Italy women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Italy women's national water polo team has participated in 4 of 5 official women'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 women's Olympic water polo tournament

Comprehensive results by tournament

Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

•  1st  – Champions
•  2nd  – Runners-up
•  3rd  – Third place
•  4th  – Fourth place
•  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Women's team	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Years
Italy		1st	6th	7th	2nd		4
Total teams	6	8	8	8	8	10

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Italy	4	4	4	2004	2016	Champions	Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Italy	Champions (2004)	4	Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Italy	2	1 (2004)	1 (2016)			2004	2016

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

See also: List of players who have appeared in multiple women'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 women's Olympic water polo tournaments|Italy}}

Multiple medalists

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

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 (women)|Italy}}

Top goalscorers

See also: List of women'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 women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers|Italy}}

Goalkeepers

See also: List of women'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: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2004	1	Francesca Conti	1972	32	39	72	54.2%		Starting goalkeeper
	5	Elena Gigli	1985	19	0	0	—
2008	1	Elena Gigli (2)	1985	23	40	79	50.6%		Starting goalkeeper
	13	Chiara Brancati	1981	27	10	20	50.0%
2012	1	Elena Gigli (3)	1985	27	56	105	53.3%		Starting goalkeeper
	13	Giulia Gorlero	1990	21	3	6	50.0%
2016	1	Giulia Gorlero (2)	1990	25	65	106	61.3%		Starting goalkeeper
	13	Laura Teani	1991	25	0	2	0.0%
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 68–69), 2012 (pp. 362–363), 2016 (pp. 212–213).<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): 0

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

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
• HUN – Hungary
• ITA – Italy

Female players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics

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	Tania Di Mario	1979	23	58	39.7%	2004 (7/16)	2008 (1/10)	2012 (4/10)	2016 (11/22)		25/37
2	Anikó Pelle	1978	6	12	50.0%	2004 HUN (6/9)	2008 HUN (0/1)	2012 ITA (0/2)			25/33

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 68–69), 2012 (pp. 362–363), 2016 (pp. 212–213).<section end=Sprinters />

Olympic champions

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

2004 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in women's water polo|2004}}

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

Flag bearers

See also: Water polo at the Summer Olympics § Flag bearers

Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2016 Summer Olympics, one female water polo player was given the honour to carry the flag for Italy. After winning gold in the women's tournament, Carmela Allucci, the captain of the Italian women's water polo team, carried the national flag of Italy at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics, becoming the first female water polo player to be given the honour.

Legend

•  2008 O  – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
•  2012 C  – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
•  Flag bearer  – Female flag bearer
• Flag bearer^‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with her team

Water polo people who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games

#	Year	Country	Flag bearer	Birth	Age	Height	Team	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
									1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	2004 C	Italy	Carmela Allucci‡	1970	34	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Italy	FP	2004					0 years (34/34)	1	0	0	1

See also

• Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Italy at the Olympics

Sources

{{#section:List of women'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

• Italy women's national water polo team – Official website
• Olympic water polo – Official website