cuba	8
4	Iran	8
5	Slovakia	8
6	Ukraine	8
7	U.S.S.R.	7.6
8	West Germany	7.6
9	Yugoslavia	7.1
10	China	7

Wins
1	Hungary	104
2	Italy	83
3	United States	67
4	Yugoslavia	63
5	Spain	52
6	Netherlands	45
7	U.S.S.R.	45
8	Germany	32
9	Australia	29
10	Croatia	29

Number of wins in games played
1	New York Athletic Club	100 %
2	Osborne Swimming Club	100 %
3	Pupilles de Neptune de Lil.	100 %
4	Community of Independent S.	86 %
5	Hungary	71 %
6	Serbia	69 %
7	Brussels Swimming and Wate.	67 %
8	East Germany	67 %
9	U.S.S.R.	66 %
10	Yugoslavia	64 %

Drawn matches
1	Hungary	19
2	Italy	19
3	Netherlands	17
4	Yugoslavia	17
5	Australia	12
6	Romania	10
7	Greece	9
8	U.S.S.R.	9
9	Spain	8
10	Cuba	7

Losses
1	Australia	55
2	Greece	54
3	United States	53
4	Spain	52
5	Netherlands	47
6	Italy	37
7	Japan	30
8	Brazil	27
9	Germany	27
10	Romania	26

Number of losses in games played
1	Berliner Swimming Club Ott.	100 %
2	Chicago Athletic Associati.	100 %
3	Chile	100 %
4	Iceland	100 %
5	Iran	100 %
6	Ireland	100 %
7	Libellule de Paris	100 %
8	Luxemburg	100 %
9	Missouri Athletic Club	100 %
10	Portugal	100 %

Number of ties in games played
1	Ukraine	25 %
2	Uruguay	20 %
3	Argentina	18 %
4	Cuba	18 %
5	Mexico	17 %
6	Montenegro	17 %
7	Romania	17 %
8	Yugoslavia	17 %
9	Egypt	16 %
10	Netherlands	16 %

All time table since 1900

(Based on W=2 pts, D=1 pts and L=0 pts)

	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Hungary	25	1908	1st	227	147	104	19	24	1134	728	+406
2	Italy	22	1920	1st	185	139	83	19	37	972	775	+197
3	Yugoslavia	14	1936	1st	143	99	63	17	19	688	434	+254
4	United States	23	1920	2nd	140	126	67	6	53	778	705	+73
5	Spain	19	1920	1st	112	112	52	8	52	735	714	+21
6	Netherlands	17	1908	3rd	107	109	45	17	47	582	578	+4
7	U.S.S.R.	9	1952	1st	99	68	45	9	14	403	243	+160
8	Germany	11	1928	1st	71	66	32	7	27	386	344	+42
9	Australia	18	1948	5th	70	96	29	12	55	604	679	-75
10	Greece	17	1920	2nd	65	91	28	9	54	631	744	-113
11	Croatia	8	1996	1st	59	47	29	1	17	410	328	+82
12	Romania	11	1952	4th	56	59	23	10	26	351	319	+32
13	Belgium	10	1908	2nd	55	50	25	5	20	190	163	+27
14	France	11	1912	1st	48	50	22	4	24	254	267	-13
15	Serbia	6	2004	1st	47	32	22	3	7	307	231	+76
16	Sweden	8	1908	-	45	43	21	3	19	187	149	+38
17	Cuba	5	1968	5th	39	40	16	7	17	250	247	+3
18	West Germany	5	1968	4th	38	38	16	6	16	258	211	+47
19	Great Britain	10	1908	1st	36	36	16	4	16	165	203	-38
20	Russia	4	1996	3rd	32	24	15	2	7	208	175	+33
21	Montenegro	5	2008	4th	24	24	10	4	10	211	192	+19
22	Brazil	8	1920	4th	19	39	7	5	27	184	287	-103
23	East Germany	1	1968	-	13	9	6	1	2	78	30	+48
24	Canada	4	1972	-	13	27	5	3	19	142	237	-95
25	Community of Independent States	1	1992	3rd	12	7	6	0	1	66	45	+21
26	Austria	4	1908	2nd	12	17	5	2	10	51	61	-10
27	Mexico	4	1952	-	12	24	4	4	16	100	152	-52
28	Egypt	6	1948	-	11	31	3	5	23	98	238	-140
29	Kazakhstan	4	2000	-	10	20	4	2	14	129	176	-47
30	Japan	10	1932	5th	10	36	4	2	30	146	347	-201
31	China	3	1984	-	8	21	4	0	17	151	232	-81
32	South Africa	3	1952	-	7	8	3	1	4	26	27	-1
33	Osborne Swimming Club (GBR)	1	1900	1st	6	3	3	0	0	29	3	+26
34	Czechoslovakia	5	1920	-	6	17	3	0	14	70	131	-61
35	New York Athletic Club (USA)	1	1904	1st	4	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11
36	Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club (BEL)	1	1900	2nd	4	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1
37	Bulgaria	2	1972	-	4	16	1	2	13	64	104	-40
38	Argentina	4	1928	-	4	11	1	2	8	24	71	-47
39	Pupilles de Neptune de Lille 2 (FRA)	1	1900	-	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
40	Ukraine	1	1996	-	2	8	0	2	6	54	78	-24
41	Malta	2	1928	-	2	5	1	0	4	5	44	-39
42	India	2	1948	-	2	5	1	0	4	10	55	-45
43	Switzerland	5	1920	-	2	8	1	0	7	10	56	-46
44	Uruguay	2	1936	-	1	5	0	1	4	3	21	-18
45	North Macedonia	1	2008	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Berliner Swimming Club Otter (GER)	1	1900	-	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1
47	Luxemburg	1	1928	-	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
48	Libellule de Paris (FRA)	1	1900	-	0	1	0	0	1	1	5	-4
49	Missouri Athletic Club (USA)	1	1904	-	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	-5
50	Chicago Athletic Association (USA)	1	1904	2nd	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6
51	Pupilles de Neptune de Lille (FRA)	1	1900	-	0	2	0	0	2	1	12	-11
52	Ireland	2	1924	-	0	2	0	0	2	3	15	-12
53	Tritons Lillois (FRA)	1	1900	-	0	1	0	0	1	0	12	-12
54	Portugal	1	1952	-	0	2	0	0	2	2	16	-14
55	Chile	1	1948	-	0	2	0	0	2	4	21	-17
56	Iceland	1	1936	-	0	3	0	0	3	1	24	-23
57	Singapore	1	1956	-	0	5	0	0	5	10	41	-31
58	Slovakia	1	2000	-	0	8	0	0	8	54	91	-37
59	Republic of Korea	1	1988	-	0	7	0	0	7	28	106	-78
60	Iran	1	1976	-	0	8	0	0	8	12	92	-80