# Greece men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Greece men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Greece men's national water polo team has participated in 16 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.

## Abbreviations

| 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
### 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.
* 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
| Men's team | 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 |
| Greece | | | | | 8 | 13 | | | | 15 | | | | | 14 | 14 | | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | Q | 16 |
| 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

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

#### Legend

* Year$^*$ – As host team
| Men's team | Apps | Record streak | Active streak | Debut | Most recent | Best finish | Confederation |
| Greece | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1920 | 2020 | Fourth place | Europe – LEN |

### Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

#### Legend

* Year$^*$ – As host team
| Men's team | Best finish | Apps | Confederation |
| Greece | Fourth place (2004$^*$) | 16 | Europe – LEN |

### Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

#### Legend

* Year$^*$ – As host team
| Men's team | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
| Greece | 1 | | | | 1 (2004$^*$) | 2004 | 2004 |

### Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.
| Men's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Player statistics
### 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 six-time Olympians: 0
* Number of five-time Olympians: 2
* Number of four-time Olympians: 7
* Last updated: 27 July 2021.

#### Legend

* – Hosts
Male athletes who competed in water polo at four or more Olympics :
| Apps | Player | Birth | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Water polo tournaments | Water polo tournaments | Water polo tournaments | 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 |
| 5 | George Mavrotas | 1967 | FP | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 17/33 | | | |
| 5 | Georgios Afroudakis | 1976 | FP | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 19/35 | | | |
| 4 | Kyriakos Giannopoulos | 1959 | FP | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | | 21/33 | | | |
| 4 | Anastasios Papanastasiou | 1964 | FP | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | | 20/32 | | | |
| 4 | Filippos Kaiafas | 1968 | FP | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | | 20/32 | | | |
| 4 | Konstantinos Loudis | 1969 | FP | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | | 23/35 | | | |
| 4 | Theodoros Chatzitheodorou | 1976 | FP | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | | 2012 | 19/35 | | | |
| 4 | Nikolaos Deligiannis | 1976 | GK | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | | 24/35 | | | |
| 4 | Christos Afroudakis | 1984 | FP | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | | 20/32 | | | |

### 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: 0
* Last updated: 11 August 2021.

### 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): 2
* Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
* Last updated: 1 April 2021.

#### Legend

* – Hosts
Male players with 30 or more goals at the Olympics :
| Rk | Player | Birth | L/R | Total goals | Water polo tournaments (goals) | Water polo tournaments (goals) | Water polo tournaments (goals) | Water polo tournaments (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 | Kyriakos Giannopoulos | 1959 | | 44 | 1980 (7) | 1984 (6) | 1988 (18) | 1992 (13) | | 21/33 | | | |
| 2 | Georgios Afroudakis | 1976 | Right | 40 | 1996 (10) | 2000 (8) | 2004 (9) | 2008 (9) | 2012 (4) | 19/35 | | | |
| 3 | Antonios Aronis | 1957 | | 33 | 1980 (4) | 1984 (13) | 1988 (16) | | | 23/31 | | | |
| 4 | Sotirios Stathakis | 1953 | | 30 | 1980 (16) | 1984 (14) | | | | 27/31 | | | |
Sources:
* Official Reports (PDF): 1920–1924, 1948, 1968–1972, 1980–1996;
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 57, 59, 61, 80–81, 86, 88, 91), 2004 (pp. 203–204), 2008 (pp. 199–200), 2012 (pp. 478–479), 2016 (pp. 117–118).

### 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.

#### Legend and abbreviation

* – Hosts
* Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
| 1920 | | Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos | 1897 | 22–23 | | | |
| 1920 | | Konstantinos Nikolopoulos | | | | | |
| 1924 | | Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos (2) | 1897 | 26–27 | | Starting goalkeeper | |
| 1924 | | (Unknown) | | | | | |
| 1948 | | Alexandros Monastiriotis | | | | Starting goalkeeper | |
| 1948 | | (Unknown) | | | | | |
| 1968 | 1 | Ioannis Thymaras | 1934 | 33–34 | | | |
| 1968 | 11 | Takis Michalos | 1947 | 20 | | | |
| 1972 | 1 | Dimitrios Konstas | | | | | |
| 1972 | 11 | Takis Michalos (2) | 1947 | 24 | | | |
| 1980 | 1 | Ioannis Vossos | 1960 | 19 | | | |
| 1980 | 11 | Ioannis Giannouris | 1958 | 22 | | | |
| 1984 | 1 | Ioannis Vossos (2) | 1960 | 23 | | | |
| 1984 | 13 | Stavros Giannopoulos | 1961 | 23 | | | |
| 1988 | 1 | Nikolaos Christoforidis | 1965 | 23 | | | |
| 1988 | 12 | Evangelos Patras | 1968 | 19 | | | |
| 1992 | 1 | Evangelos Patras (2) | 1968 | 23 | | | |
| 1992 | 13 | Gerasimos Voltirakis | 1968 | 24 | | | |
| 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 | Gerasimos Voltirakis (2) | 1968 | 28 | 64 | 124 | 51.6% | | Starting goalkeeper | |
| 1996 | 13 | Evangelos Patras (3) | 1968 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 14.3% | | | |
| 2000 | 1 | Georgios Reppas | 1974 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 30.4% | | | |
| 2000 | 6 | Nikolaos Deligiannis | 1976 | 24 | 48 | 97 | 49.5% | | Starting goalkeeper | |
| 2004 | 1 | Georgios Reppas (2) | 1974 | 29 | 18 | 37 | 48.6% | | | |
| 2004 | 12 | Nikolaos Deligiannis (2) | 1976 | 27 | 31 | 52 | 59.6% | | | |
| 2008 | 1 | Nikolaos Deligiannis (3) | 1976 | 31 | 38 | 82 | 46.3% | | | |
| 2008 | 13 | Georgios Reppas (3) | 1974 | 33 | 28 | 65 | 43.1% | | | |
| 2012 | 1 | Nikolaos Deligiannis (4) | 1976 | 35 | 45 | 83 | 54.2% | | Starting goalkeeper | |
| 2012 | 13 | Filippos Karampetsos | 1977 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 54.5% | | | |
| 2016 | 1 | Konstantinos Flegkas | 1988 | 28 | 56 | 120 | 46.7% | | Starting goalkeeper | |
| 2016 | 13 | Stefanos Galanopoulos | 1993 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 20.0% | | | |
| 2020 | 1 | Emmanouil Zerdevas | 1997 | 23 | | | | | | |
| 2020 | 13 | Konstantinos Galanidis | 1990 | 30 | | | | | | |
| Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
Sources:
* Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 69, 71–72);
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 57, 59, 61, 80–81, 86, 88, 91), 2004 (pp. 203–204), 2008 (pp. 199–200), 2012 (pp. 478–479), 2016 (pp. 117–118).

### 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): 0
* Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 2
* Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 2
* Last updated: 15 May 2021.

#### Legend and abbreviation

* – Hosts
* 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) | Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested) | Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested) | Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested) | 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 | Ioannis Thomakos | 1977 | 18 | 32 | 56.3% | 2000 (12/18) | 2004 (5/12) | 2008 (1/2) | | | 23/31 | | | |
| 2 | Christos Afroudakis | 1984 | 15 | 37 | 40.5% | 2004 (6/15) | 2008 (7/17) | 2012 (1/4) | 2016 (1/1) | | 20/32 | | | |
| 3 | Konstantinos Genidounias | 1993 | 8 | 18 | 44.4% | 2016 (8/18) | | | | | 23/23 | | | |
| 4 | Emmanouil Mylonakis | 1985 | 7 | 31 | 22.6% | 2008 (2/12) | 2012 (2/9) | 2016 (3/10) | | | 23/31 | | | |
Source:
* Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 57, 59, 61, 80–81, 86, 88, 91), 2004 (pp. 203–204), 2008 (pp. 199–200), 2012 (pp. 478–479), 2016 (pp. 117–118).