Soviet Union 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 Soviet Union men's national water polo team and the Unified Team men's national water polo team[lower-alpha 1] at the Summer Olympics. The Soviet Union men's national water polo team and the Unified Team men's national water polo team[lower-alpha 1] have participated in 10 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.
  • Related teams: Unified Team men's Olympic water polo team†[lower-alpha 1], Kazakhstan men's Olympic water polo team (statistics), Russia men's Olympic water polo team (statistics), Ukraine 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[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
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union†[lower-alpha 2] — — — — — — — — — — 7 3 2 3 2 1 8 1 — 3 Defunct 9
International Olympic Committee Unified Team†[lower-alpha 1] — — — — — Part of Soviet Union 3 Defunct 1
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan — — — — — Part of Soviet Union [lower-alpha 1] 9 11 11 Q 4
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russian Federation — — — — — Part of Soviet Union [lower-alpha 1] 5 2 3 3
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine — — — — — — — — — — Part of Soviet Union [lower-alpha 1] 12 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.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
  • Team† – Defunct team
Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union† 9 8 0 1952 1988 Champions Europe – LEN
International Olympic Committee Unified Team†[lower-alpha 1] 1 1 0 1992 1992 Third place Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
  • Team† – Defunct team
Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union† Champions (1972, 1980*) 9 Europe – LEN
International Olympic Committee Unified Team†[lower-alpha 1] Third place (1992) 1 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
  • Team† – Defunct team
Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union† 7 2 (1972, 1980*) 2 (1960, 1968) 3 (1956, 1964, 1988) 1956 1988
International Olympic Committee Unified Team†[lower-alpha 1] 1 1 (1992) 1992 1992

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Team† – Defunct team
Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (URS)†2237
File:Olympic flag.svg Unified Team (EUN)†[lower-alpha 1]0011
Totals (2 entries)2248

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|SovietUnion}} Notes:

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.

  • Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 5
  • Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • EUN – Unified Team
  • URS – Soviet Union
Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo
Rk Player Birth Height Pos Water polo tournaments Period
(age of
first/last)		 Medals Ref
1 2 3 4 5 G S B T
1 Aleksei Barkalov 1946 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in)		 FP 1968 1972 1976 1980 12 years
(22/34)		 2 1 0 3 [2]
2 Leonid Osipov 1943 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in)		 FP 1964 1968 1972 8 years
(21/29)		 1 1 1 3 [3]
3 Yevgeny Sharonov 1958 1.89 m
(6 ft 2 in)		 GK 1980
URS		 1988
URS		 1992
EUN		 12 years
(21/33)		 1 0 2 3 [4]
4 Vladimir Semyonov 1938 1.84 m
(6 ft 0 in)		 FP 1960 1964 1968 8 years
(22/30)		 0 2 1 3 [5]
Viktor Ageyev 1936 1.84 m
(6 ft 0 in)		 FP 1956 1960 1964 8 years
(20/28)		 0 1 2 3 [6]

Notes:

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|SovietUnion}} Note:

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: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  •     – Hosts
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1952 Boris Goykhman 1919 33 Starting goalkeeper [7]
(Unknown)
1956 File:Bronze medal.svg Boris Goykhman (2) 1919 37 [7]
Mikhail Ryzhak 1927 29 [8]
1960 File:Silver medal.svg Leri Gogoladze 1938 22 [9]
Boris Goykhman (3) 1919 41 [7]
1964 File:Bronze medal.svg 1 Igor Grabovsky 1941 23 [10]
11 Eduard Egorov 1940 24 [11]
1968 File:Silver medal.svg 1 Vadim Gulyayev 1941 27 [12]
11 Oleg Bovin 1946 22 [13]
1972 File:Gold medal.svg 1 Vadim Gulyayev (2) 1941 31 [12]
11 Viacheslav Sobchenko 1949 23 [14]
1976 1 Anatoly Klebanov 1952 23 [15]
11 Aleksandr Zakharov 1954 22 [16]
1980 File:Gold medal.svg 1 Yevgeny Sharonov 1958 21 2003 [4]
11 Viacheslav Sobchenko (2) 1949 31 [14]
1988 File:Bronze medal.svg 1 Yevgeny Sharonov (2) 1958 29 2003 [4]
13 Mikheil Giorgadze 1961 27 [17]
1992 File:Bronze medal.svg 1 Yevgeny Sharonov (3) 1958 33 2003 [4]
13 Alexander Tchigir 1968 23 [18]
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member		 Note Ref

Note:

Coach statistics

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

Most successful coaches

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 coach (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021. Boris Popov led the Soviet Union men's national water polo team to win an Olympic gold medal in 1980 and a bronze medal in 1988. Four years later, he coached the Unified Team men's national water polo team to another bronze medal.[19]

Legend
  •     – Hosts
Head coaches who led men's national teams to win three or more Olympic medals
Rk Head coach Nationality Birth Age Men's team Tournaments
(finish)		 Period Medals Ref
1 2 3 4 5 G S B T
1 Boris Popov File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1941 39, 47 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1980
(1st)		 1988
(3rd)		 12
years		 1 0 2 3 [20]
[19]
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 51 International Olympic Committee Unified Team 1992
(3rd)

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. Vladimir Semyonov, representing the Soviet Union, won three Olympic medals in a row between 1960 and 1968. As a head coach, he led the Soviet Union men's national water polo team to win an Olympic gold medal in 1972.[5] Soviet Boris Popov won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. He guided the Soviet Union men's national team to two Olympic medals in 1980 and 1988, and the Unified Team to a bronze medal in 1992.[19] Aleksandr Kabanov of the Soviet Union won a gold at the Munich Olympics in 1972, coached by Vladimir Semyonov. Eight years later, he won the second gold medal at the Moscow Olympics in 1980, coached by Boris Popov. As a head coach, he led Russia men's national team to win two consecutive medals in 2000 and 2004.[21][22]

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 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union FP 1972 File:Gold medal.svg, 1980* File:Gold medal.svg 52–56 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2000 File:Silver medal.svg, 2004 File:Bronze medal.svg 2 1 1 4 [21]
[22]
2 Vladimir Semyonov 1938 1.84 m
(6 ft 0 in)		 22–30 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union FP 1960 File:Silver medal.svg, 1964 File:Bronze medal.svg,
1968 File:Silver medal.svg		 34 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1972 File:Gold medal.svg 1 2 1 4 [5]
3 Boris Popov 1941 1.81 m
(5 ft 11 in)		 23 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union FP 1964 File:Bronze medal.svg 39, 47 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1980* File:Gold medal.svg, 1988 File:Bronze medal.svg 1 0 3 4 [20]
[19]
51 International Olympic Committee Unified Team 1992 File:Bronze medal.svg

Olympic champions

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

1972 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in men's water polo|1972}}

1980 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in men's water polo|1980}}

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 In 1992, 12 of the 15 former Soviet Republics competed together as the Unified Team and marched under the Olympic Flag in the Barcelona Games.
  2. ↑ The Olympic Committee of the Soviet Union was formed on 21 April 1951, and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 7 May 1951.

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. ↑ "Aleksei Barkalov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Leonid Osipov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Yevgeny Sharonov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Vladimir Semyonov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Viktor Ageyev". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Boris Goykhman". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mikhail Ryzhak". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Leri Gogoladze". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Igor Grabovsky". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Eduard Egorov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Vadim Gulyayev". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Oleg Bovin". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Viacheslav Sobchenko". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Anatoly Klebanov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "Aleksandr Zakharov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "Mikheil Giorgadze". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  18. ↑ "Alexander Tchigir". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "Boris Popov (RUS)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Boris Popov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Aleksandr Kabanov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Aleksandr S. Kabanov (URS)". 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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