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

The Italy men's national water polo team has participated in 21 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments, continuously since 1948.

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. 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

Men's team 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 — 10 11 1 3 4 1 4 4 6 2 8 7 7 1 3 5 8 9 2 3 Q 21 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 Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 21 19 19 1920 2020 Champions Europe – LEN

Best finishes Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend Year* – As host team

Men's team Best finish Apps Confederation Champions (1948, 1960*, 1992) 21 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend Year* – As host team

Men's team Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last 13 3 (1948, 1960*, 1992) 2 (1976, 2012) 3 (1952, 1996, 2016) 3 (1956, 1964, 1968) 1948 2016

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

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.

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)

Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOFmember Note Ref 1920 Salvatore Cabella 23–24 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1924 Mario Balla 20–21 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1948 Pasquale Buonocore 32 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1952 Raffaello Gambino 24 Renato Traiola 27 1956 Cosimo Antonelli 31 Enzo Cavazzoni 24 1960 Dante Rossi 24 Brunello Spinelli 21 1964 Eugenio Merello 24 Dante Rossi (2) 28 1968 1 Alberto Alberani 21 11 Eugenio Merello (2) 28 1972 1 Alberto Alberani (2) 25 11 Ferdinando Lignano 28 1976 1 Alberto Alberani (3) 29 11 Umberto Panerai 23 1980 1 Alberto Alberani (4) 33 11 Umberto Panerai (2) 27 1984 1 Roberto Gandolfi 28 13 Umberto Panerai (3) 31 1988 1 Paolo Trapanese 26 13 Gianni Averaimo 24 1992 1 Francesco Attolico 29 13 Gianni Averaimo (2) 27 Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOFmember Note Ref

Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref 1996 1 Francesco Attolico (2) 33 44 110 40.0% Starting goalkeeper 10 Marco Gerini 24 6 15 40.0% 2000 1 Francesco Attolico (3) 37 28 61 45.9% 5 Stefano Tempesti 21 24 43 55.8% 2004 1 Stefano Tempesti (2) 25 50 86 58.1% Starting goalkeeper 5 Marco Gerini (2) 33 0 4 0.0% 2008 1 Stefano Tempesti (3) 29 83 169 49.1% Starting goalkeeper 13 Fabio Violetti 34 0 0 — 2012 1 Stefano Tempesti (4) 33 87 147 59.2% Starting goalkeeper 13 Giacomo Pastorino 32 0 0 — 2016 1 Stefano Tempesti (5) 37 51 101 50.5% Starting goalkeeper 13 Marco Del Lungo 26 21 37 56.8% 2020 1 Marco Del Lungo (2) 31 13 Gianmarco Nicosia 23 Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref 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

+ Male players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics (statistics since 2000) Rk Sprinter Birth Totalsprintswon Totalsprintscontested Eff % Water polo tournaments(sprints won / contested) Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 1 Pietro Figlioli 78 86 90.7% 2004AUS(24/27) 2008AUS(21/23) 2012ITA(19/21) 2016ITA(14/15) 20/32 2 Francesco Di Fulvio 16 17 94.1% 2016(16/17) 23/23 3 Goran Fiorentini 15 22 68.2% 2004(15/22) 22/22 4 Alberto Ghibellini 10 16 62.5% 1996(N/A) 2000(10/16) 23/27 Deni Fiorentini 10 10 100.0% 2012(10/10) 28/28 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

Rk Person Birth Height Player Head coach Total medals Ref Age Men's team Pos Medal Age Men's team Medal G S B T 1 Ratko Rudić 32 FP 1980 44–48 1992 , 1996 1 1 1 3 Alessandro Campagna 29 FP 1992 49–53 2012 , 2016 1 1 1 3 3 Gianni Lonzi 22 FP 1960* 37 1976 1 1 0 2 4 Mario Majoni 38 FP 1948* 42 1952 1 0 1 2

Olympic champions

1948 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

See also Italy women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics Italy at the Olympics

Notes

References

Sources

ISHOF

External links Italy men's national water polo team – Official website Olympic water polo – Official website