Romania men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

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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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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.
  • 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
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

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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

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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

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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

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Romania (ROU)0000

Player statistics

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Multiple appearances

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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

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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

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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]

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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): 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]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Alexandru Szabo". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Aurel Zahan". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Claudiu Rusu". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Dinu Popescu". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Viorel Rus". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Zoltan Norman". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Iosif Deutsch". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Alexandru Marinescu". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Mircea Ştefănescu". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Emil Mureşan". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Şerban Huber". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Cornel Frăţilă". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Florin Slăvei". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Doru Spînu". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Gelu Lisac". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Robert Dinu". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Dragoș Stoenescu". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Mihai Drăgușin". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Alexandru Matei". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

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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