This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Soviet Union men's national water polo team and the Unified Team men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Soviet Union men's national water polo team and the Unified Team men's national water polo team have participated in 10 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| † | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | Defunct | 9 | ||||||||
| Unified Team† | — | — | — | — | — | Part of Soviet Union | 3 | Defunct | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | Part of Soviet Union | 9 | 11 | 11 | Q | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | Part of Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Part of Soviet Union | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| † | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1952 | 1988 | Champions | Europe – LEN | |
| Unified Team† | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1992 | 1992 | Third place | Europe – LEN |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
| Men's team | Best finish | Apps | Confederation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| † | Champions (1972, 1980*) | 9 | Europe – LEN | |
| Unified Team† | Third place (1992) | 1 | Europe – LEN |
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
| Men's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| † | 7 | 2 (1972, 1980*) | 2 (1960, 1968) | 3 (1956, 1964, 1988) | 1956 | 1988 | ||
| Unified Team† | 1 | 1 (1992) | 1992 | 1992 |
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.
Notes:
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 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 12 years (22/34) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | FP | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 8 years (21/29) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | GK | 1980 URS | 1988 URS | 1992 EUN | 12 years (21/33) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 8 years (22/30) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| FP | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 8 years (20/28) | 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.
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: 5 May 2021.
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 33 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1956 | Boris Goykhman (2) | 37 | ||||||
| 29 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 22 | |||||||
| Boris Goykhman (3) | 41 | |||||||
| 1964 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| 11 | 24 | |||||||
| 1968 | 1 | 27 | ||||||
| 11 | 22 | |||||||
| 1972 | 1 | Vadim Gulyayev (2) | 31 | |||||
| 11 | 23 | |||||||
| 1976 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| 11 | 22 | |||||||
| 1980 | 1 | 21 | 2003 | |||||
| 11 | Viacheslav Sobchenko (2) | 31 | ||||||
| 1988 | 1 | Yevgeny Sharonov (2) | 29 | 2003 | ||||
| 13 | 27 | |||||||
| 1992 | 1 | Yevgeny Sharonov (3) | 33 | 2003 | ||||
| 13 | 23 | |||||||
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
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 coach (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Boris Popov led the Soviet Union men's national water polo team to win an Olympic gold medal in 1980 and a bronze medal in 1988. Four years later, he coached the Unified Team men's national water polo team to another bronze medal.
| Rk | Head coach | Nationality | Birth | Age | Men's team | Tournaments (finish) | Period | Medals | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | ||||||||
| 1 | 39, 47 | 1980 (1st) | 1988 (3rd) | 12 years | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| 51 | 1992 (3rd) | |||||||||||||||
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.
Vladimir Semyonov, representing the Soviet Union, won three Olympic medals in a row between 1960 and 1968. As a head coach, he led the Soviet Union men's national water polo team to win an Olympic gold medal in 1972.
Soviet Boris Popov won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. He guided the Soviet Union men's national team to two Olympic medals in 1980 and 1988, and the Unified Team to a bronze medal in 1992.
Aleksandr Kabanov of the Soviet Union won a gold at the Munich Olympics in 1972, coached by Vladimir Semyonov. Eight years later, he won the second gold medal at the Moscow Olympics in 1980, coached by Boris Popov. As a head coach, he led Russia men's national team to win two consecutive medals in 2000 and 2004.
| 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 | 24, 32 | FP | 52–56 | 2000, 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | 22–30 | FP | 1960, 1964, 1968 | 34 | 1972 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | 23 | FP | 1964 | 39, 47 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 51 | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
See also: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo.