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.
• Related teams: United Team of Germany men's Olympic water polo team^†, East Germany men's Olympic water polo team^†, West Germany men's Olympic water polo team^†.
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

Abbreviation

• EUA – United Team of Germany
• FRG – West Germany
• GDR – East Germany

More information Men's team, Years ...

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
Germany	=5				—	—	1	2	2	—	15	See EUA			See FRG and GDR						7	9		5	10				9
United Team of Germany†	See Germany											6	6	6	See FRG and GDR						See Germany								3
East Germany†	Part of Germany											P. of EUA			6				—		Part of Germany								1
West Germany†	Part of Germany											P. of EUA			10	4	6	—	3	4	Part of Germany								5
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

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Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

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

More information Men's team, Apps ...

Men's team[1]	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Germany	9	3	0	1900	2008	Champions	Europe – LEN
West Germany†	5	3	0	1968	1988	Third place	Europe – LEN
United Team of Germany†	3	3	0	1956	1964	Sixth place	Europe – LEN

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Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

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

More information Men's team, Best finish ...

Men's team[1]	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Germany	Champions (1928)	9	Europe – LEN
West Germany†	Third place (1984)	5	Europe – LEN
United Team of Germany†	Sixth place (1956, 1960, 1964)	3	Europe – LEN

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Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

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

More information Men's team, Total ...

Men's team[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Germany	3	1 (1928)	2 (1932, 1936*)			1928	1936
West Germany†	3			1 (1984)	2 (1972*, 1988)	1972	1988
United Team of Germany†	0					—	—

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Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Team^† – Defunct team

More information Men's team, Gold ...

Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Germany (GER)	1	2	0	3
West Germany (FRG)†	0	0	1	1
United Team of Germany (EUA)†	0	0	0	0
Totals (3 entries)	1	2	1	4

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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: 2
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• FRG – West Germany
• GER – Germany
• MEX – Mexico

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: 1
• Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Legend

•     – Hosts

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): 1
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• FRG – West Germany
• GER – Germany
• MEX – Mexico

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1900, 1928–1936, 1952–1976, 1984–1996;
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

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)

More information Year, Cap No. ...

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1900		Georg Hax	1870	29		The only goalkeeper in the squad	[8]
1928		Johann Blank	1904	24			[9]
		Erich Rademacher	1901	27	1972		[10]
1932		Hans Eckstein	1908	23			[11]
		Erich Rademacher (2)	1901	31	1972		[10]
1936		Paul Klingenburg	1907	28			[12]
		Fritz Stolze	1910	25			[13]
1952		Emil Bildstein	1931	21			[14]
		Günter Heine	1919	32			[15]
1956		Emil Bildstein (2)	1931	25			[14]
		Karl Neuse	1930	25			[16]
1960		Emil Bildstein (3)	1931	29			[14]
		Hans Hoffmeister	1936	24			[17]
1964		Heinz Mäder	1937	27			[18]
		Peter Schmidt	1937	26			[19]
1968	1	Hans Hoffmeister (2)	1936	32			[17]
	11	Günter Kilian	1950	18			[20]
1972	1	Gerd Olbert	1948	24			[21]
	11	Hans Hoffmeister (3)	1936	36			[17]
1976	1	Günter Kilian (2)	1950	26			[20]
	11	Peter Röhle	1957	19			[3]
1984	1	Peter Röhle (2)	1957	27			[3]
	12	Santiago Chalmovsky	1959	25
1988	1	Peter Röhle (3)	1957	31			[3]
	7	Ingo Borgmann	1965	23			[22]
1992	1	Ingo Borgmann (2)	1965	27			[22]
	5	Peter Röhle (4)	1957	35			[3]

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Sources:

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

Notes:

• Alexander Tchigir is also listed in Unified Team men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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): 1
• 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)

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 199–200), 2008 (pp. 196–197).

1928 Summer Olympics

• Edition of men's tournament: 7th
• Host city: Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Number of participating teams: 14
• Competition format: Single-elimination tournament; Bergvall system for third-place
• Champion:  Germany (1st title)

More information Match, Round ...

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goal diff.
Match 1/3	Quarter-finals	6 August 1928	Belgium	Won	5	3	2
Match 2/3	Semi-finals	7 August 1928	Great Britain	Won	8	5	3
Match 3/3	Gold medal match	10 August 1928	Hungary	Won	5	2	3
Total	Matches played: 3 • Wins: 3 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%				18	10	8

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Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1928 (pp. 803, 804, 806).

• Head coach:

Note: Erich Rademacher and Joachim Rademacher are brothers.
Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1928 (pp. 803, 804, 806);
• Olympedia: 1928 (men's tournament);
• Sports Reference: 1928 (men's tournament);
• ISHOF.