United States women'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 United States women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The United States women's national water polo team has participated in 7 of 7 official women'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

Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Legend
  •  1st  – Champions
  •  2nd  – Runners-up
  •  3rd  – Third place
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
  •     – Hosts
Women's team[1] 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Years
 United States 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th 7
Total teams 6 8 8 8 8 10 10

Number of appearances

Last updated: 11 August 2024.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Women's team[1] Apps Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most
recent
Best finish Confederation
 United States 7 7 7 2000 2024 Champions Americas – UANA

Best finishes

Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Women's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 United States Champions (2012, 2016, 2020) 7 Americas – UANA

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Women's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 United States 7 3 (2012, 2016, 2020) 2 (2000, 2008) 1 (2004) 1 (2024) 2000 2024

Medal table

Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Women's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 United States (USA)3216

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 women's Olympic water polo tournaments|UnitedStates}}

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 (women)|UnitedStates}}

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|UnitedStates}}

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 Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref
2000 1 Bernice Orwig 1976 23 39 59 66.1% [2]
11 Nicolle Payne 1976 24 19 38 50.0% [3]
2004 1 Jacqueline Frank 1980 24 41 68 60.3% Starting goalkeeper [4]
12 Nicolle Payne (2) 1976 28 0 0 [3]
2008 1 Elizabeth Armstrong 1983 25 49 92 53.3% Starting goalkeeper [5]
13 Jaime Komer 1981 26 1 2 50.0% [6]
2012 1 Elizabeth Armstrong (2) 1983 29 53 101 52.5% Starting goalkeeper [5]
13 Tumua Anae 1988 23 0 0 [7]
2016 1 Samantha Hill 1992 24 6 10 60.0% [8]
13 Ashleigh Johnson 1994 21 51 79 64.6% Starting goalkeeper [9]
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 101), 2004 (pp. 84–85), 2008 (pp. 77–78), 2012 (pp. 368–369), 2016 (pp. 218–219).<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): 0
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 2
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won): 1
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
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 Rachel Fattal 1993 17 23 73.9% 2016
(17/23)
22/22 [10]
2 Heather Petri 1978 13 18 72.2% 2000
(1/1)
2004
(0/0)
2008
(11/15)
2012
(1/2)
22/34 [11]
3 Margaret Dingeldein 1980 5 5 100.0% 2004
(5/5)
24/24 [12]

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 101), 2004 (pp. 84–85), 2008 (pp. 77–78), 2012 (pp. 368–369), 2016 (pp. 218–219).<section end=Sprinters />

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. Guy Baker guided the United States women's team to three Olympic medals in a row between 2000 and 2008.[13][14] Adam Krikorian coached the United States women's national team to two consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016.[15][14]

Legend
  •     – Hosts
Head coaches who led women's national teams to win two or more Olympic medals
Rk Head coach Nationality Birth Age Women's team Tournaments
(finish)
Period Medals Ref
1 2 3 G S B T
1 Guy Baker  United States  United States 2000
(2nd)
2004
(3rd)
2008
(2nd)
8
years
0 2 1 3 [13]
[14]
2 Adam Krikorian  United States 1974 38–42  United States 2012
(1st)
2016
(1st)
4
years
2 0 0 2 [15]
[14]

Olympic champions

2012 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in women's water polo|2012}}

2016 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in women's water polo|2016}}

See also

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. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. "Bernice Orwig". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Nicolle Payne". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. "Jacqueline Frank". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Elizabeth Armstrong". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. "Jaime Komer". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. "Tumua Anae". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. "Samantha Hill". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. "Ashleigh Johnson". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. "Rachel Fattal". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  11. "Heather Petri". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  12. "Margaret Dingeldein". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Guy Baker". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Women's Senior National Team - History". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. 28 November 2018. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Adam Krikorian". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

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Sources

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

ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

External links