United States men's national water polo team

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Updated after the 2025 FINA Water Polo World Cup.

Tournament	Appearances	Finishes
		Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Olympic Games	24	1	4	5	3	13
World Aquatics Championships	22	0	0	0	3	3
FINA Water Polo World Cup	18	2	2	1	7	12
FINA Water Polo World League	19	0	4	1	6	11
Pan American Games	19	14	4	1	0	19
Total	102	17	14	8	19	58

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	D
1904	Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal[3]: 5 [4] (Demonstration event)	—N/a
1920	4th place	5	2	3	0
1924	Bronze medal	5	2	3	0
1928	7th place	3	1	2	0
1932	Bronze medal	4	2	1	1
1936	9th place	3	1	2	0
1948	11th place	3	1	1	1
1952	4th place	9	5	4	0
1956	5th place	6	2	4	0
1960	7th place	7	3	4	0
1964	9th place	3	1	2	0
1968	5th place	8	5	2	1
1972	Bronze medal	9	6	1	2
1980	Qualified but withdrew
1984	Silver medal	7	6	0	1
1988	Silver medal	7	5	2	0
1992	4th place	7	4	3	0
1996	7th place	8	5	3	0
2000	6th place	8	3	5	0
2004	7th place	7	4	3	0
2008	Silver medal	7	5	2	0
2012	8th place	8	3	5	0
2016	10th place	5	2	3	0
2020	6th place	8	3	5	0
2024	Bronze medal	8	5	3	0
Total	0 Title	145	76	63	6

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	D
1973	5th place[3]: 15	9	4	4	1
1975	8th place	9	2	4	3
1978	5th place	11	8	2	1
1982	6th place	9	5	4	0
1986	4th place	8	5	2	1
1991	4th place	8	4	3	1
1994	6th place	9	4	4	1
1998	7th place	10	5	5	0
2001	7th place	10	3	7	0
2003	6th place	6	3	2	1
2005	11th place	6	3	3	0
2007	9th place	6	4	2	0
2009	4th place	6	4	2	0
2011	6th place	7	3	4	0
2013	9th place	4	2	2	0
2015	7th place	7	4	3	0
2017	13th place	5	3	2	0
2019	9th place	6	4	2	0
2022	6th place	7	4	3	0
2023	7th place	7	4	3	0
2024	9th place	6	3	3	0
2025	8th place	6	3	3	0
Total	0 Title	162	84	69	9

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	D
1979	Silver medal[3]: 25	7	5	2	0
1981	4th place	7	3	2	2
1983	4th place	7	2	2	3
1985	Silver medal	7	4	1	2
1987	4th place	—N/a
1989	8th place
1991	Gold medal
1993	4th place	5	1	3	1
1995	4th place	5	2	3	0
1997	Gold medal	5	4	0	1
1999	6th place	5	3	2	0
2002	7th place	4	1	3	0
2006	Did not qualified
2010	4th place	6	2	4	0
2014	4th place	6	3	3	0
2018	6th place	6	2	4	0
2023	Bronze medal	8	5	3	0
2025	Division 1[5]	5	2	3	0
2026	Division 1[6]	6	1	5	0
Total	2 Titles	89	40	40	9

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	D
2002	5th place[3]: 45	12	4	8	0
2003	Bronze medal	6	3	3	0
2004	6th place	14	5	9	0
2005	9th place	10	5	5	0
2006	5th place	14	11	3	0
2007	5th place	6	3	3	0
2008	Silver medal	6	4	2	0
2009	4th place	6	3	3	0
2010	5th place	10	8	2	0
2011	4th place	8	4	4	0
2012	4th place	10	7	3	0
2013	4th place	6	3	3	0
2014	5th place	10	7	3	0
2015	4th place	14	5	9	0
2016	Silver medal	12	10	2	0
2017	4th place	12	6	6	0
2018	7th place	11	9	2	0
2020	Silver medal	6	4	2	0
2022	Silver medal	13	10	3	0
Total	0 Title	186	111	75	0

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	D
1951	Bronze medal	—N/a
1955	Silver medal
1959	Gold medal
1963	Silver medal	8	5	2	1
1967	Gold medal	—N/a
1971	Gold medal
1975	Silver medal
1979	Gold medal
1983	Gold medal
1987	Gold medal
1991	Silver medal	5	4	1	0
1995	Gold medal	—N/a
1999	Gold medal	5	5	0	0
2003	Gold medal	9	9	0	0
2007	Gold medal	5	5	0	0
2011	Gold medal	5	5	0	0
2015	Gold medal	5	5	0	0
2019	Gold medal	6	6	0	0
2023	Gold medal	6	6	0	0
Total	14 Titles	54	50	3	1

Updated after 2024 Pan American Championships

Tournament	Appearances	Finishes
		Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
Summer Universiade	20	3	4	2	3	12
Pan American Championships	5	3	2	0	0	5
Total	25	6	6	2	3	17

Year	Result
2005	Gold medal
2006	Gold medal
2009	Cancelled [7]
2011	Did not participated
2013 (A)	Silver medal
2013 (B)	Gold medal
2015	Did not participated
2017
2018
2019	Silver medal
2021	Cancelled
2023	Did not participated
2024
Total	3 Titles

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Roster for the 2026 FINA World Cup.^[8]

Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

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The following table shows results of the United States men's national water polo team at the Olympic Games by tournament.

Games	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Finish	Ref
1900 Paris	Did not participate
1904 St. Louis	Demonstration event
1908 London	Did not participate
1912 Stockholm	Did not participate
1920 Antwerp	5	2	0	3	18	19	-1	40.00%	4th of 12	[11][12][13]
1924 Paris	5	2	0	3	10	11	-1	40.00%	3rd of 13	[16][17][18]
1928 Amsterdam	3	1	0	2	11	7	+4	33.33%	7th of 14	[20][21][22]
1932 Los Angeles	4	2	1	1	20	12	+8	50.00%	3rd of 5	[24][25][26]
1936 Berlin	3	1	0	2	7	8	-1	33.33%	9th of 16	[27][28][29]
1948 London	3	1	1	1	11	11	0	33.33%	11th of 18	[31][32][33]
1952 Helsinki	9	5	0	4	35	31	+4	55.56%	4th of 21	[34][35][36]
1956 Melbourne	6	2	0	4	15	23	-8	33.33%	5th of 10	[37][38][39]
1960 Rome	7	3	0	4	33	35	-2	42.86%	7th of 16	[40][41][42]
1964 Tokyo	3	1	0	2	12	9	+3	33.33%	9th of 13	[43][44][45]
1968 Mexico City	8	5	1	2	49	43	+6	62.50%	5th of 15	[46][47][48]
1972 Munich	9	6	2	1	50	38	+12	66.67%	3rd of 16	[49][50][51]
1976 Montreal	Did not qualify
1980 Moscow	Qualified but withdrew
1984 Los Angeles	7	6	1	0	65	43	+22	85.71%	2nd of 12	[52][53][54]
1988 Seoul	7	5	0	2	71	56	+15	71.43%	2nd of 12	[55][56][57]
1992 Barcelona	7	4	0	3	48	38	+10	57.14%	4th of 12	[58][59][60]
1996 Atlanta	8	5	0	3	67	57	+10	62.50%	7th of 12	[61][62][63]
2000 Sydney	8	3	0	5	69	68	+1	37.50%	6th of 12	[64][65][66]
2004 Athens	7	4	0	3	47	50	-3	57.14%	7th of 12	[67][68][69]
2008 Beijing	7	5	0	2	57	50	+7	71.43%	2nd of 12	[70][71][72]
2012 London	8	3	0	5	61	70	-9	37.50%	8th of 12	[73][75]
2016 Rio de Janeiro	5	2	0	3	35	35	0	40.00%	10th of 12	[76][78]
Total	129	68	6	55	791	714	+77	52.71%
Games	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Finish	Ref

The following table shows the historical progression of the best finish at the Olympic Games.

Best finish	Achievement	Games	Date	Duration of record	Ref
4th	Set record	1920 Antwerp	Aug 29, 1920	3 years, 326 days	[11][12][13]
3rd	Broke record	1924 Paris	Jul 20, 1924	60 years, 21 days	[16][17][18]
	Tied record	1932 Los Angeles	Aug 13, 1932		[24][25][26]
	Tied record	1972 Munich	Sep 4, 1972		[49][50][51]
2nd	Broke record	1984 Los Angeles	Aug 10, 1984	41 years, 255 days	[52][53][54]
	Tied record	1988 Seoul	Oct 1, 1988		[55][56][57]
	Tied record	2008 Beijing	Aug 24, 2008		[70][71][72]

The following tables show results of the United States men's national water polo team at the Olympic Games by opponent.

Continent	Medals	First	Latest	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Confederation
Teams from Americas	0	1936	1984	10	9	1	0	70	30	+40	90.00%	ASUA
Teams from Asia	0	1932	2008	4	4	0	0	41	17	+24	100.00%	AASF
Teams from Europe	73	1920	2016	111	52	5	54	645	641	+4	46.85%	LEN
Teams from Oceania	0	1984	2012	4	3	0	1	35	26	+9	75.00%	OSA
Total	73	1920	2016	129	68	6	55	791	714	+77	52.71%

Team	Medals	First	Latest	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Confederation
Australia	0	1984	2012	4	3	0	1	35	26	+9	75.00%	OSA
Austria	0	1952	1952	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00%	LEN
Belgium^	6	1920	1932	7	2	1	4	20	23	-3	28.57%	LEN
Brazil	0	1964	1984	4	4	0	0	33	11	+22	100.00%	ASUA
Canada	0	1972	1972	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7	100.00%	ASUA
China	0	1988	2008	2	2	0	0	22	11	+11	100.00%	AASF
Croatia^	3	1996	2016	7	4	0	3	47	52	-5	57.14%	LEN
Cuba	0	1968	1972	2	1	1	0	13	12	+1	50.00%	ASUA
Czechoslovakia†	0	1992	1992	1	1	0	0	9	3	+6	100.00%	LEN
East Germany†	0	1968	1968	1	1	0	0	6	4	+2	100.00%	LEN
France^	4	1924	2016	5	3	0	2	29	19	+10	60.00%	LEN
Germany^	3	1932	2008	5	3	1	1	26	20	+6	60.00%	LEN
Great Britain^	4	1920	2012	4	3	0	1	28	20	+8	75.00%	LEN
Greece	0	1920	2000	6	5	0	1	61	31	+30	83.33%	LEN
Hungary^	15	1928	2012	12	1	0	11	48	90	-42	8.33%	LEN
Italy^	8	1952	2016	8	4	0	4	58	59	-1	50.00%	LEN
Japan	0	1932	1932	1	1	0	0	10	0	+10	100.00%	AASF
Kazakhstan	0	2004	2004	1	1	0	0	9	6	+3	100.00%	AASF
Malta	0	1928	1928	1	1	0	0	10	0	+10	100.00%	LEN
Mexico	0	1972	1972	1	1	0	0	7	5	+2	100.00%	ASUA
Montenegro	0	2012	2016	2	1	0	1	13	15	-2	50.00%	LEN
Netherlands^	2	1924	2000	7	5	0	2	43	35	+8	71.43%	LEN
Romania	0	1952	2012	5	4	0	1	34	25	+9	80.00%	LEN
Russia^	2	2000	2004	2	0	0	2	17	20	-3	0.00%	LEN
Serbia^	3	2008	2012	3	1	0	2	18	20	-2	33.33%	LEN
Serbia and Montenegro^†	1	1996	2004	3	1	0	2	21	25	-4	33.33%	LEN
Soviet Union^†	7	1956	1988	4	1	1	2	18	24	-6	25.00%	LEN
Spain^	2	1920	2016	9	4	0	5	62	57	+5	44.44%	LEN
Sweden^	3	1920	1952	4	1	0	3	6	19	-13	25.00%	LEN
Ukraine	0	1996	1996	1	1	0	0	9	7	+2	100.00%	LEN
Unified Team^†	1	1992	1992	2	0	0	2	9	16	-7	0.00%	LEN
Uruguay	0	1936	1948	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00%	ASUA
West Germany^†	1	1968	1984	3	2	1	0	19	16	+3	66.67%	LEN
Yugoslavia^†	8	1952	1988	8	2	1	5	30	40	-10	25.00%	LEN
Total	73	1920	2016	129	68	6	55	791	714	+77	52.71%
Team	Medals	First	Latest	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Confederation

^{^}Teams that have won at least one Olympic medal are shown in bold.
^†Defunct teams are shown in italic.

The following table shows number of competitors and average age, height & weight at the Olympic Games by tournament.

Games	Competitors	Returning Olympians		Average			Finish	Ref
	Number	Number	%	Age	Height	Weight
1920 Antwerp	11	0	0.00%	26 years, 77 days			4th of 12	[11][12][13]
1924 Paris	11	1	9.09%	25 years, 72 days[h]			3rd of 13	[16][17][18]
1928 Amsterdam	11	4	36.36%	25 years, 364 days[i]			7th of 14	[20][21][22]
1932 Los Angeles	7[b]	1	14.29%	26 years, 220 days			3rd of 5	[24][25][26]
1936 Berlin	9[c]	6	66.67%	29 years, 183 days			9th of 16	[27][28][29]
1948 London	8[d]	2	25.00%	31 years, 185 days			11th of 18	[31][32][33]
1952 Helsinki	10[e]	0	0.00%	22 years, 77 days			4th of 21	[34][35][36]
1956 Melbourne	10[f]	2	20.00%	25 years, 230 days	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	5th of 10	[37][38][39]
1960 Rome	10[g]	4	40.00%	24 years, 361 days	5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	7th of 16	[40][41][42]
1964 Tokyo	11	2	18.18%	23 years, 204 days	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	9th of 13	[43][44][45]
1968 Mexico City	11	4	36.36%	24 years, 187 days	6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	5th of 15	[46][47][48]
1972 Munich	11	7	63.64%	25 years, 152 days	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	3rd of 16	[49][50][51]
1984 Los Angeles	13	0	0.00%	27 years, 188 days	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2nd of 12	[52][53][54]
1988 Seoul	13	5	38.46%	27 years, 345 days	6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	2nd of 12	[55][56][57]
1992 Barcelona	13	7	53.85%	28 years, 348 days	6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	4th of 12	[58][59][60]
1996 Atlanta	13	5	38.46%	27 years, 24 days	6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	7th of 12	[61][62][63]
2000 Sydney	13	6	46.15%	27 years, 353 days	6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	6th of 12	[64][65][66]
2004 Athens	13	3	23.08%	25 years, 359 days	6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	7th of 12	[67][68][69]
2008 Beijing	13	7	53.85%	27 years, 186 days	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	2nd of 12	[70][71][72]
2012 London	13	10	76.92%	30 years, 316 days	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	8th of 12	[73][74][75]
2016 Rio de Janeiro	13	4	30.77%	25 years, 251 days	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	10th of 12	[76][77][78]
Games	Number	Number	%	Age	Height	Weight	Finish	Ref
	Competitors	Returning Olympians		Average

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

Returning Olympians	Achievement	Games	Date	Duration of record	Ref
0	Set record	1920 Antwerp	Aug 24, 1920	3 years, 324 days	[11][12][13]
1	Broke record	1924 Paris	Jul 13, 1924	4 years, 24 days	[16][17][18]
4	Broke record	1928 Amsterdam	Aug 6, 1928	8 years, 2 days	[20][21][22]
6	Broke record	1936 Berlin	Aug 8, 1936	36 years, 19 days	[27][28][29]
7	Broke record	1972 Munich	Aug 27, 1972	39 years, 337 days	[49][50][51]
	Tied record	1992 Barcelona	Aug 1, 1992		[58][59][60]
	Tied record	2008 Beijing	Aug 10, 2008		[70][71][72]
10	Broke record	2012 London	Jul 29, 2012	13 years, 267 days	[73][74][75]

The following table shows the historical progression of the record of average age at the Olympic Games.

Average age	Achievement	Games	Date	Duration of record	Ref
26 years, 77 days	Set record	1920 Antwerp	Aug 24, 1920	11 years, 348 days	[11][12][13]
26 years, 220 days	Broke record	1932 Los Angeles	Aug 6, 1932	4 years, 2 days	[24][25][26]
29 years, 183 days	Broke record	1936 Berlin	Aug 8, 1936	11 years, 357 days	[27][28][29]
31 years, 185 days	Broke record	1948 London	Jul 30, 1948	77 years, 266 days	[31][32][33]

The following table shows the historical progression of the record of average height at the Olympic Games.

Average height	Achievement	Games	Date	Duration of record	Ref
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Set record	1956 Melbourne	Nov 28, 1956	27 years, 247 days	[37][38][39]
	Tied record	1972 Munich	Aug 27, 1972		[49][50][51]
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Broke record	1984 Los Angeles	Aug 1, 1984	4 years, 51 days	[52][53][54]
6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)	Broke record	1988 Seoul	Sep 21, 1988	3 years, 315 days	[55][56][57]
6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m)	Broke record	1992 Barcelona	Aug 1, 1992	16 years, 9 days	[58][59][60]
	Tied record	1996 Atlanta	Jul 20, 1996		[61][62][63]
	Tied record	2000 Sydney	Sep 23, 2000		[64][65][66]
	Tied record	2004 Athens	Aug 15, 2004		[67][68][69]
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Broke record	2008 Beijing	Aug 10, 2008	3 years, 354 days	[70][71][72]
6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)	Broke record	2012 London	Jul 29, 2012	13 years, 267 days	[73][74][75]
	Tied record	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Aug 6, 2016		[76][77][78]

The following table shows the historical progression of the record of average weight at the Olympic Games.

Average weight	Achievement	Games	Date	Duration of record	Ref
182 lb (83 kg)	Set record	1956 Melbourne	Nov 28, 1956	11 years, 321 days	[37][38][39]
184 lb (83 kg)	Broke record	1968 Mexico City	Oct 14, 1968	3 years, 318 days	[46][47][48]
188 lb (85 kg)	Broke record	1972 Munich	Aug 27, 1972	11 years, 340 days	[49][50][51]
190 lb (86 kg)	Broke record	1984 Los Angeles	Aug 1, 1984	4 years, 51 days	[52][53][54]
201 lb (91 kg)	Broke record	1988 Seoul	Sep 21, 1988	3 years, 315 days	[55][56][57]
203 lb (92 kg)	Broke record	1992 Barcelona	Aug 1, 1992	8 years, 53 days	[58][59][60]
	Tied record	1996 Atlanta	Jul 20, 1996		[61][62][63]
208 lb (94 kg)	Broke record	2000 Sydney	Sep 23, 2000	3 years, 327 days	[64][65][66]
210 lb (95 kg)	Broke record	2004 Athens	Aug 15, 2004	3 years, 361 days	[67][68][69]
218 lb (99 kg)	Broke record	2008 Beijing	Aug 10, 2008	3 years, 354 days	[70][71][72]
220 lb (100 kg)	Broke record	2012 London	Jul 29, 2012	13 years, 267 days	[73][74][75]
	Tied record	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Aug 6, 2016		[76][77][78]