Germany men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Germany men's national water polo team, the United Team of Germany men's national water polo team, and the West Germany men's national water polo team have participated in 17 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.
  • 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
  •  1  – Champions
  •  2  – Runners-up
  •  3  – Third place
  •  4  – Fourth place
  •  —  – The nation did not participate in the Games
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
  •     – Hosts
  • = – More than one team tied for that rank
  • Team – Defunct team
Abbreviation
  • EUA – United Team of Germany
  • FRG – West Germany
  • GDR – East Germany
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

Number of appearances

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
  • Team – Defunct team
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

Best finishes

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
  • Team – Defunct team
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

Finishes in the top four

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
  • Team – Defunct team
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

Medal table

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Team – Defunct team
Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Germany (GER)1203
  West Germany (FRG)0011
  United Team of Germany (EUA)0000
Totals (3 entries)1214

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 five-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of four-time Olympians: 2
  • Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • FRG – West Germany
  • GER – Germany
  • MEX – Mexico
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
4 Armando Fernández 1955 FP 1972
MEX
1976
MEX
1984
FRG
1988
FRG
17/33 [2]
Peter Röhle 1957 GK 1976
FRG
1984
FRG
1988
FRG
1992
GER
19/35 [3]

Multiple medalists

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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 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
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 Fritz Gunst 1908 FP 1928 1932 1936 8 years
(19/27)
1 2 0 3 [4]

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): 1
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
  • Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • FRG – West Germany
  • GER – Germany
  • MEX – Mexico
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 Hagen Stamm 1960 Right 45 1984
FRG
(18)
1988
FRG
(15)
1992
GER
(12)
24/32 [5]
2 Frank Otto 1959 Left 38 1984
FRG
(18)
1988
FRG
(16)
1992
GER
(4)
25/33 [6]
3 Armando Fernández 1955 37 1972
MEX
(11)
1976
MEX
(16)
1984
FRG
(6)
1988
FRG
(4)
17/33 [7]

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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.

Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
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]
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1996 1 Ingo Borgmann (3) 1965 31 51 111 45.9% Starting goalkeeper [22]
9 Daniel Voß 1971 25 2 3 66.7% [23]
2004 1 Alexander Tchigir (2) 1968 35 39 80 48.8% Starting goalkeeper [24]
2 Michael Zellmer 1977 27 3 6 50.0% [25]
2008 1 Alexander Tchigir (3) 1968 39 63 130 48.5% Starting goalkeeper [24]
13 Michael Zellmer (2) 1977 31 0 0 [25]

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Notes:

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): 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 Tobias Kreuzmann 1981 25 34 73.5% 2004
(17/22)
2008
(8/12)
23/27 [26]
2 Moritz Oeler 1985 8 16 50.0% 2008
(8/16)
22/22 [27]

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Olympic champions

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1928 Summer Olympics

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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

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

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Roster
# Player Pos Height Weight Date of birth Age of
winning gold
Oly
debut
ISHOF
member
P1 Max Amann FP 19 January 1905 23 years, 205 days Yes
P2 Karl Bähre FP 11 April 1899 29 years, 122 days Yes
P3 Emil Benecke FP 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 4 October 1898 29 years, 312 days Yes
P4 Johann Blank GK 17 April 1904 24 years, 116 days Yes
P5 Otto Cordes FP 31 August 1905 22 years, 346 days Yes
P6 Fritz Gunst FP 22 September 1908 19 years, 324 days Yes 1990
P7 Erich Rademacher GK 9 June 1901 27 years, 63 days Yes 1972
P8 Joachim Rademacher FP 20 June 1906 22 years, 52 days Yes
Average 17 September 1903 24 years, 329 days

Note: Erich Rademacher and Joachim Rademacher are brothers.
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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. ^ "Armando Fernández". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Peter Röhle". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Fritz Gunst". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Hagen Stamm". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Frank Otto". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Armando Fernández". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Georg Hax". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Johann Blank". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Erich Rademacher". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Hans Eckstein". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Paul Klingenburg". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Fritz Stolze". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ^ a b c "Emil Bildstein". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Günter Heine". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Karl Neuse". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  17. ^ a b c "Hans Hoffmeister". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Heinz Mäder". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Peter Schmidt". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Günter Kilian". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Gerd Olbert". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  22. ^ a b c "Ingo Borgmann". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  23. ^ "Daniel Voß". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  24. ^ a b "Alexander Tchigir". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  25. ^ a b "Michael Zellmer". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  26. ^ "Tobias Kreuzmann". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  27. ^ "Moritz Oeler". 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 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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Sports Reference

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Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

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ISHOF

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International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

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