List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers

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This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

GK	Goalkeeper	Rk	Rank	Ref	Reference	ISHOF	International Swimming Hall of Fame
(C)	Captain	p.	page	pp.	pages

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

•  Team  – Olympic winning streak (winning three or more Olympic titles in a row)
•  Team  – Winning all matches during the tournament
•  Team  – Host team
• Team^† – Defunct team
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Winning goalkeepers by tournament

Year[1]	Winning team	Cap	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Height	Saves	Shots	Eff %	Note	Ref
1900	Great Britain (1st title)		William Henry	1859	41		—	—	—	The only GK	[2]
1904	Water polo was an unofficial sport
1908	Great Britain (2nd title)		Charles Smith	1879	29	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	—	—	—	The only GK	[3]
1912	Great Britain (3rd title)		Charles Smith (2)	1879	33	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)				The only GK	[3]
1920	Great Britain (4th title)		Charles Smith (3)	1879	41	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)				The only GK	[3]
1924	France (1st title)		Paul Dujardin	1894	30					The only GK	[4]
1928	Germany (1st title)		Johann Blank	1904	24						[5]
			Erich Rademacher	1901	27						[6]
1932	Hungary (1st title)		István Barta	1895	37						[7]
			György Bródy	1908	24	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)					[8]
1936	Hungary (2nd title)		György Bródy (2)	1908	28	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)				Starting GK	[8]
			György Kutasi	1910	25						[9]
1948	Italy (1st title)		Pasquale Buonocore	1916	32					Starting GK	[10]
			(Unknown)
1952	Hungary (3rd title)		Róbert Antal	1921	31						[11]
			László Jeney	1923	29	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)				Starting GK	[12]
1956	Hungary (4th title)		Ottó Boros	1929	27	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)				Starting GK	[13]
			László Jeney (2)	1923	33	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)					[12]
1960	Italy (2nd title)		Dante Rossi	1936	24	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)				Starting GK	[14]
			Brunello Spinelli	1939	21	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)					[15]
1964	Hungary (5th title)		Miklós Ambrus	1933	31	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)					[16]
			Ottó Boros (2)	1929	35	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)				Starting GK	[13]
1968	Yugoslavia† (1st title)	1	Karlo Stipanić	1941	26	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)					[17]
		11	Zdravko Hebel	1943	25	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)					[18]
1972	Soviet Union† (1st title)	1	Vadim Gulyayev	1941	31	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)					[19]
		11	Viacheslav Sobchenko	1949	23	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)					[20]
1976	Hungary (6th title)	1	Endre Molnár	1945	31	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)					[21]
		11	Tibor Cservenyák	1948	27	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)					[22]
1980	Soviet Union† (2nd title)	1	Yevgeny Sharonov	1958	21	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)					[23]
		11	Viacheslav Sobchenko (2)	1949	31	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)					[20]
1984	Yugoslavia† (2nd title)	1	Milorad Krivokapić	1956	28	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)				Starting GK	[24]
		13	Andrija Popović	1959	24	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)					[25]
1988	Yugoslavia† (3rd title)	1	Aleksandar Šoštar	1964	24	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)				Starting GK	[26]
		13	Renco Posinković	1964	24	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)					[27]
1992	Italy (3rd title)	1	Francesco Attolico	1963	29	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)				Starting GK	[28]
		13	Gianni Averaimo	1964	27	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)					[29]
1996	Spain (1st title)	1	Jesús Rollán	1968	28	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	62	110	56.4%	Starting GK	[30]
		4	Ángel Andreo	1972	23	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	0	0	—		[31]
2000	Hungary (7th title)	1	Zoltán Kósz	1967	32	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	58	112	51.8%	Starting GK	[32]
		10	Zoltán Szécsi	1977	22	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	6	9	66.7%		[33]
2004	Hungary (8th title)	1	Zoltán Szécsi (2)	1977	26	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	40	75	53.3%	Starting GK	[33]
		10	István Gergely	1976	28	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	8	12	66.7%		[34]
2008	Hungary (9th title)	1	Zoltán Szécsi (3)	1977	30	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	42	83	50.6%	Starting GK	[33]
		13	István Gergely (2)	1976	32	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	24	38	63.2%		[34]
2012	Croatia (1st title)	1	Josip Pavić	1982	30	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	85	121	70.2%	Starting GK	[35]
		13	Frano Vićan	1976	36	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	10	16	62.5%		[36]
2016	Serbia (1st title)	1	Gojko Pijetlović	1983	33	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	14	21	66.7%		[37]
		13	Branislav Mitrović	1985	31	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	60	119	50.4%	Starting GK	[38]
Year	Winning team	Cap	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Height	Saves	Shots	Eff %	Note	Ref

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1908 (pp. 360–361), 1912 (pp. 1022, 1024, 1033), 1920 (p. 130), 1924 (pp. 488, 490, 492), 1928 (pp. 803–804, 806), 1932 (pp. 646, 649–650), 1936 (pp. 347, 349, 355), 1948 (pp. 643, 645–646), 1952 (pp. 602–603, 606–608), 1956 (pp. 625–626), 1960 (pp. 618–619, 627–628, 631), 1964 (pp. 685, 687, 691, 694–695, 698), 1968 (pp. 812, 814, 816–817, 819, 822, 824, 826), 1972 (pp. 358–359, 363–365), 1976 (pp. 487, 489, 491–492), 1980 (pp. 497, 500–502), 1984 (pp. 528–533), 1988 (pp. 593–595, 597), 1992 (pp. 391–395, 399–400), 1996 (pp. 57–61, 70–71, 73);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45, 50, 55, 78, 81, 84, 87, 90), 2004 (pp. 207–208), 2008 (pp. 202–203), 2012 (pp. 471–472), 2016 (pp. 131–132).

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 52 male goalkeepers have been named in the national water polo team in three or more Olympic tournaments.

Legend

• Team^* – Host team

Year	Total	Five-time Olympian (GK)		Four-time Olympian (GK)		Three-time Olympian (GK)
1900	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1908	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1912	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1920	2	—	0	—	0	Great Britain: Charles Smith  Sweden: Torsten Kumfeldt	2
1924	2	—	0	Great Britain: Charles Smith	1	Belgium: Albert Durant	1
1928	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1932	1	—	0	—	0	Hungary: István Barta	1
1936	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1948	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1952	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1956	3	—	0	—	0	Hungary: László Jeney  Yugoslavia: Juraj Amšel, Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić	3
1960	3	—	0	Hungary: László Jeney	1	United Team of Germany: Emil Bildstein  Soviet Union: Boris Goykhman	2
1964	1	—	0	—	0	Hungary: Ottó Boros	1
1968	0	—	0	—	0	—	0
1972	3	—	0	—	0	Australia: Michael Withers  West Germany*: Hans Hoffmeister  Yugoslavia: Karlo Stipanić	3
Year	Total	Five-time Olympian (GK)		Four-time Olympian (GK)		Three-time Olympian (GK)
1976	4	—	0	—	0	Cuba: Oscar Periche  Hungary: Endre Molnár  Italy: Alberto Alberani  Netherlands: Evert Kroon	4
1980	3	—	0	Cuba: Oscar Periche  Hungary: Endre Molnár Italy: Alberto Alberani	3	—	0
1984	1	—	0	—	0	Italy: Umberto Panerai	1
1988	1	—	0	—	0	West Germany: Peter Röhle	1
1992	4	—	0	Germany: Peter Röhle	1	Australia: Glenn Townsend Unified Team:[a] Yevgeny Sharonov  United States: Craig Wilson	3
1996	5	—	0	—	0	Germany: Ingo Borgmann  Greece: Evangelos Patras  Hungary: Péter Kuna  Spain: Jesús Rollán  United States*: Christopher Duplanty	5
2000	5	—	0	Spain: Jesús Rollán	1	Hungary: Zoltán Kósz  Italy: Francesco Attolico  Netherlands: Arie van de Bunt  Yugoslavia:[b] Aleksandar Šoštar	4
2004	3	Spain: Jesús Rollán	1	—	0	Russia: Nikolay Maksimov  Spain: Ángel Andreo	2
Year	Total	Five-time Olympian (GK)		Four-time Olympian (GK)		Three-time Olympian (GK)
2008	9	—	0	Spain: Ángel Andreo	1	Australia: Rafael Sterk  Croatia: Frano Vićan  Germany: Alexander Tchigir  Greece: Nikolaos Deligiannis, Georgios Reppas  Hungary: István Gergely, Zoltán Szécsi  Italy: Stefano Tempesti	8
2012	7	—	0	Croatia: Frano Vićan  Greece: Nikolaos Deligiannis  Hungary: Zoltán Szécsi  Italy: Stefano Tempesti  Kazakhstan: Nikolay Maksimov	5	Kazakhstan: Alexandr Shvedov  Montenegro: Denis Šefik	2
2016	7	Italy: Stefano Tempesti	1	—	0	Australia: James Stanton  Brazil*: Slobodan Soro  Croatia: Josip Pavić  Montenegro: Miloš Šćepanović  Spain: Iñaki Aguilar  United States: Merrill Moses	6
2020	4	—	0	—	0	Australia: Joel Dennerley  Hungary: Viktor Nagy  Serbia: Gojko Pijetlović  Spain: Daniel López	4
Year	Total	Five-time Olympian (GK)		Four-time Olympian (GK)		Three-time Olympian (GK)

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 goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Thirteen male goalkeepers have been named in the national water polo tea in four or more Olympic tournaments between 1900 and 2016 inclusive.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Apps – Appearances

Male goalkeepers who have been named in the national team in four or more Olympic tournaments

Apps	Goalkeeper	Birth	Height	Men's team	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
					1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
5	Jesús Rollán	1968	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Spain	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	16 years (20/36)	1	1	0	2	[30]
	Stefano Tempesti	1979	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Italy	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	16 years (21/37)	0	1	1	2	[39]
4	Charles Smith	1879	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Great Britain	1908	1912	1920	1924		16 years (29/45)	3	0	0	3	[3]
	László Jeney	1923	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	1948	1952	1956	1960		12 years (25/37)	2	1	1	4	[12]
	Endre Molnár	1945	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (23/35)	1	1	2	4	[21]
	Alberto Alberani	1947	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Italy	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (21/33)	0	1	0	1	[40]
	Oscar Periche	1949	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Cuba	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (18/30)	0	0	0	0	[41]
	Peter Röhle	1957	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	West Germany	1976		1984	1988		16 years (19/35)	0	0	1	1	[42]
				Germany					1992
	Ángel Andreo	1972	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Spain	1996	2000	2004	2008		12 years (23/35)	1	0	0	1	[31]
	Nikolay Maksimov	1972	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Russia	1996	2000	2004			16 years (23/39)	0	1	1	2	[43]
				Kazakhstan					2012
	Frano Vićan	1976	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Croatia	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (24/36)	1	0	0	1	[36]
	Nikolaos Deligiannis	1976	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Greece	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (24/35)	0	0	0	0	[44]
	Zoltán Szécsi	1977	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Hungary	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (22/34)	3	0	0	3	[33]
Apps	Goalkeeper	Birth	Height	Men's team	1	2	3	4	5	Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
					Water polo tournaments						Medals

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 goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

As of 2016, eight male goalkeepers have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo.

Legend

•     – Hosts

Male goalkeepers who have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo

Rk	Goalkeeper	Birth	Height	Men's team	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
					1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	László Jeney	1923	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	1948	1952	1956	1960		12 years (25/37)	2	1	1	4	[12]
2	Endre Molnár	1945	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	1968	1972	1976	1980		12 years (23/35)	1	1	2	4	[21]
3	Charles Smith	1879	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Great Britain	1908	1912	1920	1924		16 years (29/45)	3	0	0	3	[3]
	Zoltán Szécsi	1977	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Hungary	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (22/34)	3	0	0	3	[33]
5	Ottó Boros	1929	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	1956	1960	1964			8 years (27/35)	2	0	1	3	[13]
6	Yevgeny Sharonov	1958	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Soviet Union	1980		1988			12 years (21/33)	1	0	2	3	[23]
				Unified Team[a]				1992
7	Albert Durant	1892		Belgium	1912	1920	1924			12 years (20/32)	0	2	1	3	[45]
8	Torsten Kumfeldt	1886		Sweden	1908	1912	1920			12 years (22/34)	0	1	2	3	[46]
Rk	Goalkeeper	Birth	Height	Men's team	1	2	3	4	5	Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
					Water polo tournaments						Medals

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), number of Olympic bronze medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic gold medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

As of 2016, seven male goalkeepers have won two or more Olympic gold medals in water polo.

Legend

•     – Hosts

Male goalkeepers who won two or more Olympic gold medals in water polo

Rk	Goalkeeper	Birth	Height	Men's team	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
					1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	Charles Smith	1879	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Great Britain	1908	1912	1920	1924		16 years (29/45)	3	0	0	3	[3]
	Zoltán Szécsi	1977	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Hungary	2000	2004	2008	2012		12 years (22/34)	3	0	0	3	[33]
3	László Jeney	1923	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Hungary	1948	1952	1956	1960		12 years (25/37)	2	1	1	4	[12]
4	Ottó Boros	1929	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	1956	1960	1964			8 years (27/35)	2	0	1	3	[13]
5	György Bródy	1908	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Hungary	1932	1936				4 years (24/28)	2	0	0	2	[8]
	Viacheslav Sobchenko	1949	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Soviet Union	1972		1980			8 years (23/31)	2	0	0	2	[20]
	István Gergely	1976	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Slovakia	2000					8 years (24/32)	2	0	0	2	[34]
				Hungary		2004	2008
Rk	Goalkeeper	Birth	Height	Men's team	1	2	3	4	5	Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
					Water polo tournaments						Medals

The following table is pre-sorted by date of the match (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Since 1996, nine male water polo goalkeepers have each saved sixteen or more shots in an Olympic match.

The first man to do so was Christopher Duplanty, with the United States men's national team in Atlanta. He blocked 20 shots on 24 July 1996, setting the record for the most shots saved by a water polo goalkeeper in a single Olympic match.

The most recent goalkeeper to do so was Viktor Nagy, with Hungary men's national team in Rio de Janeiro on 18 August 2016.

Italian Stefano Tempesti is the only water polo goalkeeper to achieve this feat twice.

Legend and abbreviation

Male goalkeepers with sixteen or more saves in an Olympic match (statistics since 1996)

#	Saves	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Height	For	Result	Against	Tournament	Round	Date	Ref
1	20	Christopher Duplanty	1965	30	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	United States	10–8	Croatia	Atlanta 1996	Preliminary round Group B	24 Jul 1996	OR 1996 (p. 66)
2	16	Siniša Školneković	1968	28	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Croatia	4–4 7–6 (aet)	Italy		Semi-finals	27 Jul 1996	OR 1996 (p. 72)
3	17	Nikolay Maksimov	1972	27	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Russia	6–4	Australia	Sydney 2000	Preliminary round Group A	23 Sep 2000	ORB 2000 (p. 66)
4	19	Stefano Tempesti	1979	29	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Italy	10–10 13–13 (aet) 3–4 (pso)	Australia	Beijing 2008	Classification round 7th–10th place	22 Aug 2008	ORB 2008 (p. 152)
5	16	Merrill Moses	1977	31	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	United States	10–5	Serbia		Semi-finals	22 Aug 2008	ORB 2008 (p. 158)
6	17	Stefano Tempesti (2)	1979	33	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Italy	8–5	Australia	London 2012	Preliminary round Group A	29 Jul 2012	ORB 2012 (p. 377)
7	17	Dragoș Stoenescu	1979	33	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Romania	13–4	Great Britain		Preliminary round Group B		ORB 2012 (p. 381)
8	16	Iñaki Aguilar	1983	28	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Spain	11–9	Greece		Preliminary round Group A	4 Aug 2012	ORB 2012 (p. 417)
9	16	Viktor Nagy	1984	32	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Hungary	13–4	Brazil	Rio 2016	Classification round 5th–8th place	18 Aug 2016	ORB 2016 (p. 77)
#	Saves	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Height	For	Result	Against	Tournament	Round	Date	Ref

The following table shows the historical progression of the record of shots saved by a male water polo goalkeeper in a single Olympic match since 1996. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend

•  Team  – Host team
• Player^‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team
• OR – Official Reports
• ORB – Official Results Books

Historical progression of records:
Most shots saved by a male goalkeeper, one match (statistics since 1996)

Saves	Achievement	Year	Goalkeeper	Age	Height	Men's team	Date	Duration of record	Ref
20	Set record	1996	Christopher Duplanty	30	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	United States	24 July 1996	28 years, 151 days	OR 1996 (p. 66)

The following table is pre-sorted by number of saves (in descending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Since 1996, six male goalkeepers have saved 75 or more shots in an Olympic water polo tournament.

Stefano Tempesti of Italy is the first water polo goalkeeper to achieve this feat twice. At the 2008 Olympics, Tempesti saved 83 shots. Four years later in London, he blocked 87 shots, setting the record for the most saves by a water polo goalkeeper in a single Olympic tournament.

Slobodan Soro is the second goalkeeper to achieve this feat twice. At the 2012 London Olympics, Soro saved 75 shots for Serbia. In Rio de Janeiro, he saved 81 shots for Brazil.

At the 2012 Summer Games, Josip Pavić saved 85 shots, including nine in the gold medal match, helping the Croatia team win the Olympics. He is the most efficient one among these six goalkeepers.

Legend and abbreviation

•  Team  – Host team
• Player^‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team
• MP – Matches played
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
• 70.2% – Highest save efficiency

Male goalkeepers with 75 or more saves in an Olympic tournament (statistics since 1996)

Rk	Year	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Height	Saves	Shots	Eff %	MP	Saves per match	Men's team	Finish	Ref
1	2012	Stefano Tempesti	1979	33	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	87	147	59.2%	8	10.875	Italy	2nd of 12 teams	[39]
2	2012	Josip Pavić‡	1982	30	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	85	121	70.2%	8	10.625	Croatia	1st of 12 teams	[35]
3	2008	Stefano Tempesti (2)	1979	29	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	83	169	49.1%	8	10.375	Italy	9th of 12 teams	[39]
4	1996	Arie van de Bunt	1969	27	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	81	154	52.6%	8	10.125	Netherlands	10th of 12 teams	[47]
	2016	Slobodan Soro	1978	37	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	81	152	53.3%	8	10.125	Brazil	8th of 12 teams	[48]
6	1996	Christopher Duplanty	1965	30	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	77	132	58.3%	8	9.625	United States	7th of 12 teams	[49]
	1996	Siniša Školneković	1968	28	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	77	135	57.0%	8	9.625	Croatia	2nd of 12 teams	[50]
8	2012	Slobodan Soro (2)	1978	33	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	75	135	55.6%	8	9.375	Serbia	3rd of 12 teams	[48]
Rk	Year	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Height	Saves	Shots	Eff %	MP	Saves per match	Men's team	Finish	Ref

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 56–73);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 180), 2008 (p. 175), 2012 (p. 462), 2016 (p. 102).

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

At the 2004 Summer Games, Nikolay Maksimov saved 62 shots, including seven in the bronze medal match, helping Russia win the match.

Stefano Tempesti of Italy blocked 83 shots at the 2008 Olympics. In the 2012 edition, he saved 87 shots, helping the Italian team win the Olympic silver medal.

Slobodan Soro, representing Brazil, saved 81 shots at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Legend and abbreviation

•  Team  – Host team
• Player^‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team
• MP – Matches played
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Male goalkeepers with the most saves in each Olympic tournament (statistics since 1996)

Year	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Height	Saves	Shots	Eff %	MP	Saves per match	Men's team	Finish	Ref
1996	Arie van de Bunt	1969	27	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	81	154	52.6%	8	10.125	Netherlands	10th of 12 teams	[47]
2000	Dan Hackett	1970	30	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	70	135	51.9%	8	8.750	United States	6th of 12 teams	[51]
2004	Nikolay Maksimov	1972	31	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	62	104	59.6%	8	7.750	Russia	3rd of 12 teams	[43]
2008	Stefano Tempesti	1979	29	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	83	169	49.1%	8	10.375	Italy	9th of 12 teams	[39]
2012	Stefano Tempesti (2)	1979	33	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	87	147	59.2%	8	10.875	Italy	2nd of 12 teams	[39]
2016	Slobodan Soro	1978	37	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	81	152	53.3%	8	10.125	Brazil	8th of 12 teams	[48]

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 56–73);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 180), 2008 (p. 175), 2012 (p. 462), 2016 (p. 102).

The following table shows the historical progression of the record of shots saved by a male water polo goalkeeper in a single Olympic tournament since 1996. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend

•  Team  – Host team
• Player^‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team

Historical progression of records:
Most shots saved by a male goalkeeper, one tournament (statistics since 1996)

Saves	Achievement	Year	Goalkeeper	Age	Height	Men's team	Date	Duration of record	Ref
81	Set record	1996	Arie van de Bunt	27	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Netherlands	28 July 1996	12 years, 27 days	[47]
83	Broke record	2008	Stefano Tempesti	29	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Italy	24 August 2008	3 years, 354 days	[39]
87	Broke record	2012	Stefano Tempesti (2)	33	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Italy	12 August 2012	12 years, 132 days	[39]

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total saves (in descending order), number of total Olympic matches played (in ascending order), date of the last Olympic match played (in ascending order), date of the first Olympic match played (in ascending order), name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Five-time Olympian Stefano Tempesti holds the record for the most shots saved by a water polo goalkeeper at the Olympics since 1996, with 295 saves.

Nikolay Maksimov, representing Russia, saved 178 shots at three Olympics (1996–2004). Eight years later, he represented Kazakhstan at the 2012 London Olympics, blocking 50 shots.

Slobodan Soro saved 132 shots in 2008 and 2012, representing Serbia. He was a member of the Brazil men's national team that competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, blocking 81 shots.

Legend

•     – Hosts

All-time male goalkeepers with 200 or more saves at the Olympics (statistics since 1996)

Rk	Goalkeeper	Birth	Height	Men's team	Total saves	Total matches played	Saves per match	Tournaments (saves)					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
								1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	Stefano Tempesti	1979	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Italy	295	39	7.564	2000 (24)	2004 (50)	2008 (83)	2012 (87)	2016 (51)	16 years (21/37)	0	1	1	2	[39]
2	Nikolay Maksimov	1972	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Russia	228	29	7.862	1996 (58)	2000 (58)	2004 (62)			16 years (23/39)	0	1	1	2	[43]
				Kazakhstan								2012 (50)
3	Slobodan Soro	1978	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Serbia	213	24	8.875	2008 (57)	2012 (75)				8 years (29/37)	0	0	2	2	[48]
				Brazil						2016 (81)

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 56–73);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45–92), 2004 (p. 180), 2008 (p. 175), 2012 (p. 462), 2016 (p. 102).

The following table shows the historical progression of the record of total shots saved by a male water polo goalkeeper at the Summer Olympics since 1996. Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend

•  Team  – Host team
• Player^‡ – Player who won the tournament with his team

Historical progression of records:
Most shots saved by a male goalkeeper, all-time (statistics since 1996)

Total saves	Achievement	Year	Goalkeeper	Age	Height	Men's team	Date	Duration of record	Ref
146	Set record	2000	Arie van de Bunt	31	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Netherlands	1 October 2000	3 years, 333 days	[47]
178	Broke record	2004	Nikolay Maksimov	31	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Russia	29 August 2004	7 years, 349 days	[43]
244	Broke record	2012	Stefano Tempesti	33	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Italy	12 August 2012	4 years, 8 days	[39]
295	Broke record	2016	Stefano Tempesti (2)	37	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Italy	20 August 2016	8 years, 124 days	[39]

Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, six male water polo goalkeepers were given the honour.

On 6 July 1912, Charles Smith of Great Britain carried the national flag at the opening ceremony of the 1912 Games in Stockholm, becoming the first water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Seven days later, He won his second Olympic gold medal with his teammates.^[3]

Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić, representing Yugoslavia, was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.^[52]

After winning bronze in the men's tournament, Evert Kroon, the starting goalkeeper of the Dutch water polo team, carried the national flag of the Netherlands at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics.^[53]

Forty years later, Josip Pavić of Croatia was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first water polo goalkeeper to be given the honour in the 21st century.^[35]

Legend

•  1912 O  – Opening ceremony of the 1912 Summer Olympics
•  1976 C  – Closing ceremony of the 1976 Summer Olympics
•     – Hosts
• Flag bearer^‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team

Male water polo goalkeepers who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games

#	Year	Country	Flag bearer (goalkeeper)	Birth	Age	Height	Team	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
								1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	1912 O	Great Britain	Charles Smith‡	1879	33	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Great Britain	1908	1912	1920	1924		16 years (29/45)	3	0	0	3	[3]
2	1928 O	France	Jean Thorailler	1888	40		France	1912	1920				8 years (24/32)	0	0	0	0	[54]
3	1952 O	Egypt	Ahmed Fouad Nessim	1924	27		Egypt	1948	1952				4 years (23/27)	0	0	0	0	[55]
4	1956 O	Yugoslavia	Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić	1925	31		Yugoslavia	1948	1952	1956			8 years (23/31)	0	2	0	2	[52]
5	1976 C	Netherlands	Evert Kroon	1946	29	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Netherlands	1968	1972	1976			8 years (22/29)	0	0	1	1	[53]
6	2016 O	Croatia	Josip Pavić	1982	34	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Croatia	2008	2012	2016			8 years (26/34)	1	1	0	2	[35]
#	Year	Country	Flag bearer (goalkeeper)	Birth	Age	Height	Team	1	2	3	4	5	Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
								Water polo tournaments						Medals

The following tables are pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team
• Team^† – Defunct team

• Men's national team:  Argentina
• Team appearances: 4 (1928, 1948–1952, 1960)
• As host team: —

• Men's national team:  Australia
• Team appearances: 17 (1948–1964, 1972–1992, 2000^*–2020)
• As host team: 1956^*, 2000^*
• Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1948		Ben Dalley	1916	32		Starting goalkeeper	[56]
		(Unknown)
1952		Doug Laing	1931	21		Starting goalkeeper	[57]
		(Unknown)
1956		Doug Laing (2)	1931	25			[57]
		Bill McCabe	1935	21			[58]
1960		Michael Withers	1938	22		Starting goalkeeper	[59]
		(Unknown)
1964	1	Michael Withers (2)	1938	26		Starting goalkeeper	[59]
		(Unknown)
1972	1	Michael Withers (3)	1938	34			[59]
	13	Bill Tilley	1938	33			[60]
1976	1	Paul Williams	1955	21			[61]
	11	Rodney Woods	1954	21			[62]
1980	1	Michael Turner	1951	29			[63]
	11	Andrew Steward	1954	25			[64]
1984	1	Michael Turner (2)	1951	33			[63]
	13	Glenn Townsend	1962	22			[65]
1988	1	Glenn Townsend (2)	1962	26			[65]
	13	Donald Cameron	1954	34			[66]
1992	1	Glenn Townsend (3)	1962	30			[65]
	9	Guy Newman	1969	23			[67]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2000	1	Eddie Denis	1970	29	56	107	52.3%		Starting goalkeeper	[68]
	13	Rafael Sterk	1978	22	8	18	44.4%			[69]
2004	1	James Stanton	1983	21	57	108	52.8%		Starting goalkeeper	[70]
	13	Rafael Sterk (2)	1978	26	1	3	33.3%			[69]
2008	1	James Stanton (2)	1983	25	48	109	44.0%		Starting goalkeeper	[70]
	13	Rafael Sterk (3)	1978	30	5	9	55.6%			[69]
2012	1	Joel Dennerley	1987	25	51	104	49.0%		Starting goalkeeper	[71]
	13	James Clark	1991	21	15	36	41.7%			[72]
2016	1	Joel Dennerley (2)	1987	29	29	51	56.9%			[71]
	13	James Stanton (3)	1983	33	22	40	55.0%			[70]
2020	1	Anthony Hrysanthos	1995	25						[73]
	13	Joel Dennerley (3)	1987	34						[71]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 48, 52, 56, 65–66, 71, 73, 76), 2004 (pp. 187–188), 2008 (pp. 181–182), 2012 (pp. 468–469), 2016 (pp. 103–104).

• Men's national team:  Austria
• Team appearances: 3 (1912, 1936, 1952)
• As host team: —

• Men's national team:  Belgium
• Team appearances: 11 (1900, 1908–1928, 1936–1952, 1960–1964)
• As host team: 1920^*
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend

•     – Hosts

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1900		Albert Michant				Starting goalkeeper	[74]
		(Unknown)
1908		Albert Michant (2)				Starting goalkeeper	[74]
		(Unknown)
1912		Albert Durant	1892	20		Starting goalkeeper	[45]
		(Unknown)
1920		Albert Durant (2)	1892	28		Starting goalkeeper	[45]
		(Unknown)
1924		Albert Durant (3)	1892	32		Starting goalkeeper	[45]
		(Unknown)
1928		Jules Brandeleer				Starting goalkeeper	[75]
		(Unknown)
1936		Henri Disy	1913	22		Starting goalkeeper	[76]
		(Unknown)
1948		Théo-Léo De Smet	1917	30		Starting goalkeeper	[77]
		(Unknown)
1952		Théo-Léo De Smet (2)	1917	34			[77]
		François Maesschalck	1921	30			[78]
1960		Bruno De Hesselle	1941	18		Starting goalkeeper	[79]
		(Unknown)
1964	1	Bruno De Hesselle (2)	1941	23		Starting goalkeeper	[79]
		(Unknown)
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

• Men's national team:  Brazil
• Team appearances: 8 (1920, 1932, 1952, 1960–1968, 1984, 2016^*)
• As host team: 2016^*
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1920		Agostinho Sampaio de Sá	1897	23		Starting goalkeeper	[80]
		(Unknown)
1932		Luiz da Silva	1903	28–29		Starting goalkeeper	[81]
		(Unknown)
1952		Lucio Figueirêdo	1927	24			[82]
		Henrique Melmann	1931	21			[83]
1960		Luiz Daniel	1936	23		Starting goalkeeper	[84]
		(Unknown)
1964		Luiz Daniel (2)	1936	28		Starting goalkeeper	[84]
		(Unknown)
1968	1	Arnaldo Marsili	1947	21		Starting goalkeeper	[85]
		(Unknown)
1984	1	Roberto Borelli	1963	20		Starting goalkeeper	[86]
		(Unknown)
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2016	1	Slobodan Soro (3)	1978	37	81	152	53.3%		Starting goalkeeper	[48]
	13	Vinicius Antonelli	1990	26	0	0	—			[87]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2016 (pp. 106–107).

Note:

• Slobodan Soro is also listed in section Serbia.

• Men's national team:  Bulgaria
• Team appearances: 2 (1972, 1980)
• As host team: —

• Men's national team:  Canada
• Team appearances: 4 (1972–1976^*, 1984, 2008)
• As host team: 1976^*
• 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			[88]
	11	Guy Leclerc	1955	16			[89]
1976	1	Guy Leclerc (2)	1955	20		Starting goalkeeper	[89]
		(Unknown)
1984	1	Rick Zayonc	1959	24		Starting goalkeeper	[90]
		(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	[91]
	13	Nic Youngblud	1981	27	13	20	65.0%			[92]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 184–185).

• Men's national team:  Chile
• Team appearances: 1 (1948)
• As host team: —

• Men's national team:  China
• Team appearances: 3 (1984–1988, 2008^*)
• As host team: 2008^*
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2008	1	Ge Weiqing	1977	31	58	143	40.6%		Starting goalkeeper	[93]
	13	Ma Jianjun	1984	23	0	0	—			[94]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 187–188).

• Men's national team:  Croatia
• Team appearances: 7 (1996–2020)
• As host team: —
• Related team: Yugoslavia^†
• Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Siniša Školneković	1968	28	77	135	57.0%		Starting goalkeeper	[50]
	12	Maro Balić	1971	25	0	0	—			[95]
2000	1	Siniša Školneković (2)	1968	32	33	70	47.1%			[50]
	12	Frano Vićan	1976	24	23	42	54.8%			[36]
2004	1	Frano Vićan (2)	1976	28	41	81	50.6%		Starting goalkeeper	[36]
	5	Goran Volarević	1977	27	11	32	34.4%			[96]
2008	1	Frano Vićan (3)	1976	32	49	94	52.1%		Starting goalkeeper	[36]
	13	Josip Pavić	1982	26	5	9	55.6%			[35]
2012	1	Josip Pavić (2)	1982	30	85	121	70.2%		Starting goalkeeper	[35]
	13	Frano Vićan (4)	1976	36	10	16	62.5%			[36]
2016	1	Josip Pavić (3)	1982	34	24	45	53.3%		Flag bearer for Croatia	[35]
	13	Marko Bijač	1991	25	57	98	58.2%			[97]
2020	1	Marko Bijač (2)	1991	30						[97]
	13	Ivan Marcelić	1994	27						[98]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 70, 72–73);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 48, 51, 54, 79, 82, 86–87, 92), 2004 (pp. 191–192), 2008 (pp. 190–191), 2012 (pp. 471–472), 2016 (pp. 109–110).

• Men's national team:  Cuba
• Team appearances: 5 (1968–1980, 1992)
• As host team: —

• Men's national team:  Czechoslovakia^†
• Team appearances: 5 (1920–1928, 1936, 1992)
• As host team: —
• Related team: Slovakia

• Men's national team:  East Germany^†
• Team appearances: 1 (1968)
• As host team: —
• Related teams: Germany, United Team of Germany^†
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1968	1	Hans-Georg Fehn	1943	25			[99]
	13	Peter Schmidt (2)	1937	30			[100]

Note:

• Peter Schmidt is also listed in section United Team of Germany.

• Men's national team:  Egypt
• Team appearances: 6 (1948–1952, 1960–1968, 2004)
• As host team: —
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1948		Ahmed Fouad Nessim	1924	23		Starting goalkeeper	[55]
		(Unknown)
1952		Ahmed Fouad Nessim (2)	1924	27		Flag bearer for Egypt Starting goalkeeper	[55]
		(Unknown)
1960		Mohamed Azmi	1921	38–39			[101]
		Gamal El-Nazer	1930	30			[102]
1964		Mohamed Khalil	1939	25			[103]
		(Unknown)
1968	1	Mohamed Abid Soliman	1945	23			[104]
	13	(Unknown)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2004	1	Amr Mohamed	1974	30	41	135	30.4%		The only goalkeeper in the squad	[105]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 195–196).

• Men's national team:  France
• Team appearances: 11 (1900^*, 1912–1928, 1936–1948, 1960, 1988–1992, 2016)
• As host team: 1900^*, 1924^*
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1900		(Unknown)
1912		Jean Thorailler	1888	24		The only goalkeeper in the squad	[54]
1920		Jean Thorailler (2)	1888	32		The only goalkeeper in the squad	[54]
1924		Paul Dujardin	1894	30		The only goalkeeper in the squad	[4]
1928		Paul Dujardin (2)	1894	34		Starting goalkeeper	[4]
		(Unknown)
1936		Georges Delporte	1912	24		Starting goalkeeper	[106]
		(Unknown)
1948		François Débonnet	1931	16–17			[107]
		René Massol	1927	21			[108]
1960		Gérard Faetibolt	1932	28			[109]
		Roland Moellé	1940	20			[110]
1988	1	Arnaud Bouet	1960	28			[111]
	13	Christian Volpi	1965	23			[112]
1992	1	Jean-Marie Olivon	1967	25			[113]
	12	Christophe Gautier	1966	26			[114]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2016	1	Rémi Garsau	1984	32	46	88	52.3%		Starting goalkeeper	[115]
	13	Jonathan Moriamé	1984	32	0	0	—			[116]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2016 (pp. 114–115).

• Men's national team:  Germany
• Team appearances: 9 (1900, 1928–1936^*, 1952, 1992–1996, 2004–2008)
• As host team: 1936^*
• Related teams: United Team of Germany^†, East Germany^†, West Germany^†
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1900		Georg Hax	1870	29		The only goalkeeper in the squad	[117]
1928		Johann Blank	1904	24			[5]
		Erich Rademacher	1901	27	1972		[6]
1932		Hans Eckstein	1908	23			[118]
		Erich Rademacher (2)	1901	31	1972		[6]
1936		Paul Klingenburg	1907	28			[119]
		Fritz Stolze	1910	25			[120]
1952		Emil Bildstein	1931	21			[121]
		Günter Heine	1919	32			[122]
1992	1	Ingo Borgmann (2)	1965	27			[123]
	5	Peter Röhle (4)	1957	35			[42]

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Ingo Borgmann (3)	1965	31	51	111	45.9%		Starting goalkeeper	[123]
	9	Daniel Voß	1971	25	2	3	66.7%			[124]
2004	1	Alexander Tchigir (2)	1968	35	39	80	48.8%		Starting goalkeeper	[125]
	2	Michael Zellmer	1977	27	3	6	50.0%			[126]
2008	1	Alexander Tchigir (3)	1968	39	63	130	48.5%		Starting goalkeeper	[125]
	13	Michael Zellmer (2)	1977	31	0	0	—			[126]

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 67–69);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

Notes:

• Emil Bildstein is also listed in section United Team of Germany.
• Ingo Borgmann is also listed in section West Germany.
• Peter Röhle is also listed in section West Germany.
• Alexander Tchigir is also listed in section Unified Team.

• Men's national team:  Great Britain
• Team appearances: 11 (1900, 1908^*–1928, 1936–1956, 2012^*)
• As host team: 1908^*, 1948^*, 2012^*
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1900		William Henry	1859	41	1974	The only goalkeeper in the squad	[2]
1908		Charles Smith	1879	29	1981	The only goalkeeper in the squad	[3]
1912		Charles Smith (2)	1879	33	1981	Flag bearer for Great Britain The only goalkeeper in the squad	[3]
1920		Charles Smith (3)	1879	41	1981	The only goalkeeper in the squad	[3]
1924		Charles Smith (4)	1879	45	1981	Starting goalkeeper	[3]
		(Unknown)
1928		Leslie Ablett	1904	24			[127]
		William Quick	1902	26			[128]
1936		Leslie Ablett (2)	1904	32			[127]
		Alfred North	1908	20			[129]
1948		Ian Johnson	1930	17–18		Starting goalkeeper	[130]
		(Unknown)
1952		Ian Johnson (2)	1930	21–22		Starting goalkeeper	[130]
		(Unknown)
1956		Arthur Grady	1922	34		Starting goalkeeper	[131]
		(Unknown)
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2012	1	Edward Scott	1988	24	18	52	34.6%			[132]
	13	Matthew Holland	1989	23	29	72	40.3%			[133]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (pp. 476–477).

• Men's national team:  Greece
• Team appearances: 16 (1920–1924, 1948, 1968–1972, 1980–2020)
• As host team: 2004^*
• Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1920		Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos	1897	22–23			[134]
		Konstantinos Nikolopoulos					[135]
1924		Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos (2)	1897	26–27		Starting goalkeeper	[134]
		(Unknown)
1948		Alexandros Monastiriotis				Starting goalkeeper	[136]
		(Unknown)
1968	1	Ioannis Thymaras	1934	33–34			[137]
	11	Takis Michalos	1947	20			[138]
1972	1	Dimitrios Konstas					[139]
	11	Takis Michalos (2)	1947	24			[138]
1980	1	Ioannis Vossos	1960	19			[140]
	11	Ioannis Giannouris	1958	22			[141]
1984	1	Ioannis Vossos (2)	1960	23			[140]
	13	Stavros Giannopoulos	1961	23			[142]
1988	1	Nikolaos Christoforidis	1965	23			[143]
	12	Evangelos Patras	1968	19			[144]
1992	1	Evangelos Patras (2)	1968	23			[144]
	13	Gerasimos Voltirakis	1968	24			[145]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Gerasimos Voltirakis (2)	1968	28	64	124	51.6%		Starting goalkeeper	[145]
	13	Evangelos Patras (3)	1968	27	1	7	14.3%			[144]
2000	1	Georgios Reppas	1974	25	7	23	30.4%			[146]
	6	Nikolaos Deligiannis	1976	24	48	97	49.5%		Starting goalkeeper	[44]
2004	1	Georgios Reppas (2)	1974	29	18	37	48.6%			[146]
	12	Nikolaos Deligiannis (2)	1976	27	31	52	59.6%			[44]
2008	1	Nikolaos Deligiannis (3)	1976	31	38	82	46.3%			[44]
	13	Georgios Reppas (3)	1974	33	28	65	43.1%			[146]
2012	1	Nikolaos Deligiannis (4)	1976	35	45	83	54.2%		Starting goalkeeper	[44]
	13	Filippos Karampetsos	1977	34	6	11	54.5%			[147]
2016	1	Konstantinos Flegkas	1988	28	56	120	46.7%		Starting goalkeeper	[148]
	13	Stefanos Galanopoulos	1993	23	1	5	20.0%			[149]
2020	1	Emmanouil Zerdevas	1997	23						[150]
	13	Konstantinos Galanidis	1990	30						[151]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 69, 71–72);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 57, 59, 61, 80–81, 86, 88, 91), 2004 (pp. 203–204), 2008 (pp. 199–200), 2012 (pp. 478–479), 2016 (pp. 117–118).

• Men's national team:  Hungary
• Team appearances: 23 (1912, 1924–1980, 1988–2020)
• As host team: —
• Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1912		János Wenk	1894	18		The only goalkeeper in the squad	[152]
1924		István Barta	1895	28		Starting goalkeeper	[7]
		(Unknown)
1928		István Barta (2)	1895	32		Starting goalkeeper	[7]
		(Unknown)
1932		István Barta (3)	1895	37			[7]
		György Bródy	1908	24			[8]
1936		György Bródy (2)	1908	28			[8]
		György Kutasi	1910	25			[9]
1948		Endre Győrfi	1920	28			[153]
		László Jeney	1923	25			[12]
1952		Róbert Antal	1921	31			[11]
		László Jeney (2)	1923	29			[12]
1956		Ottó Boros	1929	27			[13]
		László Jeney (3)	1923	33			[12]
1960		Ottó Boros (2)	1929	31			[13]
		László Jeney (4)	1923	37			[12]
1964		Miklós Ambrus	1933	31			[16]
		Ottó Boros (3)	1929	35			[13]
1968	1	Endre Molnár	1945	23			[21]
	11	János Steinmetz	1947	21			[154]
1972	1	Endre Molnár (2)	1945	27			[21]
	11	Tibor Cservenyák	1948	24			[22]
1976	1	Endre Molnár (3)	1945	31			[21]
	11	Tibor Cservenyák (2)	1948	27			[22]
1980	1	Endre Molnár (4)	1945	35			[21]
	11	Károly Hauszler	1952	28			[155]
1988	1	Péter Kuna	1965	23			[156]
	12	Zoltán Kósz	1967	20			[32]
1992	1	Gábor Nemes	1964	27			[157]
	7	Péter Kuna (2)	1965	27			[156]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Zoltán Kósz (2)	1967	28	57	121	47.1%		Starting goalkeeper	[32]
	12	Péter Kuna (3)	1965	31	8	14	57.1%			[156]
2000	1	Zoltán Kósz (3)	1967	32	58	112	51.8%		Starting goalkeeper	[32]
	10	Zoltán Szécsi	1977	22	6	9	66.7%	2016		[33]
2004	1	Zoltán Szécsi (2)	1977	26	40	75	53.3%	2016	Starting goalkeeper	[33]
	10	István Gergely (2)	1976	28	8	12	66.7%			[34]
2008	1	Zoltán Szécsi (3)	1977	30	42	83	50.6%	2016	Starting goalkeeper	[33]
	13	István Gergely (3)	1976	32	24	38	63.2%			[34]
2012	1	Zoltán Szécsi (4)	1977	34	44	94	46.8%	2016		[33]
	13	Viktor Nagy	1984	28	38	68	55.9%			[158]
2016	1	Viktor Nagy (2)	1984	32	67	118	56.8%		Starting goalkeeper	[158]
	13	Attila Decker	1987	29	14	29	48.3%			[159]
2020	1	Viktor Nagy (3)	1984	37						[158]
	13	Soma Vogel	1997	24						[160]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 69, 71, 73);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45, 50, 55, 78, 81, 84, 87, 90), 2004 (pp. 207–208), 2008 (pp. 202–203), 2012 (pp. 481–482), 2016 (pp. 120–121).

Note:

• István Gergely is also listed in section Slovakia.

• Men's national team:  Iceland
• Team appearances: 1 (1936)
• As host team: —

• Men's national team:  India
• Team appearances: 2 (1948–1952)
• As host team: —

• Men's national team:  Iran
• Team appearances: 1 (1976)
• As host team: —

• Men's national team:  Ireland
• Team appearances: 2 (1924–1928)
• As host team: —

• Men's national team:  Italy
• Team appearances: 21 (1920–1924, 1948–2020)
• As host team: 1960^*
• Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1920		Salvatore Cabella	1896	23–24		Starting goalkeeper	[161]
		(Unknown)
1924		Mario Balla	1903	20–21		Starting goalkeeper	[162]
		(Unknown)
1948		Pasquale Buonocore	1916	32		Starting goalkeeper	[10]
		(Unknown)
1952		Raffaello Gambino	1928	24			[163]
		Renato Traiola	1924	27			[164]
1956		Cosimo Antonelli	1925	31			[165]
		Enzo Cavazzoni	1932	24			[166]
1960		Dante Rossi	1936	24			[14]
		Brunello Spinelli	1939	21			[15]
1964		Eugenio Merello	1940	24			[167]
		Dante Rossi (2)	1936	28			[14]
1968	1	Alberto Alberani	1947	21			[40]
	11	Eugenio Merello (2)	1940	28			[167]
1972	1	Alberto Alberani (2)	1947	25			[40]
	11	Ferdinando Lignano	1948	28			[168]
1976	1	Alberto Alberani (3)	1947	29			[40]
	11	Umberto Panerai	1953	23			[169]
1980	1	Alberto Alberani (4)	1947	33			[40]
	11	Umberto Panerai (2)	1953	27			[169]
1984	1	Roberto Gandolfi	1956	28			[170]
	13	Umberto Panerai (3)	1953	31			[169]
1988	1	Paolo Trapanese	1962	26			[171]
	13	Gianni Averaimo	1964	24			[29]
1992	1	Francesco Attolico	1963	29			[28]
	13	Gianni Averaimo (2)	1964	27			[29]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Francesco Attolico (2)	1963	33	44	110	40.0%		Starting goalkeeper	[28]
	10	Marco Gerini	1971	24	6	15	40.0%			[172]
2000	1	Francesco Attolico (3)	1963	37	28	61	45.9%			[28]
	5	Stefano Tempesti	1979	21	24	43	55.8%			[39]
2004	1	Stefano Tempesti (2)	1979	25	50	86	58.1%		Starting goalkeeper	[39]
	5	Marco Gerini (2)	1971	33	0	4	0.0%			[172]
2008	1	Stefano Tempesti (3)	1979	29	83	169	49.1%		Starting goalkeeper	[39]
	13	Fabio Violetti	1974	34	0	0	—
2012	1	Stefano Tempesti (4)	1979	33	87	147	59.2%		Starting goalkeeper	[39]
	13	Giacomo Pastorino	1980	32	0	0	—			[173]
2016	1	Stefano Tempesti (5)	1979	37	51	101	50.5%		Starting goalkeeper	[39]
	13	Marco Del Lungo	1990	26	21	37	56.8%			[174]
2020	1	Marco Del Lungo (2)	1990	31						[174]
	13	Gianmarco Nicosia	1998	23						[175]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 70, 72–73);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 47, 52, 55, 64, 68–69, 74, 76), 2004 (pp. 211–212), 2008 (pp. 205–206), 2012 (pp. 484–485), 2016 (pp. 123–124).

• Men's national team:  Japan
• Team appearances: 9 (1932–1936, 1960–1972, 1984, 2016–2020)
• As host team: 1964, 2020^*
• Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1932		Takashige Matsumoto	1908	23		Starting goalkeeper	[176]
		(Unknown)
1936		Jihei Furusho	1914	21		Starting goalkeeper	[177]
		(Unknown)
1960		Mineo Kato	1934	26		Starting goalkeeper	[178]
		(Unknown)
1964		Mineo Kato (2)	1934	30		Starting goalkeeper	[178]
		(Unknown)
1968	1	Tetsunosuke Ishii	1944	24		Starting goalkeeper	[179]
		(Unknown)
1972	1	Yukiharu Oshita	1949	23		Starting goalkeeper	[180]
		(Unknown)
1984	1	Etsuji Fujita	1961	23		Starting goalkeeper	[181]
		(Unknown)
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2016	1	Katsuyuki Tanamura	1989	27	52	113	46.0%		Starting goalkeeper	[182]
	13	Tomoyoshi Fukushima	1993	23	0	0	—			[183]
2020	1	Katsuyuki Tanamura (2)	1989	31						[182]
	13	Tomoyoshi Fukushima (2)	1993	28						[183]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2016 (pp. 125–126).

• Men's national team:  Kazakhstan
• Team appearances: 4 (2000–2004, 2012, 2020)
• As host team: —
• Related teams: Soviet Union^†, Unified Team^†[a]
• Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2000	1	Konstantin Chernov	1967	32	52	96	54.2%		Starting goalkeeper	[184]
	3	Alexandr Shvedov	1973	27	13	33	39.4%			[185]
2004	1	Alexandr Shvedov (2)	1973	31	54	111	48.6%		Starting goalkeeper	[185]
	13	Alexandr Polukhin	1961	42	2	4	50.0%			[186]
2012	1	Nikolay Maksimov (4)	1972	39	50	103	48.5%		Starting goalkeeper	[43]
	13