Canada men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

The Canada men's national water polo team has participated in 4 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]

Abbreviations

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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

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See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

Comprehensive results by tournament

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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: 15 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
 Canada 16 9 — 10 11 4
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

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Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
 Canada 4 2 0 1972 2008 Ninth place Americas – UANA

Best finishes

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Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Canada Ninth place (1976*) 4 Americas – UANA

Finishes in the top four

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Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Canada 0 — —

Medal table

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Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Canada (CAN)0000

Player statistics

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Multiple appearances

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See also: List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments

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: 0
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Top goalscorers

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See also: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament 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

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See also: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament 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 Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1972 1 William Van der Pol 1938 34 [2]
11 Guy Leclerc 1955 16 [3]
1976 1 Guy Leclerc (2) 1955 20 Starting goalkeeper [3]
(Unknown)
1984 1 Rick Zayonc 1959 24 Starting goalkeeper [4]
(Unknown)
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
2008 1 Robin Randall 1980 28 55 129 42.6% Starting goalkeeper [5]
13 Nic Youngblud 1981 27 13 20 65.0% [6]

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Top sprinters

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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): 1
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • 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 Total
sprints
won		 Total
sprints
contested		 Eff % Water polo tournaments
(sprints won / contested)		 Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Kevin Graham 1986 18 23 78.3% 2008
(18/23)		 22/22 [7]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ "William Van der Pol". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Guy Leclerc". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Rick Zayonc". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Robin Randall". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Nic Youngblud". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Kevin Graham". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

Sources

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Official Reports (IOC)

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PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

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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)

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PDF documents on the FINA website:

Official website (IOC)

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Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

Olympedia

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Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

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Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

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Water polo on the Todor66 website:

ISHOF

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International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

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