Japan 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 Japan men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Japan men's national water polo team has participated in 9 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
 Japan — — — 4 14 — 14 11 12 15 — 11 12 Q 9
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
 Japan 9 4 2 1932 2020* Fourth place Asia – AASF

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Japan Fourth place (1932) 9 Asia – AASF

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
 Japan 1 1 (1932) 1932 1932

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Japan (JPN)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: 0
  • Last updated: 27 July 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): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.

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
1932 Takashige Matsumoto 1908 23 Starting goalkeeper [2]
(Unknown)
1936 Jihei Furusho 1914 21 Starting goalkeeper [3]
(Unknown)
1960 Mineo Kato 1934 26 Starting goalkeeper [4]
(Unknown)
1964 Mineo Kato (2) 1934 30 Starting goalkeeper [4]
(Unknown)
1968 1 Tetsunosuke Ishii 1944 24 Starting goalkeeper [5]
(Unknown)
1972 1 Yukiharu Oshita 1949 23 Starting goalkeeper [6]
(Unknown)
1984 1 Etsuji Fujita 1961 23 Starting goalkeeper [7]
(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 Katsuyuki Tanamura 1989 27 52 113 46.0% Starting goalkeeper [8]
13 Tomoyoshi Fukushima 1993 23 0 0 — [9]
2020 1 Katsuyuki Tanamura (2) 1989 31 [8]
13 Tomoyoshi Fukushima (2) 1993 28 [9]

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, 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): 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 Mitsuaki Shiga 1991 6 13 46.2% 2016
(6/13)		 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. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Takashige Matsumoto". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Jihei Furusho". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Mineo Kato". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Tetsunosuke Ishii". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Yukiharu Oshita". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Etsuji Fujita". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Katsuyuki Tanamura". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Tomoyoshi Fukushima". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Mitsuaki Shiga". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 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: