Hungary women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

The Hungary women's national water polo team has participated in 5 of 6 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

Comprehensive results by tournament

Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included.

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

Number of appearances

Women's team[1] Apps Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most
recent
Best finish Confederation
 Hungary 5 5 5 2004 2020 Third place Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Women's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Hungary Third place (2020) 5 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Women's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Hungary 4 1 (2020) 3 (2008, 2012, 2016) 2008 2020

Medal table

Women's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Hungary (HUN)0011

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 four-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympians: 2
  • Last updated: 26 July 2021.
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 Rita Drávucz 1980 FP 2004 2008 2012 24/32 [2]
Orsolya Takács 1985 FP 2008 2012 2016 23/31 [3]

Note:

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): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 3
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
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 Barbara Bujka 1986 Left 27 2012
(12)
2016
(15)
25/29 [4]
2 Rita Keszthelyi 1991 Right 24 2012
(10)
2016
(14)
20/24 [5]
3 Rita Drávucz 1980 Right 23 2004
(7)
2008
(10)
2012
(6)
24/32 [6]

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 68–69), 2008 (pp. 65–66), 2012 (pp. 359–360), 2016 (pp. 209–210).

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.

Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref
2004 1 Ildikó Sós 1976 27 25 56 44.6% Starting goalkeeper [7]
13 Andrea Tóth 1981 23 10 19 52.6% [8]
2008 1 Patrícia Horváth 1977 30 43 77 55.8% Starting goalkeeper [9]
13 Ildikó Sós (2) 1976 31 12 18 66.7% [7]
2012 1 Flóra Bolonyai 1991 21 17 65 26.2% [10]
13 Edina Gangl 1990 22 25 47 53.2% [11]
2016 1 Edina Gangl (2) 1990 26 15 45 33.3% [11]
13 Orsolya Kasó 1988 27 27 64 42.2% [12]
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 68–69), 2008 (pp. 65–66), 2012 (pp. 359–360), 2016 (pp. 209–210).

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): 0
  • Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won): 0
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 2
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won): 1
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • 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 Ágnes Valkai 1981 14 24 58.3% 2004
(4/5)
2008
(10/19)
23/27 [13]
2 Rita Keszthelyi 1991 11 25 44.0% 2012
(1/5)
2016
(10/20)
20/24 [14]
3 Rita Drávucz 1980 9 27 33.3% 2004
(6/8)
2008
(0/0)
2012
(3/19)
24/32 [2]

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 68–69), 2008 (pp. 65–66), 2012 (pp. 359–360), 2016 (pp. 209–210).

Note:

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. ^ a b "Rita Drávucz". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Orsolya Takács". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Barbara Bujka". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Rita Keszthelyi". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Rita Drávucz". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Ildikó Sós". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Andrea Tóth". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Patrícia Horváth". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Flóra Bolonyai". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Edina Gangl". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Orsolya Kasó". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Ágnes Valkai". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Rita Keszthelyi". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

Sources

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: