Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
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This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Spain men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Spain men's national water polo team has participated in 18 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]
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.
- 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
Number of appearances
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
- Legend
- Year* – As host team
Best finishes
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
- Legend
- Year* – As host team
Finishes in the top four
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
- Legend
- Year* – As host team
Medal table
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
| Men's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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.
- Number of six-time Olympians: 1
- Number of five-time Olympians: 3
- Number of four-time Olympians: 7
- Last updated: 27 July 2021.
- Legend and abbreviation
- – Hosts
- CUB – Cuba
- ESP – Spain
| Apps | Player | Birth | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| 6 | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | FP | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 18/38 | 2007 | Flag bearer for Spain (2000) | [2] |
| 5 | Jordi Sans | 1965 | FP | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 18/35 | [3] | |||
| Salvador Gómez | 1968 | FP | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 20/36 | [4] | ||||
| Jesús Rollán | 1968 | GK | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 20/36 | 2012 | [5] | |||
| 4 | Pedro García | 1968 | FP | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 19/31 | [6] | ||||
| Sergi Pedrerol | 1969 | FP | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 22/34 | [7] | |||||
| Daniel Ballart | 1973 | FP | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 19/31 | [8] | |||||
| Ángel Andreo | 1972 | GK | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 23/35 | [9] | |||||
| Iván Pérez | 1971 | FP | 1992 CUB | 2004 ESP | 2008 ESP | 2012 ESP | 21/41 | [10] | |||||
| Guillermo Molina | 1984 | FP | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 20/32 | [11] | |||||
| Felipe Perrone | 1986 | FP | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 22/35 | [12] | |||||
Note:
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.
- Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
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): 1
- Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 2
- Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 4
- Last updated: 1 April 2021.
- Legend and abbreviation
- – Hosts
- BRA – Brazil
- CUB – Cuba
- ESP – Spain
| Rk | Player | Birth | L/R | Total goals | Water polo tournaments (goals) | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1 | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | Right | 127 | 1980 (21) | 1984 (34) | 1988 (27) | 1992 (22) | 1996 (13) | 2000 (10) | 18/38 | 2007 | Flag bearer for Spain (2000) | [13] [2] |
| 2 | Felipe Perrone | 1986 | Right | 42 | 2008 ESP (16) | 2012 ESP (16) | 2016 BRA (10) | 22/30 | [14] | |||||
| 3 | Guillermo Molina | 1984 | Right | 41 | 2004 (4) | 2008 (13) | 2012 (5) | 2016 (19) | 20/32 | [15] | ||||
| 4 | Salvador Gómez | 1968 | Right | 37 | 1988 (8) | 1992 (5) | 1996 (12) | 2000 (5) | 2004 (7) | 20/36 | [16] | |||
| 5 | Pedro García | 1968 | 35 | 1988 (9) | 1992 (13) | 1996 (7) | 2000 (6) | 19/31 | [17] | |||||
| 6 | Jordi Sans | 1965 | 33 | 1984 (0) | 1988 (13) | 1992 (8) | 1996 (7) | 2000 (5) | 19/35 | [18] | ||||
| 7 | Iván Pérez | 1971 | Left | 31 | 1992 CUB (16) | 2004 ESP (6) | 2008 ESP (3) | 2012 ESP (6) | 21/41 | [19] | ||||
| Rk | Player | Birth | L/R | Total goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
| Water polo tournaments (goals) | ||||||||||||||
Sources:
- Official Reports (PDF): 1920–1928, 1948–1952, 1968–1972, 1980–1996;
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 46, 49, 54, 65, 67, 70, 74–75), 2004 (pp. 227–228), 2008 (pp. 193–194), 2012 (pp. 474–475), 2016 (pp. 112–113).
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: 27 July 2021.
- Legend and abbreviation
- – Hosts
- Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Luis Gibert | 1903 | 17 | Starting goalkeeper | [20] | ||
| (Unknown) | |||||||
| 1924 | Jaime Cruells | 1906 | 18 | Starting goalkeeper | [21] | ||
| (Unknown) | |||||||
| 1928 | Gonzalo Jiménez | 1902 | 26 | Starting goalkeeper | [22] | ||
| (Unknown) | |||||||
| 1948 | Joan Serra | 1927 | 20 | Starting goalkeeper | [23] | ||
| (Unknown) | |||||||
| 1952 | Leandro Ribera Abad | 1934 | 17 | Starting goalkeeper | [24] | ||
| (Unknown) | |||||||
| 1968 | 1 | Luis Bestit | 1945 | 23 | [25] | ||
| 11 | Vicente Brugat | 1947 | 20 | [26] | |||
| 1972 | 1 | Salvador Franch | 1949 | 23 | [27] | ||
| 11 | Luis Bestit (2) | 1945 | 27 | [25] | |||
| 1980 | 1 | Manuel Delgado | 1955 | 25 | [28] | ||
| 11 | Salvador Franch (2) | 1949 | 31 | [27] | |||
| 1984 | 1 | Leandro Ribera Perpiñá | 1962 | 22 | [29] | ||
| 13 | Mariano Moya | 1963 | 20 | [30] | |||
| 1988 | 1 | Jesús Rollán | 1968 | 20 | 2012 | [5] | |
| 11 | Mariano Moya (2) | 1963 | 24 | [30] | |||
1992  | 1 | Jesús Rollán (2) | 1968 | 24 | 2012 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] |
| 12 | Manuel Silvestre | 1965 | 27 | [31] | |||
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996  | 1 | Jesús Rollán (3) | 1968 | 28 | 62 | 110 | 56.4% | 2012 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] |
| 4 | Ángel Andreo | 1972 | 23 | 0 | 0 | — | [9] | |||
| 2000 | 1 | Jesús Rollán (4) | 1968 | 32 | 58 | 116 | 50.0% | 2012 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] |
| 2 | Ángel Andreo (2) | 1972 | 27 | 0 | 0 | — | [9] | |||
| 2004 | 1 | Jesús Rollán (5) | 1968 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 71.4% | 2012 | [5] | |
| 2 | Ángel Andreo (3) | 1972 | 31 | 50 | 92 | 54.3% | Starting goalkeeper | [9] | ||
| 2008 | 1 | Iñaki Aguilar | 1983 | 24 | 58 | 107 | 54.2% | Starting goalkeeper | [32] | |
| 13 | Ángel Andreo (4) | 1972 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 25.0% | [9] | |||
| 2012 | 1 | Iñaki Aguilar (2) | 1983 | 28 | 52 | 98 | 53.1% | [32] | ||
| 13 | Daniel López | 1980 | 32 | 26 | 54 | 48.1% | [33] | |||
| 2016 | 1 | Iñaki Aguilar (3) | 1983 | 32 | 16 | 26 | 61.5% | [32] | ||
| 13 | Daniel López (2) | 1980 | 36 | 63 | 115 | 54.8% | Starting goalkeeper | [33] | ||
| 2020 | 1 | Daniel López (3) | 1980 | 41 | [33] | |||||
| 13 | Unai Aguirre | 2002 | 19 | [34] | ||||||
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
Sources:
- Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 70–71, 73);
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 46, 49, 54, 65, 67, 70, 74–75), 2004 (pp. 227–228), 2008 (pp. 193–194), 2012 (pp. 474–475), 2016 (pp. 112–113).
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.
- Legend and abbreviation
- – Hosts
- Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
| 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 | Albert Español | 1985 | 20 | 35 | 57.1% | 2012 (15/25) | 2016 (5/10) | 26/30 | [35] | |||||
| 2 | Sergi Pedrerol | 1969 | 12 | 38 | 31.6% | 1992 (N/A) | 1996 (N/A) | 2000 (10/27) | 2004 (2/11) | 22/34 | [7] | |||
| 3 | Gonzalo Echenique | 1990 | 8 | 14 | 57.1% | 2016 (8/14) | 26/26 | [36] | ||||||
Source:
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 46, 49, 54, 65, 67, 70, 74–75), 2004 (pp. 227–228), 2008 (pp. 193–194), 2012 (pp. 474–475), 2016 (pp. 112–113).
Note:
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.
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 Spain women's national water polo team to a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.[37]
- Legend
- Year* – As host team
Olympic champions
1996 Summer Olympics
- Edition of men's tournament: 22nd
- Host city:
Atlanta, United States - Number of participating teams: 12
- Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
- Champion:
Spain (1st title; 3rd place in preliminary A group)
| Match | Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Goals for | Goals against | Goal diff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 20 July 1996 |  Germany | Won | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Match 2/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 21 July 1996 |  Netherlands | Won | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Match 3/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 22 July 1996 |  Yugoslavia[a] | Lost | 7 | 9 | –2 |
| Match 4/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 23 July 1996 |  Hungary | Lost | 7 | 8 | –1 |
| Match 5/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 24 July 1996 |  Russia | Won | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Match 6/8 | Quarter-finals | 26 July 1996 |  United States | Won | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Match 7/8 | Semi-finals | 27 July 1996 | Hungary | Won | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Match 8/8 | Gold medal match | 28 July 1996 |  Croatia | Won | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | Matches played: 8 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 2 • Win %: 75.0% | 58 | 48 | 10 | |||
Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (p. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 71, 73).
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- Head coach: Juan Jané (1st title as head coach)
- Assistant coach: Santiago Fernandez de Cuevas
| Cap No. | Player | Pos | L/R | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Age of winning gold | Oly debut | ISHOF member |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesús Rollán | GK | R | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 4 April 1968 | 28 years, 115 days | No | 2012 |
| 2 | Josep María Abarca | FP | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 19 June 1974 | 22 years, 39 days | Yes | ||
| 3 | Sergi Pedrerol | FP | L | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 16 December 1969 | 26 years, 225 days | No | |
| 4 | Ángel Andreo | GK | R | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 3 December 1972 | 23 years, 238 days | Yes | |
| 5 | Manuel Estiarte (C) | FP | R | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 62 kg (137 lb) | 26 October 1961 | 34 years, 276 days | No | 2007 |
| 6 | Daniel Ballart | FP | R | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 17 March 1973 | 23 years, 133 days | No | |
| 7 | Jorge Payá | FP | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 10 July 1963 | 33 years, 18 days | No | ||
| 8 | Iván Moro | FP | R | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 25 December 1974 | 21 years, 216 days | Yes | |
| 9 | Jordi Sans | FP | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 70 kg (154 lb) | 3 August 1965 | 30 years, 360 days | No | ||
| 10 | Salvador Gómez | FP | R | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 11 March 1968 | 28 years, 139 days | No | |
| 11 | Miki Oca | FP | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 15 April 1970 | 26 years, 104 days | No | ||
| 12 | Carles Sanz | FP | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 25 May 1975 | 21 years, 64 days | Yes | ||
| 13 | Pedro García | FP | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 9 December 1968 | 27 years, 232 days | No | ||
| Average | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 23 October 1969 | 26 years, 279 days | |||||
| Coach | Juan Jané | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 31 May 1953 | 43 years, 58 days | |||||
Sources:
- Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (p. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 71, 73);
- Olympedia: 1996 (men's tournament);
- Sports Reference: 1996 (men's tournament);
- ISHOF.
| Cap No. | Player | Pos | Matches played | Goals/Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | Shots | % | ||||
| 1 | Jesús Rollán | GK | 8 | |||
| 2 | Josep María Abarca | FP | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 3 | Sergi Pedrerol | FP | 8 | 1 | 13 | 7.7% |
| 4 | Ángel Andreo | GK | 8 | |||
| 5 | Manuel Estiarte (C) | FP | 8 | 13 | 33 | 39.4% |
| 6 | Daniel Ballart | FP | 8 | 3 | 13 | 23.1% |
| 7 | Jorge Payá | FP | 8 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 8 | Iván Moro | FP | 8 | 2 | 15 | 13.3% |
| 9 | Jordi Sans | FP | 8 | 7 | 18 | 38.9% |
| 10 | Salvador Gómez | FP | 8 | 12 | 38 | 31.6% |
| 11 | Miki Oca | FP | 8 | 9 | 27 | 33.3% |
| 12 | Carles Sanz | FP | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27.3% |
| 13 | Pedro García | FP | 8 | 7 | 29 | 24.1% |
| Total | 8 | 58 | 200 | 29.0% | ||
| Against | 48 | 200 | 24.0% | |||
| Cap No. | Player | Pos | Saves/Shots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saves | Shots | % | |||
| 1 | Jesús Rollán | GK | 62 | 110 | 56.4% |
| 4 | Ángel Andreo | GK | |||
| Total | 62 | 110 | 56.4% | ||
Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (p. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 71, 73).
Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies
Flag bearers
Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, one male water polo player was given the honour to carry the flag for Spain.
Six-time Olympian Manuel Estiarte of Spain was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]
- Legend
- 2008 O – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2012 C – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
- – Hosts
- Flag bearer‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team
| # | Year | Country | Flag bearer | Birth | Age | Height | Team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | G | S | B | T | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2000 O | Spain | Manuel Estiarte | 1961 | 38 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Spain | FP | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 20 years (18/38) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [2] |
Oath takers
Some sportspeople from the host nations were chosen to take the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, one water polo referee from Spain was given the honour.[38]
Eugeni Asensio, a Spanish water polo referee, took the Officials' Oath at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[39]
- Legend
- – Hosts
- Oath taker‡ – Oath taker who won the tournament with his team
| # | Year | Oath | Country | Oath taker | Birth | Age | Water polo tournament | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1992 | Officials' Oath | Spain | Eugeni Asensio | 1992 | As referee (official) | [39] | |||
See also
Notes
- After the breakup of Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team participated at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2000. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team".