List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments

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This is a list of male players who have been named in the national water polo team squad in at least three or four Olympic tournaments since the inaugural official edition in 1900.

Contents

Abbreviations

AppsAppearancesRkRankRefReferenceISHOF International Swimming Hall of Fame
Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper
(C) Captain p.pagepp.pages

Overall multi-time Olympians

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 87 male players have been named in the national water polo team squad in four or more men's Olympic tournaments.

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: 27 July 2021.

Legend
YearTotalSix-time OlympianFive-time OlympianFour-time Olympian
1900 0000
1908 0000
1912 0000
1920 0000
1924 300Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium: Joseph Pletincx
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain: Paul Radmilovic, Charles Smith (GK)
3
1928 10Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain: Paul Radmilovic 10
1932 0000
1936 400Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium: Gérard Blitz
Flag of France.svg  France: Henri Padou
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary: Márton Homonnai
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States: Wally O'Connor
4
1948 0000
1952 0000
1956 0000
1960 200Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Dezső Gyarmati, László Jeney (GK)2
1964 20Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Dezső Gyarmati 1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: György Kárpáti 1
1968 100Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Mihály Mayer 1
1972 400Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: András Bodnár
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: Franco Lavoratori, Eraldo Pizzo
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia: Mirko Sandić
4
YearTotalSix-time OlympianFive-time OlympianFour-time Olympian
1976 100Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia: Ozren Bonačić 1
1980 600Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba: Oscar Periche (GK)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Endre Molnár (GK), István Szívós Jr.
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: Alberto Alberani (GK), Gianni De Magistris
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union *: Aleksei Barkalov
6
1984 30Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: Gianni De Magistris 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia: Peter Montgomery
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands: Ton Buunk
2
1988 200Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia: Andrew Kerr
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany: Armando Fernández
2
1992 300Flag of Germany.svg  Germany: Peter Röhle (GK)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece: Kyriakos Giannopoulos
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain *: Manuel Estiarte
3
1996 40Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Manuel Estiarte 1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece: George Mavrotas, Anastasios Papanastasiou
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Jordi Sans
3
2000 7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Manuel Estiarte 1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece: George Mavrotas
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Jordi Sans
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece: Filippos Kaiafas
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Pedro García, Salvador Gómez, Jesús Rollán (GK)
4
2004 100Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Salvador Gómez, Jesús Rollán (GK)2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia: Dubravko Šimenc
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece *: Konstantinos Loudis
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Tibor Benedek
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: Carlo Silipo
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia: Dmitry Gorshkov, Nikolay Kozlov
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Daniel Ballart, Sergi Pedrerol
8
YearTotalSix-time OlympianFive-time OlympianFour-time Olympian
2008 110Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Tibor Benedek 1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia: Igor Hinić
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece: Georgios Afroudakis
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Tamás Kásás
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: Alberto Angelini, Fabio Bencivenga, Alessandro Calcaterra
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia: Aleksandar Šapić, Dejan Savić, Vladimir Vujasinović
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Ángel Andreo (GK)
10
2012 170Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia: Igor Hinić
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece: Georgios Afroudakis
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Tamás Kásás
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia: Thomas Whalan, Gavin Woods
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia: Samir Barać, Frano Vićan (GK)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikolaos Deligiannis (GK)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Péter Biros, Gergely Kiss, Zoltán Szécsi (GK)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: Stefano Tempesti (GK)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan: Nikolay Maksimov (GK)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Iván Pérez
Flag of the United States.svg  United States: Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey
14
2016 90Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: Stefano Tempesti (GK)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States: Tony Azevedo
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia: Damir Burić, Xavier García
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece: Christos Afroudakis
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: Pietro Figlioli
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro: Predrag Jokić
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Guillermo Molina
Flag of the United States.svg  United States: Jesse Smith
7
2020 150Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia: Xavier García
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy: Pietro Figlioli
Flag of the United States.svg  United States: Jesse Smith
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia: Richie Campbell, Rhys Howden
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia: Andro Bušlje, Maro Joković
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary: Norbert Hosnyánszky, Dénes Varga
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro: Draško Brguljan, Aleksandar Ivović
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia: Filip Filipović, Duško Pijetlović, Andrija Prlainović
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain: Felipe Perrone
12
YearTotalSix-time OlympianFive-time OlympianFour-time Olympian

By confederation

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

ConfederationNumber of multi-time Olympians
Six-timeFive-timeFour-timeTotal
AfricaCANA 0000
AmericasUANA 0235
AsiaAASF 0011
EuropeLEN 1146075
OceaniaOSA 0066
Total1167087

By team

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend
Men's teamNumber of multi-time OlympiansConfederation
Six-timeFive-timeFour-timeTotal
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0066Oceania – OSA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0022Europe – LEN
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0268Europe – LEN
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0011Americas – UANA
Flag of France.svg  France 0011Europe – LEN
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0011Europe – LEN
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0112Europe – LEN
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0279Europe – LEN
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 031215Europe – LEN
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 03710Europe – LEN
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0011Asia – AASF
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 0033Europe – LEN
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0011Europe – LEN
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0022Europe – LEN
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 0066Europe – LEN
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 0011Europe – LEN
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13711Europe – LEN
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0224Americas – UANA
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0011Europe – LEN
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 0022Europe – LEN
Total1167087

By position

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

PositionNumber of multi-time Olympians
Six-timeFive-timeFour-timeTotal
Field player 1145974
Goalkeeper 021113
Total1167087

Five-time Olympians

Manuel Estiarte of Spain is the only water polo player to compete at six Olympic Games (1980-2000). Manel Estiarte (Diada de Sant Jordi 2009).jpg
Manuel Estiarte of Spain is the only water polo player to compete at six Olympic Games (1980–2000).

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. Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Seventeen athletes competed in water polo at five or more Olympic Games between 1900 and 2020 inclusive. Paul Radmilovic, representing Great Britain, is the first water polo player to compete at five Olympics (1908–1928). [1]

Four players (Manuel Estiarte, Salvador Gómez, Jesús Rollán and Jordi Sans) were all members of the Spain men's national water polo team (1988–2000). Manuel Estiarte is the first and only water polo player (man or woman) to compete at six Olympics (1980–2000). [2] Jesús Rollán is the first water polo goalkeeper of either gender to compete at five Olympics (1984–2004). [3]

Tony Azevedo of the United States is the first non-European water polo player to compete at five Olympic Games (2000–2016). [4]

Italian goalkeeper Stefano Tempesti competed at five Olympics between 2000 and 2016. [5]

Legend and abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at five or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthHeightMen's teamPosWater polo tournamentsPeriod
(age of
first/last)
MedalsRef
123456GSBT
6 Manuel Estiarte 19611.78 m
(5 ft 10 in)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain FP19801984198819921996200020 years
(18/38)
1102 [2]
5 Paul Radmilovic 18861.80 m
(5 ft 11 in)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain FP1908191219201924192820 years
(22/42)
3003 [1]
Dezső Gyarmati 19271.86 m
(6 ft 1 in)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary FP1948195219561960196416 years
(20/36)
3115 [6]
Gianni De Magistris 19501.85 m
(6 ft 1 in)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy FP1968197219761980198416 years
(17/33)
0101 [7]
Jordi Sans 19651.80 m
(5 ft 11 in)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain FP1984198819921996200016 years
(18/35)
1102 [8]
George Mavrotas 19671.75 m
(5 ft 9 in)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece FP1984198819921996200016 years
(17/33)
0000 [9]
Salvador Gómez 19681.94 m
(6 ft 4 in)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain FP1988199219962000200416 years
(20/36)
1102 [10]
Jesús Rollán 19681.87 m
(6 ft 2 in)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain GK1988199219962000200416 years
(20/36)
1102 [3]
Tibor Benedek 19721.90 m
(6 ft 3 in)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary FP1992199620002004200816 years
(20/36)
3003 [11]
Igor Hinić 19752.02 m
(6 ft 8 in)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia FP1996200020042008201216 years
(20/36)
1102 [12]
Tamás Kásás 19762.00 m
(6 ft 7 in)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary FP1996200020042008201216 years
(20/36)
3003 [13]
Georgios Afroudakis 19761.94 m
(6 ft 4 in)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece FP1996200020042008201216 years
(19/35)
0000 [14]
Stefano Tempesti 19792.05 m
(6 ft 9 in)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy GK2000200420082012201616 years
(21/37)
0112 [5]
Tony Azevedo 19811.85 m
(6 ft 1 in)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States FP2000200420082012201616 years
(18/34)
0101 [4]
Jesse Smith 19831.93 m
(6 ft 4 in)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States FP2004200820122016202017 years
(21/38)
0101 [15]
Xavier García 19841.98 m
(6 ft 6 in)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain FP20042008201217 years
(20/37)
0101 [16]
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia FP20162020
Pietro Figlioli 19841.91 m
(6 ft 3 in)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia FP2004200817 years
(20/37)
0112 [17]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy FP201220162020
AppsPlayerBirthHeightMen's teamPos123456Period
(age of
first/last)
GSBTRef
Water polo tournamentsMedals

Multi-time Olympians by team

The following tables are 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.

Legend

Argentina

Australia

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Legend
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Peter Montgomery 1950FP197219761980198422/342013 [18]
Andrew Kerr 1954FP197619801984198822/34 [19]
Gavin Woods 1978FP200020042008201222/34 [20]
Thomas Whalan 1980FP200020042008201219/31 [21]
Rhys Howden 1987FP200820122016202021/34 [22]
Richie Campbell 1987FP200820122016202020/33 [23]

Note:

Austria

Belgium

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Legend
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Joseph Pletincx 1888FP190819121920192420/361988 [24]
Gérard Blitz 1901FP192019241928193619/351990 [25]

Brazil

* Number of four-time Olympians: 0

Legend and abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
3 Márvio dos Santos 1934FP19521960196418/30 [26]
João Gonçalves 1934FP19601964196825/33 [27]
Slobodan Soro 1978GK2008
SRB
2012
SRB
2016
BRA
29/37 [28]

Bulgaria

Canada

* Number of four-time Olympians: 0

Chile

China

Croatia

* Number of six-time Olympians: 0

Abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
5 Igor Hinić 1975FP1996200020042008201220/36 [12]
Xavier García 1984FP2004
ESP
2008
ESP
2012
ESP
2016
CRO
202020/37 [16]
4 Dubravko Šimenc 1966FP1988
YUG
1996
CRO
2000
CRO
2004
CRO
21/37 Flag bearer for Croatia (2004) [29]
Samir Barać 1973FP200020042008201226/38 [30]
Frano Vićan 1976GK200020042008201224/36 [31]
Damir Burić 1980FP200420082012201623/35 [32]
Andro Bušlje 1986FP200820122016202022/35 Flag bearer for Croatia (2020) [33]
Maro Joković 1987FP200820122016202020/33 [34]

Cuba

Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Oscar Periche 1949GK196819721976198018/30 [35]

Note:

Czechoslovakia

East Germany

Egypt

* Number of four-time Olympians: 0

Male athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
3 Abdel Aziz Khalifa 1925FP19481952196022–23/34–35 [36]
Dorri El-Said 1927FP19481952196021/33 [37]

France

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Legend
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Henri Padou 1898FP192019241928193622/381970 [38]

Germany

Legend and abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Peter Röhle 1957GK1976
FRG
1984
FRG
1988
FRG
1992
GER
19/35 [39]

Great Britain

* Number of six-time Olympians: 0

Legend
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
5 Paul Radmilovic 1886FP1908191219201924192822/421967 [1]
4 Charles Smith 1879GK190819121920192429/451981 Flag bearer for Great Britain (1912) [40]

Greece

* Number of six-time Olympians: 0

Legend
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
5 George Mavrotas 1967FP1984198819921996200017/33 [9]
Georgios Afroudakis 1976FP1996200020042008201219/35 [14]
4 Kyriakos Giannopoulos 1959FP198019841988199221/33 [41]
Anastasios Papanastasiou 1964FP198419881992199620/32 [42]
Filippos Kaiafas 1968FP198819921996200020/32 [43]
Konstantinos Loudis 1969FP199219962000200423/35 [44]
Theodoros Chatzitheodorou 1976FP199620002004201219/35 [45]
Nikolaos Deligiannis 1976GK200020042008201224/35 [46]
Christos Afroudakis 1984FP200420082012201620/32 [47]

Hungary

* Number of six-time Olympians: 0

Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
5 Dezső Gyarmati 1927FP1948195219561960196420/361976 [6]
Tibor Benedek 1972FP1992199620002004200820/362016 [11]
Tamás Kásás 1976FP1996200020042008201220/362016 [13]
4 Márton Homonnai 1906FP192419281932193618/301971 [48]
László Jeney 1923GK194819521956196025/37 [49]
György Kárpáti 1935FP195219561960196417/291982 [50]
Mihály Mayer 1933FP195619601964196822/341987 [51]
András Bodnár 1942FP196019641968197218/302017 [52]
Endre Molnár 1945GK196819721976198023/35 [53]
István Szívós Jr. 1948FP196819721976198020/321996 [54]
Péter Biros 1976FP200020042008201224/362016 Flag bearer for Hungary (2012) [55]
Gergely Kiss 1977FP200020042008201222/342016 [56]
Zoltán Szécsi 1977GK200020042008201222/342016 [57]
Norbert Hosnyánszky 1984FP200820122016202024/37 [58]
Dénes Varga 1987FP200820122016202021/34 [59]

Iceland

India

Iran

Republic of Ireland

Italy

* Number of six-time Olympians: 0

Legend and abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
5 Gianni De Magistris 1950FP1968197219761980198417/331995 [7]
Stefano Tempesti 1979GK2000200420082012201621/37 [5]
Pietro Figlioli 1984FP2004
AUS
2008
AUS
2012
ITA
2016
ITA
2020
ITA
20/37 [17]
4 Eraldo Pizzo 1938FP196019641968197222/341990 [60]
Franco Lavoratori 1941FP196019641968197219/31 [61]
Alberto Alberani 1947GK196819721976198021/33 [62]
Carlo Silipo 1971FP199219962000200420/322014 [63]
Alberto Angelini 1974FP199620002004200821/33 [64]
Alessandro Calcaterra 1975FP199620002004200821/33 [65]
Fabio Bencivenga 1976FP199620002004200820/32 [66]

Japan

* Number of four-time Olympians: 0

Kazakhstan

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Nikolay Maksimov 1972GK1996
RUS
2000
RUS
2004
RUS
2012
KAZ
23/39 [67]

Luxembourg

Malta

Mexico

Note:

Montenegro

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Predrag Jokić 1983FP2004
SCG
2008
MNE
2012
MNE
2016
MNE
21/33 Flag bearer for Montenegro (2016) [68]
Draško Brguljan 1984FP200820122016202023/36 Flag bearer for Montenegro (2020) [69]
Aleksandar Ivović 1986FP200820122016202022/35 [70]

Netherlands

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Legend
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Ton Buunk 1952FP197219761980198419/31 Flag bearer for the Netherlands (1984) [71]

Portugal

Romania

* Number of four-time Olympians: 0

Male athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
3 Alexandru Szabo 1937FP19561960196419/27 [72]
Aurel Zahan 1938FP19561960196418/26 [73]
Claudiu Rusu 1949FP19721976198023/31 [74]
Dinu Popescu 1949FP19721976198023/31 [75]
Viorel Rus 1952FP19721976198019/27 [76]

Russia

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Dmitry Gorshkov 1967FP1992
EUN
1996
RUS
2000
RUS
2004
RUS
25/37 [77]
Nikolay Kozlov 1972FP1992
EUN
1996
RUS
2000
RUS
2004
RUS
20/32 [78]

Note:

Serbia

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Vladimir Vujasinović 1973FP1996
FRY
2000
FRY
2004
SCG
2008
SRB
22/35 [79]
Dejan Savić 1975FP1996
FRY
2000
FRY
2004
SCG
2008
SRB
21/33 [80]
Aleksandar Šapić 1978FP1996
FRY
2000
FRY
2004
SCG
2008
SRB
18/30 [81]
Duško Pijetlović 1985FP200820122016202023/36 [82]
Andrija Prlainović 1987FP200820122016202021/34 [83]
Filip Filipović 1987FP200820122016202021/34 Flag bearer for Serbia (2020) [84]

Serbia and Montenegro

Notes:

Singapore

Slovakia

South Africa

South Korea

Soviet Union

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Legend
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Aleksei Barkalov 1946FP196819721976198022/341993 [85]

Spain

* Number of six-time Olympians: 1

Legend and abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
123456
6 Manuel Estiarte 1961FP19801984198819921996200018/382007 Flag bearer for Spain (2000) [2]
5 Jordi Sans 1965FP1984198819921996200018/35 [8]
Salvador Gómez 1968FP1988199219962000200420/36 [10]
Jesús Rollán 1968GK1988199219962000200420/362012 [3]
4 Pedro García 1968FP198819921996200019/31 [86]
Sergi Pedrerol 1969FP199219962000200422/34 [87]
Daniel Ballart 1973FP199219962000200419/31 [88]
Ángel Andreo 1972GK199620002004200823/35 [89]
Iván Pérez 1971FP1992
CUB
2004
ESP
2008
ESP
2012
ESP
21/41 [90]
Guillermo Molina 1984FP200420082012201620/32 [91]
Felipe Perrone 1986FP200820122016202022/35 [92]

Note:

Sweden

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Switzerland

Ukraine

Unified Team

Notes:

United States

* Number of six-time Olympians: 0

Legend
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
5 Tony Azevedo 1981FP2000200420082012201618/34 [4]
Jesse Smith 1983FP2004200820122016202021/38 [15]
4 Wally O'Connor 1903FP192419281932193620/321966 [93]
Ryan Bailey 1975FP200020042008201225/36 [94]

United Team of Germany

Uruguay

West Germany

Legend and abbreviation
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Armando Fernández 1955FP1972
MEX
1976
MEX
1984
FRG
1988
FRG
17/33 [95]

Note:

Yugoslavia

* Number of five-time Olympians: 0

Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
4 Mirko Sandić 1942FP196019641968197218/301999 Flag bearer for Yugoslavia (1972) [96]
Ozren Bonačić 1942FP196419681972197622/34 [97]

Note:

FR Yugoslavia

Notes:

See also

Notes

  1. 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. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team participated at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2000. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team".

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Water polo at the Summer Olympics</span> Water polo 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 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 Great Britain men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

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