List of Olympic medalists in water polo

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. Last updated: 18 January 2021.

Eight male athletes won four or more Olympic medals in water polo. Aside from Belgian player Joseph Pletincx who won medals before World War II,[2] all were members of the Hungary men's national water polo team. Dezső Gyarmati is the first and only athlete (man or woman) to win five Olympic medals in water polo (three gold, one silver and one bronze).[1]

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Male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo

Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
						1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	Dezső Gyarmati	1927	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	16 years (20/36)	3	1	1	5	[1]
2	György Kárpáti	1935	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Hungary	FP	1952	1956	1960	1964		12 years (17/29)	3	0	1	4	[3]
3	László Jeney	1923	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	GK	1948	1952	1956	1960		12 years (25/37)	2	1	1	4	[4]
4	Mihály Mayer	1933	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1956	1960	1964	1968		12 years (22/34)	2	0	2	4	[5]
5	András Bodnár	1942	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	FP	1960	1964	1968	1972		12 years (18/30)	1	1	2	4	[6]
	Endre Molnár	1945	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	GK	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (23/35)	1	1	2	4	[7]
	István Szívós Jr.	1948	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hungary	FP	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (20/32)	1	1	2	4	[8]
8	Joseph Pletincx	1888		Belgium	FP	1908	1912	1920	1924		16 years (20/36)	0	3	1	4	[2]
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
						Water polo tournaments						Medals

Forty-seven male athletes won three Olympic medals in water polo.

Male athletes who won three Olympic medals in water polo

Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	Tournament					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
												G	S	B	T
9	Paul Radmilovic	1886	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Great Britain	FP	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	20 years (22/42)	3	0	0	3	[9]
	Charles Smith	1879	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Great Britain	GK	1908	1912	1920	1924		16 years (29/45)	3	0	0	3	[10]
	Tibor Benedek	1972	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Hungary	FP	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	16 years (20/36)	3	0	0	3	[11]
	Péter Biros	1976	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Hungary	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (24/36)	3	0	0	3	[12]
	Tamás Kásás	1976	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Hungary	FP	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	16 years (20/36)	3	0	0	3	[13]
	Gergely Kiss	1977	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Hungary	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (22/34)	3	0	0	3	[14]
	Tamás Molnár	1975	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hungary	FP	2000	2004	2008			8 years (25/33)	3	0	0	3	[15]
	Zoltán Szécsi	1977	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Hungary	GK	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (22/34)	3	0	0	3	[16]
17	Olivér Halassy	1909	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1928	1932	1936			8 years (18/27)	2	1	0	3	[17]
	Márton Homonnai	1906	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1924	1928	1932	1936		12 years (18/30)	2	1	0	3	[18]
	István Szívós Sr.	1920	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1948	1952	1956			8 years (27/36)	2	1	0	3	[19]
	Aleksei Barkalov	1946	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Soviet Union	FP	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (22/34)	2	1	0	3	[20]
	Perica Bukić	1966	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Yugoslavia	FP	1984	1988				12 years (18/30)	2	1	0	3	[21]
				Croatia					1996
22	Kálmán Markovits	1931	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Hungary	FP	1952	1956	1960			8 years (20/28)	2	0	1	3	[22]
	Ottó Boros	1929	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	GK	1956	1960	1964			8 years (27/35)	2	0	1	3	[23]
	Tivadar Kanizsa	1933	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	FP	1956	1960	1964			8 years (23/31)	2	0	1	3	[24]
25	Fritz Gunst	1908		Germany	FP	1928	1932	1936			8 years (19/27)	1	2	0	3	[25]
26	Leonid Osipov	1943	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Soviet Union	FP	1964	1968	1972			8 years (21/29)	1	1	1	3	[26]
	Dénes Pócsik	1940	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Hungary	FP	1964	1968	1972			8 years (24/32)	1	1	1	3	[27]
	Ferenc Konrád	1945	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hungary	FP	1968	1972	1976			8 years (23/31)	1	1	1	3	[28]
	László Sárosi	1946	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hungary	FP	1968	1972	1976			8 years (22/29)	1	1	1	3	[29]
	Tamás Faragó	1952	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Hungary	FP	1972	1976	1980			8 years (20/27)	1	1	1	3	[30]
	Slobodan Nikić	1983	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Serbia and Montenegro	FP	2004					12 years (21/33)	1	1	1	3	[31]
				Serbia				2012	2016
32	Zoltán Dömötör	1935	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	FP	1960	1964	1968			8 years (25/33)	1	0	2	3	[32]
	László Felkai	1941	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	FP	1960	1964	1968			8 years (19/27)	1	0	2	3	[33]
	János Konrád	1941	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hungary	FP	1960	1964	1968			8 years (18/27)	1	0	2	3	[34]
	Yevgeny Sharonov	1958	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Soviet Union	GK	1980		1988			12 years (21/33)	1	0	2	3	[35]
				Unified Team					1992
	Filip Filipović	1987	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Serbia	FP	2008	2012	2016			8 years (21/29)	1	0	2	3	[36]
	Živko Gocić	1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Serbia	FP	2008	2012	2016			8 years (25/33)	1	0	2	3	[37]
	Duško Pijetlović	1985	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Serbia	FP	2008	2012	2016			8 years (23/31)	1	0	2	3	[38]
	Andrija Prlainović	1987	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Serbia	FP	2008	2012	2016			8 years (21/29)	1	0	2	3	[39]
40	Oscar Grégoire	1877		Belgium	FP	1900	1908	1912			12 years (23/35)	0	2	1	3	[40]
	Albert Durant	1892		Belgium		1912	1920	1924			12 years (20/32)	0	2	1	3	[41]
	Gérard Blitz	1901		Belgium	FP	1920	1924	1928		1936	16 years (19/35)	0	2	1	3	[42]
	Vladimir Semyonov	1938	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Soviet Union	FP	1960	1964	1968			8 years (22/30)	0	2	1	3	[43]
44	Robert Andersson	1886		Sweden	FP	1908	1912	1920			12 years (21/33)	0	1	2	3	[44]
	Pontus Hanson	1884		Sweden	FP	1908	1912	1920			12 years (24/36)	0	1	2	3	[45]
	Harald Julin	1890		Sweden		1908	1912	1920			12 years (18/30)	0	1	2	3	[46]
	Torsten Kumfeldt	1886		Sweden		1908	1912	1920			12 years (22/34)	0	1	2	3	[47]
	Viktor Ageyev	1936	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Soviet Union	FP	1956	1960	1964			8 years (20/28)	0	1	2	3	[48]
	Dmitry Gorshkov	1967	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Unified Team	FP	1992					12 years (25/37)	0	1	2	3	[49]
				Russia			1996	2000	2004
	Nikolay Kozlov	1972	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Unified Team	FP	1992					12 years (20/32)	0	1	2	3	[50]
				Russia			1996	2000	2004
	Aleksandar Ćirić	1977	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	FR Yugoslavia	FP	2000					8 years (22/30)	0	1	2	3	[51]
				Serbia and Montenegro			2004
				Serbia				2008
	Aleksandar Šapić	1978	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	FR Yugoslavia	FP	1996	2000				12 years (18/30)	0	1	2	3	[52]
				Serbia and Montenegro				2004
				Serbia					2008
	Dejan Savić	1975	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	FR Yugoslavia	FP	1996	2000				12 years (21/33)	0	1	2	3	[53]
				Serbia and Montenegro				2004
				Serbia					2008
	Vladimir Vujasinović	1973	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	FR Yugoslavia	FP	1996	2000				12 years (22/34)	0	1	2	3	[54]
				Serbia and Montenegro				2004
				Serbia					2008
	Vanja Udovičić	1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Serbia and Montenegro	FP	2004					8 years (21/29)	0	1	2	3	[55]
				Serbia			2008	2012
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	Tournament					Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
												Medals

Source: "Athlete Medal Leaders" on Sports Reference website.

Brenda Villa of the United States won four Olympic medals in water polo between 2000 and 2012.

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. Last updated: 18 January 2021.

Three female athletes won three or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Petri and Brenda Villa, both representing the United States, are the only two female athletes to win four Olympic medals in water polo.[56][57]

Legend

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Female athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo

Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Women's team	Pos	Water polo tournaments				Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
						1	2	3	4		G	S	B	T
1	Heather Petri	1978	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	United States	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012	12 years (22/34)	1	2	1	4	[56]
	Brenda Villa	1980	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	United States	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012	12 years (20/32)	1	2	1	4	[57]
3	Kami Craig	1987	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	United States	FP	2008	2012	2016		8 years (21/29)	2	1	0	3	[58]

Source: "Athlete Medal Leaders" on Sports Reference website.

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

• Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

• Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

• Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (archive) (pp. 284–507)

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

• Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (pp. 4–13, 56)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

• Water polo

• Men's water polo

• Women's water polo

Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Water polo on the Todor66 website: