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This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Italy men's national water polo team has participated in 21 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]

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.
  • 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
Men's team[1] 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
 Italy — 10 11 1 3 4 1 4 4 6 2 8 7 7 1 3 5 8 9 2 3 Q 21
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: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
 Italy 21 19 19 1920 2020 Champions Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Italy Champions (1948, 1960*, 1992) 21 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Italy 13 3 (1948, 1960*, 1992) 2 (1976, 2012) 3 (1952, 1996, 2016) 3 (1956, 1964, 1968) 1948 2016

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Italy (ITA)3238

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. {{#section:List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments|Italy}}

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)|Italy}}

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. {{#section:List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers|Italy}}

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. <section begin=Goalkeepers />Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1920 Salvatore Cabella 1896 23–24 Starting goalkeeper [2]
(Unknown)
1924 Mario Balla 1903 20–21 Starting goalkeeper [3]
(Unknown)
1948 Pasquale Buonocore 1916 32 Starting goalkeeper [4]
(Unknown)
1952 Raffaello Gambino 1928 24 [5]
Renato Traiola 1924 27 [6]
1956 Cosimo Antonelli 1925 31 [7]
Enzo Cavazzoni 1932 24 [8]
1960 Dante Rossi 1936 24 [9]
Brunello Spinelli 1939 21 [10]
1964 Eugenio Merello 1940 24 [11]
Dante Rossi (2) 1936 28 [9]
1968 1 Alberto Alberani 1947 21 [12]
11 Eugenio Merello (2) 1940 28 [11]
1972 1 Alberto Alberani (2) 1947 25 [12]
11 Ferdinando Lignano 1948 28 [13]
1976 1 Alberto Alberani (3) 1947 29 [12]
11 Umberto Panerai 1953 23 [14]
1980 1 Alberto Alberani (4) 1947 33 [12]
11 Umberto Panerai (2) 1953 27 [14]
1984 1 Roberto Gandolfi 1956 28 [15]
13 Umberto Panerai (3) 1953 31 [14]
1988 1 Paolo Trapanese 1962 26 [16]
13 Gianni Averaimo 1964 24 [17]
1992 1 Francesco Attolico 1963 29 [18]
13 Gianni Averaimo (2) 1964 27 [17]
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1996 1 Francesco Attolico (2) 1963 33 44 110 40.0% Starting goalkeeper [18]
10 Marco Gerini 1971 24 6 15 40.0% [19]
2000 1 Francesco Attolico (3) 1963 37 28 61 45.9% [18]
5 Stefano Tempesti 1979 21 24 43 55.8% [20]
2004 1 Stefano Tempesti (2) 1979 25 50 86 58.1% Starting goalkeeper [20]
5 Marco Gerini (2) 1971 33 0 4 0.0% [19]
2008 1 Stefano Tempesti (3) 1979 29 83 169 49.1% Starting goalkeeper [20]
13 Fabio Violetti 1974 34 0 0 —
2012 1 Stefano Tempesti (4) 1979 33 87 147 59.2% Starting goalkeeper [20]
13 Giacomo Pastorino 1980 32 0 0 — [21]
2016 1 Stefano Tempesti (5) 1979 37 51 101 50.5% Starting goalkeeper [20]
13 Marco Del Lungo 1990 26 21 37 56.8% [22]
2020 1 Marco Del Lungo (2) 1990 31 [22]
13 Gianmarco Nicosia 1998 23 [23]
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref

Sources:

  • Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 70, 72–73);
  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 47, 52, 55, 64, 68–69, 74, 76), 2004 (pp. 211–212), 2008 (pp. 205–206), 2012 (pp. 484–485), 2016 (pp. 123–124).<section end=Goalkeepers />

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): 1

  • Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 4
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
  • AUS – Australia
  • ITA – Italy
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 Pietro Figlioli 1984 78 86 90.7% 2004
AUS
(24/27)		 2008
AUS
(21/23)		 2012
ITA
(19/21)		 2016
ITA
(14/15)		 20/32 [24]
2 Francesco Di Fulvio 1993 16 17 94.1% 2016
(16/17)		 23/23 [25]
3 Goran Fiorentini 1981 15 22 68.2% 2004
(15/22)		 22/22 [26]
4 Alberto Ghibellini 1973 10 16 62.5% 1996
(N/A)		 2000
(10/16)		 23/27 [27]
Deni Fiorentini 1984 10 10 100.0% 2012
(10/10)		 28/28 [28]

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 47, 52, 55, 64, 68–69, 74, 76), 2004 (pp. 211–212), 2008 (pp. 205–206), 2012 (pp. 484–485), 2016 (pp. 123–124).<section end=Sprinters />

Coach statistics

See also: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Coach statistics

Medals as coach and player

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021. As a water polo player, Ratko Rudić won a silver medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He led Italy men's national water polo team to win two Olympic medals in 1992 and 1996.[29][30][31] Italian Alessandro Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, coached by Ratko Rudić. As a head coach, he guided Italy men's national team to two medals in 2012 and 2016.[32][33]

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Rk Person Birth Height Player Head coach Total medals Ref
Age Men's team Pos Medal Age Men's team Medal G S B T
1 Ratko Rudić 1948 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in)		 32  Yugoslavia FP 1980 44–48  Italy 1992 , 1996 1 1 1 3 [29][30]
[31]
Alessandro Campagna 1963 1.82 m
(6 ft 0 in)		 29  Italy FP 1992 49–53  Italy 2012 , 2016 1 1 1 3 [32]
[33]
3 Gianni Lonzi 1938 1.82 m
(6 ft 0 in)		 22  Italy FP 1960* 37  Italy 1976 1 1 0 2 [34]
[35]
4 Mario Majoni 1910 38  Italy FP 1948* 42  Italy 1952 1 0 1 2 [36]
[37]

Olympic champions

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

1948 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in men's water polo|1948}}

1960 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in men's water polo|1960}}

1992 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in men's water polo|1992}}

See also

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Salvatore Cabella". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mario Balla". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pasquale Buonocore". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Raffaello Gambino". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Renato Traiola". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cosimo Antonelli". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Enzo Cavazzoni". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Dante Rossi". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Brunello Spinelli". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Eugenio Merello". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Alberto Alberani". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ferdinando Lignano". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Umberto Panerai". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Roberto Gandolfi". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "Paolo Trapanese". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Gianni Averaimo". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Francesco Attolico". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Marco Gerini". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 "Stefano Tempesti". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  21. ↑ "Giacomo Pastorino". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Marco Del Lungo". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  23. ↑ "Gianmarco Nicosia". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  24. ↑ "Pietro Figlioli". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  25. ↑ "Francesco Di Fulvio". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  26. ↑ "Goran Fiorentini". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  27. ↑ "Alberto Ghibellini". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  28. ↑ "Deni Fiorentini". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Ratko Rudić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Ratko Rudic (YUG/ITA/USA/CRO)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Legendary coach and naturalised players take Brazilian men's water polo team into medal contention". rio2016.com. Rio 2016. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 "Alessandro Campagna". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 "Alessandro Campagna (ITA)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  34. ↑ "Gianni Lonzi". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  35. ↑ "Gianni Lonzi (ITA)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  36. ↑ "Mario Majoni". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  37. ↑ "Mario Majoni (ITA)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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Sources

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

ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

External links

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