List of Olympic medalists in water polo

List of Olympic medalists in water polo
Governing body	FINA
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics
Medalists
Champions (men • women) Player appearances (men • women) Records and statistics (men • women) Team appearances (men • women) Venues

Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won fifteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won five consecutive medals.

There are eight male and two female athletes who have won four 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.^[1]

Men

Medalists by tournament

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris [a]	Great Britain (GBR) Thomas Coe Robert Crawshaw William Henry John Arthur Jarvis Peter Kemp Victor Lindberg Frederick Stapleton	Belgium (BEL) Jean de Backer Victor de Behr Henri Cohen Fernand Feyaerts Oscar Grégoire Albert Michant Georges Romas Guillaume Séron Victor Sonnemans A. R. Upton	France (FRA) Bill Burgess Jules Clévenot Alphonse Decuyper Louis Laufray Henri Peslier Pesloy Paul Vasseur
			France (FRA) Eugène Coulon Fardelle Favier Leriche Louis Marc Louis Martin Charles Treffel
1904 St. Louis	Water polo was a demonstration sport
1908 London [b][c]	Great Britain (GBR) George Cornet Charles Forsyth George Nevinson Paul Radmilovic Charles Smith Thomas Thould George Wilkinson	Belgium (BEL) Victor Boin Herman Donners Fernand Feyaerts Oscar Grégoire Herman Meyboom Albert Michant Joseph Pletincx	Sweden (SWE) Robert Andersson Erik Bergvall Pontus Hanson Harald Julin Torsten Kumfeldt Axel Runström Gunnar Wennerström
1912 Stockholm	Great Britain (GBR) Isaac Bentham Charles Bugbee George Cornet Arthur Edwin Hill Paul Radmilovic Charles Smith George Wilkinson	Sweden (SWE) Robert Andersson Vilhelm Andersson Erik Bergqvist Max Gumpel Pontus Hanson Harald Julin Torsten Kumfeldt	Belgium (BEL) Victor Boin Félicien Courbet Herman Donners Albert Durant Oscar Grégoire Herman Meyboom Joseph Pletincx
1920 Antwerp	Great Britain (GBR) Charles Bugbee William Henry Dean Christopher Jones William Peacock Noel Purcell Paul Radmilovic Charles Smith	Belgium (BEL) René Bauwens Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Pierre Dewin Albert Durant Paul Gailly Pierre Nijs Joseph Pletincx	Sweden (SWE) Erik Andersson Robert Andersson Vilhelm Andersson Nils Backlund Erik Bergqvist Max Gumpel Pontus Hanson Harald Julin Torsten Kumfeldt Theodor Nauman
1924 Paris	France (FRA) Albert Deborgies Noël Delberghe Robert Desmettre Paul Dujardin Albert Mayaud Henri Padou Georges Rigal	Belgium (BEL) Gérard Blitz Maurice Blitz Joseph Cludts Joseph De Combe Pierre Dewin Albert Durant Georges Fleurix Paul Gailly Joseph Pletincx Jules Thiry Jean-Pierre Vermetten	United States (USA) Arthur Austin Charles E. Collett Jam Handy Oliver Horn Fred Lauer George Mitchell John Norton Wally O'Connor George Schroth Herb Vollmer Johnny Weissmuller
1928 Amsterdam	Germany (GER) Max Amann Karl Bähre Emil Benecke Johann Blank Otto Cordes Fritz Gunst Erich Rademacher Joachim Rademacher	Hungary (HUN) István Barta Olivér Halassy Márton Homonnai Sándor Ivády Alajos Keserű Ferenc Keserű József Vértesy	France (FRA) Émile Bulteel Henri Cuvelier Paul Dujardin Jules Keignaert Henri Padou Ernest Rogez Albert Thévenon Achille Tribouillet Albert Vandeplancke
1932 Los Angeles	Hungary (HUN) István Barta György Bródy Olivér Halassy Márton Homonnai Sándor Ivády Alajos Keserű Ferenc Keserű János Németh Miklós Sárkány József Vértesy	Germany (GER) Emil Benecke Otto Cordes Hans Eckstein Fritz Gunst Erich Rademacher Joachim Rademacher Hans Schulze Heiko Schwartz	United States (USA) Austin Clapp Philip Daubenspeck Charles Finn Charles McCallister Wally O'Connor Cal Strong Herbert Wildman
1936 Berlin	Hungary (HUN) Mihály Bozsi Jenő Brandi György Bródy Olivér Halassy Kálmán Hazai Márton Homonnai György Kutasi István Molnár János Németh Miklós Sárkány Sándor Tarics	Germany (GER) Bernhard Baier Fritz Gunst Josef Hauser Alfred Kienzle Paul Klingenburg Heinrich Krug Hans Schneider Hans Schulze Gustav Schürger Helmuth Schwenn Fritz Stolze	Belgium (BEL) Gérard Blitz Albert Castelyns Pierre Coppieters Joseph De Combe Henri De Pauw Henri Disy Fernand Isselé Edmond Michiels Henri Stoelen
1948 London	Italy (ITA) Gildo Arena Emilio Bulgarelli Pasquale Buonocore Aldo Ghira Mario Majoni Geminio Ognio Gianfranco Pandolfini Tullio Pandolfini Cesare Rubini	Hungary (HUN) Jenő Brandi Oszkár Csuvik Dezső Fábián Dezső Gyarmati (LH) Endre Győrfi Miklós Holop László Jeney Dezső Lemhényi Károly Szittya István Szívós Sr.	Netherlands (NED) Cor Braasem Hennie Keetelaar Nijs Korevaar Joop Rohner Frits Ruimschotel Piet Salomons Frits Smol Hans Stam Ruud van Feggelen
1952 Helsinki	Hungary (HUN) Róbert Antal Antal Bolvári Dezső Fábián Dezső Gyarmati (LH) István Hasznos László Jeney György Kárpáti Dezső Lemhényi Kálmán Markovits Miklós Martin Károly Szittya István Szívós Sr. György Vizvári	Yugoslavia (YUG) Veljko Bakašun Marko Brainović Vladimir Ivković Zdravko Ježić Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić Ivo Kurtini Lovro Radonjić Ivo Štakula Boško Vuksanović	Italy (ITA) Gildo Arena Lucio Ceccarini Renato De Sanzuane Raffaello Gambino Salvatore Gionta Maurizio Mannelli Geminio Ognio Carlo Peretti Enzo Polito Cesare Rubini Renato Traiola
1956 Melbourne	Hungary (HUN) Antal Bolvári Ottó Boros Dezső Gyarmati (LH) István Hevesi László Jeney Tivadar Kanizsa György Kárpáti Kálmán Markovits Mihály Mayer István Szívós Sr. Ervin Zádor	Yugoslavia (YUG) Ivo Cipci Tomislav Franjković Vladimir Ivković Zdravko Ježić Hrvoje Kačić Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić Lovro Radonjić Marijan Žužej	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Ageyev Pyotr Breus Boris Goykhman Nodar Gvakhariya Vyacheslav Kurennoy Boris Markarov Petre Mshvenieradze Valentin Prokopov Mikhail Ryzhak Yury Shlyapin
1960 Rome	Italy (ITA) Amedeo Ambron Danio Bardi Giuseppe D'Altrui Salvatore Gionta Giancarlo Guerrini Franco Lavoratori Gianni Lonzi Luigi Mannelli Rosario Parmegiani Eraldo Pizzo Dante Rossi Brunello Spinelli	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Ageyev Givi Chikvanaia Leri Gogoladze Boris Goykhman Yury Grigorovsky Anatoly Kartashov Vyacheslav Kurennoy Petre Mshvenieradze Vladimir Novikov Yevgeny Saltsyn Vladimir Semyonov	Hungary (HUN) András Bodnár Ottó Boros Zoltán Dömötör László Felkai Dezső Gyarmati (LH) István Hevesi László Jeney Tivadar Kanizsa György Kárpáti András Katona János Konrád Kálmán Markovits Mihály Mayer Péter Rusorán
1964 Tokyo	Hungary (HUN) Miklós Ambrus András Bodnár Ottó Boros Zoltán Dömötör László Felkai Dezső Gyarmati (LH) Tivadar Kanizsa György Kárpáti János Konrád Mihály Mayer Dénes Pócsik Péter Rusorán	Yugoslavia (YUG) Ozren Bonačić Zoran Janković Milan Muškatirović Ante Nardelli Frane Nonković Vinko Rosić Mirko Sandić Zlatko Šimenc Božidar Stanišić Karlo Stipanić Ivo Trumbić	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Ageyev Zenon Bortkevich Eduard Egorov Igor Grabovsky Boris Grishin Nikolay Kalashnikov Nikolay Kuznetsov Vladimir Kuznetsov Leonid Osipov Boris Popov Vladimir Semyonov
1968 Mexico City	Yugoslavia (YUG) Ozren Bonačić Dejan Dabović Zdravko Hebel Zoran Janković Ronald Lopatni Uroš Marović Đorđe Perišić Miroslav Poljak Mirko Sandić Karlo Stipanić Ivo Trumbić	Soviet Union (URS) Aleksei Barkalov Oleg Bovin Givi Chikvanaia Aleksandr Dolgushin Yury Grigorovsky Boris Grishin Vadim Gulyayev Leonid Osipov Vladimir Semyonov Aleksandr Shidlovsky Viacheslav Skok	Hungary (HUN) András Bodnár Zoltán Dömötör László Felkai Ferenc Konrád János Konrád Mihály Mayer Endre Molnár Dénes Pócsik László Sárosi János Steinmetz István Szívós Jr.
1972 Munich	Soviet Union (URS) Anatoly Akimov Aleksei Barkalov Aleksandr Dolgushin Aleksandr Dreval Vadim Gulyayev Aleksandr Kabanov Nikolay Melnikov Leonid Osipov Aleksandr Shidlovsky Viacheslav Sobchenko Vladimir Zhmudsky	Hungary (HUN) András Bodnár Tibor Cservenyák Tamás Faragó István Görgényi Zoltán Kásás Ferenc Konrád István Magas Endre Molnár Dénes Pócsik László Sárosi István Szívós Jr.	United States (USA) Peter Asch Steven Barnett Bruce Bradley Stanley Cole James Ferguson Eric Lindroth John Parker Gary Sheerer James Slatton Russell Webb Barry Weitzenberg
1976 Montreal	Hungary (HUN) Gábor Csapó Tibor Cservenyák Tamás Faragó György Gerendás György Horkai György Kenéz Ferenc Konrád Endre Molnár László Sárosi Attila Sudár István Szívós Jr.	Italy (ITA) Alberto Alberani Silvio Baracchini Luigi Castagnola Vincenzo D'Angelo Gianni De Magistris Riccardo De Magistris Marcello Del Duca Alessandro Ghibellini Sante Marsili Umberto Panerai Roldano Simeoni	Netherlands (NED) Alex Boegschoten Ton Buunk Piet de Zwarte Andy Hoepelman Evert Kroon Nico Landeweerd Hans Smits Gijze Stroboer Rik Toonen Hans van Zeeland Jan Evert Veer
1980 Moscow	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Akimov Aleksei Barkalov Yevgeny Grishin Mikhail Ivanov Aleksandr Kabanov Sergey Kotenko Giorgi Mshvenieradze Mait Riisman Erkin Shagaev Yevgeny Sharonov Viacheslav Sobchenko	Yugoslavia (YUG) Milivoj Bebić Zoran Gopčević Milorad Krivokapić Boško Lozica Predrag Manojlović Zoran Mustur Damir Polić Zoran Roje Ratko Rudić Slobodan Trifunović Luka Vezilić	Hungary (HUN) Gábor Csapó Tamás Faragó György Gerendás Károly Hauszler György Horkai István Kiss László Kuncz Endre Molnár Attila Sudár István Szívós Jr. István Udvardi
1984 Los Angeles	Yugoslavia (YUG) Dragan Andrić Milivoj Bebić Perica Bukić Veselin Đuho Milorad Krivokapić Deni Lušić Igor Milanović Tomislav Paškvalin (LH) Zoran Petrović Andrija Popović Zoran Roje Goran Sukno Božo Vuletić	United States (USA) Doug Burke Peter Campbell Jody Campbell Christopher Dorst Gary Figueroa Andrew McDonald Kevin Robertson Terence Schroeder Timothy Shaw John Siman Jon Svendsen Joseph Vargas Craig Wilson	West Germany (FRG) Armando Fernández Roland Freund Rainer Hoppe Thomas Huber Thomas Loebb Werner Obschernikat Rainer Osselmann Frank Otto Peter Röhle Jürgen Schröder Hagen Stamm Dirk Theismann
1988 Seoul	Yugoslavia (YUG) Dragan Andrić Mislav Bezmalinović Perica Bukić Veselin Đuho Igor Gočanin Deni Lušić Igor Milanović Tomislav Paškvalin (LH) Renco Posinković Goran Rađenović Dubravko Šimenc Aleksandar Šoštar Mirko Vičević	United States (USA) James Bergeson Greg Boyer Peter Campbell Jeff Campbell Jody Campbell Christopher Duplanty Michael Evans Douglas Kimbell Craig Klass Alan Mouchawar Kevin Robertson Terence Schroeder Craig Wilson	Soviet Union (URS) Dmitry Apanasenko Viktor Berendyuha Mikheil Giorgadze Yevgeny Grishin Mikhail Ivanov Aleksandr Kolotov Sergey Kotenko Serghei Marcoci Nurlan Mendygaliyev Giorgi Mshvenieradze Sergey Naumov Yevgeny Sharonov Nikolai Smirnov
1992 Barcelona	Italy (ITA) Francesco Attolico Gianni Averaimo Alessandro Bovo Paolo Caldarella Alessandro Campagna Marco D'Altrui Massimiliano Ferretti Mario Fiorillo Ferdinando Gandolfi Amedeo Pomilio (LH) Francesco Porzio (LH) Giuseppe Porzio Carlo Silipo	Spain (ESP) Daniel Ballart Manuel Estiarte Pedro García Aguado Salvador Gómez Marco Antonio González Rubén Michavila Miki Oca Sergi Pedrerol (LH) Josep Picó Jesús Rollán Ricardo Sánchez Jordi Sans Manuel Silvestre	Unified Team (EUN) Dmitry Apanasenko Andrey Belofastov Yevgeny Sharonov Dmitry Gorshkov Vladimir Karabutov Aleksandr Kolotov Andrei Kovalenko Nikolay Kozlov Serghei Marcoci Sergey Naumov Aleksandr Ogorodnikov Aleksandr Chigir Aleksey Vdovin
1996 Atlanta	Spain (ESP) Josep María Abarca Ángel Andreo Daniel Ballart Manuel Estiarte Pedro García Aguado Salvador Gómez Iván Moro Miki Oca Jorge Payá Sergi Pedrerol (LH) Jesús Rollán Jordi Sans Carles Sans	Croatia (CRO) Maro Balić Perica Bukić Damir Glavan Igor Hinić Vjekoslav Kobešćak Joško Kreković Ognjen Kržić Dubravko Šimenc Siniša Školneković Ratko Štritof Tino Vegar Renato Vrbičić Zdeslav Vrdoljak	Italy (ITA) Alberto Angelini Francesco Attolico Fabio Bencivenga Alessandro Bovo Alessandro Calcaterra Roberto Calcaterra Marco Gerini Alberto Ghibellini Luca Giustolisi Amedeo Pomilio (LH) Francesco Postiglione Carlo Silipo Leonardo Sottani
2000 Sydney	Hungary (HUN) Tibor Benedek (LH) Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor Tamás Kásás Gergely Kiss (LH) Zoltán Kósz Tamás Märcz Tamás Molnár Barnabás Steinmetz Zoltán Szécsi Bulcsú Székely Zsolt Varga Attila Vári	Russia (RUS) Roman Balashov Dmitri Dugin Sergey Garbuzov Dmitry Gorshkov Yuri Yatsev Nikolay Kozlov Nikolay Maksimov Andrei Rekechinski Dmitri Stratan Revaz Chomakhidze Aleksandr Yeryshov Marat Zakirov Irek Zinnurov	Yugoslavia (YUG)[d] Aleksandar Ćirić Danilo Ikodinović Viktor Jelenić Nikola Kuljača Aleksandar Šapić Dejan Savić Aleksandar Šoštar Petar Trbojević Veljko Uskoković Jugoslav Vasović Vladimir Vujasinović Nenad Vukanić Predrag Zimonjić
2004 Athens	Hungary (HUN) Tibor Benedek (LH) Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor István Gergely Tamás Kásás Gergely Kiss (LH) Norbert Madaras (LH) Tamás Molnár Ádám Steinmetz Barnabás Steinmetz Zoltán Szécsi Tamás Varga Attila Vári	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) Aleksandar Ćirić Vladimir Gojković Danilo Ikodinović Viktor Jelenić Predrag Jokić Nikola Kuljača Slobodan Nikić Aleksandar Šapić Dejan Savić Denis Šefik Petar Trbojević Vanja Udovičić Vladimir Vujasinović	Russia (RUS) Roman Balashov Revaz Chomakhidze Aleksandr Fyodorov Sergey Garbuzov Dmitry Gorshkov Nikolay Kozlov Nikolay Maksimov Andrei Rekechinski Dmitri Stratan Aleksandr Yeryshov Vitaly Yurchik Marat Zakirov Irek Zinnurov
2008 Beijing	Hungary (HUN) Zoltán Szécsi Tamás Varga Norbert Madaras (LH) Dénes Varga Tamás Kásás Norbert Hosnyánszky Gergely Kiss (LH) Tibor Benedek (LH) Dániel Varga Péter Biros Gábor Kis Tamás Molnár István Gergely	United States (USA) Merrill Moses Peter Varellas Peter Hudnut Jeff Powers Adam Wright Rick Merlo Layne Beaubien Tony Azevedo Ryan Bailey Tim Hutten Jesse Smith J. W. Krumpholz Brandon Brooks	Serbia (SRB) Denis Šefik Živko Gocić Andrija Prlainović Vanja Udovičić Dejan Savić Duško Pijetlović Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović (LH) Aleksandar Ćirić Aleksandar Šapić Vladimir Vujasinović Branko Peković Slobodan Soro
2012 London	Croatia (CRO) Josip Pavić Damir Burić Miho Bošković Nikša Dobud Maro Joković (LH) Petar Muslim Ivan Buljubašić Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Samir Barać Igor Hinić Paulo Obradović Frano Vićan	Italy (ITA) Stefano Tempesti Amaurys Pérez Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Alex Giorgetti Maurizio Felugo Massimo Giacoppo Valentino Gallo (LH) Christian Presciutti Deni Fiorentini Matteo Aicardi Danijel Premuš Giacomo Pastorino	Serbia (SRB) Slobodan Soro Aleksa Šaponjić Živko Gocić Vanja Udovičić Dušan Mandić (LH) Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović (LH) Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Gojko Pijetlović
2016 Rio	Serbia (SRB) Gojko Pijetlović Dušan Mandić (LH) Živko Gocić Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović (LH) Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović	Croatia (CRO) Josip Pavić Damir Burić Antonio Petković Luka Lončar Maro Joković (LH) Luka Bukić Xavier García (LH) Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Ivan Krapić Anđelo Šetka Marko Macan Marko Bijač	Italy (ITA) Stefano Tempesti Francesco Di Fulvio Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Alessandro Velotto Michaël Bodegas Andrea Fondelli Valentino Gallo (LH) Christian Presciutti Nicholas Presciutti Matteo Aicardi Alessandro Nora Marco Del Lungo
2020 Tokyo

Overall multiple medalists

Four or more Olympic medals

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. Last updated: 18 January 2021.

Eight male athletes won four or more Olympic medals in water polo. Aside from Belgian player Joseph Pletincx who won medals before World War II,^[2] all were members of the Hungary men's national water polo team. Dezső Gyarmati is the first and only athlete (man or woman) to win five Olympic medals in water polo (three gold, one silver and one bronze).^[1]

Legend

• – Hosts

Male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo

Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
						1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	Dezső Gyarmati	1927	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	16 years (20/36)	3	1	1	5	[1]
2	György Kárpáti	1935	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Hungary	FP	1952	1956	1960	1964		12 years (17/29)	3	0	1	4	[3]
3	László Jeney	1923	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	GK	1948	1952	1956	1960		12 years (25/37)	2	1	1	4	[4]
4	Mihály Mayer	1933	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1956	1960	1964	1968		12 years (22/34)	2	0	2	4	[5]
5	András Bodnár	1942	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	FP	1960	1964	1968	1972		12 years (18/30)	1	1	2	4	[6]
	Endre Molnár	1945	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	GK	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (23/35)	1	1	2	4	[7]
	István Szívós Jr.	1948	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hungary	FP	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (20/32)	1	1	2	4	[8]
8	Joseph Pletincx	1888		Belgium	FP	1908	1912	1920	1924		16 years (20/36)	0	3	1	4	[2]
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
						Water polo tournaments						Medals

Source:

• Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016).

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: 18 January 2021.

Forty-seven male athletes won three Olympic medals in water polo.

Legend

• – Hosts

Male athletes who won three Olympic medals in water polo

Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
						1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
9	Paul Radmilovic	1886	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Great Britain	FP	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	20 years (22/42)	3	0	0	3	[9]
	Charles Smith	1879	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Great Britain	GK	1908	1912	1920	1924		16 years (29/45)	3	0	0	3	[10]
	Tibor Benedek	1972	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Hungary	FP	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	16 years (20/36)	3	0	0	3	[11]
	Péter Biros	1976	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Hungary	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (24/36)	3	0	0	3	[12]
	Tamás Kásás	1976	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Hungary	FP	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	16 years (20/36)	3	0	0	3	[13]
	Gergely Kiss	1977	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Hungary	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (22/34)	3	0	0	3	[14]
	Tamás Molnár	1975	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hungary	FP	2000	2004	2008			8 years (25/33)	3	0	0	3	[15]
	Zoltán Szécsi	1977	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Hungary	GK	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (22/34)	3	0	0	3	[16]
17	Olivér Halassy	1909	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1928	1932	1936			8 years (18/27)	2	1	0	3	[17]
	Márton Homonnai	1906	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1924	1928	1932	1936		12 years (18/30)	2	1	0	3	[18]
	István Szívós Sr.	1920	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1948	1952	1956			8 years (27/36)	2	1	0	3	[19]
	Aleksei Barkalov	1946	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Soviet Union	FP	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (22/34)	2	1	0	3	[20]
	Perica Bukić	1966	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Yugoslavia	FP	1984	1988				12 years (18/30)	2	1	0	3	[21]
				Croatia					1996
22	Kálmán Markovits	1931	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Hungary	FP	1952	1956	1960			8 years (20/28)	2	0	1	3	[22]
	Ottó Boros	1929	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	GK	1956	1960	1964			8 years (27/35)	2	0	1	3	[23]
	Tivadar Kanizsa	1933	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	FP	1956	1960	1964			8 years (23/31)	2	0	1	3	[24]
25	Fritz Gunst	1908		Germany	FP	1928	1932	1936			8 years (19/27)	1	2	0	3	[25]
26	Leonid Osipov	1943	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Soviet Union	FP	1964	1968	1972			8 years (21/29)	1	1	1	3	[26]
	Dénes Pócsik	1940	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Hungary	FP	1964	1968	1972			8 years (24/32)	1	1	1	3	[27]
	Ferenc Konrád	1945	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hungary	FP	1968	1972	1976			8 years (23/31)	1	1	1	3	[28]
	László Sárosi	1946	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hungary	FP	1968	1972	1976			8 years (22/29)	1	1	1	3	[29]
	Tamás Faragó	1952	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hungary	FP	1972	1976	1980			8 years (20/27)	1	1	1	3	[30]
	Slobodan Nikić	1983	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Serbia and Montenegro	FP	2004					12 years (21/33)	1	1	1	3	[31]
				Serbia				2012	2016
32	Zoltán Dömötör	1935	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1960	1964	1968			8 years (25/33)	1	0	2	3	[32]
	László Felkai	1941	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	FP	1960	1964	1968			8 years (19/27)	1	0	2	3	[33]
	János Konrád	1941	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hungary	FP	1960	1964	1968			8 years (18/27)	1	0	2	3	[34]
	Yevgeny Sharonov	1958	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Soviet Union	GK	1980		1988			12 years (21/33)	1	0	2	3	[35]
				Unified Team					1992
	Filip Filipović	1987	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Serbia	FP	2008	2012	2016			8 years (21/29)	1	0	2	3	[36]
	Živko Gocić	1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Serbia	FP	2008	2012	2016			8 years (25/33)	1	0	2	3	[37]
	Duško Pijetlović	1985	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Serbia	FP	2008	2012	2016			8 years (23/31)	1	0	2	3	[38]
	Andrija Prlainović	1987	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Serbia	FP	2008	2012	2016			8 years (21/29)	1	0	2	3	[39]
40	Oscar Grégoire	1877		Belgium	FP	1900	1908	1912			12 years (23/35)	0	2	1	3	[40]
	Albert Durant	1892		Belgium		1912	1920	1924			12 years (20/32)	0	2	1	3	[41]
	Gérard Blitz	1901		Belgium	FP	1920	1924	1928		1936	16 years (19/35)	0	2	1	3	[42]
	Vladimir Semyonov	1938	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Soviet Union	FP	1960	1964	1968			8 years (22/30)	0	2	1	3	[43]
44	Robert Andersson	1886		Sweden	FP	1908	1912	1920			12 years (21/33)	0	1	2	3	[44]
	Pontus Hanson	1884		Sweden	FP	1908	1912	1920			12 years (24/36)	0	1	2	3	[45]
	Harald Julin	1890		Sweden		1908	1912	1920			12 years (18/30)	0	1	2	3	[46]
	Torsten Kumfeldt	1886		Sweden		1908	1912	1920			12 years (22/34)	0	1	2	3	[47]
	Viktor Ageyev	1936	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Soviet Union	FP	1956	1960	1964			8 years (20/28)	0	1	2	3	[48]
	Dmitry Gorshkov	1967	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Unified Team	FP	1992					12 years (25/37)	0	1	2	3	[49]
				Russia			1996	2000	2004
	Nikolay Kozlov	1972	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Unified Team	FP	1992					12 years (20/32)	0	1	2	3	[50]
				Russia			1996	2000	2004
	Aleksandar Ćirić	1977	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	FR Yugoslavia	FP	2000					8 years (22/30)	0	1	2	3	[51]
				Serbia and Montenegro			2004
				Serbia				2008
	Aleksandar Šapić	1978	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	FR Yugoslavia	FP	1996	2000				12 years (18/30)	0	1	2	3	[52]
				Serbia and Montenegro				2004
				Serbia					2008
	Dejan Savić	1975	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	FR Yugoslavia	FP	1996	2000				12 years (21/33)	0	1	2	3	[53]
				Serbia and Montenegro				2004
				Serbia					2008
	Vladimir Vujasinović	1973	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	FR Yugoslavia	FP	1996	2000				12 years (22/34)	0	1	2	3	[54]
				Serbia and Montenegro				2004
				Serbia					2008
	Vanja Udovičić	1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Serbia and Montenegro	FP	2004					8 years (21/29)	0	1	2	3	[55]
				Serbia			2008	2012
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
						Water polo tournaments						Medals

Source:

• Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016).

Multiple medalists 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: 12 February 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

• Team^* – Host team
• No. – Number

Year	Total	Five-time Olympic medalist		Four-time Olympic medalist		Three-time Olympic medalist
		Player	No.	Player	No.	Player	No.
1900	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1908	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1912	1	—	0	—	0	Belgium: Oscar Grégoire	1
1920	7	—	0	—	0	Belgium*: Joseph Pletincx Great Britain: Paul Radmilovic, Charles Sydney Smith (GK) Sweden: Robert Andersson, Pontus Hanson, Harald Julin, Torsten Kumfeldt	7
1924	2	—	0	Belgium: Joseph Pletincx	1	Belgium: Albert Durant	1
1928	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1932	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1936	4	—	0	—	0	Belgium: Gérard Blitz Germany*: Fritz Gunst Hungary: Olivér Halassy, Márton Homonnai	4
1948	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1952	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1956	3	—	0	—	0	Hungary: Dezső Gyarmati, László Jeney (GK), István Szívós Sr.	3
1960	4	—	0	Hungary: Dezső Gyarmati, László Jeney (GK)	2	Hungary: György Kárpáti, Kálmán Markovits	2
1964	6	Hungary: Dezső Gyarmati	1	Hungary: György Kárpáti	1	Hungary: Ottó Boros (GK), Tivadar Kanizsa, Mihály Mayer Soviet Union: Viktor Ageyev	4
Year	Total	Five-time Olympic medalist		Four-time Olympic medalist		Three-time Olympic medalist
		Player	No.	Player	No.	Player	No.
1968	6	—	0	Hungary: Mihály Mayer	1	Hungary: András Bodnár, Zoltán Dömötör, László Felkai, János Konrád Soviet Union: Vladimir Semyonov	5
1972	3	—	0	Hungary: András Bodnár	1	Hungary: Dénes Pócsik Soviet Union: Leonid Osipov	2
1976	4	—	0	—	0	Hungary: Ferenc Konrád, Endre Molnár (GK), László Sárosi, István Szívós Jr.	4
1980	5	—	0	Hungary: Endre Molnár (GK), István Szívós Jr.	2	Hungary: Tamás Faragó Soviet Union*: Aleksei Barkalov, Yevgeny Sharonov	3
1984	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1988	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1992	1	—	0	—	0	Unified Team: Yevgeny Sharonov (GK)	1
1996	1	—	0	—	0	Croatia: Perica Bukić	1
2000	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
2004	2	—	0	—	0	Russia: Dmitry Gorshkov, Nikolay Kozlov	2
2008	10	—	0	—	0	Hungary: Tibor Benedek, Péter Biros, Tamás Kásás, Gergely Kiss, Tamás Molnár, Zoltán Szécsi (GK) Serbia: Aleksandar Ćirić, Aleksandar Šapić, Dejan Savić, Vladimir Vujasinović	10
2012	1	—	0	—	0	Serbia: Vanja Udovičić	1
2016	4	—	0	—	0	Serbia: Filip Filipović, Živko Gocić, Duško Pijetlović, Andrija Prlainović	4
2020
Year	Total	Player	No.	Player	No.	Player	No.
		Five-time Olympic medalist		Four-time Olympic medalist		Three-time Olympic medalist

Source:

• Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016).

Women

Medalists by tournament

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Australia (AUS) Liz Weekes Yvette Higgins Gail Miller Naomi Castle Bronwyn Mayer Simone Hankin Danielle Woodhouse Kate Hooper Debbie Watson Taryn Woods Bridgette Gusterson Joanne Fox (LH) Melissa Mills	United States (USA) Robin Beauregard Ellen Estes Ericka Lorenz Heather Moody Bernice Orwig Maureen O'Toole Nicolle Payne Heather Petri Kathy Sheehy Coralie Simmons Julie Ertel Brenda Villa Courtney Johnson	Russia (RUS) Marina Akobiya Ekaterina Anikeeva Sofia Konukh Maria Koroleva Natalia Kutuzova Svetlana Kuzina Yuliya Petrova Tatiana Petrova Galina Rytova Elena Smurova Elena Tokun Irina Tolkunova Ekaterina Vassilieva
2004 Athens	Italy (ITA) Carmela Allucci Alexandra Araújo Silvia Bosurgi Francesca Conti Tania Di Mario Elena Gigli Melania Grego Giusi Malato Martina Miceli Maddalena Musumeci Cinzia Ragusa Noémi Tóth Emanuela Zanchi	Greece (GRE) Dimitra Asilian Georgia Ellinaki Eftychia Karagianni Angeliki Karapataki Stavroula Kozompoli Georgia Lara Kyriaki Liosi Antiopi Melidoni Antonia Moraiti Evangelia Moraitidou Anthoula Mylonaki Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou Antigoni Roumpesi (LH)	United States (USA) Robin Beauregard Margaret Dingeldein Ellen Estes Jacqueline Frank Natalie Golda Ericka Lorenz Heather Moody Thalia Munro Nicolle Payne Heather Petri Kelly Rulon Amber Stachowski Brenda Villa
2008 Beijing	Netherlands (NED) Ilse van der Meijden Yasemin Smit Mieke Cabout Biurakn Hakhverdian Marieke van den Ham (LH) Daniëlle de Bruijn (LH) Iefke van Belkum Noeki Klein Gillian van den Berg Alette Sijbring Rianne Guichelaar (LH) Simone Koot Meike de Nooy	United States (USA) Elizabeth Armstrong Heather Petri Brittany Hayes (LH) Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Natalie Golda Patty Cardenas Jessica Steffens Elsie Windes Alison Gregorka Moriah van Norman Kami Craig Jaime Komer	Australia (AUS) Emma Knox Gemma Beadsworth Nikita Cuffe Rebecca Rippon Suzie Fraser (LH) Bronwen Knox Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Jenna Santoromito Mia Santoromito Melissa Rippon Amy Hetzel Alicia McCormack
2012 London	United States (USA) Tumuaialii Anae Elizabeth Armstrong Kami Craig Annika Dries Courtney Mathewson Heather Petri Kelly Rulon Melissa Seidemann Jessica Steffens Maggie Steffens Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes	Spain (ESP) Marta Bach Andrea Blas Ana Copado Anni Espar Laura Ester Maica García Godoy Laura López Lorena Miranda Ona Meseguer (LH) Matilde Ortiz Jennifer Pareja María del Pilar Peña (LH) Roser Tarragó	Australia (AUS) Gemma Beadsworth Victoria Brown Kate Gynther Bronwen Knox Holly Lincoln-Smith Alicia McCormack Jane Moran Glencora Ralph Melissa Rippon Sophie Smith Ashleigh Southern Rowena Webster Nicola Zagame
2016 Rio	United States (USA) Samantha Hill Maddie Musselman Melissa Seidemann Rachel Fattal Aria Fischer Maggie Steffens Courtney Mathewson Kiley Neushul Caroline Clark Kaleigh Gilchrist Makenzie Fischer Kami Craig Ashleigh Johnson	Italy (ITA) Giulia Gorlero Chiara Tabani Arianna Garibotti Elisa Queirolo Federica Radicchi Rosaria Aiello Tania Di Mario Roberta Bianconi Giulia Emmolo (LH) Francesca Pomeri Aleksandra Cotti Teresa Frassinetti Laura Teani	Russia (RUS) Anna Ustyukhina Maria Borisova Ekaterina Prokofyeva Elvina Karimova Nadezhda Glyzina-Fedotova Olga Gorbunova Ekaterina Lisunova Anastasia Simanovich Anna Timofeeva Evgenia Soboleva Evgeniya Ivanova Anna Grineva Anna Karnaukh
2020 Tokyo

Overall multiple medalists

Three or more Olympic medals

Brenda Villa of the United States won four Olympic medals in water polo between 2000 and 2012.

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. Last updated: 18 January 2021.

Three female athletes won three or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Petri and Brenda Villa, both representing the United States, are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals in water polo.^[56][57]

Legend

• – Hosts

Female athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo

Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Women's team	Pos	Water polo tournaments				Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
						1	2	3	4		G	S	B	T
1	Heather Petri	1978	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	United States	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012	12 years (22/34)	1	2	1	4	[56]
	Brenda Villa	1980	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	United States	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012	12 years (20/32)	1	2	1	4	[57]
3	Kami Craig	1987	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	United States	FP	2008	2012	2016		8 years (21/29)	2	1	0	3	[58]

Source:

• Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016).

Multiple medalists 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: 12 February 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

• Team^* – Host team
• No. – Number

Year	Total	Five-time Olympic medalist		Four-time Olympic medalist		Three-time Olympic medalist
		Player	No.	Player	No.	Player	No.
2000	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
2004	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
2008	2	—	0	—	0	United States: Heather Petri, Brenda Villa	2
2012	2	—	0	United States: Heather Petri, Brenda Villa	2	—	0
2016	1	—	0	—	0	United States: Kami Craig	1
2020
Year	Total	Player	No.	Player	No.	Player	No.
		Five-time Olympic medalist		Four-time Olympic medalist		Three-time Olympic medalist

Source:

• Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016).

See also

• Water polo at the Summer Olympics
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament
• National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
• 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 World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

Notes

References

Sources

Official Reports (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

• Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

• Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

• Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (archive) (pp. 284–507)

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

• Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

Official Reports (FINA)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (pp. 4–13, 56)

Official website (IOC)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

• Water polo

• Men's water polo

• Women's water polo

Olympedia

Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

Water polo on the Todor66 website:

External links

• Official website