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Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

The Croatia men's national water polo team has participated in 7 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.
  • Related team: Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team† (statistics).
  • Last updated: 5 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
  • Team† – Defunct team
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 24 Years
  Croatia — — — — Part of Yugoslavia 2 7 10 6 1 2 5 Q 8
  Yugoslavia† — — — — 10 9 2 2 4 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 Defunct 12
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 12

Number of appearances

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Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
  Croatia 7 7 7 1996 2020 Champions Europe – LEN

Best finishes

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Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
  Croatia Champions (2012) 7 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
  Croatia 3 1 (2012) 2 (1996, 2016) 1996 2016

Medal table

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Croatia (CRO)1203

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 six-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of five-time Olympians: 2
  • Number of four-time Olympians: 6
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Abbreviation
  • CRO – Croatia
  • ESP – Spain
  • YUG – Yugoslavia
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics
Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
5 Igor Hinić 1975 FP 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 20/36 [2]
Xavier García 1984 FP 2004
ESP		 2008
ESP		 2012
ESP		 2016
CRO		 2020 20/37 [3]
4 Dubravko Šimenc 1966 FP 1988
YUG		 1996
CRO		 2000
CRO		 2004
CRO		 21/37 Flag bearer for Croatia (2004) [4]
Samir Barać 1973 FP 2000 2004 2008 2012 26/38 [5]
Frano Vićan 1976 GK 2000 2004 2008 2012 24/36 [6]
Damir Burić 1980 FP 2004 2008 2012 2016 23/35 [7]
Andro Bušlje 1986 FP 2008 2012 2016 2020 22/35 Flag bearer for Croatia (2020) [8]
Maro Joković 1987 FP 2008 2012 2016 2020 20/33 [9]

Multiple medalists

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See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

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.
Abbreviation
  • CRO – Croatia
  • YUG – Yugoslavia
Male athletes who won three or more Olympic medals in water polo
Rk Player Birth Height Pos Water polo tournaments Period
(age of
first/last)		 Medals Ref
1 2 3 4 5 G S B T
1 Perica Bukić 1966 1.98 m
(6 ft 6 in)		 FP 1984
YUG		 1988
YUG		 1996
CRO		 12 years
(18/30)		 2 1 0 3 [10]

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): 2
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Abbreviation
  • CRO – Croatia
  • YUG – Yugoslavia
Male players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics
Rk Player Birth L/R Total
goals		 Water polo tournaments
(goals)		 Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sandro Sukno 1990 Right 31 2012
(14)		 2016
(17)		 22/26 [11]
2 Dubravko Šimenc 1966 Right 30 1988
YUG
(3)		 1996
CRO
(14)		 2000
CRO
(9)		 2004
CRO
(4)		 21/37 Flag bearer for Croatia (2004) [12]
[4]

Sources:

  • Official Reports (PDF): 1988, 1996;
  • 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).

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: 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 [13]
12 Maro Balić 1971 25 0 0 — [14]
2000 1 Siniša Školneković (2) 1968 32 33 70 47.1% [13]
12 Frano Vićan 1976 24 23 42 54.8% [6]
2004 1 Frano Vićan (2) 1976 28 41 81 50.6% Starting goalkeeper [6]
5 Goran Volarević 1977 27 11 32 34.4% [15]
2008 1 Frano Vićan (3) 1976 32 49 94 52.1% Starting goalkeeper [6]
13 Josip Pavić 1982 26 5 9 55.6% [16]
2012   1 Josip Pavić (2) 1982 30 85 121 70.2% Starting goalkeeper [16]
13 Frano Vićan (4) 1976 36 10 16 62.5% [6]
2016   1 Josip Pavić (3) 1982 34 24 45 53.3% Flag bearer for Croatia [16]
13 Marko Bijač 1991 25 57 98 58.2% [17]
2020 1 Marko Bijač (2) 1991 30 [17]
13 Ivan Marcelić 1994 27 [18]
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).

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): 1
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 2
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 4
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
  • CRO – Croatia
  • ESP – Spain
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 Maro Joković 1987 25 36 69.4% 2008
(16/21)		 2012
(7/13)		 2016
(2/2)		 20/28 [9]
2 Xavier García 1984 14 28 50.0% 2004
ESP
(5/12)		 2008
ESP
(7/11)		 2012
ESP
(1/4)		 2016
CRO
(1/1)		 20/32 [3]
Sandro Sukno 1990 14 19 73.7% 2012
(11/16)		 2016
(3/3)		 22/26 [19]
4 Tihomil Vranješ 1977 9 24 37.5% 2004
(9/24)		 26/26 [20]
5 Anđelo Šetka 1985 8 14 57.1% 2016
(8/14)		 30/30 [21]
6 Samir Barać 1973 6 21 28.6% 2000
(5/19)		 2004
(1/2)		 2008
(0/0)		 2012
(0/0)		 26/38 [5]
Luka Bukić 1994 6 12 50.0% 2016
(6/12)		 22/22 [22]

Source:

  • 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).

Coach statistics

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See also: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Coach statistics

Medals as coach and player

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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.

Ratko Rudić won a silver medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. As a head coach, he led Croatia men's national water polo team to win an Olympic gold medal in 2012.[23][24][25]

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 Ratko Rudić 1948 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in)		 32   Yugoslavia FP 1980   64   Croatia 2012   1 1 0 2 [23][24]
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Olympic champions

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See also: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo

2012 Summer Olympics

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  • Edition of men's tournament: 26th
  • Host city:   London, United Kingdom
  • Number of participating teams: 12
  • Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
  • Champion:   Croatia (1st title; 1st place in preliminary A group)
Results
Match Round Date Cap
color		 Opponent Result Goals
for		 Goals
against		 Goal
diff.
Match 1/8 Preliminary round – Group A 29 July 2012   Blue   Greece Won 8 6 2
Match 2/8 Preliminary round – Group A 31 July 2012   White   Spain Won 8 7 1
Match 3/8 Preliminary round – Group A 2 August 2012   Blue   Italy Won 11 6 5
Match 4/8 Preliminary round – Group A 4 August 2012   White   Australia Won 11 6 5
Match 5/8 Preliminary round – Group A 6 August 2012   Blue   Kazakhstan Won 12 4 8
Match 6/8 Quarter-finals 8 August 2012   White   United States Won 8 2 6
Match 7/8 Semi-finals 10 August 2012   White   Montenegro Won 7 5 2
Match 8/8 Gold medal match 12 August 2012   White   Italy Won 8 6 2
Total Matches played: 8 • Wins: 8 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100% 73 42 31

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (pp. 373, 391, 399, 415, 421, 433, 445, 455).

 
Josip Pavić saved 85 shots at the 2012 Games, helping Croatia win the Olympic title. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the men's water polo tournament.
Roster
Cap
No.		 Player Pos L/R Height Weight Date of birth Age of
winning gold		 Oly
debut		 ISHOF
member
1 Josip Pavić GK R 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 15 January 1982 30 years, 210 days No
2 Damir Burić FP R 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 2 December 1980 31 years, 254 days No
3 Miho Bošković FP R 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 11 January 1983 29 years, 214 days No
4 Nikša Dobud FP R 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 5 August 1985 27 years, 7 days Yes
5 Maro Joković FP L 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 1 October 1987 24 years, 316 days No
6 Ivan Buljubašić FP R 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 31 October 1987 24 years, 286 days Yes
7 Petar Muslim FP R 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 26 March 1988 24 years, 139 days Yes
8 Andro Bušlje FP R 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 4 January 1986 26 years, 221 days No
9 Sandro Sukno FP R 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 June 1990 22 years, 43 days Yes
10 Samir Barać (C) FP R 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 2 November 1973 38 years, 284 days No
11 Igor Hinić FP R 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 4 December 1975 36 years, 252 days No
12 Paulo Obradović FP R 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 9 March 1986 26 years, 156 days Yes
13 Frano Vićan GK R 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 24 January 1976 36 years, 201 days No
Average 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 19 May 1983 29 years, 85 days
Coach Ratko Rudić 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7 June 1948 64 years, 66 days 2007

Sources:

Abbreviation

  • MP – Matches played
  • Min – Minutes
  • G – Goals
  • Sh – Shots
  • AS – Assists
  • TF – Turnover fouls
  • ST – Steals
  • BL – Blocked shots
  • SP – Sprints
  • 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
  • DE – Double exclusion
  • Pen – Penalty
  • EX – Exclusion
Statistics
Cap
No.		 Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals/Shots AS TF ST BL Sprints Personal fouls
Min % G Sh % Won SP % 20S DE Pen EX
1 Josip Pavić GK 8 222 86.7% 4
2 Damir Burić FP 8 131 51.2% 5 14 35.7% 1 5 4 7 10 1
3 Miho Bošković FP 8 155 60.5% 15 33 45.5% 9 10 2 1 2 50.0% 7 1
4 Nikša Dobud FP 8 149 58.2% 12 20 60.0% 29 2 5 6 1
5 Maro Joković FP 8 206 80.5% 8 25 32.0% 15 8 2 6 7 13 53.8% 4 1
6 Ivan Buljubašić FP 8 88 34.4% 3 16 18.8% 6 3 13 2
7 Petar Muslim FP 8 118 46.1% 2 18 11.1% 5 11 2 4 1
8 Andro Bušlje FP 8 115 44.9% 3 13 23.1% 1 7 5 4 13 1 3
9 Sandro Sukno FP 8 210 82.0% 14 30 46.7% 7 11 7 3 11 16 68.8% 7 1 1 1
10 Samir Barać (C) FP 8 135 52.7% 4 15 26.7% 4 2 1 1 9
11 Igor Hinić FP 8 105 41.0% 2 8 25.0% 2 11 3 5 3 1 1
12 Paulo Obradović FP 8 124 48.4% 5 12 41.7% 4 7 2 4 0 1 0.0% 9 1 1
13 Frano Vićan GK 8 34 13.3% 1
Team 6
Total 8 256 100% 73 204 35.8% 55 107 35 37 19 32 59.4% 85 5 5 8
Against 42 230 18.3% 31 86 55 19 13 32 40.6% 82 5 8 7
Cap
No.		 Player Pos Saves/Shots
Saves Shots %
1 Josip Pavić GK 85 121 70.2%
13 Frano Vićan GK 10 16 62.5%
Total 95 137 69.3%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (p. 471).

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

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Flag bearers

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See also: Water polo at the Summer Olympics § Flag bearers

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, three male water polo players were given the honour to carry the flag for Croatia.

Legend
  •  2008 O  – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
  •  2012 C  – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Flag bearer‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team
Water polo people who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games
# Year Country Flag bearer Birth Age Height Team Pos Water polo tournaments Period
(age of
first/last)		 Medals Ref
1 2 3 4 5 G S B T
1 1996 O   Croatia Perica Bukić 1966 30 1.98 m
(6 ft 6 in)		   Yugoslavia FP 1984 1988 12 years
(18/30)		 2 1 0 3 [10]
  Croatia FP 1996
2 2004 O   Croatia Dubravko Šimenc 1966 37 2.01 m
(6 ft 7 in)		   Yugoslavia FP 1988 16 years
(21/37)		 1 1 0 2 [4]
  Croatia FP 1996 2000 2004
3 2016 O   Croatia Josip Pavić 1982 34 1.95 m
(6 ft 5 in)		   Croatia GK 2008 2012 2016 8 years
(26/34)		 1 1 0 2 [16]

See also

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References

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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 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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