This is a list of records and statistics of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships since the inaugural official edition in 1986.
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament. [1]
Confederation | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Africa – CANA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16th | 15th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 14th |
Americas – ASUA | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st |
Asia – AASF | — | — | 12th | 12th | 8th | 11th | 15th | 13th | 11th | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 13th | 10th |
Europe – LEN | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
Oceania – OSA | 1st | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 6th |
Nations | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation at the World Aquatics Championships. [1]
Confederation | Best performance | Women's team |
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Africa – CANA | 12th | ![]() |
Americas – ASUA | 1st | ![]() |
Asia – AASF | 2nd | ![]() |
Europe – LEN | 1st | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Oceania – OSA | 1st | ![]() |
# | Year [1] | Debuting teams | Number | Cumulative total | ||||
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Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania | ||||
1 | 1986 | – | ![]() ![]() | – | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 9 | 9 |
2 | 1991 | – | ![]() | – | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 13 |
3 | 1994 | – | – | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | – | 3 | 16 |
4 | 1998 | – | – | – | ![]() ![]() | – | 2 | 18 |
5 | 2001 | – | – | ![]() | – | – | 1 | 19 |
6 | 2003 | – | ![]() | – | – | – | 1 | 20 |
7 | 2005 | – | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | – | – | 3 | 23 |
8 | 2007 | – | ![]() | – | – | – | 1 | 24 |
9 | 2009 | ![]() | – | – | – | – | 1 | 25 |
10 | 2011 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 25 |
11 | 2013 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 25 |
12 | 2015 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 25 |
13 | 2017 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 25 |
14 | 2019 | – | – | ![]() | – | – | 1 | 26 |
15 | 2022 | – | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | – | – | 3 | 29 |
16 | 2023 | – | – | – | ![]() | – | 1 | 30 |
17 | 2024 | – | – | ![]() | – | – | 1 | 31 |
Total | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
# | Year [1] | Host team | Finish | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish | ||
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1 | 1986 | ![]() | Did not participate | ||||||
2 | 1991 | ![]() | 5th of 9 teams | ![]() | 5th of 9 teams | ![]() | 1st of 9 teams | ||
3 | 1994 | ![]() | 3rd of 12 teams | ![]() | 2nd of 12 teams | ![]() | 5th of 12 teams | ||
4 | 1998 | ![]() | 3rd of 12 teams | ![]() | 7th of 12 teams | ![]() | 2nd of 12 teams | ||
5 | 2001 | ![]() | 11th of 12 teams | ![]() | 1st of 12 teams | ![]() | 9th of 12 teams | ||
6 | 2003 | ![]() | 8th of 16 teams | ![]() | 2nd of 16 teams | ![]() | 5th of 16 teams | ||
7 | 2005 | ![]() | 3rd of 16 teams | ![]() | 2nd of 16 teams | ![]() | 7th of 16 teams | ||
8 | 2007 | ![]() | 2nd of 16 teams | ![]() | 4th of 16 teams | ![]() | 1st of 16 teams | ||
9 | 2009 | ![]() | 9th of 16 teams | ![]() | 1st of 16 teams | ![]() | 6th of 16 teams | ||
10 | 2011 | ![]() | 2nd of 16 teams | ![]() | 6th of 16 teams | ![]() | 8th of 16 teams | ||
11 | 2013 | ![]() | 1st of 16 teams | ![]() | 6th of 16 teams | ![]() | 9th of 16 teams | ||
12 | 2015 | ![]() | 8th of 16 teams | ![]() | 7th of 16 teams | ![]() | 4th of 16 teams | ||
13 | 2017 | ![]() | 5th of 16 teams | ![]() | 1st of 16 teams | ![]() | 9th of 16 teams | ||
14 | 2019 | ![]() | 16th of 16 teams | ![]() | 1st of 16 teams | ![]() | 2nd of 16 teams | ||
15 | 2022 | ![]() | 2nd of 16 teams | ![]() | 1st of 16 teams | ![]() | 5th of 16 teams | ||
16 | 2023 | ![]() | 14th of 16 teams | ![]() | 5th of 16 teams | ![]() | 6th of 16 teams | ||
17 | 2024 | ![]() | Did not participate | ![]() | 5th of 16 teams | ![]() | 3rd of 16 teams | ||
# | Year | Host team | Finish | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish |
Note: Results of qualification tournaments are not included.
Africa – CANA (1 team) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
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![]() | 16th | 15th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 14th | 9 | ||||||||
Americas – ASUA (8 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
![]() | 12th | 16th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
![]() | 8th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 13th | 13th | 10th | 13th | 14th | 14th | 10th | 14th | 14th | WD | 15th | 14 | ||
![]() | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 8th | 8th | 11th | 4th | 9th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 17 |
![]() | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 9th | 15th | 10th | 15th | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | 17 |
![]() | 14th | 14th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Asia – AASF (7 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
![]() | 16th | 14th | 11th | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 10th | 11th | WD | 13th | 10th | 10 | ||||||
![]() | 11th | 11th | 15th | 13th | 13th | WD | 14th | WD | 6 | |||||||||
![]() | Part of URS | 12th | 12th | 8th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 11th | 12th | 15th | 10th | 11th | 15th | 12th | 14 | ||
![]() | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 15th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | Part of URS | 15th | 15th | 16th | 16th | 4 | ||||||||||||
Europe – LEN (13 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
![]() | 7th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 9th | 9th | 15th | 14th | 11th | 8th | 9th | 13th | 8 | |||||||||
![]() | FRG | 6th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 10th | 6 | ||||||||||
![]() | 9th | 16th | 13th | 11th | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5th | 7th | 9th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 4th | 14 | |||
![]() | 5th | 4th | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 4th | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 17 |
![]() | 10th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 9th | 4th | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 15 | ||
![]() | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 6th | 10th | 9th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 17 |
![]() | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | Part of URS | 7th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 5th | DQ | DQ | DQ | 12 | |
![]() | 9th | 8th | 11th | 7th | 8th | 11th | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 13 | ||||
![]() | 6th | See Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Oceania – OSA (2 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||
Women's team [1] | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
![]() | 1st | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 6th | 17 |
![]() | 7th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 13th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 15 | ||
Total teams | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
The following table is pre-sorted by total finishes in the top four (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively.
Rk | Women's team [1] | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
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1 | ![]() | 13 | 8 (2003, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024) | 1 (2005) | 2 (1986, 1991) | 2 (1994, 2001) | 1986 | 2024 |
2 | ![]() | 9 | 2 (1994, 2005) | 3 (2001, 2022*, 2024) | 1 (2013) | 3 (1991, 2007, 2019) | 1991 | 2024 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 2 (1998, 2001) | 1 (2003) | 3 (1994*, 2015, 2023) | 2 (2011, 2022) | 1994 | 2023 |
4 | ![]() | 8 | 5 (2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017) | 3 (1998, 2005, 2013) | 1998 | 2017 | ||
5 | ![]() | 7 | 2 (1991, 2023) | 4 (1986, 1994, 1998, 2015) | 1 (2022) | 1986 | 2023 | |
6 | ![]() | 7 | 1 (1986) | 2 (2007*, 2013) | 2 (1998*, 2019) | 2 (2015, 2023) | 1986 | 2023 |
7 | ![]() | 7 | 2 (1991, 2009) | 2 (2001, 2005*) | 3 (1986, 2003, 2017) | 1986 | 2017 | |
8 | ![]() | 5 | 1 (2013*) | 3 (2017, 2019, 2023) | 1 (2024) | 2013 | 2024 | |
9 | ![]() | 3 | 1 (2011) | 2 (2009, 2024) | 2009 | 2024 | ||
10 | ![]() | 1 | 1 (2011*) | 2011 | 2011 | |||
Rk | Women's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively.
Rank | Women's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Totals (10 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
The following table shows results of world champions in women's water polo by tournament.
# | Women's tournament | Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 83 | 36 | 47 | 11.857 | 5.143 | 6.714 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 71 | 47 | 24 | 11.833 | 7.833 | 4.000 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 55 | 38 | 17 | 7.857 | 5.429 | 2.429 |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 62.5% | 77 | 57 | 20 | 9.625 | 7.125 | 2.500 |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.0% | 77 | 45 | 32 | 9.625 | 5.625 | 4.000 |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 62 | 31 | 31 | 10.333 | 5.167 | 5.167 |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 64 | 35 | 29 | 10.667 | 5.833 | 4.833 |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 56 | 38 | 18 | 9.333 | 6.333 | 3.000 |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 77 | 53 | 24 | 11.000 | 7.571 | 3.429 |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 62 | 51 | 11 | 10.333 | 8.500 | 1.833 |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 83.3% | 88 | 53 | 35 | 14.667 | 8.833 | 5.833 |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% | 72 | 36 | 36 | 10.286 | 5.143 | 5.143 |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 92 | 37 | 55 | 15.333 | 6.167 | 9.167 |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 93 | 26 | 67 | 15.500 | 4.333 | 11.167 |
15 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 94 | 33 | 61 | 15.667 | 5.500 | 10.167 |
16 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 104 | 50 | 54 | 17.333 | 8.333 | 9.000 |
17 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 92 | 41 | 51 | 15.333 | 6.833 | 8.500 |
# | Women's tournament | Total | 110 | 101 | 1 | 8 | 91.8% | 1319 | 707 | 612 | 11.991 | 6.427 | 5.564 |
Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | GF/MP | GA/MP | GD/MP |
Sources:
The following table shows women's teams that won all matches during the tournament.
# | Year | Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % |
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1 | 1986 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
2 | 1991 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
3 | 2003 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
4 | 2005 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
5 | 2007 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
6 | 2011 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
7 | 2017 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
8 | 2019 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
9 | 2022 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
10 | 2023 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
11 | 2024 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
# | Year | Champion | MP | W | D | L | Win % |
The following tables show records of goals for per match.
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Goals for per match | Achievement | Year | Champion | Date of winning gold | Duration of record |
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11.857 | Set record | 1986 | ![]() | 22 August 1986 | 26 years, 345 days |
14.667 | Broke record | 2013 | ![]() | 2 August 2013 | 3 years, 360 days |
15.333 | Broke record | 2017 | ![]() | 28 July 2017 | 1 year, 363 days |
15.500 | Broke record | 2019 | ![]() | 26 July 2019 | 2 years, 341 days |
15.667 | Broke record | 2022 | ![]() | 2 July 2022 | 1 year, 26 days |
17.333 | Broke record | 2023 | ![]() | 28 July 2023 | 213 days |
The following tables show records of goals against per match.
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The following tables show records of goals difference per match.
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Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
Tournament positions
Consecutive
Gaps
Host team
Other
(C) | Captain | Apps | Appearances | Ref | Reference | Rk | Rank |
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L/R | Handedness | Pos | Playing position | FP | Field player | GK | Goalkeeper |
The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the player (in ascending order), date of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), respectively.
Fourteen female athletes won three or more gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. They were all members of the United States women's national water polo team. Rachel Fattal, Maddie Musselman and Maggie Steffens are the only athletes (men or women) to win five gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
There are twenty six female athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | ||||||||||
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G | S | B | T | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Rachel Fattal | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ![]() | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 11 years (19/30) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [2] | |
Maddie Musselman | 1998 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ![]() | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 8 years (17/25) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [3] | |||
Maggie Steffens | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ![]() | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 12 years (18/30) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [4] | |
4 | Kaleigh Gilchrist | 1992 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ![]() | FP | 2015 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 8 years (23/31) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | [5] | |||
Ashleigh Johnson | 1994 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ![]() | GK | 2015 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 9 years (20/29) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | [6] | ||||
Amanda Longan | 1997 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ![]() | GK | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 7 years (20/27) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | [7] | ||||
7 | Heather Petri | 1978 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ![]() | FP | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 10 years (23/33) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | [8] | ||
Brenda Villa | 1980 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ![]() | FP | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 13 years (17/31) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | [9] | ||
9 | Kami Craig | 1987 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ![]() | FP | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 8 years (19/28) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [10] | |||
Makenzie Fischer | 1997 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ![]() | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 4 years (18/22) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [11] | ||||||
Kiley Neushul | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ![]() | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 6 years (20/26) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [12] | |||||
Jordan Raney | 1996 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ![]() | FP | 2017 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 6 years (21/27) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [13] | |||||
Melissa Seidemann | 1990 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ![]() | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 8 years (21/29) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [14] | ||||
Alys Williams | 1994 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ![]() | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 4 years (21/25) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [15] | ||||||
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref | |||||||
Medals |
The following table is pre-sorted by total number of medals (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), name of the player (in ascending order), date of receiving the last medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first medal (in ascending order), respectively.
Six female athletes won five medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||||||
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G | S | B | T | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Rachel Fattal | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ![]() | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 11 years (19/30) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [2] | ||||
Maddie Musselman | 1998 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ![]() | FP | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 8 years (17/25) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [3] | ||||||
Maggie Steffens | 1993 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ![]() | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 12 years (18/30) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | [4] | ||||
4 | Anni Espar | 1993 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ![]() | FP | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 13 years (18/31) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | [16] | |||
Laura Ester | 1990 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ![]() | GK | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 15 years (19/34) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | [17] | |||
Pili Peña | 1986 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ![]() | FP | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 18 years (19/37) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | [18] | |
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Women's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref | ||||||||||
Medals |
Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years as part of the World Aquatics Championships. The reigning champions are Croatia in men's and the United States in women's competition.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy is the first and only country to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
This article presents the national team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the United States women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Australia women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Hungary women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Spain women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Netherlands women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Russia women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Greece women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
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