Romania 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 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

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

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
Romania		—	—	—	—			—		—	17	8	5	5		8	4	9				11				10			9
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

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1]	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Romania	9	4	0	1952	2012	Fourth place	Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1]	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Romania	Fourth place (1976)	9	Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Romania	1				1 (1976)	1976	1976

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Romania (ROU)	0	0	0	0

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

Apps	Player	Birth	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
				1	2	3	4	5
3	Alexandru Szabo	1937	FP	1956	1960	1964			19/27			[2]
	Aurel Zahan	1938	FP	1956	1960	1964			18/26			[3]
	Claudiu Rusu	1949	FP	1972	1976	1980			23/31			[4]
	Dinu Popescu	1949	FP	1972	1976	1980			23/31			[5]
	Viorel Rus	1952	FP	1972	1976	1980			19/27			[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)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1952		Zoltan Norman	1919	32		Starting goalkeeper	[7]
		(Unknown)
1956		Iosif Deutsch	1932	23–24			[8]
		Alexandru Marinescu	1932	24			[9]
1960		Mircea Ştefănescu	1936	23		Starting goalkeeper	[10]
		(Unknown)
1964	1	Mircea Ştefănescu (2)	1936	27			[10]
	11	Emil Mureşan	1939	25			[11]
1972	1	Şerban Huber	1951	21			[12]
	11	Cornel Frăţilă	1941	31			[13]
1976	1	Florin Slăvei	1951	25			[14]
	11	Doru Spînu	1955	20			[15]
1980	1	Doru Spînu (2)	1955	24			[15]
	11	Florin Slăvei (2)	1951	29			[14]
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	Gelu Lisac	1967	28	41	100	41.0%		Starting goalkeeper	[16]
	2	Robert Dinu	1974	22	10	24	41.7%			[17]
2012	1	Dragoș Stoenescu	1979	33	48	97	49.5%		Starting goalkeeper	[18]
	13	Mihai Drăgușin	1984	28	7	13	53.8%			[19]

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–69);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (pp. 491–492).

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)

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	Alexandru Matei	1980	6	18	33.3%	2012 (6/18)					31/31			[20]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (pp. 491–492).

See also

• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Romania at the Olympics

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:

• Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
• Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
• Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (archive) (pp. 284–507)

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

• Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

• Official Results Book – 2020 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

Official Reports (FINA)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (pp. 4–13)
• 1870–2020 | 150 years of Water Polo – Evolution of its rules (archive)

Official website (IOC)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

• Water polo
• Men's water polo

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:

External links

• Romania men's national water polo team – Official website
• Olympic water polo – Official website