Sweden 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.
• 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
Sweden		—	3	2	3	4			6	5	11							11											8
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.

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• Year^* – As host team

Men's team[1]	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Sweden	8	4	0	1908	1980	Runners-up	Europe – LEN

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

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• Year^* – As host team

Men's team[1]	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Sweden	Runners-up (1912*)	8	Europe – LEN

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

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• Year^* – As host team

Men's team[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Sweden	4		1 (1912*)	2 (1908, 1920)	1 (1924)	1908	1924

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3

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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: 0
• Last updated: 27 July 2021.

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: 4
• Last updated: 1 May 2021.

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•     – Hosts

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	Robert Andersson	1886		FP	1908	1912	1920			12 years (21/33)	0	1	2	3	[2]
	Pontus Hanson	1884		FP	1908	1912	1920			12 years (24/36)	0	1	2	3	[3]
	Harald Julin	1890		FP	1908	1912	1920			12 years (18/30)	0	1	2	3	[4]
	Torsten Kumfeldt	1886		GK	1908	1912	1920			12 years (22/34)	0	1	2	3	[5]

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): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

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.

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•     – Hosts

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1908		Torsten Kumfeldt	1886	22		The only goalkeeper in the squad	[5]
1912		Torsten Kumfeldt (2)	1886	26		The only goalkeeper in the squad	[5]
1920		Torsten Kumfeldt (3)	1886	34			[5]
		Theodor Nauman	1885	34			[6]
1924		Theodor Nauman (2)	1885	38		Starting goalkeeper	[6]
		(Unknown)
1936		Åke Nauman	1908	28		Starting goalkeeper	[7]
		(Unknown)
1948		Folke Eriksson	1925	23			[8]
		Rune Öberg	1922	25			[9]
1952		Rune Källqvist	1929	22		Starting goalkeeper	[10]
		(Unknown)
1980	1	Anders Flodqvist	1959	20		Starting goalkeeper	[11]
		(Unknown)
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

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