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.[1]

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
  •  1  – Champions
  •  2  – Runners-up
  •  3  – Third place
  •  4  – Fourth place
  •  —  – The nation did not participate in the Games
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
  •     – Hosts
Men's team[1] 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
 Sweden —32346511118
Total teams 74612131451618211016131516121212121212121212121212

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1]AppsRecord
streak		Active
streak		DebutMost
recent		Best finishConfederation
 Sweden84019081980Runners-upEurope – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1]Best finishAppsConfederation
 SwedenRunners-up (1912*)8Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1]TotalChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeFirstLast
 Sweden41 (1912*)2 (1908, 1920)1 (1924)19081924

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Sweden (SWE)0123

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: 0
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.

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: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 4
  • Last updated: 1 May 2021.
Legend
  •     – Hosts
Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo
RkPlayerBirthHeightPosWater polo tournamentsPeriod
(age of
first/last)		MedalsRef
12345GSBT
1Robert Andersson1886FP19081912192012 years
(21/33)		0123[2]
Pontus Hanson1884FP19081912192012 years
(24/36)		0123[3]
Harald Julin1890FP19081912192012 years
(18/30)		0123[4]
Torsten Kumfeldt1886GK19081912192012 years
(22/34)		0123[5]

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.

Legend
  •     – Hosts
YearCap
No.		GoalkeeperBirthAgeISHOF
member		NoteRef
1908 Torsten Kumfeldt188622The only goalkeeper in the squad[5]
1912 Torsten Kumfeldt (2)188626The only goalkeeper in the squad[5]
1920 Torsten Kumfeldt (3)188634[5]
Theodor Nauman188534[6]
1924Theodor Nauman (2)188538Starting goalkeeper[6]
(Unknown)
1936Åke Nauman190828Starting goalkeeper[7]
(Unknown)
1948Folke Eriksson192523[8]
Rune Öberg192225[9]
1952Rune Källqvist192922Starting goalkeeper[10]
(Unknown)
19801Anders Flodqvist195920Starting goalkeeper[11]
(Unknown)
YearCap
No.		GoalkeeperBirthAgeISHOF
member		NoteRef

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Robert Andersson". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Pontus Hanson". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Harald Julin". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Torsten Kumfeldt". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Theodor Nauman". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Åke Nauman". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Folke Eriksson". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Rune Öberg". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Rune Källqvist". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Anders Flodqvist". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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Official Reports (IOC)

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Official Reports (FINA)

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Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

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ISHOF

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