This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the China women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The China women's national water polo team has participated in 3 of 5 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: 5 May 2021.
Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Qualified for forthcoming tournament – Hosts
Women's team 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Years 5th 5th 7th Q 4 Total teams 6 8 8 8 8 10
Number of appearances Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend Year* – As host team
Women's team Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 3 3 3 2008* 2016 Fifth place Asia – AASF
Best finishes Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend Year* – As host team
Women's team Best finish Apps Confederation Fifth place (2008*, 2012) 3 Asia – AASF
Finishes in the top four Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend Year* – As host team
Women's team Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last 0 — —
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.
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 2008 1 Yang Jun 20 39 89 43.8% Starting goalkeeper 13 Tan Ying 21 0 2 0.0% 2012 1 Yang Jun (2) 24 44 106 41.5% Starting goalkeeper 13 Wang Ying 24 17 25 68.0% 2016 1 Yang Jun (3) 28 55 118 46.6% Starting goalkeeper 13 Peng Lin 21 0 2 0.0% Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 59–60), 2012 (pp. 350–351), 2016 (pp. 203–204).
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): 1 Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won): 0 Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 0 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 Wang Yi 35 47 74.5% 2008(18/19) 2012(17/28) 21/25 2 Niu Guannan 9 22 40.9% 2016(9/22) 24/24 Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 59–60), 2012 (pp. 350–351), 2016 (pp. 203–204).
See also List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics China at the Olympics
References
Sources
ISHOF
External links Olympic water polo – Official website