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This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team and the Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team and the Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team have participated in 3 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments. [1]
Apps | Appearances | Rk | Rank | Ref | Reference | Cap No. | Water polo cap number |
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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 |
Notes:
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 |
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FR Yugoslavia † [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | — | 8 | 3 | Defunct | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro † | — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | See FRY | 2 | Defunct | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia † | — | — | — | — | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Defunct | 12 | |||||||||||
Montenegro | — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | P. of FRY / SCG | 4 | 4 | 4 | Q | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Serbia | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | P. of FRY / SCG | 3 | 3 | 1 | Q | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Men's team [1] | Apps | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best finish | Confederation |
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FR Yugoslavia † [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1996 | 2000 | Third place | Europe – LEN |
Serbia and Montenegro † | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2004 | 2004 | Runners-up | Europe – LEN |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Men's team [1] | Best finish | Apps | Confederation |
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Serbia and Montenegro † | Runners-up (2004) | 1 | Europe – LEN |
FR Yugoslavia † [lower-alpha 1] | Third place (2000) | 2 | Europe – LEN |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Men's team [1] | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
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Serbia and Montenegro † | 1 | 1 (2004) | 2004 | 2004 | |||
FR Yugoslavia † [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 1 (2000) | 2000 | 2000 |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Men's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)† | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
[[Serbia and Montenegro {{{mw}}} national water polo team|FR Yugoslavia]] (FRY)† [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (2 entries) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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.
Apps | Player | Birth | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
4 | Vladimir Vujasinović | 1973 | FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 22/35 | [2] | |||
Dejan Savić | 1975 | FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 21/33 | [3] | ||||
Aleksandar Šapić | 1978 | FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 18/30 | [4] | ||||
Predrag Jokić | 1983 | FP | 2004 SCG | 2008 MNE | 2012 MNE | 2016 MNE | 21/33 | Flag bearer for Montenegro (2016) | [5] |
Notes:
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.
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | |||||||
1 | Slobodan Nikić | 1983 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | FP | 2004 SCG | 2012 SRB | 2016 SRB | 12 years (21/33) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | [6] | ||
2 | Aleksandar Ćirić | 1977 | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | FP | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 8 years (22/30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | [7] | ||
Aleksandar Šapić | 1978 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 12 years (18/30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | [4] | ||
Dejan Savić | 1975 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 12 years (21/33) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | [3] | ||
Vladimir Vujasinović | 1973 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 12 years (22/34) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | [2] | ||
Vanja Udovičić | 1982 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | FP | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 2012 SRB | 8 years (21/29) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | [8] |
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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.
Rk | Player | Birth | L/R | Total goals | Water polo tournaments (goals) | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
1 | Aleksandar Šapić | 1978 | Right | 64 | 1996 FRY (8) | 2000 FRY (18) | 2004 SCG (18) | 2008 SRB (20) | 18/30 | [9] | |||
2 | Vladimir Vujasinović | 1973 | Right | 34 | 1996 FRY (14) | 2000 FRY (5) | 2004 SCG (3) | 2008 SRB (12) | 22/35 | [10] |
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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: 5 May 2021.
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
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1996 | 1 | Aleksandar Šoštar (2) | 1964 | 32 | 59 | 128 | 46.1% | 2011 | Starting goalkeeper | [11] |
13 | Milan Tadić | 1970 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 18.2% | [12] | |||
2000 | 1 | Aleksandar Šoštar (3) | 1964 | 36 | 49 | 85 | 57.6% | 2011 | Starting goalkeeper | [11] |
12 | Nikola Kuljača | 1974 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | [13] | |||
2004 | 1 | Denis Šefik | 1976 | 27 | 60 | 102 | 58.8% | Starting goalkeeper | [14] | |
13 | Nikola Kuljača (2) | 1974 | 30 | 0 | 0 | — | [13] |
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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.
Rk | Sprinter | Birth | Total sprints won | Total sprints contested | Eff % | Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested) | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
1 | Aleksandar Ćirić | 1977 | 40 | 56 | 71.4% | 2000 FRY (17/24) | 2004 SCG (14/20) | 2008 SRB (9/12) | 22/30 | [7] |
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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.
Dejan Savić won three consecutive Olympic medals between 2000 and 2008. At the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, he coached Serbia men's national team to the Olympic title. [3]
Rk | Person | Birth | Height | Player | Head coach | Total medals | Ref | ||||||||
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Age | Men's team | Pos | Medal | Age | Men's team | Medal | G | S | B | T | |||||
1 | Dejan Savić | 1975 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 25 | FR Yugoslavia | FP | 2000 | 41 | Serbia | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | [3] |
29 | Serbia and Montenegro | FP | 2004 | ||||||||||||
33 | Serbia | FP | 2008 |
Note:
Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games.
Igor Milanović, a water polo player representing Yugoslavia and then FR Yugoslavia, was given the honour to carry the flag for FR Yugoslavia.
# | Year | Country | Flag bearer | Birth | Age | Height | Team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | |||||||||||
1 | 1996 O | FR Yugoslavia | Igor Milanović | 1965 | 30 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | Yugoslavia | FP | 1984 | 1988 | 12 years (18/30) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | [15] | |||
FR Yugoslavia | FP | 1996 |
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