Romania men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

The Romania men's national water polo team has participated in 9 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]

Abbreviations

AppsAppearancesRkRankRefReferenceCap No.Water polo cap number
PosPlaying positionFPField playerGKGoalkeeperISHOFInternational Swimming Hall of Fame
L/RHandednessLLeft-handedRRight-handedOly debutOlympic debut in water polo
(C)Captainp.pagepp.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
  •  1  – Champions
  •  2  – Runners-up
  •  3  – Third place
  •  4  – Fourth place
  •  —  – The nation did not participate in the Games
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Men's team[1]00040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620Years
 Romania1785584911109
Total teams74612131451618211016131516121212121212121212121212

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1]AppsRecord
streak
Active
streak
DebutMost
recent
Best finishConfederation
 Romania94019522012Fourth placeEurope – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1]Best finishAppsConfederation
 RomaniaFourth place (1976)9Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1]TotalChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeFirstLast
 Romania11 (1976)19761976

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Romania (ROU)0000

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 four-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympians: 5
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Male athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics
AppsPlayerBirthPosWater polo tournamentsAge of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
3Alexandru Szabo1937FP19561960196419/27[2]
Aurel Zahan1938FP19561960196418/26[3]
Claudiu Rusu1949FP19721976198023/31[4]
Dinu Popescu1949FP19721976198023/31[5]
Viorel Rus1952FP19721976198019/27[6]

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): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.

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.

Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
YearCap
No.
GoalkeeperBirthAgeISHOF
member
NoteRef
1952Zoltan Norman191932Starting goalkeeper[7]
(Unknown)
1956Iosif Deutsch193223–24[8]
Alexandru Marinescu193224[9]
1960Mircea Ştefănescu193623Starting goalkeeper[10]
(Unknown)
19641Mircea Ştefănescu (2)193627[10]
11Emil Mureşan193925[11]
19721Şerban Huber195121[12]
11Cornel Frăţilă194131[13]
19761Florin Slăvei195125[14]
11Doru Spînu195520[15]
19801Doru Spînu (2)195524[15]
11Florin Slăvei (2)195129[14]
YearCap
No.
GoalkeeperBirthAgeISHOF
member
NoteRef
YearCap
No.
GoalkeeperBirthAgeSavesShotsEff %ISHOF
member
NoteRef
19961Gelu Lisac1967284110041.0%Starting goalkeeper[16]
2Robert Dinu197422102441.7%[17]
20121Dragoș Stoenescu197933489749.5%Starting goalkeeper[18]
13Mihai Drăgușin19842871353.8%[19]

Sources:

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): 0
  • 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)
RkSprinterBirthTotal
sprints
won
Total
sprints
contested
Eff %Water polo tournaments
(sprints won / contested)
Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
NoteRef
12345
1Alexandru Matei198061833.3%2012
(6/18)
31/31[20]

Source:

See also

References

Sources

Official Reports (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

PDF documents on the FINA website:

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

Official Reports (FINA)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

Official website (IOC)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

Olympedia

Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

Water polo on the Todor66 website:

ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website: