This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team and the Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team and the Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team have participated in 3 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:
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| † | — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | — | 8 | 3 | Defunct | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | See | 2 | Defunct | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| † | — | — | — | — | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Defunct | 12 | ||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | P. of / | 4 | 4 | 4 | Q | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | P. of / | 3 | 3 | 1 | Q | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
| Men's team | Apps | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best finish | Confederation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| † | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1996 | 2000 | Third place | Europe – LEN | |
| † | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2004 | 2004 | Runners-up | Europe – LEN |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
| Men's team | Best finish | Apps | Confederation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| † | Runners-up (2004) | 1 | Europe – LEN | |
| † | Third place (2000) | 2 | Europe – LEN |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
| Men's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 (2004) | 2004 | 2004 | |||||
| † | 1 | 1 (2000) | 2000 | 2000 |
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.
| Apps | Player | Birth | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4 | FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 22/35 | ||||||
| FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 21/33 | |||||||
| FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 18/30 | |||||||
| FP | 2004 SCG | 2008 MNE | 2012 MNE | 2016 MNE | 21/33 | Flag bearer for Montenegro (2016) | ||||||
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.
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | |||||||
| 1 | FP | 2004 SCG | 2012 SRB | 2016 SRB | 12 years (21/33) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | FP | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 8 years (22/30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 12 years (18/30) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 12 years (21/33) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| FP | 1996 FRY | 2000 FRY | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 12 years (22/34) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| FP | 2004 SCG | 2008 SRB | 2012 SRB | 8 years (21/29) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
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.
| 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 | 64 | 1996 FRY (8) | 2000 FRY (18) | 2004 SCG (18) | 2008 SRB (20) | 18/30 | |||||||
| 2 | Right | 34 | 1996 FRY (14) | 2000 FRY (5) | 2004 SCG (3) | 2008 SRB (12) | 22/35 | |||||||
Notes:
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: 5 May 2021.
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | Aleksandar Šoštar (2) | 32 | 59 | 128 | 46.1% | 2011 | Starting goalkeeper | ||
| 13 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 18.2% | ||||||
| 2000 | 1 | Aleksandar Šoštar (3) | 36 | 49 | 85 | 57.6% | 2011 | Starting goalkeeper | ||
| 12 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | ||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 27 | 60 | 102 | 58.8% | Starting goalkeeper | ||||
| 13 | Nikola Kuljača (2) | 30 | 0 | 0 | — |
Notes:
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.
Note:
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.
Dejan Savić won three consecutive Olympic medals between 2000 and 2008. At the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, he coached Serbia men's national team to the Olympic title.
| Rk | Person | Birth | Height | Player | Head coach | Total medals | Ref | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Men's team | Pos | Medal | Age | Men's team | Medal | G | S | B | T | |||||
| 1 | 25 | FP | 2000 | 41 | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 29 | FP | 2004 | |||||||||||||
| 33 | FP | 2008 | |||||||||||||
Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games.
Igor Milanović, a water polo player representing Yugoslavia and then FR Yugoslavia, was given the honour to carry the flag for FR Yugoslavia.
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| FP | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||