Russia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

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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

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
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

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

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

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

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

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2

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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]

Note:

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

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]

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]

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996;
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45, 49, 53, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75), 2004 (pp. 219–220).

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]

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.

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]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45, 49, 53, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75), 2004 (pp. 219–220).

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] [13]

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