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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.[1]

Abbreviations

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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

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See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

Comprehensive results by tournament

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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†[a].
  • 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
 Russian Federation — — — — — Part of Soviet Union [a] 5 2 3 3
 Soviet Union†[b] — — — — — — — — — — 7 3 2 3 2 1 8 1 — 3 Defunct 9
International Olympic Committee Unified Team†[a] — — — — — 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

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
 Russia 3 3 0 1996 2004 Runners-up Europe – LEN

Best finishes

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Russia Runners-up (2000) 3 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Russia 2 1 (2000) 1 (2004) 2000 2004

Medal table

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Russia (RUS)0112

Player statistics

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Multiple appearances

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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.

  • Number of five-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of four-time Olympians: 2
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Abbreviation
  • EUN – Unified Team
  • RUS – Russia
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
4 Dmitry Gorshkov 1967 FP 1992
EUN		 1996
RUS		 2000
RUS		 2004
RUS		 25/37 [2]
Nikolay Kozlov 1972 FP 1992
EUN		 1996
RUS		 2000
RUS		 2004
RUS		 20/32 [3]

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Multiple medalists

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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: 2
  • Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • EUN – Unified Team
  • RUS – Russia
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 Dmitry Gorshkov 1967 1.80 m
(5 ft 11 in)		 FP 1992
EUN		 1996
RUS		 2000
RUS		 2004
RUS		 12 years
(25/37)		 0 1 2 3 [2]
Nikolay Kozlov 1972 1.92 m
(6 ft 4 in)		 FP 1992
EUN		 1996
RUS		 2000
RUS		 2004
RUS		 12 years
(20/32)		 0 1 2 3 [3]

Top goalscorers

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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.

  • Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 1
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Abbreviation
  • EUN – Unified Team
  • RUS – Russia
  • URS – Soviet Union
Male players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics
Rk Player Birth L/R Total
goals		 Water polo tournaments
(goals)		 Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Dmitry Apanasenko 1967 40 1988
URS
(14)		 1992
EUN
(20)		 1996
RUS
(6)		 21/29 [4]
2 Aleksandr Yeryshov 1973 Right 37 1996
(10)		 2000
(17)		 2004
(10)		 23/31 [5]

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Goalkeepers

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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: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1996 1 Nikolay Maksimov 1972 23 58 115 50.4% Starting goalkeeper [6]
13 Dmitri Dugin 1968 27 6 21 28.6% [7]
2000 1 Nikolay Maksimov (2) 1972 27 58 99 58.6% Starting goalkeeper [6]
3 Dmitri Dugin (2) 1968 32 18 35 51.4% [7]
2004 1 Nikolay Maksimov (3) 1972 31 62 104 59.6% Starting goalkeeper [6]
2 Aleksandr Fyodorov 1981 23 2 5 40.0% [8]

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Note:

Top sprinters

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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 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 Sergey Garbuzov 1974 27 29 93.1% 1996
(N/A)		 2000
(7/8)		 2004
(20/21)		 22/30 [9]
2 Roman Balashov 1977 14 18 77.8% 2000
(11/15)		 2004
(3/3)		 23/27 [10]
3 Irek Zinnurov 1969 9 19 47.4% 2000
(5/11)		 2004
(4/8)		 31/35 [11]

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Coach statistics

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

Medals as coach and player

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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.[12][13]

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  Soviet Union FP 1972 , 1980* 52–56  Russia 2000 , 2004 2 1 1 4 [12]
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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c 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

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  1. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ a b "Dmitry Gorshkov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Nikolay Kozlov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Dmitry Apanasenko". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Aleksandr Yeryshov". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Nikolay Maksimov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Dmitri Dugin". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Aleksandr Fyodorov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Sergey Garbuzov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Roman Balashov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Irek Zinnurov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Aleksandr Kabanov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Aleksandr S. Kabanov (URS)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

Sources

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Official Reports (IOC)

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PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

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PDF documents on the FINA website:

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

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Official Reports (FINA)

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Official website (IOC)

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Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

Olympedia

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Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

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Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

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Water polo on the Todor66 website:

ISHOF

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International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

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