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.
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.
Number of five-time Olympians: 0
Number of four-time Olympians: 2
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Legend
– Hosts
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
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.
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
Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo
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.
Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0
Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 0
Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Goalkeepersedit
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.
Some sportspeople from the host nations were chosen to take the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, one water polo player from Belgium was given the honour.[13]
As an athlete, Victor Boin of Belgium took the first ever Olympic Oath at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. He was the Belgium flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 1920 Olympics.[12]
Legend
– Hosts
Oath taker‡ – Oath taker who won the tournament with his team
Water polo people who were oath takers at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games
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^ ab"Albert Michant". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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^ ab"Théo-Léo De Smet". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^"François Maesschalck". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ ab"Bruno De Hesselle". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ abc"Victor Boin". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^"Takers of the Athletes' Oath". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 28 October 2020.