This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Yugoslavia men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Yugoslavia men's national water polo team has participated in 12 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 | |
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| † | — | — | — | — | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Defunct | 12 | ||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| / Serbia and Montenegro† | — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | — | 8 | 3 | 2 | Defunct | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | P. of / | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | P. of / | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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.
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.
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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.
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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: 23 May 2021.
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 21 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1948 | 23 | 1984 | ||||||
| 23 | ||||||||
| 1952 | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić (2) | 27 | 1984 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||
| Juraj Amšel (2) | 27 | |||||||
| 1956 | Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić (3) | 31 | 1984 | Flag bearer for Yugoslavia Starting goalkeeper | ||||
| Juraj Amšel (3) | 31 | |||||||
| 1960 | 26 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||||
| (Unknown) | ||||||||
| 1964 | 1 | Milan Muškatirović (2) | 30 | |||||
| 11 | 22 | |||||||
| 1968 | 1 | Karlo Stipanić (2) | 26 | |||||
| 11 | 25 | |||||||
| 1972 | 1 | Karlo Stipanić (3) | 30 | |||||
| 11 | 25 | |||||||
| 1976 | 1 | Miloš Marković (2) | 29 | |||||
| 11 | 22 | |||||||
| 1980 | 1 | 32 | ||||||
| 11 | 24 | |||||||
| 1984 | 1 | Milorad Krivokapić (2) | 28 | |||||
| 13 | 24 | |||||||
| 1988 | 1 | 24 | 2011 | |||||
| 13 | 24 | |||||||
| 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 person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Ratko Rudić won a silver medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Upon retirement as an athlete, he immediately entered the coaching ranks. During his career, Rudić guided three different men's national teams to five Olympic medals, more than any other coaches.
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 team. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he led the Dutch team to win a bronze medal.
| 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 | 32 | FP | 1980 | 36–40 | 1984, 1988 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| 44–48 | 1992, 1996 | |||||||||||||||
| 64 | 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 29–33 | FP | 1964, 1968 | 41 | 1976 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
See also: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo.
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 1988 Summer Olympics, three male water polo players were given the honour to carry the flag for 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 | 1948 O | 34 | FP | 1948 | 0 years (34/34) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 1956 O | 31 | GK | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 8 years (23/31) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | 1972 O | 30 | FP | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 12 years (18/30) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||