Germany men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team have participated in 17 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.

Abbreviations

Apps	Appearances	Rk	Rank	Ref	Reference	Cap No.	Water polo cap number
Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper	ISHOF	International Swimming Hall of Fame
L/R	Handedness	L	Left-handed	R	Right-handed	Oly debut	Olympic debut in water polo
(C)	Captain	p.	page	pp.	pages

Team statistics

See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

Comprehensive results by tournament

Notes:

• Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
• At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, but only American contestants participated. Currently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904.
• Related teams: United Team of Germany men's Olympic water polo team^†, East Germany men's Olympic water polo team^†, West Germany men's Olympic water polo team^†.
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

•  1  – Champions
•  2  – Runners-up
•  3  – Third place
•  4  – Fourth place
•  —  – The nation did not participate in the Games
•  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
•     – Hosts
• = – More than one team tied for that rank
• Team^† – Defunct team

Abbreviation

• EUA – United Team of Germany
• FRG – West Germany
• GDR – East Germany

Men's team	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Germany	=5				—	—	1	2	2	—	15	See EUA			See FRG and GDR						7	9		5	10				9
United Team of Germany†	See Germany											6	6	6	See FRG and GDR						See Germany								3
East Germany†	Part of Germany											P. of EUA			6				—		Part of Germany								1
West Germany†	Part of Germany											P. of EUA			10	4	6	—	3	4	Part of Germany								5
Total teams	7		4	6	12	13	14	5	16	18	21	10	16	13	15	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team
• Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Germany	9	3	0	1900	2008	Champions	Europe – LEN
West Germany†	5	3	0	1968	1988	Third place	Europe – LEN
United Team of Germany†	3	3	0	1956	1964	Sixth place	Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team
• Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Germany	Champions (1928)	9	Europe – LEN
West Germany†	Third place (1984)	5	Europe – LEN
United Team of Germany†	Sixth place (1956, 1960, 1964)	3	Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team
• Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Germany	3	1 (1928)	2 (1932, 1936*)			1928	1936
West Germany†	3			1 (1984)	2 (1972*, 1988)	1972	1988
United Team of Germany†	0					—	—

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Germany (GER)	1	2	0	3
West Germany (FRG)†	0	0	1	1
File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany (EUA)†	0	0	0	0
Totals (3 entries)	1	2	1	4

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

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

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

• Number of five-time Olympians: 0
• Number of four-time Olympians: 2
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• FRG – West Germany
• GER – Germany
• MEX – Mexico

Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics

Apps	Player	Birth	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
				1	2	3	4	5
4	Armando Fernández	1955	FP	1972 MEX	1976 MEX		1984 FRG	1988 FRG	17/33
	Peter Röhle	1957	GK	1976 FRG		1984 FRG	1988 FRG	1992 GER	19/35

Multiple medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

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. {{#section:List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)|Germany}}

Top goalscorers

See also: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

• Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 1
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• FRG – West Germany
• GER – Germany
• MEX – Mexico

Male players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics

Rk	Player	Birth	L/R	Total goals	Water polo tournaments (goals)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
					1	2	3	4	5
1	Hagen Stamm	1960	Right	45	1984 FRG (18)	1988 FRG (15)	1992 GER (12)			24/32
2	Frank Otto	1959	Left	38	1984 FRG (18)	1988 FRG (16)	1992 GER (4)			25/33
3	Armando Fernández	1955		37	1972 MEX (11)	1976 MEX (16)		1984 FRG (6)	1988 FRG (4)	17/33

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1900, 1928–1936, 1952–1976, 1984–1996;
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

Goalkeepers

See also: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1900		Georg Hax	1870	29		The only goalkeeper in the squad
1928 File:Gold medal.svg		Johann Blank	1904	24
		Erich Rademacher	1901	27	1972
1932 File:Silver medal.svg		Hans Eckstein	1908	23
		Erich Rademacher (2)	1901	31	1972
1936 File:Silver medal.svg		Paul Klingenburg	1907	28
		Fritz Stolze	1910	25
1952		Emil Bildstein	1931	21
		Günter Heine	1919	32
1956		Emil Bildstein (2)	1931	25
		Karl Neuse	1930	25
1960		Emil Bildstein (3)	1931	29
		Hans Hoffmeister	1936	24
1964		Heinz Mäder	1937	27
		Peter Schmidt	1937	26
1968	1	Hans Hoffmeister (2)	1936	32
	11	Günter Kilian	1950	18
1972	1	Gerd Olbert	1948	24
	11	Hans Hoffmeister (3)	1936	36
1976	1	Günter Kilian (2)	1950	26
	11	Peter Röhle	1957	19
1984 File:Bronze medal.svg	1	Peter Röhle (2)	1957	27
	12	Santiago Chalmovsky	1959	25
1988	1	Peter Röhle (3)	1957	31
	7	Ingo Borgmann	1965	23
1992	1	Ingo Borgmann (2)	1965	27
	5	Peter Röhle (4)	1957	35

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Ingo Borgmann (3)	1965	31	51	111	45.9%		Starting goalkeeper
	9	Daniel Voß	1971	25	2	3	66.7%
2004	1	Alexander Tchigir (2)	1968	35	39	80	48.8%		Starting goalkeeper
	2	Michael Zellmer	1977	27	3	6	50.0%
2008	1	Alexander Tchigir (3)	1968	39	63	130	48.5%		Starting goalkeeper
	13	Michael Zellmer (2)	1977	31	0	0	—

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 67–69);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

Notes:

• Alexander Tchigir is also listed in Unified Team men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

Top sprinters

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively. <section begin=Sprinters />* Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won, since 2000): 0

• Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 1
• Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 0
• Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 1
• Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)

Male players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics (statistics since 2000)

Rk	Sprinter	Birth	Total sprints won	Total sprints contested	Eff %	Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
						1	2	3	4	5
1	Tobias Kreuzmann	1981	25	34	73.5%	2004 (17/22)	2008 (8/12)				23/27
2	Moritz Oeler	1985	8	16	50.0%	2008 (8/16)					22/22

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).<section end=Sprinters />

Olympic champions

See also: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo

1928 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in men's water polo|1928}}

See also

• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Germany at the Summer Olympics
• United Team of Germany at the Olympics
• West Germany at the Olympics

Sources

{{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Sources}}

ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

• Honorees Listed by Category – Water Polo
• Honorees Listed by Category – Coaches
• Honorees Listed by Category – Contributors
• Honorees by Country
• Honorees By Last Name

External links

• Germany men's national water polo team – Official website
• Olympic water polo – Official website