List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics

List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
Governing body	FINA
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
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	Medalists;
	Winners (men • women); Records and statistics (men • women); Venues

This is a list of records and statistics of the women's water polo tournament in the Olympic games ever since the inaugural official edition in 2000.

Confederation statistics

Best performances by tournament

This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.[1]

Legend

1st – Winners
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Confederation	00	04	08	12	16	20
Africa – CANA	—	—	—	—	—	Q
Americas – ASUA	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	Q
Asia – AASF	6th	8th	5th	5th	7th	Q
Europe – LEN	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	Q
Oceania – OSA	1st	4th	3rd	3rd	6th	Q
Nations	6	8	8	8	8	10

All-time best performances

This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation at the Olympics.[1]

Legend

^* – Host team

Confederation	Best performance	Team
Africa – CANA	—	—
Americas – ASUA	1st	United States (2012, 2016)
Asia – AASF	5th	China (2008^*, 2012)
Europe – LEN	1st	Italy (2004), Netherlands (2008)
Oceania – OSA	1st	Australia (2000^*)

Team statistics

Participating teams

Note: Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.

Legend

1st – Winners
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
– Hosts
Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Team[1]	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Africa – CANA (1 team)
South Africa						Q	0
Americas – ASUA (3 teams)
Brazil					8th		1
Canada	5th	7th				Q	2
United States	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	Q	5
Asia – AASF (3 teams)
China			5th	5th	7th	Q	3
Japan						Q	0
Kazakhstan	6th	8th					2

Team[1]	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Europe – LEN (7 teams)
Great Britain				8th			1
Greece		2nd	8th				2
Hungary		6th	4th	4th	4th		4
Italy		1st	6th	7th	2nd		4
Netherlands	4th		1st				2
Russia	3rd	5th	7th	6th	3rd	Q	5
Spain				2nd	5th	Q	2
Oceania – OSA (1 team)
Australia	1st	4th	3rd	3rd	6th	Q	5

Total teams	6	8	8	8	8	10

Debut of teams

Legend

^* – Host team

#	Year	Debuting teams	Number	Cumulative total
1	2000	Australia^*, Canada, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Russia, United States	6	6
2	2004	Greece^*, Hungary, Italy	3	9
3	2008	China^*	1	10
4	2012	Great Britain^*, Spain	2	12
5	2016	Brazil^*	1	13
6	2020

Finishes in the top four

The following table is pre-sorted by total finishes in the top four (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively.

Legend

^* – Host team

Rk	Team	Total	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First year	Last year
1	United States	5	2 (2012, 2016)	2 (2000, 2008)	1 (2004)		2000	2016
2	Australia	4	1 (2000^*)		2 (2008, 2012)	1 (2004)	2000	2012
3	Hungary	3				3 (2008, 2012, 2016)	2008	2016
4	Italy	2	1 (2004)	1 (2016)			2004	2016
5	Netherlands	2	1 (2008)			1 (2000)	2000	2008
6	Russia	2			2 (2000, 2016)		2000	2016
7	Greece	1		1 (2004^*)			2004	2004
7	Spain	1		1 (2012)			2012	2012

Medal table

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively.


Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	2	1	5
2	Italy	1	1	0	2
3	Australia	1	0	2	3
4	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
5	Greece	0	1	0	1
5	Spain	0	1	0	1
7	Russia	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 teams)		5	5	5	15

Winners

The following table shows results of women's Olympic water polo winners by tournament.

Legend

6 – won 6 matches in the tournament
4 – drew 4 matches in the tournament
2 – lost 2 matches in the tournament
100% – won all matches in the tournament
team – Olympic winning streak (won three or more Olympic titles in a row)
– Host team

Abbreviation

MP – Matches played
W – Won
D – Drawn
L – Lost
GF – Goals for
GA – Goals against
GD – Goals difference
GF/MP – Goals for per match
GA/MP – Goals against per match
GD/MP – Goals difference per match

#	Tournament	Women's winner	MP	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GF/MP	GA/MP	GD/MP
1	Sydney 2000	Australia (1st title)	7	6	0	1	85.7%	46	29	17	6.571	4.143	2.429
2	Athens 2004	Italy (1st title)	6	5	0	1	83.3%	44	33	11	7.333	5.500	1.833
3	Beijing 2008	Netherlands (1st title)	6	4	0	2	66.7%	57	53	4	9.500	8.833	0.667
4	London 2012	United States (1st title)	6	5	1	0	83.3%	58	48	10	9.667	8.000	1.667
5	Rio de Janeiro 2016	United States (2nd title)	6	6	0	0	100%	73	32	41	12.167	5.333	6.833
#	Tournament	Total	31	26	1	4	83.9%	278	195	83	8.968	6.290	2.677
#	Tournament	Women's winner	MP	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GF/MP	GA/MP	GD/MP

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 96), 2004 (p. 73), 2008 (p. 72), 2012 (p. 369), 2016 (p. 219);

The following table shows number of players and average age, height and weight of women's Olympic water polo winners by tournament.

Legend

team – Olympic winning streak (won three or more Olympic titles in a row)
– Host team

#	Tournament	Women's winner	Players	Returning Olympians		Average
#	Tournament	Women's winner	Number	Number	%	Age	Height	Weight
1	Sydney 2000	Australia (1st title)	13	0	0.0%	26 years, 215 days	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	71 kg (157 lb)
2	Athens 2004	Italy (1st title)	13	0	0.0%	28 years, 301 days	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	67 kg (148 lb)
3	Beijing 2008	Netherlands (1st title)	13	2	15.4%	25 years, 248 days	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (154 lb)
4	London 2012	United States (1st title)	13	8	61.5%	26 years, 96 days	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)
5	Rio de Janeiro 2016	United States (2nd title)	13	4	30.8%	23 years, 200 days	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)
#	Tournament	Women's winner	Number	Number	%	Age	Height	Weight
#	Tournament	Women's winner	Players	Returning Olympians		Average

Source:

Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (p. 73), 2008 (p. 72), 2012 (p. 369), 2016 (p. 219);
Olympedia: 2000 (women's tournament), 2004 (women's tournament), 2008 (women's tournament), 2012 (women's tournament), 2016 (women's tournament).

The following table shows the historical progression of number of returning Olympians.

Legend

– Host team

**Historical progression – number of returning Olympians**
Returning Olympians	Achievement	Year	Women's winner	Date of winning gold	Duration of record
0	Set record	2000	Australia (1st title)	23 September 2000	7 years, 333 days
0	Tied record	2004	Italy (1st title)	26 August 2004	7 years, 333 days
2	Broke record	2008	Netherlands (1st title)	21 August 2008	3 years, 354 days
8	Broke record	2012	United States (1st title)	9 August 2012	7 years, 323 days

Source: Olympedia: 2000 (women's tournament), 2004 (women's tournament), 2008 (women's tournament), 2012 (women's tournament), 2016 (women's tournament).

The following tables show historical progressions of average age.

Legend

– Host team

**Historical progression – average age (in ascending order)**
Average age	Achievement	Year	Women's winner	Date of winning gold	Duration of record
26 years, 215 days	Set record	2000	Australia (1st title)	23 September 2000	3 years, 338 days
28 years, 301 days	Broke record	2004	Italy (1st title)	26 August 2004	15 years, 306 days

**Historical progression – average age (in descending order)**
Average age	Achievement	Year	Women's winner	Date of winning gold	Duration of record
26 years, 215 days	Set record	2000	Australia (1st title)	23 September 2000	7 years, 333 days
25 years, 248 days	Broke record	2008	Netherlands (1st title)	21 August 2008	7 years, 364 days
23 years, 200 days	Broke record	2016	United States (2nd title)	19 August 2016	3 years, 313 days

Source:

Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (p. 73), 2008 (p. 72), 2012 (p. 369), 2016 (p. 219);
Olympedia: 2000 (women's tournament).

The following tables show historical progressions of average height and weight.

Legend

– Host team

**Historical progression – average height**
Average height	Achievement	Year	Women's winner	Date of winning gold	Duration of record
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Set record	2000	Australia (1st title)	23 September 2000	11 years, 321 days
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Broke record	2012	United States (1st title)	9 August 2012	7 years, 323 days
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Tied record	2016	United States (2nd title)	19 August 2016	7 years, 323 days

**Historical progression – average weight**
Average weight	Achievement	Year	Women's winner	Date of winning gold	Duration of record
71 kg (157 lb)	Set record	2000	Australia (1st title)	23 September 2000	11 years, 321 days
77 kg (170 lb)	Broke record	2012	United States (1st title)	9 August 2012	7 years, 323 days
77 kg (170 lb)	Tied record	2016	United States (2nd title)	19 August 2016	7 years, 323 days

Source:

Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (p. 73), 2008 (p. 72), 2012 (p. 369), 2016 (p. 219);
Olympedia: 2000 (women's tournament).

Team records

Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.

Tournament positions

Most titles won: 2, United States (2012, 2016).
Most finishes in the top two: 4, United States (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016).
Most finishes in the top three: 5, United States (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016).
Most finishes in the top four: 5, United States (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016).
Most appearances: 5, Australia (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016); Russia (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016); United States (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016).

Consecutive

Most consecutive medals: 5, United States (2000–04–08–12–16).
Most consecutive golds: 2, United States (2012–16).
Most consecutive silvers: None.
Most consecutive bronzes: 2, Australia (2008–12).
Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 5, United States (2000–04–08–12–16).
Most consecutive appearances: 5, Australia (2000–04–08–12–16); Russia (2000–04–08–12–16); United States (2000–04–08–12–16).

Gaps

Longest gap between successive titles: None.
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two: 12 years, Italy (2004–2016).
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top three: 16 years, Russia (2000–2016).
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four: 16 years, Russia (2000–2016).
Longest gap between successive appearances: 8 years, Netherlands (2000–2008).

Host team

Best finish by host team: Champion: Australia (2000).

Other

Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion: 1, Greece (2004); Spain (2012).
Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion: 2, Russia (2000, 2016).
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion: 3, Hungary (2008, 2012, 2016).
Most finishes in the top four without ever being medaled: 3, Hungary (2008, 2012, 2016).

Player statistics

(C)	Captain	Apps	Appearances	Ref	Reference	Rk	Rank
L/R	Handedness	Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper

Age records

The following tables show the oldest and youngest players who competed in women's water polo at the Summer Olympics, and the oldest and youngest female Olympic medalists in water polo.

Legend

– Host team

Appearance

Record	Age of the first Olympic water polo match	Player	Date of birth	Women's team	Pos	Date of the first Olympic water polo match	Ref
Oldest Olympic debutante	41 years, 150 days	Camila Pedrosa	12 March 1975	Brazil	FP	9 August 2016	[2]
Youngest female Olympian	16 years, 104 days	Paula Leitón	27 April 2000	Spain	FP	9 August 2016	[3]

Record	Age of the last Olympic water polo match	Player	Date of birth	Women's team	Pos	Date of the last Olympic water polo match	Ref
Oldest female Olympian	41 years, 160 days	Camila Pedrosa	12 March 1975	Brazil	FP	19 August 2016	[2]

Medalist

Record	Age of receiving the last Olympic gold/silver/bronze medal in water polo	Player	Date of birth	Women's team	Pos	Date of receiving the last Olympic gold/silver/bronze medal in water polo	Ref
Oldest female Olympic gold medalist	36 years, 348 days	Gillian van den Berg	8 September 1971	Netherlands	FP	21 August 2008	[4]
Oldest female Olympic silver medalist	39 years, 183 days	Maureen O'Toole	24 March 1961	United States	FP	23 September 2000	[5]
Oldest female Olympic bronze medalist	31 years, 245 days	Ekaterina Anikeeva	22 January 1969	Russia	FP	23 September 2000	[6]

Record	Age of receiving the first Olympic gold/silver/bronze medal in water polo	Player	Date of birth	Women's team	Pos	Date of receiving the first Olympic gold/silver/bronze medal in water polo	Ref
Youngest female Olympic gold medalist	17 years, 170 days	Aria Fischer	2 March 1999	United States	FP	19 August 2016	[7]
Youngest female Olympic silver medalist	19 years, 137 days	Roser Tarragó	25 March 1993	Spain	FP	9 August 2012	[8]
Youngest female Olympic bronze medalist	19 years, 22 days	Maria Borisova	28 July 1997	Russia	FP	19 August 2016	[9]

Multiple appearances (four-time Olympians)

American water polo player Heather Petri competed at four Olympics (2000–2012).

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), date of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Four female athletes competed in water polo at four or more Olympic Games between 2000 and 2016 inclusive.

Legend

– Hosts

**Female athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics**
Apps	Player	Birth	Height	Women's team	Pos	Water polo tournament				Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
Apps	Player	Birth	Height	Women's team	Pos	Water polo tournament				Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
4	Heather Petri	1978	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	United States	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012	12 years (22/34)	1	2	1	4	[10]
	Sofia Konukh	1980	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Russia	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012	12 years (20/32)	0	0	1	1	[11]
	Brenda Villa	1980	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	United States	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012	12 years (20/32)	1	2	1	4	[12]
	Tania Di Mario	1979	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Italy	FP	2004	2008	2012	2016	12 years (25/37)	1	1	0	2	[13]

Multiple medalists

Brenda Villa of the United States won four Olympic medals in water polo between 2000 and 2012.

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), date of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Three female athletes won three or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Petri and Brenda Villa, both representing the United States, are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals in water polo.[10][12]

Legend

– Hosts

**Female athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo**
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Women's team	Pos	Water polo tournament				Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Women's team	Pos	Water polo tournament				Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	Heather Petri	1978	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	United States	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012	12 years (22/34)	1	2	1	4	[10]
1	Brenda Villa	1980	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	United States	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012	12 years (20/32)	1	2	1	4	[12]
3	Kami Craig	1987	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	United States	FP	2008	2012	2016	Does not appear	8 years (21/29)	2	1	0	3	[14]

Multiple gold medalists

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), date of receiving the last Olympic gold medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first Olympic gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Four female athletes won two or more Olympic gold medals in water polo. They were all members of the United States women's national water polo team that won two consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016.

Legend

– Hosts

**Female athletes who won two or more Olympic gold medals in water polo**
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Women's team	Pos	Water polo tournament			Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Women's team	Pos	Water polo tournament			Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	Kami Craig	1987	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	United States	FP	2008	2012	2016	8 years (21/29)	2	1	0	3	[14]
2	Courtney Mathewson	1986	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	United States	FP	2012	2016	Does not appear	4 years (25/29)	2	0	0	2	[15]
	Melissa Seidemann	1990	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	United States	FP	2012	2016	Does not appear	4 years (22/26)	2	0	0	2	[16]
	Maggie Steffens	1993	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	United States	FP	2012	2016	Does not appear	4 years (19/23)	2	0	0	2	[17]

Top goalscorers by tournament

Daniëlle de Bruijn of the Netherlands scored 11 and 17 goals at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics, respectively.

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Maggie Steffens of the United States holds the record for the most goals scored by a female water polo player in a single Olympic tournament, scoring 21 goals in the 2012 edition. She was also the top goalscorer at the 2016 Olympics, with 17 goals.[17]

Dutch left-hander Daniëlle de Bruijn was the joint top goalscorer at the 2000 Olympics, with 11 goals. Eight years later she scored 17 goals, including seven goals in the gold medal match, becoming the top goalscorer at the 2008 Olympics, and helping the Dutch team win the Olympics.[18]

Legend

– Host team

**Top female goalscorers by tournament**
Year	Player	Birth	Age	Height	L/R	Goals	Matches played	Goals per match	Women's team	Finish	Ref
2000	Daniëlle de Bruijn	1978	22	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Left	11	7	1.571	Netherlands	4th of 6 teams	[18]
	Bridgette Gusterson (C)	1973	27	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Right		7	1.571	Australia	1st of 6 teams	[19]
	Sofia Konukh	1980	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Right		7	1.571	Russia	3rd of 6 teams	[11]
2004	Tania Di Mario	1979	25	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Right	14	6	2.333	Italy	1st of 8 teams	[13]
2008	Daniëlle de Bruijn	1978	30	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Left	17	6	2.833	Netherlands	1st of 8 teams	[18]
2012	Maggie Steffens	1993	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Right	21	6	3.500	United States	1st of 8 teams	[17]
2016	Maggie Steffens (C)	1993	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Right	17	6	2.833	United States	1st of 8 teams	[17]

The following table shows the historical progression of the record of goals scored by a female water polo player in a single Olympic tournament.

Legend

– Host team

Goals	Achievement	Year	Player	Age	Height	L/R	Women's team	Date	Duration of record	Ref
11	Set record	2000	Daniëlle de Bruijn	22	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Left	Netherlands	23 September 2000	3 years, 338 days	[18]
			Bridgette Gusterson	27	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Right	Australia			[19]
			Sofia Konukh	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Right	Russia			[11]
14	Broke record	2004	Tania Di Mario	25	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Right	Italy	26 August 2004	3 years, 361 days	[13]
17	Broke record	2008	Daniëlle de Bruijn	30	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Left	Netherlands	21 August 2008	3 years, 354 days	[18]
21	Broke record	2012	Maggie Steffens	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Right	United States	9 August 2012	7 years, 323 days	[17]

Source:

Official Results Books: 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 53), 2008 (p. 54), 2012 (p. 345), 2016 (p. 193).

All-time top goalscorers

Kate Gynther of Australia scored 30 goals at three Olympics (2004–2012).

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), number of total Olympic matches played (in ascending order), date of the last Olympic match played (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic match played (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Four-time Olympian Tania Di Mario holds the record for the most goals scored by a female water polo player in Olympic history, with 47 goals.[13]

Maggie Steffens of the United States scored 38 goals at two Olympics (2012–2016).[17]

Ma Huanhuan, representing China, holds the record for the most goals scored by an Asian female water polo player in Olympic history, with 37 goals at three Olympics (2008–2016).[20]

Kate Gynther of Australia scored 30 goals in 32 matches between 2004 and 2012.[21]

Legend

– Hosts

**All-time top female goalscorers with at least 30 goals at the Olympics**
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	L/R	Women's team	Total goals	Total matches played	Goals per match	Tournament (goals)				Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	L/R	Women's team	Total goals	Total matches played	Goals per match	Tournament (goals)				Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	Tania Di Mario	1979	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Right	Italy	47	23	2.043	2004 (14)	2008 (10)	2012 (18)	2016 (5)	12 years (25/37)	1	1	0	2	[13]
2	Maggie Steffens	1993	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Right	United States	38	12	3.167	2012 (21)	2016 (17)	Does not appear	Does not appear	4 years (19/23)	2	0	0	2	[17]
3	Ma Huanhuan	1990	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Right	China	37	17	2.176	2008 (7)	2012 (19)	2016 (11)	Does not appear	8 years (18/26)	0	0	0	0	[20]
4	Sofia Konukh	1980	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Right	Russia	31	22	1.409	2000 (11)	2004 (9)	2008 (7)	2012 (4)	12 years (20/32)	0	0	1	1	[11]
5	Brenda Villa	1980	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Right	United States	31	23	1.348	2000 (9)	2004 (7)	2008 (9)	2012 (6)	12 years (20/32)	1	2	1	4	[12]
6	Kate Gynther	1982	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Right	Australia	30	17	1.765	2004 (7)	2008 (13)	2012 (10)	Does not appear	8 years (22/30)	0	0	2	2	[21]

The following table shows the historical progression of the record of total goals scored by a female water polo player at the Summer Olympics.

Legend

– Host team

Total goals	Achievement	Year	Player	Age	Height	L/R	Women's team	Date	Duration of record	Ref
20	Set record	2004	Sofia Konukh	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Right	Russia	26 August 2004	3 years, 361 days	[11]
28	Broke record	2008	Daniëlle de Bruijn	30	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Left	Netherlands	21 August 2008	3 years, 354 days	[18]
42	Broke record	2012	Tania Di Mario	33	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Right	Italy	9 August 2012	4 years, 10 days	[13]
47	Broke record	2016	Tania Di Mario	37	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Right	Italy	19 August 2016	3 years, 313 days	[13]

Source:

Official Results Books: 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 53), 2008 (p. 54), 2012 (p. 345), 2016 (p. 193).

Top goalkeepers by tournament

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Giulia Gorlero of Italy holds the record for the most saves by a female water polo goalkeeper in a single Olympic tournament, blocking 65 shots in the 2016 edition, and helping the Italian team win the Olympic silver medal.[22]

Legend

– Host team

**Top female goalkeepers by tournament**
Year	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Height	Saves	Matches played	Saves per match	Women's team	Finish	Ref
2000	Karla Plugge	1968	31	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	45	7	6.429	Netherlands	4th of 6 teams	[23]
2004	Jacqueline Frank	1980	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	41	5	8.200	United States	3rd of 8 teams	[24]
2008	Elizabeth Armstrong	1983	25	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	49	5	9.800	United States	2nd of 8 teams	[25]
2012	Elena Gigli	1985	27	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	56	6	9.333	Italy	7th of 8 teams	[26]
2016	Giulia Gorlero	1990	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	65	6	10.833	Italy	2nd of 8 teams	[22]

Source:

Official Results Books: 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 49), 2008 (p. 50), 2012 (p. 341), 2016 (p. 195).

Top goalkeepers with the most saves

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total saves (in descending order), number of total Olympic matches played (in ascending order), date of the last Olympic match played (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic match played (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Yang Jun of China holds the record for the most shots saved by a female water polo goalkeeper at the Olympics, with 138 saves at three Olympics (2008–2016).[27]

Elizabeth Armstrong, representing the United States, blocked 102 shots at two Olympics (2008–2012).[25]

Legend

– Hosts

**Top female goalkeepers with at least 100 saves at the Olympics**
Rk	Goalkeeper	Birth	Height	Women's team	Total saves	Total matches played	Saves per match	Tournament (saves)			Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
Rk	Goalkeeper	Birth	Height	Women's team	Total saves	Total matches played	Saves per match	Tournament (saves)			Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	Yang Jun	1988	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	China	138	17	8.118	2008 (39)	2012 (44)	2016 (55)	8 years (20/28)	0	0	0	0	[27]
2	Elizabeth Armstrong	1983	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	United States	102	11	9.273	2008 (49)	2012 (53)	Does not appear	4 years (25/29)	1	1	0	2	[25]

Source:

Official Results Books: 2000 (pp. 96–101), 2004 (p. 49), 2008 (p. 50), 2012 (p. 341), 2016 (p. 195).

Top sprinters by tournament

Jennifer Pareja of Spain was the joint top sprinter in 2012.

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

Kate Gynther, captain of the Australia women's national team, and Jennifer Pareja, captain of the Spain women's national team, were the joint top sprinters at the 2012 London Olympics.[21][28]

Legend

– Host team

**Top female sprinters by tournament**
Year	Sprinter	Birth	Age	Height	Sprints won	Matches played	Sp won per match	Women's team	Finish	Ref
2000	Tatiana Petrova	1973	27	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	16	7	2.286	Russia	3rd of 6 teams	[29]
2004	Kyriaki Liosi	1979	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	21	6	3.500	Greece	2nd of 8 teams	[30]
2008	Wang Yi	1987	21	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	18	5	3.600	China	5th of 8 teams	[31]
2012	Kate Gynther (C)	1982	30	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	21	6	3.500	Australia	3rd of 8 teams	[21]
2012	Jennifer Pareja (C)	1984	28	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	21	6	3.500	Spain	2nd of 8 teams	[28]
2016	Rachel Fattal	1993	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	17	6	2.833	United States	1st of 8 teams	[32]

Source:

Official Results Books: 2000 (p. 102), 2004 (p. 52), 2008 (p. 53), 2012 (p. 344), 2016 (p. 192).

Top sprinters with the most sprints won

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), number of total Olympic matches played (in ascending order), date of the last Olympic match played (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic match played (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

Kate Gynther of Australia holds the record for the most sprints won by a female water polo player at the Olympics, with 39 sprints won at three Olympics (2004–2012).[21]

Legend

– Hosts

**Top female sprinters with at least 30 sprints won at the Olympics**
Rk	Sprinter	Birth	Height	Men's team	Total Sprints won	Total matches played	Sp won per match	Tournament (sprints won)			Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
Rk	Sprinter	Birth	Height	Men's team	Total Sprints won	Total matches played	Sp won per match	Tournament (sprints won)			Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	Kate Gynther	1982	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Australia	39	17	2.294	2004 (5)	2008 (13)	2012 (21)	8 years (22/30)	0	0	2	2	[21]

Source:

Official Results Books: 2000 (p. 102), 2004 (p. 52), 2008 (p. 53), 2012 (p. 344), 2016 (p. 192).

Coach statistics

Ref	Reference	Rk	Rank
Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper

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), date of the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the coach (in ascending order), respectively.

There are three coaches who led women's national water polo teams to win two or more Olympic medals.

Guy Baker guided United States women's national team to three Olympic medals in a row between 2000 and 2008.[33][34]

Adam Krikorian coached the United States women's national team to two consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016.[34]

Greg McFadden led Australia women's national team to win two consecutive Olympic bronze medals in 2008 and 2012.[35]

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	Tournament (finish)			Period	Medals				Ref
Rk	Head coach	Nationality	Birth	Age	Women's team	Tournament (finish)			Period	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	Guy Baker	United States			United States	2000 (2nd)	2004 (3rd)	2008 (2nd)	8 years	0	2	1	3	[33][34]
2	Adam Krikorian	United States	1974	38–42	United States	2012 (1st)	2016 (1st)	Does not appear	4 years	2	0	0	2	[34]
3	Greg McFadden	Australia	1964	43–51	Australia	2008 (3rd)	2012 (3rd)	2016 (6th)	8 years	0	0	2	2	[36][35]

Medals as coach and player

István Görgényi of Hungary won an Olympic medal in 1972, and then coached the Australia women's team to the inaugural Olympic gold medal in 2000.

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), date of the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively.

As of 2016, two water polo players won Olympic medals and then guided women's national water polo teams to the Olympic podium as head coaches.

With the Hungary men's water polo team, István Görgényi won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. After several roles with overseas clubs, he located to Australia in the 1990s. Görgényi was appointed head coach of the Australia women's national team in 1998. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he led the team to win the inaugural women's water polo gold medal, becoming the first person to achieve this feat.[37][38]

Spanish water polo player Miki Oca won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later, he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. As a head coach, he guided the Spain women's national water polo team to a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.[39]

Legend

^* – Host team

Rk	Person	Birth	Height	Player				Head coach			Total medals				Ref
Rk	Person	Birth	Height	Age	Men's team	Pos	Medal	Age	Women's team	Medal	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	Miki Oca	1970	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	22–26	Spain	FP	1992^* , 1996	42	Spain	2012	1	2	0	3	[39]
2	István Görgényi	1946	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	25	Hungary	FP	1972	53	Australia	2000^*	1	1	0	2	[37][38]

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Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (archive) (pp. 284–507)

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

Olympedia

Water polo on the Olympedia website

Water polo

Water polo venues

Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)

Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)

Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)

Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)

Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)

Sports Reference

Water polo on the Sports Reference website

Country Medal Leaders & Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016) (archived)

Women's water polo (2000–2016) (archived)
Water polo at the 2000 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)

Water polo at the 2004 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)

Water polo at the 2008 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)

Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)

Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (women's tournament) (archived)

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List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics

Confederation statistics

Best performances by tournament

All-time best performances

Team statistics

Participating teams

Debut of teams

Finishes in the top four

Medal table

Winners

Team records

Player statistics

Age records

Multiple appearances (four-time Olympians)

Multiple medalists

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Top goalscorers by tournament

All-time top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers by tournament

Top goalkeepers with the most saves

Top sprinters by tournament

Top sprinters with the most sprints won

Coach statistics

Most successful coaches

Medals as coach and player

See also

References

Sources

Official Results Books

Olympedia

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