Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
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This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Netherlands men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Netherlands men's national water polo team has participated in 17 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
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||
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
Men's team[1] | Apps | Record streak |
Active streak |
Debut | Most recent |
Best finish | Confederation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | 7 | 0 | 1908 | 2000 | Third place | Europe – LEN |
Best finishes
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
- Legend
- Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] | Best finish | Apps | Confederation |
---|---|---|---|
Third place (1948, 1976) | 17 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 2 (1948, 1976) | 1 (1908) | 1908 | 1976 |
Medal table
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Men's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Player statistics
Multiple appearances
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|Netherlands}}
Multiple medalists
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)|Netherlands}}
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|Netherlands}}
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.
- Legend and abbreviation
- – Hosts
- Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year | Cap No. |
Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member |
Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1908 | Johan Rühl | 1885 | 23 | The only goalkeeper in the squad | [2] | ||
1920 | Leen Hoogendijk | 1890 | 30 | [3] | |||
Karel Struijs | 1892 | 27 | [4] | ||||
1924 | Karel Struijs (2) | 1892 | 31 | Starting goalkeeper | [4] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1928 | Abraham van Olst | 1897 | 30 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1936 | Herman Veenstra | 1911 | 24 | [6] | |||
Joop van Woerkom | 1912 | 24 | [7] | ||||
1948 |
Joop Rohner | 1927 | 21 | [8] | |||
Piet Salomons | 1924 | 24 | [9] | ||||
1952 | Max van Gelder | 1924 | 27 | Starting goalkeeper | [10] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1960 | Henk Hermsen | 1937 | 23 | [11] | |||
Ben Kniest | 1927 | 33 | [12] | ||||
1964 | 1 | Henk Hermsen (2) | 1937 | 27 | [11] | ||
11 | Ben Kniest (2) | 1927 | 37 | [12] | |||
1968 | 1 | Feike de Vries | 1943 | 25 | [13] | ||
11 | Evert Kroon | 1946 | 22 | [14] | |||
1972 | 1 | Evert Kroon (2) | 1946 | 25 | Starting goalkeeper | [14] | |
11 | Wim van de Schilde | 1948 | 23 | [15] | |||
1976 |
1 | Evert Kroon (3) | 1946 | 29 | Starting goalkeeper Flag bearer for the Netherlands |
[14] | |
11 | Alex Boegschoten | 1956 | 20 | [16] | |||
1980 | 1 | Wouly de Bie | 1958 | 22 | [17] | ||
11 | Ruud Misdorp | 1952 | 28 | [18] | |||
1984 | 1 | Wouly de Bie (2) | 1958 | 26 | [17] | ||
13 | Ruud Misdorp (2) | 1952 | 32 | [18] | |||
1992 | 1 | Arie van de Bunt | 1969 | 23 | [19] | ||
13 | Bert Brinkman | 1968 | 24 | [20] | |||
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 | Arie van de Bunt (2) | 1969 | 27 | 81 | 154 | 52.6% | Starting goalkeeper | [19] | |
11 | Wim Vermeulen | 0 | 0 | — | ||||||
2000 | 1 | Arie van de Bunt (3) | 1969 | 31 | 65 | 140 | 46.4% | Starting goalkeeper | [19] | |
3 | Wim Vermeulen (2) | 0 | 0 | — |
Sources:
- Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 67–68);
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 58, 60–61, 79, 83–84, 89, 91).<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): 0
- Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 0
- 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)
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 | Bjørn Boom | 1975 | 6 | 10 | 60.0% | 2000 (6/10) |
24/24 | [21] |
Source:
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 58, 60–61, 79, 83–84, 89, 91).<section end=Sprinters />
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. Ivo Trumbić won the silver medal in 1964 and Yugoslavia's first Olympic gold medal in water polo in 1968. He moved to the Netherlands in 1973, hired as the head coach of the Netherlands men's national water polo team. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he led the Dutch team to win a bronze medal.[22][23]
- 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 | Ivo Trumbić | 1935 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
29–33 | FP | 1964 |
41 | 1976 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | [22] [23] |
Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies
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 2020 Summer Olympics, three male water polo players were given the honour to carry the flag for the Netherlands. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Fred van Dorp became the first water polo player to be a flag bearer for the Netherlands at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[24] After winning bronze in the men's tournament, Evert Kroon, the starting goalkeeper of the Dutch water polo team, carried the national flag of the Netherlands at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics.[14] Four-time Olympian Ton Buunk was the flag bearer for the Netherlands during the opening ceremony at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[25]
- Legend
- 2008 O – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2012 C – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
- – Hosts
- Flag bearer‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team
# | Year | Country | Flag bearer | Birth | Age | Height | Team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) |
Medals | Ref | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | |||||||||||
1 | 1968 O | Fred van Dorp | 1938 | 30 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 8 years (21/30) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [24] | ||||
1 | 1968 C | Fred van Dorp | 1938 | 30 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 8 years (21/30) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [24] | ||||
2 | 1976 C | Evert Kroon | 1946 | 29 | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
GK | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 8 years (22/29) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [14] | ||||
3 | 1984 O | Ton Buunk | 1952 | 31 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
FP | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 12 years (19/31) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [25] |
See also
- Netherlands women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
- Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
- Netherlands at the Olympics
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Johan Rühl". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Leen Hoogendijk". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Karel Struijs". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Abraham van Olst". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Herman Veenstra". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Joop van Woerkom". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Joop Rohner". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Piet Salomons". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Max van Gelder". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Henk Hermsen". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Ben Kniest". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Feike de Vries". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 "Evert Kroon". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ↑ "Wim van de Schilde". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Alex Boegschoten". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Wouly de Bie". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Ruud Misdorp". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Arie van de Bunt". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Bert Brinkman". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ↑ "Bjørn Boom". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Ivo Trumbić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Ivo Trumbic (CRO/YUG/NED)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Fred van Dorp". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Ton Buunk". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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