This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Netherlands men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Netherlands 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: 5 May 2021.
Last updated: 5 May 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.
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.
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.
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.
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 23 | The only goalkeeper in the squad | ||||||
| 1920 | 30 | |||||||
| 27 | ||||||||
| 1924 | Karel Struijs (2) | 31 | Starting goalkeeper | |||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1928 | 30 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1936 | 24 | |||||||
| 24 | ||||||||
| 1948 | 21 | |||||||
| 24 | ||||||||
| 1952 | 27 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1960 | 23 | |||||||
| 33 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 1 | Henk Hermsen (2) | 27 | |||||
| 11 | Ben Kniest (2) | 37 | ||||||
| 1968 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| 11 | 22 | |||||||
| 1972 | 1 | Evert Kroon (2) | 25 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||
| 11 | 23 | |||||||
| 1976 | 1 | Evert Kroon (3) | 29 | Starting goalkeeper Flag bearer for the Netherlands | ||||
| 11 | 20 | |||||||
| 1980 | 1 | 22 | ||||||
| 11 | 28 | |||||||
| 1984 | 1 | Wouly de Bie (2) | 26 | |||||
| 13 | Ruud Misdorp (2) | 32 | ||||||
| 1992 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| 13 | 24 | |||||||
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | Arie van de Bunt (2) | 27 | 81 | 154 | 52.6% | Starting goalkeeper | |||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||||
| 2000 | 1 | Arie van de Bunt (3) | 31 | 65 | 140 | 46.4% | Starting goalkeeper | |||
| 3 | Wim Vermeulen (2) | 0 | 0 | — |
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
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.
Ivo Trumbić won the silver medal in 1964 and Yugoslavia's first Olympic gold medal in water polo in 1968. He moved to the Netherlands in 1973, hired as the head coach of the Netherlands men's national water polo team. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he led the Dutch team to win a bronze medal.
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 the Netherlands.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Fred van Dorp became the first water polo player to be a flag bearer for the Netherlands at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.
After winning bronze in the men's tournament, Evert Kroon, the starting goalkeeper of the Dutch water polo team, carried the national flag of the Netherlands at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Four-time Olympian Ton Buunk was the flag bearer for the Netherlands during the opening ceremony at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| data-sort-value="1 O" | 1 | 1968 O | 30 | FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 8 years (21/30) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| data-sort-value="1 Z" | 1 | data-sort-value="1968 Z" | 1968 C | 30 | FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 8 years (21/30) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | data-sort-value="1976 Z" | 1976 C | 29 | GK | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 8 years (22/29) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | 1984 O | 31 | FP | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 12 years (19/31) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||