Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics explained

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Croatia men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Croatia men's national water polo team has participated in 7 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.

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

See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament.

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.
• Related team: Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team^† (statistics).
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• – Champions
• – Runners-up
• – Third place
• – Fourth place
• – The nation did not participate in the Games
• – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
• Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team	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	24	Years
	—	—	—	—	Part of Yugoslavia																	2	7	10	6	1	2	5	Q	8
^†	—	—	—	—					10	9	2	2	4	2	1	5	5	2	1	1	Defunct									12
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	12

Number of appearances

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

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.

Multiple medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men).

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.

Top goalscorers

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.

Goalkeepers

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.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1			28	77	135	57.0%		Starting goalkeeper
	12			25	0	0	—
2000	1	Siniša Školneković (2)		32	33	70	47.1%
	12			24	23	42	54.8%
2004	1	Frano Vićan (2)		28	41	81	50.6%		Starting goalkeeper
	5			27	11	32	34.4%
2008	1	Frano Vićan (3)		32	49	94	52.1%		Starting goalkeeper
	13			26	5	9	55.6%
2012	1	Josip Pavić (2)		30	85	121	70.2%		Starting goalkeeper
	13	Frano Vićan (4)		36	10	16	62.5%
2016	1	Josip Pavić (3)		34	24	45	53.3%		Flag bearer for Croatia
	13			25	57	98	58.2%
2020	1	Marko Bijač (2)		30
	13			27
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 70, 72–73);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 48, 51, 54, 79, 82, 86–87, 92), 2004 (pp. 191–192), 2008 (pp. 190–191), 2012 (pp. 471–472), 2016 (pp. 109–110).

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): 2
• Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 4
• Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
• CRO – Croatia
• ESP – Spain

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			25	36	69.4%	2008 (16/21)	2012 (7/13)	2016 (2/2)			20/28
2			14	28	50.0%	2004 ESP (5/12)	2008 ESP (7/11)	2012 ESP (1/4)	2016 CRO (1/1)		20/32
			14	19	73.7%	2012 (11/16)	2016 (3/3)				22/26
4			9	24	37.5%	2004 (9/24)					26/26
5			8	14	57.1%	2016 (8/14)					30/30
6			6	21	28.6%	2000 (5/19)	2004 (1/2)	2008 (0/0)	2012 (0/0)		26/38
			6	12	50.0%	2016 (6/12)					22/22

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 48, 51, 54, 79, 82, 86–87, 92), 2004 (pp. 191–192), 2008 (pp. 190–191), 2012 (pp. 471–472), 2016 (pp. 109–110).

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.

Ratko Rudić won a silver medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. As a head coach, he led Croatia men's national water polo team to win an Olympic gold medal in 2012.

Olympic champions

See also: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo.

2012 Summer Olympics

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, three male water polo players were given the honour to carry the flag for Croatia.

Legend

• – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
• – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Flag bearer^‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team

Water polo people who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games

	Year	Country	Flag bearer	Birth	Age	Height	Team	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
									1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	1996 O				30			FP	1984	1988				12 years (18/30)	2	1	0	3
								FP				1996
2	2004 O				37			FP	1988					16 years (21/37)	1	1	0	2
								FP			1996	2000	2004
3	2016 O				34			GK	2008	2012	2016			8 years (26/34)	1	1	0	2

See also

• Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Croatia at the Olympics

Sources

ISHOF

External links

• Croatia men's national water polo team – Official website
• Olympic water polo – Official website

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