Kazakhstan men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

The Kazakhstan men's national water polo team has participated in 4 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

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.
  • Related teams: Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team (statistics), Unified Team men's Olympic water polo team[a].
  • 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
  • Team – Defunct team
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
 Kazakhstan Part of Soviet Union [a] 9 11 11 Q 4
 Soviet Union[b] 7 3 2 3 2 1 8 1 3 Defunct 9
International Olympic Committee Unified Team[a] Part of Soviet Union 3 Defunct 1
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.

Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most
recent
Best finish Confederation
 Kazakhstan 4 2 1 2000 2020 Ninth place Asia – AASF

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Kazakhstan Ninth place (2000) 4 Asia – AASF

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Kazakhstan 0

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0000

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 five-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of four-time Olympians: 1
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Abbreviation
  • KAZ – Kazakhstan
  • RUS – Russia
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
4 Nikolay Maksimov 1972 GK 1996
RUS
2000
RUS
2004
RUS
2012
KAZ
23/39 [2]

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

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.

Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref
2000 1 Konstantin Chernov 1967 32 52 96 54.2% Starting goalkeeper [3]
3 Alexandr Shvedov 1973 27 13 33 39.4% [4]
2004 1 Alexandr Shvedov (2) 1973 31 54 111 48.6% Starting goalkeeper [4]
13 Alexandr Polukhin 1961 42 2 4 50.0% [5]
2012 1 Nikolay Maksimov (4) 1972 39 50 103 48.5% Starting goalkeeper [2]
13 Alexandr Shvedov (3) 1973 39 0 0 [4]
2020 1 Madikhan Makhmetov 1993 28 [6]
13 Pavel Lipilin 1999 22 [7]
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 58–59, 62, 64, 67, 71–72, 77), 2004 (pp. 215–216), 2012 (pp. 486–487).

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:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 58–59, 62, 64, 67, 71–72, 77), 2004 (pp. 215–216), 2012 (pp. 486–487).

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c In 1992, 12 of the 15 former Soviet Republics competed together as the Unified Team and marched under the Olympic Flag in the Barcelona Games.
  2. ^ The Olympic Committee of the Soviet Union was formed on 21 April 1951, and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 7 May 1951.

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. ^ a b "Nikolay Maksimov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Konstantin Chernov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Alexandr Shvedov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Alexandr Polukhin". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Madikhan Makhmetov". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Pavel Lipilin". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 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: