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.

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 – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Qualified for forthcoming tournament – Hosts

Women's team 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Years 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 Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 7 7 7 2000 2024 Champions Americas – UANA

Best finishes Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Legend Year* – As host team

Women's team Best finish Apps Confederation 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 Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last 7 3 (2012, 2016, 2020) 2 (2000, 2008) 1 (2004) 1 (2024) 2000 2024

Medal table Last updated: 11 August 2021.

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.

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.

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.

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: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation – Hosts Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref 2000 1 Bernice Orwig 23 39 59 66.1% 11 Nicolle Payne 24 19 38 50.0% 2004 1 Jacqueline Frank 24 41 68 60.3% Starting goalkeeper 12 Nicolle Payne (2) 28 0 0 — 2008 1 Elizabeth Armstrong 25 49 92 53.3% Starting goalkeeper 13 Jaime Komer 26 1 2 50.0% 2012 1 Elizabeth Armstrong (2) 29 53 101 52.5% Starting goalkeeper 13 Tumua Anae 23 0 0 — 2016 1 Samantha Hill 24 6 10 60.0% 13 Ashleigh Johnson 21 51 79 64.6% Starting goalkeeper Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember 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).

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.

* 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 Totalsprintswon Totalsprintscontested Eff % Water polo tournaments(sprints won / contested) Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rachel Fattal 17 23 73.9% 2016(17/23) 22/22 2 Heather Petri 13 18 72.2% 2000(1/1) 2004(0/0) 2008(11/15) 2012(1/2) 22/34 3 Margaret Dingeldein 5 5 100.0% 2004(5/5) 24/24 Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 101), 2004 (pp. 84–85), 2008 (pp. 77–78), 2012 (pp. 368–369), 2016 (pp. 218–219).

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.

Adam Krikorian coached the United States women's national team to two consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016.

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 2000(2nd) 2004(3rd) 2008(2nd) 8years 0 2 1 3 2 Adam Krikorian 38–42 2012(1st) 2016(1st) 4years 2 0 0 2

Olympic champions

2012 Summer Olympics

2016 Summer Olympics

See also United States 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 United States at the Summer Olympics

References

Sources

ISHOF

External links United States women's national water polo team – Official website Olympic water polo – Official website