Russia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Russia men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Russia men's national water polo team has participated in 3 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: Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team^† (statistics), Unified Team 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
• Team^† – Defunct team

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
Russian Federation	—	—	—	—	—	Part of Soviet Union																5	2	3					3
Soviet Union†	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	3	2	3	2	1	8	1	—	3	Defunct								9
Unified Team†	—	—	—	—	—	Part of Soviet Union															3	Defunct							1
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.

Men's team	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Russia	3	3	0	1996	2004	Runners-up	Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Russia	Runners-up (2000)	3	Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Russia	2		1 (2000)	1 (2004)		2000	2004

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2

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|Russia}} Note:

• Nikolay Maksimov is listed in Kazakhstan men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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)|Russia}}

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|Russia}}

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: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Nikolay Maksimov	1972	23	58	115	50.4%		Starting goalkeeper
	13	Dmitri Dugin	1968	27	6	21	28.6%
2000 File:Silver medal.svg	1	Nikolay Maksimov (2)	1972	27	58	99	58.6%		Starting goalkeeper
	3	Dmitri Dugin (2)	1968	32	18	35	51.4%
2004 File:Bronze medal.svg	1	Nikolay Maksimov (3)	1972	31	62	104	59.6%		Starting goalkeeper
	2	Aleksandr Fyodorov	1981	23	2	5	40.0%

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 70–72);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45, 49, 53, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75), 2004 (pp. 219–220).<section end=Goalkeepers />

Note:

• Nikolay Maksimov is also listed in Kazakhstan 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): 1
• 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	Sergey Garbuzov	1974	27	29	93.1%	1996 (N/A)	2000 (7/8)	2004 (20/21)			22/30
2	Roman Balashov	1977	14	18	77.8%	2000 (11/15)	2004 (3/3)				23/27
3	Irek Zinnurov	1969	9	19	47.4%	2000 (5/11)	2004 (4/8)				31/35

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45, 49, 53, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75), 2004 (pp. 219–220).<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. Aleksandr Kabanov of the Soviet Union won a gold at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Eight years later, he won the second gold medal at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. As a head coach, he led Russia men's national team to win two consecutive medals in 2000 and 2004.

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	Aleksandr Kabanov	1948	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	24, 32	Soviet Union	FP	1972 File:Gold medal.svg, 1980* File:Gold medal.svg	52–56	Russia	2000 File:Silver medal.svg, 2004 File:Bronze medal.svg	2	1	1	4

See also

• Russia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• Soviet Union men'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
• Russia 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

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