This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team have participated in 17 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. Related teams: United Team of Germany men's Olympic water polo team†, East Germany men's Olympic water polo team†, West Germany men's Olympic water polo team†. 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 = – More than one team tied for that rank Team† – Defunct team

Abbreviation EUA – United Team of Germany FRG – West Germany GDR – East Germany

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 =5 — — 1 2 2 — 15 See See and 7 9 5 10 9 See Germany 6 6 6 See and See Germany 3 † Part of Germany P. of 6 — Part of Germany 1 † Part of Germany P. of 10 4 6 — 3 4 Part of Germany 5 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 Team† – Defunct team

Men's team Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 9 3 0 1900 2008 Champions Europe – LEN † 5 3 0 1968 1988 Third place Europe – LEN 3 3 0 1956 1964 Sixth place Europe – LEN

Best finishes Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend Year* – As host team Team† – Defunct team

Men's team Best finish Apps Confederation Champions (1928) 9 Europe – LEN † Third place (1984) 5 Europe – LEN Sixth place (1956, 1960, 1964) 3 Europe – LEN

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

Legend Year* – As host team Team† – Defunct team

Men's team Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last 3 1 (1928) 2 (1932, 1936*) 1928 1936 † 3 1 (1984) 2 (1972*, 1988) 1972 1988 0 — —

Medal table Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend Team† – Defunct team

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: 2 Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation FRG – West Germany GER – Germany MEX – Mexico

+ Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 4 Armando Fernández FP 1972MEX 1976MEX 1984FRG 1988FRG 17/33 Peter Röhle GK 1976FRG 1984FRG 1988FRG 1992GER 19/35

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.

Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0 Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 1 Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2 Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation FRG – West Germany GER – Germany MEX – Mexico

+ Male players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics Rk Player Birth L/R Totalgoals Water polo tournaments(goals) Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 1 Hagen Stamm Right 45 1984FRG(18) 1988FRG(15) 1992GER(12) 24/32 2 Frank Otto Left 38 1984FRG(18) 1988FRG(16) 1992GER(4) 25/33 3 Armando Fernández 37 1972MEX(11) 1976MEX(16) 1984FRG(6) 1988FRG(4) 17/33 Sources: Official Reports (PDF): 1900, 1928–1936, 1952–1976, 1984–1996; Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

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 and abbreviation – Hosts Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOFmember Note Ref 1900 Georg Hax 29 The only goalkeeper in the squad 1928 Johann Blank 24 Erich Rademacher 27 1972 1932 Hans Eckstein 23 Erich Rademacher (2) 31 1972 1936 Paul Klingenburg 28 Fritz Stolze 25 1952 Emil Bildstein 21 Günter Heine 32 1956 Emil Bildstein (2) 25 Karl Neuse 25 1960 Emil Bildstein (3) 29 Hans Hoffmeister 24 1964 Heinz Mäder 27 Peter Schmidt 26 1968 1 Hans Hoffmeister (2) 32 11 Günter Kilian 18 1972 1 Gerd Olbert 24 11 Hans Hoffmeister (3) 36 1976 1 Günter Kilian (2) 26 11 Peter Röhle 19 1984 1 Peter Röhle (2) 27 12 Santiago Chalmovsky 25 1988 1 Peter Röhle (3) 31 7 Ingo Borgmann 23 1992 1 Ingo Borgmann (2) 27 5 Peter Röhle (4) 35

Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref 1996 1 Ingo Borgmann (3) 31 51 111 45.9% Starting goalkeeper 9 Daniel Voß 25 2 3 66.7% 2004 1 Alexander Tchigir (2) 35 39 80 48.8% Starting goalkeeper 2 Michael Zellmer 27 3 6 50.0% 2008 1 Alexander Tchigir (3) 39 63 130 48.5% Starting goalkeeper 13 Michael Zellmer (2) 31 0 0 — Sources: Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 67–69); Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197). Notes: Alexander Tchigir is also listed in Unified Team men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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): 1 Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 0 Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 1 Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Abbreviation Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)

+ 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 Tobias Kreuzmann 25 34 73.5% 2004(17/22) 2008(8/12) 23/27 2 Moritz Oeler 8 16 50.0% 2008(8/16) 22/22 Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

Olympic champions

1928 Summer Olympics

See also List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics Germany at the Summer Olympics United Team of Germany at the Olympics West Germany at the Olympics

References

Sources

ISHOF

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