Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

The Spain men's national water polo team has participated in 18 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]

Abbreviations

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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

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Comprehensive results by tournament

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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
  Spain 7 10 9 8 8 9 10 4 4 6 2 1 4 6 5 6 7 Q 18
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

Number of appearances

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Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most
recent
Best finish Confederation
  Spain 18 11 11 1920 2020 Champions Europe – LEN

Best finishes

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Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
  Spain Champions (1996) 18 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
  Spain 5 1 (1996) 1 (1992*) 3 (1980, 1984, 2000) 1980 2000

Medal table

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Spain (ESP)1102

Player statistics

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Multiple appearances

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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: 1
  • Number of five-time Olympians: 3
  • Number of four-time Olympians: 7
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • CUB – Cuba
  • ESP – Spain
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5 6
6 Manuel Estiarte 1961 FP 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 18/38 2007 Flag bearer for Spain (2000) [2]
5 Jordi Sans 1965 FP 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 18/35 [3]
Salvador Gómez 1968 FP 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 20/36 [4]
Jesús Rollán 1968 GK 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 20/36 2012 [5]
4 Pedro García 1968 FP 1988 1992 1996 2000 19/31 [6]
Sergi Pedrerol 1969 FP 1992 1996 2000 2004 22/34 [7]
Daniel Ballart 1973 FP 1992 1996 2000 2004 19/31 [8]
Ángel Andreo 1972 GK 1996 2000 2004 2008 23/35 [9]
Iván Pérez 1971 FP 1992
CUB
2004
ESP
2008
ESP
2012
ESP
21/41 [10]
Guillermo Molina 1984 FP 2004 2008 2012 2016 20/32 [11]
Felipe Perrone 1986 FP 2008 2012 2016 2020 22/35 [12]

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Multiple medalists

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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: 1 May 2021.

Top goalscorers

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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): 1
  • Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 2
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 4
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • BRA – Brazil
  • CUB – Cuba
  • ESP – Spain
Male players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics
Rk Player Birth L/R Total
goals
Water polo tournaments
(goals)
Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Manuel Estiarte 1961 Right 127 1980
(21)
1984
(34)
1988
(27)
1992
(22)
1996
(13)
2000
(10)
18/38 2007 Flag bearer for Spain (2000) [13]
[2]
2 Felipe Perrone 1986 Right 42 2008
ESP
(16)
2012
ESP
(16)
2016
BRA
(10)
22/30 [14]
3 Guillermo Molina 1984 Right 41 2004
(4)
2008
(13)
2012
(5)
2016
(19)
20/32 [15]
4 Salvador Gómez 1968 Right 37 1988
(8)
1992
(5)
1996
(12)
2000
(5)
2004
(7)
20/36 [16]
5 Pedro García 1968 35 1988
(9)
1992
(13)
1996
(7)
2000
(6)
19/31 [17]
6 Jordi Sans 1965 33 1984
(0)
1988
(13)
1992
(8)
1996
(7)
2000
(5)
19/35 [18]
7 Iván Pérez 1971 Left 31 1992
CUB
(16)
2004
ESP
(6)
2008
ESP
(3)
2012
ESP
(6)
21/41 [19]
Rk Player Birth L/R Total
goals
1 2 3 4 5 6 Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
Water polo tournaments
(goals)

Sources:

  • Official Reports (PDF): 1920–1928, 1948–1952, 1968–1972, 1980–1996;
  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 46, 49, 54, 65, 67, 70, 74–75), 2004 (pp. 227–228), 2008 (pp. 193–194), 2012 (pp. 474–475), 2016 (pp. 112–113).

Goalkeepers

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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)
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1920 Luis Gibert 1903 17 Starting goalkeeper [20]
(Unknown)
1924 Jaime Cruells 1906 18 Starting goalkeeper [21]
(Unknown)
1928 Gonzalo Jiménez 1902 26 Starting goalkeeper [22]
(Unknown)
1948 Joan Serra 1927 20 Starting goalkeeper [23]
(Unknown)
1952 Leandro Ribera Abad 1934 17 Starting goalkeeper [24]
(Unknown)
1968 1 Luis Bestit 1945 23 [25]
11 Vicente Brugat 1947 20 [26]
1972 1 Salvador Franch 1949 23 [27]
11 Luis Bestit (2) 1945 27 [25]
1980 1 Manuel Delgado 1955 25 [28]
11 Salvador Franch (2) 1949 31 [27]
1984 1 Leandro Ribera Perpiñá 1962 22 [29]
13 Mariano Moya 1963 20 [30]
1988 1 Jesús Rollán 1968 20 2012 [5]
11 Mariano Moya (2) 1963 24 [30]
1992   1 Jesús Rollán (2) 1968 24 2012 Starting goalkeeper [5]
12 Manuel Silvestre 1965 27 [31]
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member
Note Ref
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1996   1 Jesús Rollán (3) 1968 28 62 110 56.4% 2012 Starting goalkeeper [5]
4 Ángel Andreo 1972 23 0 0 [9]
2000 1 Jesús Rollán (4) 1968 32 58 116 50.0% 2012 Starting goalkeeper [5]
2 Ángel Andreo (2) 1972 27 0 0 [9]
2004 1 Jesús Rollán (5) 1968 36 5 7 71.4% 2012 [5]
2 Ángel Andreo (3) 1972 31 50 92 54.3% Starting goalkeeper [9]
2008 1 Iñaki Aguilar 1983 24 58 107 54.2% Starting goalkeeper [32]
13 Ángel Andreo (4) 1972 35 1 4 25.0% [9]
2012 1 Iñaki Aguilar (2) 1983 28 52 98 53.1% [32]
13 Daniel López 1980 32 26 54 48.1% [33]
2016 1 Iñaki Aguilar (3) 1983 32 16 26 61.5% [32]
13 Daniel López (2) 1980 36 63 115 54.8% Starting goalkeeper [33]
2020 1 Daniel López (3) 1980 41 [33]
13 Unai Aguirre 2002 19 [34]
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref

Sources:

  • Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 70–71, 73);
  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 46, 49, 54, 65, 67, 70, 74–75), 2004 (pp. 227–228), 2008 (pp. 193–194), 2012 (pp. 474–475), 2016 (pp. 112–113).

Top sprinters

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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): 1
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 1
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 1
  • 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)
Rk Sprinter Birth Total
sprints
won
Total
sprints
contested
Eff % Water polo tournaments
(sprints won / contested)
Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Albert Español 1985 20 35 57.1% 2012
(15/25)
2016
(5/10)
26/30 [35]
2 Sergi Pedrerol 1969 12 38 31.6% 1992
(N/A)
1996
(N/A)
2000
(10/27)
2004
(2/11)
22/34 [7]
3 Gonzalo Echenique 1990 8 14 57.1% 2016
(8/14)
26/26 [36]

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 46, 49, 54, 65, 67, 70, 74–75), 2004 (pp. 227–228), 2008 (pp. 193–194), 2012 (pp. 474–475), 2016 (pp. 112–113).

Note:

Coach statistics

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Medals as coach and player

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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.

Spanish water polo player Miki Oca won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later, he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. As a head coach, he guided Spain women's national water polo team to a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.[37]

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Rk Person Birth Height Player Head coach Total medals Ref
Age Men's team Pos Medal Age Women's team Medal G S B T
1 Miki Oca 1970 1.87 m
(6 ft 2 in)
22–26   Spain FP 1992*  , 1996   42   Spain 2012   1 2 0 3 [37]

Olympic champions

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1996 Summer Olympics

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  • Edition of men's tournament: 22nd
  • Host city:   Atlanta, United States
  • Number of participating teams: 12
  • Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
  • Champion:   Spain (1st title; 3rd place in preliminary A group)

Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (p. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 71, 73).

 
34-year-old Manuel Estiarte, the captain of Spain, won a gold medal during his fifth Olympics.

Sources:

Statistics
Cap
No.
Player Pos Matches
played
Goals/Shots
Goals Shots %
1 Jesús Rollán GK 8
2 Josep María Abarca FP 8 0 1 0.0%
3 Sergi Pedrerol FP 8 1 13 7.7%
4 Ángel Andreo GK 8
5 Manuel Estiarte (C) FP 8 13 33 39.4%
6 Daniel Ballart FP 8 3 13 23.1%
7 Jorge Payá FP 8 1 2 50.0%
8 Iván Moro FP 8 2 15 13.3%
9 Jordi Sans FP 8 7 18 38.9%
10 Salvador Gómez FP 8 12 38 31.6%
11 Miki Oca FP 8 9 27 33.3%
12 Carles Sanz FP 8 3 11 27.3%
13 Pedro García FP 8 7 29 24.1%
Total 8 58 200 29.0%
Against 48 200 24.0%
Cap
No.
Player Pos Saves/Shots
Saves Shots %
1 Jesús Rollán GK 62 110 56.4%
4 Ángel Andreo GK
Total 62 110 56.4%

Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (p. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 70, 71, 73).

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

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Flag bearers

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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 2020 Summer Olympics, one male water polo player was given the honour to carry the flag for Spain.

Six-time Olympian Manuel Estiarte of Spain was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2]

Legend
  •  2008 O  – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
  •  2012 C  – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
  •     – Hosts
  • Flag bearer – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team
Water polo people who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games
# Year Country Flag bearer Birth Age Height Team Pos Water polo tournaments Period
(age of
first/last)
Medals Ref
1 2 3 4 5 6 G S B T
1 2000 O   Spain Manuel Estiarte 1961 38 1.78 m
(5 ft 10 in)
  Spain FP 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 20 years
(18/38)
1 1 0 2 [2]

Oath takers

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Some sportspeople from the host nations were chosen to take the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, one water polo referee from Spain was given the honour.[38]

Eugeni Asensio, a Spanish water polo referee, took the Officials' Oath at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[39]

Legend
  •     – Hosts
  • Oath taker – Oath taker who won the tournament with his team
Water polo people who were oath takers at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games
# Year Oath Country Oath taker Birth Age Water polo tournament Ref
2 1992 Officials' Oath   Spain Eugeni Asensio 1992 As referee (official) [39]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ After the breakup of Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team participated at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2000. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team".

References

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  36. ^ "Gonzalo Echenique". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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  38. ^ "Takers of the Officials' Oath". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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Sources

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Official Reports (IOC)

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PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

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PDF documents on the FINA website:

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

Official Reports (FINA)

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PDF documents on the FINA website:

Official website (IOC)

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Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

Olympedia

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Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

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Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

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Water polo on the Todor66 website:

ISHOF

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International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

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