Brazil men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

The Brazil men's national water polo team has participated in 8 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

See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

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
  •   – Disqualified
  •  —  – 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
 Brazil — — — — 6 — [a] 9 12 13 13 12 8 8
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

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
 Brazil 8 3 0 1920 2016* Sixth place Americas – UANA

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Brazil Sixth place (1920) 8 Americas – UANA

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Brazil 0 — —

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Brazil (BRA)0000

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

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.

  • Number of four-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympians: 3
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • BRA – Brazil
  • SRB – Serbia
Male athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics
Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
3 Márvio dos Santos 1934 FP 1952 1960 1964 18/30 [2]
João Gonçalves 1934 FP 1960 1964 1968 25/33 [3]
Slobodan Soro 1978 GK 2008
SRB		 2012
SRB		 2016
BRA		 29/37 [4]

Note:

Top goalscorers

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.

  • Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Note:

Goalkeepers

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: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1920 Agostinho Sampaio de Sá 1897 23 Starting goalkeeper [5]
(Unknown)
1932 Luiz da Silva 1903 28–29 Starting goalkeeper [6]
(Unknown)
1952 Lucio Figueirêdo 1927 24 [7]
Henrique Melmann 1931 21 [8]
1960 Luiz Daniel 1936 23 Starting goalkeeper [9]
(Unknown)
1964 Luiz Daniel (2) 1936 28 Starting goalkeeper [9]
(Unknown)
1968 1 Arnaldo Marsili 1947 21 Starting goalkeeper [10]
(Unknown)
1984 1 Roberto Borelli 1963 20 Starting goalkeeper [11]
(Unknown)
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
2016 1 Slobodan Soro (3) 1978 37 81 152 53.3% Starting goalkeeper [4]
13 Vinicius Antonelli 1990 26 0 0 — [12]

Source:

Note:

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): 0
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Source:

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

Flag bearers

See also: Water polo at the Summer Olympics § Flag bearers

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 Brazil.

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 G S B T
1 1968 O Brazil João Gonçalves 1934 33 1.75 m
(5 ft 9 in)		  Brazil FP 1960 1964 1968 8 years
(25/33)		 0 0 0 0 [3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ At the 1932 Olympics, Brazil was disqualified after their players attacked the Hungarian referee at the end of their match against Germany. Their two matches were annulled. Therefore, Hungary and Japan won their games scheduled with Brazil, by forfeit. For more details, please see the Official Report of the 1932 Olympic Games (pp. 650–651), and here.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ "Márvio dos Santos". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "João Gonçalves". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Slobodan Soro". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Agostinho Sampaio de Sá". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Luiz da Silva". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Lucio Figueirêdo". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Henrique Melmann". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Luiz Daniel". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Arnaldo Marsili". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Roberto Borelli". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Vinicius Antonelli". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

Sources

Official Reports (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

PDF documents on the FINA website:

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

Official Reports (FINA)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

Official website (IOC)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

Olympedia

Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

Water polo on the Todor66 website:

ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website: