This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Sweden men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Sweden men's national water polo team has participated in 8 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.
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 — 3 2 3 4 6 5 11 11 8 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: 5 May 2021.
Legend Year* – As host team
Men's team Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 8 4 0 1908 1980 Runners-up Europe – LEN
Best finishes Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend Year* – As host team
Men's team Best finish Apps Confederation Runners-up (1912*) 8 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 4 1 (1912*) 2 (1908, 1920) 1 (1924) 1908 1924
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: 1 April 2021.
Legend – Hosts
Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOFmember Note Ref 1908 Torsten Kumfeldt 22 The only goalkeeper in the squad 1912 Torsten Kumfeldt (2) 26 The only goalkeeper in the squad 1920 Torsten Kumfeldt (3) 34 Theodor Nauman 34 1924 Theodor Nauman (2) 38 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1936 Åke Nauman 28 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1948 Folke Eriksson 23 Rune Öberg 25 1952 Rune Källqvist 22 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1980 1 Anders Flodqvist 20 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOFmember Note Ref
See also List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics Sweden at the Olympics
References
Sources
ISHOF
External links Sweden men's national water polo team – Official website Olympic water polo – Official website