List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
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Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo. Dezső Gyarmati of Hungary is the only athlete of either gender to win five Olympic medals in water polo.
Abbreviations
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| Rk
| Rank ! Ref | Reference ! LH |
|---|
| Pos
! FP ! GK |
| (C)
| Captain ! p. | page ! pp. | pages |
Medalists by tournament
Overall multiple medalists
As of the 2024 Summer Olympics, 61 male athletes have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo.
=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: 11 August 2021.
;Legend
- Team* – Host team
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| Year | Total | colspan="2" | Five-time Olympic medalist | colspan="2" | Four-time Olympic medalist | colspan="2" | Three-time Olympic medalist | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0 | — | style="width: 1.5em;" | 0 | — | style="width: 1.5em;" | 0 | — | style="width: 1.5em;" | 0 |
| 1908 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 1912 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}}: Oscar Grégoire | 1 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}}*: Joseph Pletincx {{wp|Great Britain}}: Paul Radmilovic, Charles Sydney Smith (GK) {{wp|Sweden}}: Robert Andersson, Pontus Hanson, Harald Julin, Torsten Kumfeldt | 7 |
| 1924 | 2 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}}: Joseph Pletincx | 1 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}}: Albert Durant | 1 |
| 1928 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 1932 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 1936 | 4 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}}: Gérard Blitz {{wp|Germany}}*: Fritz Gunst {{wp|Hungary}}: Olivér Halassy, Márton Homonnai | 4 |
| 1948 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 1952 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 1956 | 3 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Dezső Gyarmati, László Jeney (GK), István Szívós Sr. | 3 |
| 1960 | 4 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Dezső Gyarmati, László Jeney (GK) | 2 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: György Kárpáti, Kálmán Markovits | 2 |
| 1964 | 6 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Dezső Gyarmati | 1 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: György Kárpáti | 1 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Ottó Boros (GK), Tivadar Kanizsa, Mihály Mayer {{wp|Soviet Union}}: Viktor Ageyev | 4 |
| Year | Total | colspan="2" | Five-time Olympic medalist | colspan="2" | Four-time Olympic medalist | colspan="2" | Three-time Olympic medalist | |||
| 1968 | 6 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Mihály Mayer | 1 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: András Bodnár, Zoltán Dömötör, László Felkai, János Konrád {{wp|Soviet Union}}: Vladimir Semyonov | 5 |
| 1972 | 3 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: András Bodnár | 1 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Dénes Pócsik {{wp|Soviet Union}}: Leonid Osipov | 2 |
| 1976 | 4 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Ferenc Konrád, Endre Molnár (GK), László Sárosi, István Szívós Jr. | 4 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Endre Molnár (GK), István Szívós Jr. | 2 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Tamás Faragó {{wp|Soviet Union}}*: Aleksei Barkalov, Yevgeny Sharonov | 3 |
| 1984 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|IOC}} Unified Team: Yevgeny Sharonov (GK) | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Croatia}}: Perica Bukić | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Russia}}: Dmitry Gorshkov, Nikolay Kozlov | 2 |
| 2008 | 10 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}}: Tibor Benedek, Péter Biros, Tamás Kásás, Gergely Kiss, Tamás Molnár, Zoltán Szécsi (GK) {{wp|Serbia}}: Aleksandar Ćirić, Aleksandar Šapić, Dejan Savić, Vladimir Vujasinović | 10 |
| 2012 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}}: Vanja Udovičić | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | — | 0 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}}: Filip Filipović, Živko Gocić, Duško Pijetlović, Andrija Prlainović | 4 |
| 2020 | 7 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}}: Filip Filipović, Duško Pijetlović, Andrija Prlainović | 3 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}}: Milan Aleksić, Dušan Mandić, Stefan Mitrović, Gojko Pijetlović (GK) | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | — | 0 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}}: Dušan Mandić | 1 | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}}: Sava Ranđelović, Nikola Jakšić | 2 |
| Year | Total | colspan="2" | Five-time Olympic medalist | colspan="2" | Four-time Olympic medalist | colspan="2" | Three-time Olympic medalist |
Sources:
- Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016);
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 27), 2004 (p. 89), 2008 (p. 79), 2012 (p. 370), 2016 (p. 6), 2020 (p. 11).
=By confederation=
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
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| rowspan="2" | Confederation | colspan="4" | Number of multi-time Olympic medalists | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 6em;" | Five-time | style="width: 6em;" | Four-time | style="width: 6em;" | Three-time | style="width: 6em;" | Total | |
| style="text-align: left;" | Africa – CANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="text-align: left;" | Americas – UANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="text-align: left;" | Asia – AASF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="text-align: left;" | Europe – LEN | 1 | 10 | 48 | 59 |
| style="text-align: left;" | Oceania – OSA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 10 | 48 | 59 |
=By team=
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
;Legend
- Team† – Defunct team
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;" | |||||
| rowspan="2" | Men's team | colspan="4" | Number of multi-time Olympians | rowspan="2" | Confederation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 6em;" | Five-time | style="width: 6em;" | Four-time | style="width: 6em;" | Three-time | style="width: 6em;" | Total | ||
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}} | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Europe – LEN |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Croatia}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Europe – LEN |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Germany}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Europe – LEN |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Great Britain}} | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Europe – LEN |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | 1 | 6 | 19 | 26 | Europe – LEN |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Russia}} | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Europe – LEN |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | Europe – LEN |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Soviet Union}}† | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Europe – LEN |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Sweden}} | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Europe – LEN |
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|IOC}} Unified Team†{{efn |name=UnifiedTeam}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Europe – LEN |
| Total | 1 | 10 | 48 | 59 |
=By position=
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;" | ||||
| rowspan="2" | Position | colspan="4" | Number of multi-time Olympians | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="width: 6em;" | Five-time | style="width: 6em;" | Four-time | style="width: 6em;" | Three-time | style="width: 6em;" | Total | |
| style="text-align: left;" | Field player | 1 | 8 | 41 | 50 |
| style="text-align: left;" | Goalkeeper | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Total | 1 | 10 | 48 | 59 |
=Four or more Olympic medals=
{{See also|List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event}}{{Update section|date=September 2024}}{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Multiple medalists}}
=Three Olympic medals=
The following table is pre-sorted by 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. Last updated: 11 August 2024.
Forty-eight male athletes won three Olympic medals in water polo.
;Legend
- {{border|width=2px|color=blue| }} – Hosts
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|+ Male athletes who won three Olympic medals in water polo | ||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Men's team | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | class="unsortable" | 2 | class="unsortable" | 3 | class="unsortable" | 4 | class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | ||||||||
| rowspan="10" | 13 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Radmilovic, Paul" | Paul Radmilovic | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 March 1886}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Great Britain}} | FP | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: gold;" | 1908 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1912 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 20 years (22/42) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Smith, Charles" | Charles Smith | {{Date table sorting|format=y|26 January 1879}} | {{cvt|1.86|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Great Britain}} | GK | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: gold;" | 1908 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1912 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1920 | 1924 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 16 years (29/45) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Benedek, Tibor" | Tibor Benedek | {{Date table sorting|format=y|12 July 1972}} | {{cvt|1.90|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | 1992 | 1996 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 16 years (20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Biros, Péter" | Péter Biros | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 April 1976}} | {{cvt|1.96|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 2012 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (24/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kásás, Tamás" | Tamás Kásás | {{Date table sorting|format=y|20 July 1976}} | {{cvt|2.00|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | 1996 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 2012 | 16 years (20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kiss, Gergely" | Gergely Kiss | {{Date table sorting|format=y|21 September 1977}} | {{cvt|1.98|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 2012 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Molnár, Tamás" | Tamás Molnár | {{Date table sorting|format=y|2 August 1975}} | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (25/33) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Szécsi, Zoltán" | Zoltán Szécsi | {{Date table sorting|format=y|22 December 1977}} | {{cvt|1.98|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | GK | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 2012 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Jakšić, Nikola " | Nikola Jakšić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|17 January 1997}} | {{cvt|1.96|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2024 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (19/27) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Ranđelović, Sava" | Sava Ranđelović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|17 July 1993}} | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2024 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (23/31) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="6" | 23 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Halassy, Olivér" | Olivér Halassy | {{Date table sorting|format=y|31 July 1909}} | {{cvt|1.55|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1928 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1932 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1936 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (18/27) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Homonnai, Márton" | Márton Homonnai | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 February 1906}} | {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | 1924 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1928 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1932 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1936 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (18/30) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Szívós, István Sr." | István Szívós Sr. | {{Date table sorting|format=y|20 August 1920}} | {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1948 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1952 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (27/36) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Barkalov, Aleksei" | Aleksei Barkalov | {{Date table sorting|format=y|18 February 1946}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Soviet Union}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1968 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1972 | 1976 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: gold;" | 1980 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Bukić, Perica" | Perica Bukić | rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|20 February 1966}} | rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.98|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Yugoslavia}} | rowspan="2" | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1984 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1988 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="2" | 12 years (18/30) | rowspan="2" | 2 | rowspan="2" | 1 | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" | 3 | rowspan="2" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Croatia}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: silver;" | 1996 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| rowspan="6" | 29 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Markovits, Kálmán" | Kálmán Markovits | {{Date table sorting|format=y|26 August 1931}} | {{cvt|1.78|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1952 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (20/28) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Boros, Ottó" | Ottó Boros | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 August 1929}} | {{cvt|1.86|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | GK | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (27/35) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kanizsa, Tivadar" | Tivadar Kanizsa | {{Date table sorting|format=y|4 April 1933}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (23/31) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Aleksić, Milan" | Milan Aleksić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|13 May 1986}} | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 9 years (26/35) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Mitrović, Stefan" | Stefan Mitrović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|29 March 1988}} | {{cvt|1.95|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 9 years (24/33) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Pijetlović, Gojko" | Gojko Pijetlović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|7 August 1983}} | {{cvt|1.94|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | GK | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 9 years (29/38) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 35 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Gunst, Fritz" | Fritz Gunst | {{Date table sorting|format=y|22 September 1908}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Germany}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1928 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1932 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1936 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (19/27) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="7" | 36 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Osipov, Leonid" | Leonid Osipov | {{Date table sorting|format=y|6 February 1943}} | {{cvt|1.87|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Soviet Union}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1964 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1968 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1972 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (21/29) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Pócsik, Dénes" | Dénes Pócsik | {{Date table sorting|format=y|9 March 1940}} | {{cvt|1.95|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (24/32) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Konrád, Ferenc" | Ferenc Konrád | {{Date table sorting|format=y|17 April 1945}} | {{cvt|1.83|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1976 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (23/31) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Sárosi, László" | László Sárosi | {{Date table sorting|format=y|12 October 1946}} | {{cvt|1.83|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1976 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (22/29) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Faragó, Tamás" | Tamás Faragó | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 August 1952}} | {{cvt|1.94|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1976 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1980 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (20/27) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Nikić, Slobodan" | Slobodan Nikić | rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|25 January 1983}} | rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.97|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia and Montenegro}} | rowspan="2" | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="2" | 12 years (21/33) | rowspan="2" | 1 | rowspan="2" | 1 | rowspan="2" | 1 | rowspan="2" | 3 | rowspan="2" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| rowspan="6" | 43 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Dömötör, Zoltán" | Zoltán Dömötör | {{Date table sorting|format=y|21 August 1935}} | {{cvt|1.86|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (25/33) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Felkai, László" | László Felkai | {{Date table sorting|format=y|1 March 1941}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (19/27) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Konrád, János" | János Konrád | {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 August 1941}} | {{cvt|1.83|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Hungary}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (18/27) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Sharonov, Yevgeny" | Yevgeny Sharonov | rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|11 December 1958}} | rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.89|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Soviet Union}} | rowspan="2" | GK | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: gold;" | 1980 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1988 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="2" | 12 years (21/33) | rowspan="2" | 1 | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" | 2 | rowspan="2" | 3 | rowspan="2" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|IOC}} Unified Team | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1992 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Gocić, Živko" | Živko Gocić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|22 August 1982}} | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (25/33) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="4" | 47 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Grégoire, Oscar" | Oscar Grégoire | {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 March 1877}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1900 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1908 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (23/35) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Durant, Albert" | Albert Durant | {{Date table sorting|format=y|1 July 1892}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}} | GK | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1912 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1920 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1924 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (20/32) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Blitz, Gérard" | Gérard Blitz | {{Date table sorting|format=y|1 August 1901}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Belgium}} | FP | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1920 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1924 | 1928 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1936 | 16 years (19/35) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Semyonov, Vladimir" | Vladimir Semyonov | {{Date table sorting|format=y|10 May 1938}} | {{cvt|1.84|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Soviet Union}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1960 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1964 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1968 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (22/30) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="23" | 51 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Andersson, Robert" | Robert Andersson | {{Date table sorting|format=y|18 October 1886}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Sweden}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1908 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1920 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (21/33) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Hanson, Pontus" | Pontus Hanson | {{Date table sorting|format=y|24 May 1884}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Sweden}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1908 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1920 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (24/36) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Julin, Harald" | Harald Julin | {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 March 1890}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Sweden}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1908 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1920 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (18/30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kumfeldt, Torsten" | Torsten Kumfeldt | {{Date table sorting|format=y|4 January 1886}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Sweden}} | GK | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1908 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1920 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Ageyev, Viktor" | Viktor Ageyev | {{Date table sorting|format=y|29 April 1936}} | {{cvt|1.84|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Soviet Union}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1956 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1960 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (20/28) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Gorshkov, Dmitry" | Dmitry Gorshkov | rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|29 April 1967}} | rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|IOC}} Unified Team | rowspan="2" | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1992 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="2" | 12 years (25/37) | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" | 1 | rowspan="2" | 2 | rowspan="2" | 3 | rowspan="2" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Russia}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 1996 | style="background-color: silver;" | 2000 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2004 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kozlov, Nikolay" | Nikolay Kozlov | rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|21 July 1972}} | rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.92|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{flagicon|IOC}} Unified Team | rowspan="2" | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1992 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="2" | 12 years (20/32) | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" | 1 | rowspan="2" | 2 | rowspan="2" | 3 | rowspan="2" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Russia}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 1996 | style="background-color: silver;" | 2000 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2004 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Ćirić, Aleksandar" | Aleksandar Ćirić | rowspan="3" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|30 December 1977}} | rowspan="3" | {{cvt|1.92|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}} | rowspan="3" | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="3" | 8 years (22/30) | rowspan="3" | 0 | rowspan="3" | 1 | rowspan="3" | 2 | rowspan="3" | 3 | rowspan="3" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia and Montenegro}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Šapić, Aleksandar" | Aleksandar Šapić | rowspan="3" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|1 June 1978}} | rowspan="3" | {{cvt|1.88|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}} | rowspan="3" | FP | 1996 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="3" | 12 years (18/30) | rowspan="3" | 0 | rowspan="3" | 1 | rowspan="3" | 2 | rowspan="3" | 3 | rowspan="3" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia and Montenegro}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Savić, Dejan" | Dejan Savić | rowspan="3" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|24 April 1975}} | rowspan="3" | {{cvt|1.90|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}} | rowspan="3" | FP | 1996 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="3" | 12 years (21/33) | rowspan="3" | 0 | rowspan="3" | 1 | rowspan="3" | 2 | rowspan="3" | 3 | rowspan="3" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia and Montenegro}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Vujasinović, Vladimir" | Vladimir Vujasinović | rowspan="3" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|14 August 1973}} | rowspan="3" | {{cvt|1.87|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}} | rowspan="3" | FP | 1996 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="3" | 12 years (22/34) | rowspan="3" | 0 | rowspan="3" | 1 | rowspan="3" | 2 | rowspan="3" | 3 | rowspan="3" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia and Montenegro}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Udovičić, Vanja" | Vanja Udovičić | rowspan="2" | {{Date table sorting|format=y|12 September 1982}} | rowspan="2" | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia and Montenegro}} | rowspan="2" | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | rowspan="2" | 8 years (21/29) | rowspan="2" | 0 | rowspan="2" | 1 | rowspan="2" | 2 | rowspan="2" | 3 | rowspan="2" | | |
| class="expand-child"
| style="text-align: left;" | {{wp|Serbia}} | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Men's team | rowspan="2" | Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | rowspan="2" | Ref |
| colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | colspan="4" | Medals |
Sources:
- Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016);
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 27), 2004 (p. 89), 2008 (p. 79), 2012 (p. 370), 2016 (p. 6), 2020 (p. 11).
Multiple medalists by team
The following tables are 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.
;Legend
- Year* – As host team
- Team† – Defunct team
===Belgium===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Belgium}}
- Team appearances: 11 (1900, 1908–1928, 1936–1952, 1960–1964)
- As host team: 1920*
* Number of five-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 1
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 3
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
;Legend
- {{border|width=2px|color=blue| }} – Hosts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| 1 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Pletincx, Joseph" | Joseph Pletincx | {{Date table sorting|format=y|13 June 1888}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1908 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1912 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1920 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1924 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 16 years (20/36) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| rowspan="3" | 2 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Grégoire, Oscar" | Oscar Grégoire | {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 March 1877}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1900 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1908 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (23/35) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Durant, Albert" | Albert Durant | {{Date table sorting|format=y|1 July 1892}} | GK | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1912 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1920 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1924 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (20/32) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Blitz, Gérard" | Gérard Blitz | {{Date table sorting|format=y|1 August 1901}} | FP | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1920 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1924 | 1928 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1936 | 16 years (19/35) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
===Croatia===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Croatia}}
- Team appearances: 7 (1996–2020)
- As host team: —
- Related team: Yugoslavia†
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
;Abbreviation
- CRO – Croatia
- YUG – Yugoslavia
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| 1 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Bukić, Perica" | Perica Bukić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|20 February 1966}} | {{cvt|1.98|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1984 YUG | style="background-color: gold;" | 1988 YUG | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: silver;" | 1996 CRO | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (18/30) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
===France===
- Men's national team: {{wp|France}}
- Team appearances: 11 (1900*, 1912–1928, 1936–1948, 1960, 1988–1992, 2016)
- As host team: 1900*, 1924*
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
===Germany===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Germany}}
- Team appearances: 9 (1900, 1928–1936*, 1952, 1992–1996, 2004–2008)
- As host team: 1936*
- Related team: West Germany†
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
;Legend
- {{border|width=2px|color=blue| }} – Hosts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| 1 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Gunst, Fritz" | Fritz Gunst | {{Date table sorting|format=y|22 September 1908}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1928 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1932 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1936 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (19/27) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
===Great Britain===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Great Britain}}
- Team appearances: 11 (1900, 1908*–1928, 1936–1956, 2012*)
- As host team: 1908*, 1948*, 2012*
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 2
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
;Legend
- {{border|width=2px|color=blue| }} – Hosts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| rowspan="2" | 1 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Radmilovic, Paul" | Paul Radmilovic | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 March 1886}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: gold;" | 1908 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1912 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 20 years (22/42) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Smith, Charles" | Charles Smith | {{Date table sorting|format=y|26 January 1879}} | {{cvt|1.86|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | GK | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: gold;" | 1908 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1912 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1920 | 1924 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 16 years (29/45) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
===Greece===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Greece}}
- Team appearances: 16 (1920–1924, 1948, 1968–1972, 1980–2020)
- As host team: 2004*
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 11 August 2021.
===Hungary===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Hungary}}
- Team appearances: 23 (1912, 1924–1980, 1988–2020)
- As host team: —
* Number of five-time Olympic medalists: 1
- Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 6
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 19
- Last updated: 11 August 2021.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| 1 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Gyarmati, Dezső" | Dezső Gyarmati | {{Date table sorting|format=y|23 October 1927}} | {{cvt|1.86|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1948 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1952 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | 16 years (20/36) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kárpáti, György" | György Kárpáti | {{Date table sorting|format=y|23 June 1935}} | {{cvt|1.67|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1952 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (17/29) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Jeney, László" | László Jeney | {{Date table sorting|format=y|30 May 1923}} | {{cvt|1.81|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | GK | style="background-color: silver;" | 1948 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1952 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (25/37) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Mayer, Mihály" | Mihály Mayer | {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 December 1933}} | {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| rowspan="3" | 5 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Bodnár, András" | András Bodnár | {{Date table sorting|format=y|9 April 1942}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (18/30) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Molnár, Endre" | Endre Molnár | {{Date table sorting|format=y|23 July 1945}} | {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | GK | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1976 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1980 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (23/35) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Szívós, István Jr." | István Szívós Jr. | {{Date table sorting|format=y|24 April 1948}} | {{cvt|2.02|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1976 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1980 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (20/32) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| rowspan="6" | 8 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Benedek, Tibor" | Tibor Benedek | {{Date table sorting|format=y|12 July 1972}} | {{cvt|1.90|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | 1992 | 1996 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 16 years (20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Biros, Péter" | Péter Biros | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 April 1976}} | {{cvt|1.96|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 2012 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (24/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kásás, Tamás" | Tamás Kásás | {{Date table sorting|format=y|20 July 1976}} | {{cvt|2.00|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | 1996 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 2012 | 16 years (20/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kiss, Gergely" | Gergely Kiss | {{Date table sorting|format=y|21 September 1977}} | {{cvt|1.98|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 2012 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Molnár, Tamás" | Tamás Molnár | {{Date table sorting|format=y|2 August 1975}} | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (25/33) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Szécsi, Zoltán" | Zoltán Szécsi | {{Date table sorting|format=y|22 December 1977}} | {{cvt|1.98|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | GK | style="background-color: gold;" | 2000 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2004 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2008 | 2012 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="3" | 14 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Halassy, Olivér" | Olivér Halassy | {{Date table sorting|format=y|31 July 1909}} | {{cvt|1.55|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1928 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1932 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1936 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (18/27) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Homonnai, Márton" | Márton Homonnai | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 February 1906}} | {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | 1924 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1928 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1932 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1936 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (18/30) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Szívós, István Sr." | István Szívós Sr. | {{Date table sorting|format=y|20 August 1920}} | {{cvt|1.85|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1948 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1952 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (27/36) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="3" | 17 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Markovits, Kálmán" | Kálmán Markovits | {{Date table sorting|format=y|26 August 1931}} | {{cvt|1.78|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1952 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (20/28) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Boros, Ottó" | Ottó Boros | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 August 1929}} | {{cvt|1.86|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | GK | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (27/35) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kanizsa, Tivadar" | Tivadar Kanizsa | {{Date table sorting|format=y|4 April 1933}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1956 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (23/31) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="4" | 20 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Pócsik, Dénes" | Dénes Pócsik | {{Date table sorting|format=y|9 March 1940}} | {{cvt|1.95|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (24/32) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Konrád, Ferenc" | Ferenc Konrád | {{Date table sorting|format=y|17 April 1945}} | {{cvt|1.83|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1976 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (23/31) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Sárosi, László" | László Sárosi | {{Date table sorting|format=y|12 October 1946}} | {{cvt|1.83|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1976 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (22/29) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Faragó, Tamás" | Tamás Faragó | {{Date table sorting|format=y|5 August 1952}} | {{cvt|1.94|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1972 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1976 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1980 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (20/27) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="3" | 24 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Dömötör, Zoltán" | Zoltán Dömötör | {{Date table sorting|format=y|21 August 1935}} | {{cvt|1.86|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (25/33) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Felkai, László" | László Felkai | {{Date table sorting|format=y|1 March 1941}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (19/27) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Konrád, János" | János Konrád | {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 August 1941}} | {{cvt|1.83|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1960 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1968 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (18/27) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | rowspan="2" | Ref |
| colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | colspan="4" | Medals |
===Italy===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Italy}}
- Team appearances: 21 (1920–1924, 1948–2020)
- As host team: 1960*
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
===Netherlands===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Netherlands}}
- Team appearances: 17 (1908, 1920–1928*, 1936–1952, 1960–1984, 1992–2000)
- As host team: 1928*
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
===Russia===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Russia}}
- Team appearances: 3 (1996–2004)
- As host team: —
- Related teams: Soviet Union†, Unified Team†{{efn |name=UnifiedTeam}}
* 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
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| rowspan="2" | 1 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Gorshkov, Dmitry" | Dmitry Gorshkov | {{Date table sorting|format=y|29 April 1967}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1992 EUN | 1996 RUS | style="background-color: silver;" | 2000 RUS | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2004 RUS | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (25/37) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kozlov, Nikolay" | Nikolay Kozlov | {{Date table sorting|format=y|21 July 1972}} | {{cvt|1.92|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1992 EUN | 1996 RUS | style="background-color: silver;" | 2000 RUS | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2004 RUS | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (20/32) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
===Serbia===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Serbia}}
- Team appearances: 4 (2008–2020)
- As host team: —
- Related teams: Yugoslavia†, FR Yugoslavia†{{efn |name=FRYugoslavia}}, Serbia and Montenegro†
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 4
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 13
- Last updated: 11 August 2024.
;Abbreviation
- FRY – FR Yugoslavia
- SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
- SRB – Serbia
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| 1
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Mandić, Dušan" | Dušan Mandić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|16 June 1994}} | {{cvt|2.02|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2024 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (18/30) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| rowspan="3" | 2
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Filipović, Filip" | Filip Filipović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|2 May 1987}} | {{cvt|1.96|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 13 years (21/34) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Pijetlović, Duško" | Duško Pijetlović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|25 April 1985}} | {{cvt|1.97|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 13 years (23/36) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Prlainović, Andrija" | Andrija Prlainović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|28 April 1987}} | {{cvt|1.87|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 13 years (21/34) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| rowspan="2" | 5
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Jakšić, Nikola " | Nikola Jakšić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|17 January 1997}} | {{cvt|1.96|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2024 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (19/27) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Ranđelović, Sava" | Sava Ranđelović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|17 July 1993}} | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2024 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (23/31) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="3" |7
|style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Aleksić, Milan" | Milan Aleksić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|13 May 1986}} | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 9 years (26/35) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Mitrović, Stefan" | Stefan Mitrović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|29 March 1988}} | {{cvt|1.95|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 9 years (24/33) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Pijetlović, Gojko" | Gojko Pijetlović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|7 August 1983}} | {{cvt|1.94|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | GK | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2020 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 9 years (29/38) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Nikić, Slobodan" | Slobodan Nikić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|25 January 1983}} | {{cvt|1.97|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 SCG | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 SRB | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 SRB | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (21/33) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Gocić, Živko" | Živko Gocić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|22 August 1982}} | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 | style="background-color: gold;" | 2016 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (25/33) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| rowspan="5" | 10 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Ćirić, Aleksandar" | Aleksandar Ćirić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|30 December 1977}} | {{cvt|1.92|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 FRY | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 SCG | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 SRB | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (22/30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Šapić, Aleksandar" | Aleksandar Šapić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|1 June 1978}} | {{cvt|1.88|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | 1996 FRY | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 FRY | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 SCG | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 SRB | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (18/30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Savić, Dejan" | Dejan Savić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|24 April 1975}} | {{cvt|1.90|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | 1996 FRY | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 FRY | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 SCG | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 SRB | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (21/33) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Vujasinović, Vladimir" | Vladimir Vujasinović | {{Date table sorting|format=y|14 August 1973}} | {{cvt|1.87|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | 1996 FRY | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2000 FRY | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 SCG | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 SRB | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Udovičić, Vanja" | Vanja Udovičić | {{Date table sorting|format=y|12 September 1982}} | {{cvt|1.93|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 2004 SCG | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2008 SRB | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 2012 SRB | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (21/29) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | rowspan="2" | Ref |
| colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | colspan="4" | Medals |
=Serbia and Montenegro=
- Men's national team: {{wp|Serbia and Montenegro}}†
- Team appearances: 1 (2004)
- As host team: —
- Related teams: Yugoslavia†, FR Yugoslavia†{{efn |name=FRYugoslavia}}, Montenegro, Serbia
- Number of five-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Notes:
- Aleksandar Ćirić is listed in section Serbia.
- Slobodan Nikić is listed in section Serbia.
- Aleksandar Šapić is listed in section Serbia.
- Dejan Savić is listed in section Serbia.
- Vanja Udovičić is listed in section Serbia.
- Vladimir Vujasinović is listed in section Serbia.
=Soviet Union=
- Men's national team: {{wp|Soviet Union}}†
- Team appearances: 9 (1952–1980*, 1988)
- As host team: 1980*
- Related teams: Unified Team†{{efn |name=UnifiedTeam}}, Russia
- Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 4
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
;Legend
- {{border|width=2px|color=blue| }} – Hosts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| 1 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Barkalov, Aleksei" | Aleksei Barkalov | {{Date table sorting|format=y|18 February 1946}} | {{cvt|1.80|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1968 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1972 | 1976 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: gold;" | 1980 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Osipov, Leonid" | Leonid Osipov | {{Date table sorting|format=y|6 February 1943}} | {{cvt|1.87|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1964 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1968 | style="background-color: gold;" | 1972 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (21/29) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| rowspan="2" | 3 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Semyonov, Vladimir" | Vladimir Semyonov | {{Date table sorting|format=y|10 May 1938}} | {{cvt|1.84|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: silver;" | 1960 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1964 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1968 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (22/30) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Ageyev, Viktor" | Viktor Ageyev | {{Date table sorting|format=y|29 April 1936}} | {{cvt|1.84|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1956 | style="background-color: silver;" | 1960 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1964 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 8 years (20/28) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Note:
- Yevgeny Sharonov is listed in section Unified Team.
===Spain===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Spain}}
- Team appearances: 18 (1920–1928, 1948–1952, 1968–1972, 1980–2020)
- As host team: 1992*
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
===Sweden===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Sweden}}
- Team appearances: 8 (1908–1924, 1936–1952, 1980)
- As host team: 1912*
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 4
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
;Legend
- {{border|width=2px|color=blue| }} – Hosts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| rowspan="4" | 1 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Andersson, Robert" | Robert Andersson | {{Date table sorting|format=y|18 October 1886}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1908 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1920 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (21/33) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Hanson, Pontus" | Pontus Hanson | {{Date table sorting|format=y|24 May 1884}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1908 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1920 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (24/36) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Julin, Harald" | Harald Julin | {{Date table sorting|format=y|27 March 1890}} | FP | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1908 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1920 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (18/30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Kumfeldt, Torsten" | Torsten Kumfeldt | {{Date table sorting|format=y|4 January 1886}} | GK | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1908 | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: silver;" | 1912 | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1920 | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (22/34) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
=Unified Team=
- Men's national team: {{flagicon|IOC}} Unified Team†{{efn |name=UnifiedTeam}}
- Team appearances: 1 (1992)
- As host team: —
- Related teams: Soviet Union†, Russia
- Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
;Legend and abbreviation
- {{border|width=2px|color=blue| }} – Hosts
- EUN – Unified Team
- URS – Soviet Union
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 1em;"
|+ Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo | |||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2" | Rk | rowspan="2" | Player | rowspan="2" | Birth | rowspan="2" | Height | rowspan="2" | Pos | colspan="5" | Water polo tournaments | rowspan="2" | Period (age of first/last) | colspan="4" | Medals | rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 2 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 3 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 4 | style="width: 2em;" class="unsortable" | 5 | style="background-color: gold;" | G | style="background-color: silver;" | S | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | B | T | |||||||
| 1 | style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value="Sharonov, Yevgeny" | Yevgeny Sharonov | {{Date table sorting|format=y|11 December 1958}} | {{cvt|1.89|m|ftin|0|disp=br()}} | GK | style="border: 2px solid blue; background-color: gold;" | 1980 URS | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1988 URS | style="background-color: #cc9966;" | 1992 EUN | style="background-color: #ececec;" | | 12 years (21/33) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Notes:
- Dmitry Gorshkov is listed in section Russia.
- Nikolay Kozlov is listed in section Russia.
===United States===
- Men's national team: {{wp|United States}}
- Team appearances: 22 (1920–1972, 1984*–2020)
- As host team: 1932*, 1984*, 1996*
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
=West Germany=
- Men's national team: {{wp|West Germany}}†
- Team appearances: 5 (1968–1976, 1984–1988)
- As host team: 1972*
- Related teams: Germany
- Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
===Yugoslavia===
- Men's national team: {{wp|Yugoslavia}}†
- Team appearances: 12 (1936–1988)
- As host team: —
- Related teams: Croatia, FR Yugoslavia†{{efn |name=FRYugoslavia}}, Serbia and Montenegro†, Montenegro, Serbia
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Note:
- Perica Bukić is listed in section Croatia.
=FR Yugoslavia=
- Men's national team: {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}†{{efn |name=FRYugoslavia}}
- Team appearances: 2 (1996–2000)
- As host team: —
- Related teams: Yugoslavia†, Serbia and Montenegro†, Montenegro, Serbia
- Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Notes:
- Aleksandar Ćirić is listed in section Serbia.
- Aleksandar Šapić is listed in section Serbia.
- Dejan Savić is listed in section Serbia.
- Vladimir Vujasinović is listed in section Serbia.
See also
{{div col}}
- Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
- List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
- National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament
- National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
- List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
- List of Olympic venues in water polo
{{div col end}}
Notes
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{{efn |name=1908Gold |Having drawn a bye in the first round and having received a walkover against Austria in the semi-final, the final was the only match that Great Britain played during the tournament. }}
{{efn |name=1908Bronze |There was no bronze medal match for the 1908 Games in London. Belgium beat the Netherlands in the only one first round match and beat Sweden in the only semifinal. }}
{{efn |name=FRYugoslavia |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". }}
{{efn |name=UnifiedTeam |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. }}
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References
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Sources
{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Sources}}
External links
- [https://www.olympic.org/water-polo Olympic water polo – Official website]
{{Olympic medalists}}
{{Water polo at the Summer Olympics}}
{{Water polo records and statistics}}