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This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Spain men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Spain men's national water polo team has participated in 18 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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Spain | — | — | — | 7 | 10 | 9 | — | 8 | 8 | — | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Q | 18 | |||||
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: 27 July 2021.
Men's team [1] | Apps | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best finish | Confederation |
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Spain | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1920 | 2020 | Champions | Europe – LEN |
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Men's team [1] | Best finish | Apps | Confederation |
---|---|---|---|
Spain | Champions (1996) | 18 | Europe – LEN |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Men's team [1] | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spain | 5 | 1 (1996) | 1 (1992*) | 3 (1980, 1984, 2000) | 1980 | 2000 |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Men's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 6 | ||||||||
6 | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | FP | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 18/38 | 2007 | Flag bearer for Spain (2000) | [2] |
5 | Jordi Sans | 1965 | FP | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 18/35 | [3] | |||
Salvador Gómez | 1968 | FP | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 20/36 | [4] | ||||
Jesús Rollán | 1968 | GK | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 20/36 | 2012 | [5] | |||
4 | Pedro García | 1968 | FP | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 19/31 | [6] | ||||
Sergi Pedrerol | 1969 | FP | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 22/34 | [7] | |||||
Daniel Ballart | 1973 | FP | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 19/31 | [8] | |||||
Ángel Andreo | 1972 | GK | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 23/35 | [9] | |||||
Iván Pérez | 1971 | FP | 1992 CUB | 2004 ESP | 2008 ESP | 2012 ESP | 21/41 | [10] | |||||
Guillermo Molina | 1984 | FP | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 20/32 | [11] | |||||
Felipe Perrone | 1986 | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 22/35 | [12] |
Note:
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.
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 | 6 | |||||||||
1 | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | Right | 127 | 1980 (21) | 1984 (34) | 1988 (27) | 1992 (22) | 1996 (13) | 2000 (10) | 18/38 | 2007 | Flag bearer for Spain (2000) | [13] [2] |
2 | Felipe Perrone | 1986 | Right | 42 | 2008 ESP (16) | 2012 ESP (16) | 2016 BRA (10) | 22/30 | [14] | |||||
3 | Guillermo Molina | 1984 | Right | 41 | 2004 (4) | 2008 (13) | 2012 (5) | 2016 (19) | 20/32 | [15] | ||||
4 | Salvador Gómez | 1968 | Right | 37 | 1988 (8) | 1992 (5) | 1996 (12) | 2000 (5) | 2004 (7) | 20/36 | [16] | |||
5 | Pedro García | 1968 | 35 | 1988 (9) | 1992 (13) | 1996 (7) | 2000 (6) | 19/31 | [17] | |||||
6 | Jordi Sans | 1965 | 33 | 1984 (0) | 1988 (13) | 1992 (8) | 1996 (7) | 2000 (5) | 19/35 | [18] | ||||
7 | Iván Pérez | 1971 | Left | 31 | 1992 CUB (16) | 2004 ESP (6) | 2008 ESP (3) | 2012 ESP (6) | 21/41 | [19] | ||||
Rk | Player | Birth | L/R | Total goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
Water polo tournaments (goals) |
Sources:
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: 27 July 2021.
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
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1920 | Luis Gibert | 1903 | 17 | Starting goalkeeper | [20] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1924 | Jaime Cruells | 1906 | 18 | Starting goalkeeper | [21] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1928 | Gonzalo Jiménez | 1902 | 26 | Starting goalkeeper | [22] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1948 | Joan Serra | 1927 | 20 | Starting goalkeeper | [23] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1952 | Leandro Ribera Abad | 1934 | 17 | Starting goalkeeper | [24] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1968 | 1 | Luis Bestit | 1945 | 23 | [25] | ||
11 | Vicente Brugat | 1947 | 20 | [26] | |||
1972 | 1 | Salvador Franch | 1949 | 23 | [27] | ||
11 | Luis Bestit (2) | 1945 | 27 | [25] | |||
1980 | 1 | Manuel Delgado | 1955 | 25 | [28] | ||
11 | Salvador Franch (2) | 1949 | 31 | [27] | |||
1984 | 1 | Leandro Ribera Perpiñá | 1962 | 22 | [29] | ||
13 | Mariano Moya | 1963 | 20 | [30] | |||
1988 | 1 | Jesús Rollán | 1968 | 20 | 2012 | [5] | |
11 | Mariano Moya (2) | 1963 | 24 | [30] | |||
1992 | 1 | Jesús Rollán (2) | 1968 | 24 | 2012 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] |
12 | Manuel Silvestre | 1965 | 27 | [31] | |||
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
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1996 | 1 | Jesús Rollán (3) | 1968 | 28 | 62 | 110 | 56.4% | 2012 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] |
4 | Ángel Andreo | 1972 | 23 | 0 | 0 | — | [9] | |||
2000 | 1 | Jesús Rollán (4) | 1968 | 32 | 58 | 116 | 50.0% | 2012 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] |
2 | Ángel Andreo (2) | 1972 | 27 | 0 | 0 | — | [9] | |||
2004 | 1 | Jesús Rollán (5) | 1968 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 71.4% | 2012 | [5] | |
2 | Ángel Andreo (3) | 1972 | 31 | 50 | 92 | 54.3% | Starting goalkeeper | [9] | ||
2008 | 1 | Iñaki Aguilar | 1983 | 24 | 58 | 107 | 54.2% | Starting goalkeeper | [32] | |
13 | Ángel Andreo (4) | 1972 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 25.0% | [9] | |||
2012 | 1 | Iñaki Aguilar (2) | 1983 | 28 | 52 | 98 | 53.1% | [32] | ||
13 | Daniel López | 1980 | 32 | 26 | 54 | 48.1% | [33] | |||
2016 | 1 | Iñaki Aguilar (3) | 1983 | 32 | 16 | 26 | 61.5% | [32] | ||
13 | Daniel López (2) | 1980 | 36 | 63 | 115 | 54.8% | Starting goalkeeper | [33] | ||
2020 | 1 | Daniel López (3) | 1980 | 41 | [33] | |||||
13 | Unai Aguirre | 2002 | 19 | [34] | ||||||
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
Sources:
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
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 | Albert Español | 1985 | 20 | 35 | 57.1% | 2012 (15/25) | 2016 (5/10) | 26/30 | [35] | |||||
2 | Sergi Pedrerol | 1969 | 12 | 38 | 31.6% | 1992 (N/A) | 1996 (N/A) | 2000 (10/27) | 2004 (2/11) | 22/34 | [7] | |||
3 | Gonzalo Echenique | 1990 | 8 | 14 | 57.1% | 2016 (8/14) | 26/26 | [36] |
Source:
Note:
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.
Spanish water polo player Miki Oca won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later, he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. As a head coach, he guided Spain women's national water polo team to a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics. [37]
Rk | Person | Birth | Height | Player | Head coach | Total medals | Ref | ||||||||
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Age | Men's team | Pos | Medal | Age | Women's team | Medal | G | S | B | T | |||||
1 | Miki Oca | 1970 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 22–26 | Spain | FP | 1992*, 1996 | 42 | Spain | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | [37] |
Match | Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Goals for | Goals against | Goal diff. |
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Match 1/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 20 July 1996 | Germany | Won | 9 | 3 | 6 |
Match 2/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 21 July 1996 | Netherlands | Won | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Match 3/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 22 July 1996 | FR Yugoslavia [lower-alpha 1] | Lost | 7 | 9 | –2 |
Match 4/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 23 July 1996 | Hungary | Lost | 7 | 8 | –1 |
Match 5/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 24 July 1996 | Russia | Won | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Match 6/8 | Quarter-finals | 26 July 1996 | United States | Won | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Match 7/8 | Semi-finals | 27 July 1996 | Hungary | Won | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Match 8/8 | Gold medal match | 28 July 1996 | Croatia | Won | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Total | Matches played: 8 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 2 • Win %: 75.0% | 58 | 48 | 10 |
Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (p. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 71, 73).
Cap No. | Player | Pos | L/R | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Age of winning gold | Oly debut | ISHOF member |
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1 | Jesús Rollán | GK | R | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 4 April 1968 | 28 years, 115 days | No | 2012 |
2 | Josep María Abarca | FP | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 19 June 1974 | 22 years, 39 days | Yes | ||
3 | Sergi Pedrerol | FP | L | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 16 December 1969 | 26 years, 225 days | No | |
4 | Ángel Andreo | GK | R | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 3 December 1972 | 23 years, 238 days | Yes | |
5 | Manuel Estiarte (C) | FP | R | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 26 October 1961 | 34 years, 276 days | No | 2007 |
6 | Daniel Ballart | FP | R | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 17 March 1973 | 23 years, 133 days | No | |
7 | Jorge Payá | FP | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 10 July 1963 | 33 years, 18 days | No | ||
8 | Iván Moro | FP | R | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 25 December 1974 | 21 years, 216 days | Yes | |
9 | Jordi Sans | FP | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 70 kg (154 lb) | 3 August 1965 | 30 years, 360 days | No | ||
10 | Salvador Gómez | FP | R | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 11 March 1968 | 28 years, 139 days | No | |
11 | Miki Oca | FP | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 15 April 1970 | 26 years, 104 days | No | ||
12 | Carles Sanz | FP | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 25 May 1975 | 21 years, 64 days | Yes | ||
13 | Pedro García | FP | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 9 December 1968 | 27 years, 232 days | No | ||
Average | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 23 October 1969 | 26 years, 279 days | |||||
Coach | Juan Jané | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 31 May 1953 | 43 years, 58 days |
Sources:
Cap No. | Player | Pos | Matches played | Goals/Shots | ||
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Goals | Shots | % | ||||
1 | Jesús Rollán | GK | 8 | |||
2 | Josep María Abarca | FP | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
3 | Sergi Pedrerol | FP | 8 | 1 | 13 | 7.7% |
4 | Ángel Andreo | GK | 8 | |||
5 | Manuel Estiarte (C) | FP | 8 | 13 | 33 | 39.4% |
6 | Daniel Ballart | FP | 8 | 3 | 13 | 23.1% |
7 | Jorge Payá | FP | 8 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% |
8 | Iván Moro | FP | 8 | 2 | 15 | 13.3% |
9 | Jordi Sans | FP | 8 | 7 | 18 | 38.9% |
10 | Salvador Gómez | FP | 8 | 12 | 38 | 31.6% |
11 | Miki Oca | FP | 8 | 9 | 27 | 33.3% |
12 | Carles Sanz | FP | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27.3% |
13 | Pedro García | FP | 8 | 7 | 29 | 24.1% |
Total | 8 | 58 | 200 | 29.0% | ||
Against | 48 | 200 | 24.0% |
Cap No. | Player | Pos | Saves/Shots | ||
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Saves | Shots | % | |||
1 | Jesús Rollán | GK | 62 | 110 | 56.4% |
4 | Ángel Andreo | GK | |||
Total | 62 | 110 | 56.4% |
Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (p. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 71, 73).
Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, one male water polo player was given the honour to carry the flag for Spain.
Six-time Olympian Manuel Estiarte of Spain was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [2]
# | 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 | 6 | G | S | B | T | |||||||||||
1 | 2000 O | Spain | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | 38 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Spain | FP | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 20 years (18/38) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [2] |
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 referee from Spain was given the honour. [38]
Eugeni Asensio, a Spanish water polo referee, took the Officials' Oath at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [39]
# | Year | Oath | Country | Oath taker | Birth | Age | Water polo tournament | Ref | ||
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2 | 1992 | Officials' Oath | Spain | Eugeni Asensio | 1992 | As referee (official) | [39] |
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