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: Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team^† (statistics), Unified Team men's Olympic water polo team^{†[lower-alpha 1]}.
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

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
Russian Federation	—	—	—	—	—	Part of Soviet Union															[lower-alpha 1]	5	2	3					3
Soviet Union†[lower-alpha 2]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	3	2	3	2	1	8	1	—	3	Defunct								9
Unified Team†[lower-alpha 1]	—	—	—	—	—	Part of Soviet Union															3	Defunct							1
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.

More information Men's team, Apps ...

Men's team[1]	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Russia	3	3	0	1996	2004	Runners-up	Europe – LEN

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Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

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

Men's team[1]	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Russia	Runners-up (2000)	3	Europe – LEN

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Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

More information Men's team, Total ...

Men's team[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Russia	2		1 (2000)	1 (2004)		2000	2004

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Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

More information Men's team, Gold ...

Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2

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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: 27 July 2021.

Abbreviation

• EUN – Unified Team
• RUS – Russia

Note:

• Nikolay Maksimov is listed in Kazakhstan men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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: 2
• Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• EUN – Unified Team
• RUS – Russia

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): 1
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation

• EUN – Unified Team
• RUS – Russia
• URS – Soviet Union

Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996;
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45, 49, 53, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75), 2004 (pp. 219–220).

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)

More information Year, Cap No. ...

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Nikolay Maksimov	1972	23	58	115	50.4%		Starting goalkeeper	[6]
	13	Dmitri Dugin	1968	27	6	21	28.6%			[7]
2000	1	Nikolay Maksimov (2)	1972	27	58	99	58.6%		Starting goalkeeper	[6]
	3	Dmitri Dugin (2)	1968	32	18	35	51.4%			[7]
2004	1	Nikolay Maksimov (3)	1972	31	62	104	59.6%		Starting goalkeeper	[6]
	2	Aleksandr Fyodorov	1981	23	2	5	40.0%			[8]

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Sources:

• Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 70–72);
• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 45, 49, 53, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75), 2004 (pp. 219–220).

Note:

• Nikolay Maksimov is also listed in Kazakhstan 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): 1
• 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): 2000 (pp. 45, 49, 53, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75), 2004 (pp. 219–220).

Medals as coach and player

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 winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Aleksandr Kabanov of the Soviet Union won a gold at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Eight years later, he won the second gold medal at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. As a head coach, he led Russia men's national team to win two consecutive medals in 2000 and 2004.^[12][13]

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

More information Rk, Person ...

Rk	Person	Birth	Height	Player				Head coach			Total medals				Ref
				Age	Men's team	Pos	Medal	Age	Men's team	Medal	G	S	B	T
1	Aleksandr Kabanov	1948	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	24, 32	Soviet Union	FP	1972 , 1980*	52–56	Russia	2000 , 2004	2	1	1	4	[12] [13]

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