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

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

– Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – The nation did not participate in the Games – 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 — — — — — Part of Soviet Union 5 2 3 3 † — — — — — — — — — — 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 Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 3 3 0 1996 2004 Runners-up Europe – LEN

Best finishes Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team Best finish Apps Confederation 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 2 1 (2000) 1 (2004) 2000 2004

Medal table Last updated: 5 May 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.

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

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.

Abbreviation Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref 1996 1 Nikolay Maksimov 23 58 115 50.4% Starting goalkeeper 13 Dmitri Dugin 27 6 21 28.6% 2000 1 Nikolay Maksimov (2) 27 58 99 58.6% Starting goalkeeper 3 Dmitri Dugin (2) 32 18 35 51.4% 2004 1 Nikolay Maksimov (3) 31 62 104 59.6% Starting goalkeeper 2 Aleksandr Fyodorov 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). 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.

* 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 Totalsprintswon Totalsprintscontested Eff % Water polo tournaments(sprints won / contested) Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sergey Garbuzov 27 29 93.1% 1996(N/A) 2000(7/8) 2004(20/21) 22/30 2 Roman Balashov 14 18 77.8% 2000(11/15) 2004(3/3) 23/27 3 Irek Zinnurov 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).

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 24, 32 FP 52–56 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

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References

Sources

ISHOF

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