Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

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: Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team^† (statistics), FR Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team^†^[a], Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team (statistics), Serbia 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

Abbreviation

FRY – FR Yugoslavia
SCG – Serbia and Montenegro

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
Yugoslavia^†^[a]	—	—	—	—	Part of Yugoslavia																—	8	3	Defunct					2
Serbia and Montenegro^†	—	—	—	—	Part of Yugoslavia																See FRY			2	Defunct				1
Yugoslavia^†	—	—	—	—					10	9	2	2	4	2	1	5	5	2	1	1	Defunct								12
Montenegro	—	—	—	—	Part of Yugoslavia																P. of FRY / SCG				4	4	4	Q	4
Serbia	—	—	—		Part of Yugoslavia																P. of FRY / SCG				3	3	1	Q	4

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

Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team^[1]	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Yugoslavia^†^[a]	2	2	0	1996	2000	Third place	Europe – LEN
Serbia and Montenegro^†	1	1	0	2004	2004	Runners-up	Europe – LEN

Best finishes

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team^[1]	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Serbia and Montenegro^†	Runners-up (2004)	1	Europe – LEN
Yugoslavia^†^[a]	Third place (2000)	2	Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

Team^† – Defunct team

Men's team^[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Serbia and Montenegro^†	1		1 (2004)			2004	2004
Yugoslavia^†^[a]	1			1 (2000)		2000	2000

Medal table

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

Team^† – Defunct team


Men's team	Silver	Bronze	Total
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)^†	1	0	1
Yugoslavia (FRY)^†^[a]	0	1	1
Totals (2 entries)	1	1	2

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: 4
Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

FRY – FR Yugoslavia
MNE – Montenegro
SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
SRB – Serbia

**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
Apps	Player	Birth	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
4	Vladimir Vujasinović	1973	FP	1996 FRY	2000 FRY	2004 SCG	2008 SRB		22/35			^[2]
	Dejan Savić	1975	FP	1996 FRY	2000 FRY	2004 SCG	2008 SRB		21/33			^[3]
	Aleksandar Šapić	1978	FP	1996 FRY	2000 FRY	2004 SCG	2008 SRB		18/30			^[4]
	Predrag Jokić	1983	FP	2004 SCG	2008 MNE	2012 MNE	2016 MNE		21/33		Flag bearer for Montenegro (2016)	^[5]

Notes:

Predrag Jokić is also listed in Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Aleksandar Šapić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Dejan Savić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Vladimir Vujasinović is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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 five-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 6
Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

FRY – FR Yugoslavia
SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
SRB – Serbia

**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
Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	Slobodan Nikić	1983	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	2004 SCG		2012 SRB	2016 SRB		12 years (21/33)	1	1	1	3	^[6]
2	Aleksandar Ćirić	1977	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	2000 FRY	2004 SCG	2008 SRB			8 years (22/30)	0	1	2	3	^[7]
	Aleksandar Šapić	1978	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	FP	1996 FRY	2000 FRY	2004 SCG	2008 SRB		12 years (18/30)	0	1	2	3	^[4]
	Dejan Savić	1975	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	FP	1996 FRY	2000 FRY	2004 SCG	2008 SRB		12 years (21/33)	0	1	2	3	^[3]
	Vladimir Vujasinović	1973	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	FP	1996 FRY	2000 FRY	2004 SCG	2008 SRB		12 years (22/34)	0	1	2	3	^[2]
	Vanja Udovičić	1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	2004 SCG	2008 SRB	2012 SRB			8 years (21/29)	0	1	2	3	^[8]

Notes:

Aleksandar Ćirić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Slobodan Nikić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Aleksandar Šapić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Dejan Savić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Vanja Udovičić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Vladimir Vujasinović is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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): 1
Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 0
Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

FRY – FR Yugoslavia
SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
SRB – Serbia

**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
Rk	Player	Birth	L/R	Total goals	1	2	3	4	5	Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1	Aleksandar Šapić	1978	Right	64	1996 FRY (8)	2000 FRY (18)	2004 SCG (18)	2008 SRB (20)		18/30			^[9]
2	Vladimir Vujasinović	1973	Right	34	1996 FRY (14)	2000 FRY (5)	2004 SCG (3)	2008 SRB (12)		22/35			^[10]

Sources:

Official Reports (PDF): 1996;
Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 46, 50, 56, 78, 83, 85, 88, 92), 2004 (pp. 223–224), 2008 (pp. 211–212).

Notes:

Aleksandar Šapić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Vladimir Vujasinović is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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: 5 May 2021.

Abbreviation

Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1996	1	Aleksandar Šoštar (2)	1964	32	59	128	46.1%	2011	Starting goalkeeper	^[11]
1996	13	Milan Tadić	1970	26	2	11	18.2%			^[12]
2000	1	Aleksandar Šoštar (3)	1964	36	49	85	57.6%	2011	Starting goalkeeper	^[11]
2000	12	Nikola Kuljača	1974	26	6	6	100.0%			^[13]
2004	1	Denis Šefik	1976	27	60	102	58.8%		Starting goalkeeper	^[14]
2004	13	Nikola Kuljača (2)	1974	30	0	0	—			^[13]

Sources:

Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 70–72);
Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 46, 50, 56, 78, 83, 85, 88, 92), 2004 (pp. 223–224).

Notes:

Denis Šefik is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics, and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.
Aleksandar Šoštar is also listed in Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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): 1
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): 0
Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Abbreviation

Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
FRY – FR Yugoslavia
SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
SRB – Serbia

**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
Rk	Sprinter	Birth	Total sprints won	Total sprints contested	Eff %	1	2	3	4	5	Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1	Aleksandar Ćirić	1977	40	56	71.4%	2000 FRY (17/24)	2004 SCG (14/20)	2008 SRB (9/12)			22/30			^[7]

Source:

Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 46, 50, 56, 78, 83, 85, 88, 92), 2004 (pp. 223–224), 2008 (pp. 211–212).

Note:

Aleksandar Ćirić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and 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.

Dejan Savić won three consecutive Olympic medals between 2000 and 2008. At the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, he coached Serbia men's national team to the Olympic title.^[3]

Rk	Person	Birth	Height	Player				Head coach			Total medals				Ref
Rk	Person	Birth	Height	Age	Men's team	Pos	Medal	Age	Men's team	Medal	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	Dejan Savić	1975	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	25	Yugoslavia	FP	2000	41	Serbia	2016	1	1	2	4	^[3]
				29	Serbia and Montenegro	FP	2004
				33	Serbia	FP	2008

Note:

Dejan Savić is also listed in Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

Flag bearers

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Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games.

Igor Milanović, a water polo player representing Yugoslavia and then FR Yugoslavia, was given the honour to carry the flag for FR Yugoslavia.

Legend

2008 O – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
2012 C – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics

**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
#	Year	Country	Flag bearer	Birth	Age	Height	Team	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Period (age of first/last)	G	S	B	T	Ref
1	1996 O	FR Yugoslavia	Igor Milanović	1965	30	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Yugoslavia	FP	1984	1988				12 years (18/30)	2	0	0	2	^[15]
1	1996 O	FR Yugoslavia	Igor Milanović	1965	30	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Yugoslavia	FP				1996		12 years (18/30)	2	0	0	2	^[15]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f After the breakup of Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team participated at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2000. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team".

^ ^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.

^ ^a ^b "Vladimir Vujasinović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Dejan Savić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

^ ^a ^b "Aleksandar Šapić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

^ "Predrag Jokić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

^ "Slobodan Nikić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Aleksandar Ćirić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

^ "Vanja Udovičić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

^ "Aleksandar Šapić". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

^ "Vladimir Vujasinović". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

^ ^a ^b "Aleksandar Šoštar". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

^ "Milan Tadić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Nikola Kuljača". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

^ "Denis Šefik". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

^ "Igor Milanović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

Contents

Abbreviations

Team statistics

Comprehensive results by tournament

Number of appearances

Best finishes

Finishes in the top four

Medal table

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

Multiple medalists

Top goalscorers

Goalkeepers

Top sprinters

Coach statistics

Medals as coach and player

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

Flag bearers

See also

Notes

References

Sources

Official Reports (IOC)

Official Results Books (IOC)

Official Reports (FINA)

Official website (IOC)

Olympedia

Sports Reference

Todor66

ISHOF

External links

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