Greece 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 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

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
  •  —  – 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 8 13 15 14 14 10 8 9 10 6 10 4 7 9 6 Q 16
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: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
 Greece 16 11 11 1920 2020 Fourth place Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Greece Fourth place (2004*) 16 Europe – LEN

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
 Greece 1 1 (2004*) 2004 2004

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Greece (GRE)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 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
Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
5 George Mavrotas 1967 FP 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 17/33 [2]
Georgios Afroudakis 1976 FP 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 19/35 [3]
4 Kyriakos Giannopoulos 1959 FP 1980 1984 1988 1992 21/33 [4]
Anastasios Papanastasiou 1964 FP 1984 1988 1992 1996 20/32 [5]
Filippos Kaiafas 1968 FP 1988 1992 1996 2000 20/32 [6]
Konstantinos Loudis 1969 FP 1992 1996 2000 2004 23/35 [7]
Theodoros Chatzitheodorou 1976 FP 1996 2000 2004 2012 19/35 [8]
Nikolaos Deligiannis 1976 GK 2000 2004 2008 2012 24/35 [9]
Christos Afroudakis 1984 FP 2004 2008 2012 2016 20/32 [10]

Multiple medalists

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.

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

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): 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
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 Kyriakos Giannopoulos 1959 44 1980
(7)		 1984
(6)		 1988
(18)		 1992
(13)		 21/33 [11]
2 Georgios Afroudakis 1976 Right 40 1996
(10)		 2000
(8)		 2004
(9)		 2008
(9)		 2012
(4)		 19/35 [12]
3 Antonios Aronis 1957 33 1980
(4)		 1984
(13)		 1988
(16)		 23/31 [13]
4 Sotirios Stathakis 1953 30 1980
(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

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: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1920 Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos 1897 22–23 [15]
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos [16]
1924 Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos (2) 1897 26–27 Starting goalkeeper [15]
(Unknown)
1948 Alexandros Monastiriotis Starting goalkeeper [17]
(Unknown)
1968 1 Ioannis Thymaras 1934 33–34 [18]
11 Takis Michalos 1947 20 [19]
1972 1 Dimitrios Konstas [20]
11 Takis Michalos (2) 1947 24 [19]
1980 1 Ioannis Vossos 1960 19 [21]
11 Ioannis Giannouris 1958 22 [22]
1984 1 Ioannis Vossos (2) 1960 23 [21]
13 Stavros Giannopoulos 1961 23 [23]
1988 1 Nikolaos Christoforidis 1965 23 [24]
12 Evangelos Patras 1968 19 [25]
1992 1 Evangelos Patras (2) 1968 23 [25]
13 Gerasimos Voltirakis 1968 24 [26]
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 Gerasimos Voltirakis (2) 1968 28 64 124 51.6% Starting goalkeeper [26]
13 Evangelos Patras (3) 1968 27 1 7 14.3% [25]
2000 1 Georgios Reppas 1974 25 7 23 30.4% [27]
6 Nikolaos Deligiannis 1976 24 48 97 49.5% Starting goalkeeper [9]
2004 1 Georgios Reppas (2) 1974 29 18 37 48.6% [27]
12 Nikolaos Deligiannis (2) 1976 27 31 52 59.6% [9]
2008 1 Nikolaos Deligiannis (3) 1976 31 38 82 46.3% [9]
13 Georgios Reppas (3) 1974 33 28 65 43.1% [27]
2012 1 Nikolaos Deligiannis (4) 1976 35 45 83 54.2% Starting goalkeeper [9]
13 Filippos Karampetsos 1977 34 6 11 54.5% [28]
2016 1 Konstantinos Flegkas 1988 28 56 120 46.7% Starting goalkeeper [29]
13 Stefanos Galanopoulos 1993 23 1 5 20.0% [30]
2020 1 Emmanouil Zerdevas 1997 23 [31]
13 Konstantinos Galanidis 1990 30 [32]
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref

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)
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 Ioannis Thomakos 1977 18 32 56.3% 2000
(12/18)		 2004
(5/12)		 2008
(1/2)		 23/31 [33]
2 Christos Afroudakis 1984 15 37 40.5% 2004
(6/15)		 2008
(7/17)		 2012
(1/4)		 2016
(1/1)		 20/32 [10]
3 Konstantinos Genidounias 1993 8 18 44.4% 2016
(8/18)		 23/23 [34]
4 Emmanouil Mylonakis 1985 7 31 22.6% 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

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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

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Todor66

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ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website: