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

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team have participated in 17 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 teams: United Team of Germany men's Olympic water polo team^†, East Germany men's Olympic water polo team^†, West Germany men's Olympic water polo team^†.
• 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
• – Hosts
• = – More than one team tied for that rank
• Team^† – Defunct team

Abbreviation

• EUA – United Team of Germany
• FRG – West Germany
• GDR – East Germany

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	Years
	=5				—	—	1	2	2	—	15	See			See and						7	9		5	10				9
	See Germany											6	6	6	See and						See Germany								3
^†	Part of Germany											P. of			6				—		Part of Germany								1
^†	Part of Germany											P. of			10	4	6	—	3	4	Part of Germany								5
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

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team
• Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
	9	3	0	1900	2008	Champions	Europe – LEN
^†	5	3	0	1968	1988	Third place	Europe – LEN
	3	3	0	1956	1964	Sixth place	Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team
• Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
	Champions (1928)	9	Europe – LEN
^†	Third place (1984)	5	Europe – LEN
	Sixth place (1956, 1960, 1964)	3	Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team
• Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
	3	1 (1928)	2 (1932, 1936^*)			1928	1936
^†	3			1 (1984)	2 (1972^*, 1988)	1972	1988
	0					—	—

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Team^† – Defunct team

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.

• Number of five-time Olympians: 0
• Number of four-time Olympians: 2
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• FRG – West Germany
• GER – Germany
• MEX – Mexico

Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics

Apps	Player	Birth	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
				1	2	3	4	5
4			FP	1972 MEX	1976 MEX		1984 FRG	1988 FRG	17/33
			GK	1976 FRG		1984 FRG	1988 FRG	1992 GER	19/35

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.

• Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 1
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• FRG – West Germany
• GER – Germany
• MEX – Mexico

Male players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics

Rk	Player	Birth	L/R	Total goals	Water polo tournaments (goals)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
					1	2	3	4	5
1			Right	45	1984 FRG (18)	1988 FRG (15)	1992 GER (12)			24/32
2			Left	38	1984 FRG (18)	1988 FRG (16)	1992 GER (4)			25/33
3				37	1972 MEX (11)	1976 MEX (16)		1984 FRG (6)	1988 FRG (4)	17/33

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1900, 1928–1936, 1952–1976, 1984–1996;
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

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: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

• – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1900				29		The only goalkeeper in the squad
1928				24
				27	1972
1932				23
		Erich Rademacher (2)		31	1972
1936				28
				25
1952				21
				32
1956		Emil Bildstein (2)		25
				25
1960		Emil Bildstein (3)		29
				24
1964				27
				26
1968	1	Hans Hoffmeister (2)		32
	11			18
1972	1			24
	11	Hans Hoffmeister (3)		36
1976	1	Günter Kilian (2)		26
	11			19
1984	1	Peter Röhle (2)		27
	12			25
1988	1	Peter Röhle (3)		31
	7			23
1992	1	Ingo Borgmann (2)		27
	5	Peter Röhle (4)		35

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Ingo Borgmann (3)		31	51	111	45.9%		Starting goalkeeper
	9			25	2	3	66.7%
2004	1	Alexander Tchigir (2)		35	39	80	48.8%		Starting goalkeeper
	2			27	3	6	50.0%
2008	1	Alexander Tchigir (3)		39	63	130	48.5%		Starting goalkeeper
	13	Michael Zellmer (2)		31	0	0	—

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 67–69);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

Notes:

• Alexander Tchigir is also listed in Unified Team men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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): 0
• Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 1
• Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)

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	34	73.5%	2004 (17/22)	2008 (8/12)				23/27
2			8	16	50.0%	2008 (8/16)					22/22

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

Olympic champions

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

1928 Summer Olympics

See also

• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Germany at the Summer Olympics
• United Team of Germany at the Olympics
• West Germany at the Olympics

Sources

ISHOF

External links

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

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