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: Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team† (statistics), FR Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team†[a] (statistics), Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team† (statistics).
Last updated: 8 August 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
Team† – Defunct team
Abbreviation
FRY – FR Yugoslavia
SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
Number of appearances
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Best finishes
Last updated: 8 August 2021.
Finishes in the top four
Last updated: 8 August 2021.
Medal table
Last updated: 8 August 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.
Number of five-time Olympians: 0
Number of four-time Olympians: 6
Last updated: 8 August 2021.
Abbreviation
FRY – FR Yugoslavia
SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
SRB – Serbia
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.
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 3
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 11
Last updated: 11 August 2021.
Abbreviation
FRY – FR Yugoslavia
SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
SRB – Serbia
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.
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.
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): 1
Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 4
Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Abbreviation
Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
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, Dejan Savić won three consecutive Olympic medals between 2000 and 2008. At the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, he coached Serbia men's national team to the Olympic title.[3]
Filip Filipović scored 19 goals at the 2016 Olympics, helping Serbia win gold. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the men's water polo tournament.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Serbia (1st title; 4th place in preliminary A group)