United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics (medalists) explained

This article contains lists of medalists for the United States men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics, and is part of the United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics series. The lists are updated as of October 5, 2019.

Abbreviations

No.	Cap number	Rk	Rank	Ref	Reference
H	Handedness	L	Left-handed	R	Right-handed
Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper
CB	Center back (2-meter defense)	CF	Center forward (2-meter offense)	D	Driver (attacker)
U	Utility (except goalkeeper)

Water polo Olympic medalists

See also: List of United States men's Olympic water polo team rosters.

Players

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic medals (in descending order), type of the Olympic medal (in descending order), date of receiving an Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively.

Eighty-seven athletes have won Olympic medals in water polo. Six of them have each won two Olympic medals. Aside from Wally O'Connor, who won medals before World War II, all were members of the men's national team that won consecutive silver medals in 1984 and 1988.

	Name			Height	Games as player	Medals
1		CF			1984, 1988	0	2	0	2
		CF/U			1984, 1988	0	2	0	2
		D	L		1984, 1988	0	2	0	2
		CF			1984, 1988, 1992	0	2	0	2
		GK			1984, 1988, 1992	0	2	0	2
6		FP			1924, 1928, 1932, 1936	0	0	2	2
7					1904	1	0	0	1
		FP			1904	1	0	0	1
		FP			1904	1	0	0	1
		FP			1904	1	0	0	1
		FP			1904	1	0	0	1
					1904	1	0	0	1
		FP			1904	1	0	0	1
14					1904	0	1	0	1
					1904	0	1	0	1
					1904	0	1	0	1
					1904	0	1	0	1
					1904	0	1	0	1
					1904	0	1	0	1
					1904	0	1	0	1
		D			1984	0	1	0	1
		GK			1984	0	1	0	1
		D			1984	0	1	0	1
		CB			1984	0	1	0	1
		D			1984	0	1	0	1
		CB			1984	0	1	0	1
		CB			1984	0	1	0	1
		D			1984	0	1	0	1
		D			1988	0	1	0	1
		CF			1988	0	1	0	1
		CB			1988, 1992	0	1	0	1
		GK			1988, 1992, 1996	0	1	0	1
		D			1988, 1992, 1996	0	1	0	1
		CB			1988, 1992	0	1	0	1
		CF	L		1988, 1992	0	1	0	1
		U			1988	0	1	0	1
		D	R		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	0	1	0	1
		CF	R		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	0	1	0	1
		CB/U	R		2004, 2008, 2012	0	1	0	1
		GK	R		2004, 2008	0	1	0	1
		CB	R		2008, 2012	0	1	0	1
		CB	R		2008, 2012	0	1	0	1
		CF	R		2008	0	1	0	1
		U	R		2008	0	1	0	1
		GK	R		2008, 2012, 2016	0	1	0	1
		CF/CB/U	R		2004, 2008, 2012	0	1	0	1
		CB/U	R		2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	0	1	0	1
		D	L		2008, 2012	0	1	0	1
		D	R		2004, 2008, 2012	0	1	0	1
50					1904	0	0	1	1
					1904	0	0	1	1
					1904	0	0	1	1
					1904	0	0	1	1
					1904	0	0	1	1
					1904	0	0	1	1
					1904	0	0	1	1
		FP			1924	0	0	1	1
		GK			1924	0	0	1	1
		FP			1924	0	0	1	1
		FP			1924	0	0	1	1
		GK			1924, 1936	0	0	1	1
		FP			1924, 1928	0	0	1	1
		FP			1924	0	0	1	1
		FP			1924, 1928	0	0	1	1
		FP			1920, 1924	0	0	1	1
		FP			1924, 1928	0	0	1	1
		FP			1932	0	0	1	1
		FP			1932, 1936	0	0	1	1
		FP			1932, 1936	0	0	1	1
		FP			1932, 1936	0	0	1	1
		FP			1932	0	0	1	1
		GK			1932, 1936	0	0	1	1
		FP			1972	0	0	1	1
		GK			1968, 1972	0	0	1	1
		FP			1968, 1972	0	0	1	1
		CF/D	R		1964, 1968, 1972	0	0	1	1
		D			1972	0	0	1	1
		CF	L		1972	0	0	1	1
		FP			1968, 1972	0	0	1	1
		FP			1968, 1972	0	0	1	1
		GK			1972	0	0	1	1
		CB			1968, 1972	0	0	1	1
		FP			1968, 1972	0	0	1	1
	Name			Height	Games as player
						Medals

Head coaches

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of Olympic medals (in descending order), type of the Olympic medal (in descending order), date of receiving an Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively.

Monte Nitzkowski is the first and only man to have won two Olympic medals as the head coach of the United States men's national team.

	Name	Games as head coach	Medals
1		1972, 1984	0	1	1	2
2		1904	1	0	0	1
3		1904	0	1	0	1
		1988	0	1	0	1
		2008	0	1	0	1
6	(Unknown)	1904	0	0	1	1
		1924	0	0	1	1
		1932	0	0	1	1

Terry Schroeder is the first and only American (man or woman) to have won medals in the Olympic water polo tournaments both as a player and as a head coach.

Multiple Olympic medalists in water polo, diving and swimming

Budd Goodwin is the only American to have won Olympic medals in water polo, diving and swimming.

Multiple Olympic medalists in water polo and diving

Aside from Budd Goodwin, Frank Kehoe is the other American to have won Olympic medals in water polo and diving.

Multiple Olympic medalists in water polo and swimming

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic medals (in descending order), type of the Olympic medal (in descending order), date of the Olympic water polo tournament (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Twelve American athletes aside from Budd Goodwin have won Olympic medals in water polo and swimming.

As a member of the 1924 and 1928 U.S. Olympic water polo team, Johnny Weissmuller won five Olympic gold medals in swimming and one bronze medal in water polo.

Tim Shaw is the only American athlete to have won Olympic medals in water polo and swimming after World War II.

	Name	Height	Water polo				Swimming	Medals
			Year
1			1924 1928		FP			5	0	1	6
2			1924 1928 1932 1936		FP			1	0	2	3
3			1904		FP			2	0	0	2
			1904		FP			2	0	0	2
5			1932		FP			1	0	1	2
6			1904					0	2	0	2
			1904					0	2	0	2
			1984	12	D			0	2	0	2
9			1904					0	0	2	2
			1904					0	0	2	2
			1904					0	0	2	2
			1924		FP			0	0	2	2

See also

• United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics
  • United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics (appearances)
  • United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics (matches played)
  • United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics (scorers)
  • United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics (goalkeepers)
• List of United States men's Olympic water polo team rosters
• United States men's Olympic water polo team results
• United States men's national water polo team

External links

• Official website