This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Greece men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Greece men's national water polo team has participated in 16 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]

Abbreviations

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

Team statistics

Comprehensive results by tournament

Notes:

  • Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
  • At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, but only American contestants participated. Currently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904.
  • Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend
  •  1  – Champions
  •  2  – Runners-up
  •  3  – Third place
  •  4  – Fourth place
  •  —  – The nation did not participate in the Games
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
  •     – Hosts
Men's team[1] 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
 Greece 8131514141089106104796Q16
Total teams 74612131451618211016131516121212121212121212121212

Number of appearances

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1]AppsRecord
streak		Active
streak		DebutMost
recent		Best finishConfederation
 Greece16111119202020Fourth placeEurope – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1]Best finishAppsConfederation
 GreeceFourth place (2004*)16Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1]TotalChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeFirstLast
 Greece11 (2004*)20042004

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Greece (GRE)0000

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

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.

  • Number of six-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of five-time Olympians: 2
  • Number of four-time Olympians: 7
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Legend
  •     – Hosts
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last		ISHOF
member		NoteRef
12345
5George Mavrotas1967FP1984198819921996200017/33[2]
Georgios Afroudakis1976FP1996200020042008201219/35[3]
4Kyriakos Giannopoulos1959FP198019841988199221/33[4]
Anastasios Papanastasiou1964FP198419881992199620/32[5]
Filippos Kaiafas1968FP198819921996200020/32[6]
Konstantinos Loudis1969FP199219962000200423/35[7]
Theodoros Chatzitheodorou1976FP199620002004201219/35[8]
Nikolaos Deligiannis1976GK200020042008201224/35[9]
Christos Afroudakis1984FP200420082012201620/32[10]

Multiple medalists

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.

  • Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
  • Last updated: 11 August 2021.

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.

  • Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 2
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Legend
  •     – Hosts
Male players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics
RkPlayerBirthL/RTotal
goals		Water polo tournaments
(goals)		Age of
first/last		ISHOF
member		NoteRef
12345
1Kyriakos Giannopoulos1959441980
(7)		1984
(6)		1988
(18)		1992
(13)		21/33[11]
2Georgios Afroudakis1976Right401996
(10)		2000
(8)		2004
(9)		2008
(9)		2012
(4)		19/35[12]
3Antonios Aronis1957331980
(4)		1984
(13)		1988
(16)		23/31[13]
4Sotirios Stathakis1953301980
(16)		1984
(14)		27/31[14]

Sources:

  • Official Reports (PDF): 1920–1924, 1948, 1968–1972, 1980–1996;
  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 57, 59, 61, 80–81, 86, 88, 91), 2004 (pp. 203–204), 2008 (pp. 199–200), 2012 (pp. 478–479), 2016 (pp. 117–118).

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: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
YearCap
No.		GoalkeeperBirthAgeISHOF
member		NoteRef
1920Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos189722–23[15]
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos[16]
1924Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos (2)189726–27Starting goalkeeper[15]
(Unknown)
1948Alexandros MonastiriotisStarting goalkeeper[17]
(Unknown)
19681Ioannis Thymaras193433–34[18]
11Takis Michalos194720[19]
19721Dimitrios Konstas[20]
11Takis Michalos (2)194724[19]
19801Ioannis Vossos196019[21]
11Ioannis Giannouris195822[22]
19841Ioannis Vossos (2)196023[21]
13Stavros Giannopoulos196123[23]
19881Nikolaos Christoforidis196523[24]
12Evangelos Patras196819[25]
19921Evangelos Patras (2)196823[25]
13Gerasimos Voltirakis196824[26]
YearCap
No.		GoalkeeperBirthAgeISHOF
member		NoteRef
YearCap
No.		GoalkeeperBirthAgeSavesShotsEff %ISHOF
member		NoteRef
19961Gerasimos Voltirakis (2)1968286412451.6%Starting goalkeeper[26]
13Evangelos Patras (3)1968271714.3%[25]
20001Georgios Reppas19742572330.4%[27]
6Nikolaos Deligiannis197624489749.5%Starting goalkeeper[9]
20041Georgios Reppas (2)197429183748.6%[27]
12Nikolaos Deligiannis (2)197627315259.6%[9]
20081Nikolaos Deligiannis (3)197631388246.3%[9]
13Georgios Reppas (3)197433286543.1%[27]
20121Nikolaos Deligiannis (4)197635458354.2%Starting goalkeeper[9]
13Filippos Karampetsos19773461154.5%[28]
20161Konstantinos Flegkas1988285612046.7%Starting goalkeeper[29]
13Stefanos Galanopoulos1993231520.0%[30]
20201Emmanouil Zerdevas199723[31]
13Konstantinos Galanidis199030[32]
YearCap
No.		GoalkeeperBirthAgeSavesShotsEff %ISHOF
member		NoteRef

Sources:

  • Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 69, 71–72);
  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 57, 59, 61, 80–81, 86, 88, 91), 2004 (pp. 203–204), 2008 (pp. 199–200), 2012 (pp. 478–479), 2016 (pp. 117–118).

Top sprinters

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

  • Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 2
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 2
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
Male players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics (statistics since 2000)
RkSprinterBirthTotal
sprints
won		Total
sprints
contested		Eff %Water polo tournaments
(sprints won / contested)		Age of
first/last		ISHOF
member		NoteRef
12345
1Ioannis Thomakos1977183256.3%2000
(12/18)		2004
(5/12)		2008
(1/2)		23/31[33]
2Christos Afroudakis1984153740.5%2004
(6/15)		2008
(7/17)		2012
(1/4)		2016
(1/1)		20/32[10]
3Konstantinos Genidounias199381844.4%2016
(8/18)		23/23[34]
4Emmanouil Mylonakis198573122.6%2008
(2/12)		2012
(2/9)		2016
(3/10)		23/31[35]

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 57, 59, 61, 80–81, 86, 88, 91), 2004 (pp. 203–204), 2008 (pp. 199–200), 2012 (pp. 478–479), 2016 (pp. 117–118).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "George Mavrotas". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Georgios Afroudakis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Kyriakos Giannopoulos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Anastasios Papanastasiou". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Filippos Kaiafas". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Konstantinos Loudis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Theodoros Chatzitheodorou". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nikolaos Deligiannis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Christos Afroudakis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Kyriakos Giannopoulos". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  12. ↑ "Georgios Afroudakis". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Antonios Aronis". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "Sotirios Stathakis". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  15. 1 2 "Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "Konstantinos Nikolopoulos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "Alexandros Monastiriotis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  18. ↑ "Ioannis Thymaras". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  19. 1 2 "Takis Michalos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  20. ↑ "Dimitrios Konstas". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  21. 1 2 "Ioannis Vossos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  22. ↑ "Ioannis Giannouris". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  23. ↑ "Stavros Giannopoulos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  24. ↑ "Nikolaos Christoforidis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  25. 1 2 3 "Evangelos Patras". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  26. 1 2 "Gerasimos Voltirakis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  27. 1 2 3 "Georgios Reppas". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  28. ↑ "Filippos Karampetsos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  29. ↑ "Konstantinos Flegkas". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  30. ↑ "Stefanos Galanopoulos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  31. ↑ "Emmanouil Zerdevas". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  32. ↑ "Konstantinos Galanidis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  33. ↑ "Ioannis Thomakos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  34. ↑ "Konstantinos Genidounias". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  35. ↑ "Emmanouil Mylonakis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

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PDF documents on the FINA website:

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PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

Official Reports (FINA)

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Official website (IOC)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

Olympedia

Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

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ISHOF

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