This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Australia men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Australia men's national water polo team has participated in 17 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.
| 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 |
See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament.
Notes:
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
See also: List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments.
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.
Note:
See also: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament 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.
Note:
See also: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament 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.
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 32 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1952 | 21 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1956 | Doug Laing (2) | 25 | ||||||
| 21 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 22 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1964 | 1 | Michael Withers (2) | 26 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1972 | 1 | Michael Withers (3) | 34 | |||||
| 13 | 33 | |||||||
| 1976 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| 11 | 21 | |||||||
| 1980 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| 11 | 25 | |||||||
| 1984 | 1 | Michael Turner (2) | 33 | |||||
| 13 | 22 | |||||||
| 1988 | 1 | Glenn Townsend (2) | 26 | |||||
| 13 | 34 | |||||||
| 1992 | 1 | Glenn Townsend (3) | 30 | |||||
| 9 | 23 | |||||||
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 29 | 56 | 107 | 52.3% | Starting goalkeeper | |||||
| 13 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 44.4% | |||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 21 | 57 | 108 | 52.8% | Starting goalkeeper | |||||
| 13 | Rafael Sterk (2) | 26 | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | ||||||
| 2008 | 1 | James Stanton (2) | 25 | 48 | 109 | 44.0% | Starting goalkeeper | ||||
| 13 | Rafael Sterk (3) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 55.6% | ||||||
| 2012 | 1 | 25 | 51 | 104 | 49.0% | Starting goalkeeper | |||||
| 13 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 41.7% | |||||||
| 2016 | 1 | Joel Dennerley (2) | 29 | 29 | 51 | 56.9% | |||||
| 13 | James Stanton (3) | 33 | 22 | 40 | 55.0% | ||||||
| 2020 | 1 | 25 | |||||||||
| 13 | Joel Dennerley (3) | 34 | |||||||||
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
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): 1
| 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 | 42 | 49 | 85.7% | 2008 (5/6) | 2012 (19/24) | 2016 (18/19) | 21/29 | ||||||||
| 2 | 15 | 19 | 78.9% | 2000 (15/19) | 2004 (0/0) | 28/32 | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | 22 | 59.1% | 2000 (9/13) | 2004 (2/4) | 2008 (1/1) | 2012 (1/4) | 19/31 | |||||||
Note:
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 Australia.
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 Australia was given the honour.
Peter Kerr, an Australian water polo referee, took the Officials' Oath at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.