China women'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 China women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The China women's national water polo team has participated in 3 of 5 official women'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 women's Olympic water polo tournament

Comprehensive results by tournament

Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  •  1st  – Champions
  •  2nd  – Runners-up
  •  3rd  – Third place
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
  •     – Hosts
Women's team[1] 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Years
 China 5th 5th 7th Q 4
Total teams 6 8 8 8 8 10

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Women's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
 China 3 3 3 2008* 2016 Fifth place Asia – AASF

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Women's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 China Fifth place (2008*, 2012) 3 Asia – AASF

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

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

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 China (CHN)0000

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

See also: List of players who have appeared in multiple women'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: 26 July 2021.
Legend
  •     – Hosts
Female 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 Sun Yating 1988 FP 2008 2012 2016 20/28 [2]
Yang Jun 1988 GK 2008 2012 2016 20/28 [3]
Ma Huanhuan 1990 FP 2008 2012 2016 18/26 [4]

Top goalscorers

See also: List of women'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 (40+ goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
  • Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Legend
  •     – Hosts
Female players with 20 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
1 Ma Huanhuan 1990 Right 37 2008
(7)		 2012
(19)		 2016
(11)		 18/26 [5]

Source:

Goalkeepers

See also: List of women'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 Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
2008 1 Yang Jun 1988 20 39 89 43.8% Starting goalkeeper [3]
13 Tan Ying 1987 21 0 2 0.0% [6]
2012 1 Yang Jun (2) 1988 24 44 106 41.5% Starting goalkeeper [3]
13 Wang Ying 1988 24 17 25 68.0% [7]
2016 1 Yang Jun (3) 1988 28 55 118 46.6% Starting goalkeeper [3]
13 Peng Lin 1995 21 0 2 0.0% [8]
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref

Source:

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): 1
  • Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won): 0
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 0
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won): 1
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
Female players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics
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 Wang Yi 1987 35 47 74.5% 2008
(18/19)		 2012
(17/28)		 21/25 [9]
2 Niu Guannan 1992 9 22 40.9% 2016
(9/22)		 24/24 [10]

Source:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Sun Yating". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Yang Jun". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Ma Huanhuan". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Ma Huanhuan". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Tan Ying". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-07. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Wang Ying". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Peng Lin". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Wang Yi". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Niu Guannan". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

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