This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy men's national water polo team at the

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. The Italy men's national water polo team has participated in 21 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.

Abbreviations

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

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(FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904. * Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – The nation did not participate in the Games * – Qualified for forthcoming tournament * – Hosts

Number of appearances

Last updated: 27 July 2021. ;Legend * Year^* – As host team

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021. ;Legend * Year^* – As host team

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * Year^* – As host team

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

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.

Multiple medalists

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.

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) Sources: * Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 70, 72–73); * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 47, 52, 55, 64, 68–69, 74, 76), 2004 (pp. 211–212), 2008 (pp. 205–206), 2012 (pp. 484–485), 2016 (pp. 123–124).

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): 1 * Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 0 * Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 4 * Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 0 * Last updated: 15 May 2021. ;Legend and abbreviation * – Hosts * Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested) * AUS – Australia * ITA – Italy Source: * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 47, 52, 55, 64, 68–69, 74, 76), 2004 (pp. 211–212), 2008 (pp. 205–206), 2012 (pp. 484–485), 2016 (pp. 123–124).

Coach statistics

Medals as coach and player

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 winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021. As a water polo player, Ratko Rudić won a silver medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He led Italy men's national water polo team to win two Olympic medals in 1992 and 1996. Italian Alessandro Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, coached by Ratko Rudić. As a head coach, he guided Italy men's national team to two medals in 2012 and 2016. ;Legend * Year^* – As host team

Olympic champions

1948 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

Notes

References

Sources

ISHOF

External links

Italy men's national water polo team – Official website

Olympic water polo – Official website
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