Russia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

Summary

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

The Russia men's national water polo team has participated in 3 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]

Abbreviations edit

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 edit

Comprehensive results by tournament edit

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.
  • Related teams: Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team (statistics), Unified Team men's Olympic water polo team[a].
  • Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend
  •  1  – Champions
  •  2  – Runners-up
  •  3  – Third place
  •  4  – Fourth place
  •  —  – The nation did not participate in the Games
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
  •     – Hosts
  • Team – Defunct team
Men's team[1] 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
  Russian Federation Part of Soviet Union [a] 5 2 3 3
  Soviet Union[b] 7 3 2 3 2 1 8 1 3 Defunct 9
  Unified Team[a] Part of Soviet Union 3 Defunct 1
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 edit

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most
recent
Best finish Confederation
  Russia 3 3 0 1996 2004 Runners-up Europe – LEN

Best finishes edit

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
  Russia Runners-up (2000) 3 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four edit

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
  Russia 2 1 (2000) 1 (2004) 2000 2004

Medal table edit

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Russia (RUS)0112

Player statistics edit

Multiple appearances edit

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.
Abbreviation
  • EUN – Unified Team
  • RUS – Russia
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
4 Dmitry Gorshkov 1967 FP 1992
EUN
1996
RUS
2000
RUS
2004
RUS
25/37 [2]
Nikolay Kozlov 1972 FP 1992
EUN
1996
RUS
2000
RUS
2004
RUS
20/32 [3]

Note:

Multiple medalists edit

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 four-time Olympic medalists: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 2
  • Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • EUN – Unified Team
  • RUS – Russia
Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo
Rk Player Birth Height Pos Water polo tournaments Period
(age of
first/last)
Medals Ref
1 2 3 4 5 G S B T
1 Dmitry Gorshkov 1967 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in)
FP 1992
EUN
1996
RUS
2000
RUS
2004
RUS
12 years
(25/37)
0 1 2 3 [2]
Nikolay Kozlov 1972 1.92 m
(6 ft 4 in)
FP 1992
EUN
1996
RUS
2000
RUS
2004
RUS
12 years
(20/32)
0 1 2 3 [3]

Top goalscorers edit

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): 1
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Abbreviation
  • EUN – Unified Team
  • RUS – Russia
  • URS – Soviet Union
Male players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics
Rk Player Birth L/R Total
goals
Water polo tournaments
(goals)
Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Dmitry Apanasenko 1967 40 1988
URS
(14)
1992
EUN
(20)
1996
RUS
(6)
21/29 [4]
2 Aleksandr Yeryshov 1973 Right 37 1996
(10)
2000
(17)
2004
(10)
23/31 [5]

Sources:

Goalkeepers edit

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: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1996 1 Nikolay Maksimov 1972 23 58 115 50.4% Starting goalkeeper [6]
13 Dmitri Dugin 1968 27 6 21 28.6% [7]
2000   1 Nikolay Maksimov (2) 1972 27 58 99 58.6% Starting goalkeeper [6]
3 Dmitri Dugin (2) 1968 32 18 35 51.4% [7]
2004   1 Nikolay Maksimov (3) 1972 31 62 104 59.6% Starting goalkeeper [6]
2 Aleksandr Fyodorov 1981 23 2 5 40.0% [8]

Sources:

Note:

Top sprinters edit

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): 1
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 1
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 1
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
Male players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics (statistics since 2000)
Rk Sprinter Birth Total
sprints
won
Total
sprints
contested
Eff % Water polo tournaments
(sprints won / contested)
Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sergey Garbuzov 1974 27 29 93.1% 1996
(N/A)
2000
(7/8)
2004
(20/21)
22/30 [9]
2 Roman Balashov 1977 14 18 77.8% 2000
(11/15)
2004
(3/3)
23/27 [10]
3 Irek Zinnurov 1969 9 19 47.4% 2000
(5/11)
2004
(4/8)
31/35 [11]

Source:

Coach statistics edit

Medals as coach and player edit

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 winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Aleksandr Kabanov of the Soviet Union won a gold at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Eight years later, he won the second gold medal at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. As a head coach, he led Russia men's national team to win two consecutive medals in 2000 and 2004.[12][13]

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Rk Person Birth Height Player Head coach Total medals Ref
Age Men's team Pos Medal Age Men's team Medal G S B T
1 Aleksandr Kabanov 1948 1.81 m
(5 ft 11 in)
24, 32   Soviet Union FP 1972  , 1980*   52–56   Russia 2000  , 2004   2 1 1 4 [12]
[13]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c In 1992, 12 of the 15 former Soviet Republics competed together as the Unified Team and marched under the Olympic Flag in the Barcelona Games.
  2. ^ The Olympic Committee of the Soviet Union was formed on 21 April 1951, and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 7 May 1951.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Dmitry Gorshkov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Nikolay Kozlov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Dmitry Apanasenko". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Aleksandr Yeryshov". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Nikolay Maksimov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Dmitri Dugin". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Aleksandr Fyodorov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Sergey Garbuzov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Roman Balashov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Irek Zinnurov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Aleksandr Kabanov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Aleksandr S. Kabanov (URS)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

Sources edit

Official Reports (IOC) edit

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

  • Official Report of the 1896 Olympic Games (download, archive)
  • Official Report of the 1900 Olympic Games (download, archive)
  • Official Report of the 1904 Olympic Games (download, archive)
  • Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 359–361)
  • Official Report of the 1912 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 1021–1024, 1031–1037)
  • Official Report of the 1920 Olympic Games (download, archive) (p. 130)
  • Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 439–440, 486–494)
  • Official Report of the 1928 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 746–757, 797–807)
  • Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 619–623, 646–652)
  • Official Report of the 1936 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 345–356)
  • Official Report of the 1948 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 537–540, 640–647)
  • Official Report of the 1952 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 600–608)
  • Official Report of the 1956 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 592–594, 624–627)
  • Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games (download, archive) (pp. 552–555, 617–634)
  • Official Report of the 1964 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 682–698)
  • Official Report of the 1968 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 449–466, 811–826)
  • Official Report of the 1972 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 331, 353–365)
  • Official Report of the 1976 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 446–447, 484–497)
  • Official Report of the 1980 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 458, 495–510)
  • Official Report of the 1984 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 528–534)
  • Official Report of the 1988 Olympic Games, v.2 (download, archive) (pp. 590–598)
  • Official Report of the 1992 Olympic Games, v.5 (download, archive) (pp. 354, 386–400)
  • Official Report of the 1996 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 56–73)

Official Results Books (IOC) edit

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) edit

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) edit

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

  • Water polo
  • Men's water polo

Olympedia edit

Water polo on the Olympedia website:

  • Water polo Archived 2021-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  • Men's water polo
  • Athlete count for water polo
  • Water polo venues
  • Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)

Sports Reference edit

Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

  • Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016) (archived)
  • Men's water polo (1900–2016) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1900 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1904 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1908 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1912 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1920 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1924 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1928 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1932 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1936 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1948 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1952 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1956 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1960 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1964 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1968 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1972 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1976 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1980 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1984 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1988 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1992 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 1996 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 2000 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 2004 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 2008 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
  • Water polo at the 2020 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

Todor66 edit

Water polo on the Todor66 website:

  • Water polo at the Summer Games
  • Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
  • Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's European qualification)
  • Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's European qualification, men's world qualification)
  • Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)
  • Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics (men's tournament, men's qualification)

ISHOF edit

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

  • Honorees Listed by Category – Water Polo
  • Honorees Listed by Category – Coaches
  • Honorees Listed by Category – Contributors
  • Honorees by Country
  • Honorees By Last Name

External links edit

  • Russia men's national water polo team – Official website
  • Olympic water polo – Official website