This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Hungary men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Hungary men's national water polo team has participated in 23 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.
Apps | Appearances | Rk | Rank | Ref | Reference | Cap No. | Water polo cap number | |
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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 |
See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament.
Notes:
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | |
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1912 | 18 | The only goalkeeper in the squad | ||||||
1924 | 28 | Starting goalkeeper | ||||||
(Unknown) | ||||||||
1928 | István Barta (2) | 32 | Starting goalkeeper | |||||
(Unknown) | ||||||||
1932 | István Barta (3) | 37 | ||||||
24 | ||||||||
1936 | György Bródy (2) | 28 | ||||||
25 | ||||||||
1948 | 28 | |||||||
25 | ||||||||
1952 | 31 | |||||||
László Jeney (2) | 29 | |||||||
1956 | 27 | |||||||
László Jeney (3) | 33 | |||||||
1960 | Ottó Boros (2) | 31 | ||||||
László Jeney (4) | 37 | |||||||
1964 | 31 | |||||||
Ottó Boros (3) | 35 | |||||||
1968 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
11 | 21 | |||||||
1972 | 1 | Endre Molnár (2) | 27 | |||||
11 | 24 | |||||||
1976 | 1 | Endre Molnár (3) | 31 | |||||
11 | Tibor Cservenyák (2) | 27 | ||||||
1980 | 1 | Endre Molnár (4) | 35 | |||||
11 | 28 | |||||||
1988 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
12 | 20 | |||||||
1992 | 1 | 27 | ||||||
7 | Péter Kuna (2) | 27 | ||||||
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | |
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1996 | 1 | Zoltán Kósz (2) | 28 | 57 | 121 | 47.1% | Starting goalkeeper | ||||
12 | Péter Kuna (3) | 31 | 8 | 14 | 57.1% | ||||||
2000 | 1 | Zoltán Kósz (3) | 32 | 58 | 112 | 51.8% | Starting goalkeeper | ||||
10 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 66.7% | 2016 | ||||||
2004 | 1 | Zoltán Szécsi (2) | 26 | 40 | 75 | 53.3% | 2016 | Starting goalkeeper | |||
10 | István Gergely (2) | 28 | 8 | 12 | 66.7% | ||||||
2008 | 1 | Zoltán Szécsi (3) | 30 | 42 | 83 | 50.6% | 2016 | Starting goalkeeper | |||
13 | István Gergely (3) | 32 | 24 | 38 | 63.2% | ||||||
2012 | 1 | Zoltán Szécsi (4) | 34 | 44 | 94 | 46.8% | 2016 | ||||
13 | 28 | 38 | 68 | 55.9% | |||||||
2016 | 1 | Viktor Nagy (2) | 32 | 67 | 118 | 56.8% | Starting goalkeeper | ||||
13 | 29 | 14 | 29 | 48.3% | |||||||
2020 | 1 | Viktor Nagy (3) | 37 | ||||||||
13 | 24 | ||||||||||
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
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
Rk | Sprinter | Birth | Total sprints won | Total sprints contested | Eff % | Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested) | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
1 | 39 | 59 | 66.1% | 1996 (N/A) | 2000 (15/29) | 2004 (7/9) | 2008 (10/12) | 2012 (7/9) | 20/36 | 2016 | ||||
2 | 12 | 17 | 70.6% | 2016 (12/17) | 26/26 | |||||||||
3 | 9 | 20 | 45.0% | 2000 (2/2) | 2004 (4/10) | 2008 (3/5) | 2012 (0/3) | 24/36 | 2016 | Flag bearer for Hungary (2012) | ||||
4 | 8 | 24 | 33.3% | 2004 (3/9) | 2008 (3/6) | 2012 (2/9) | 24/32 | |||||||
5 | 7 | 14 | 50.0% | 2008 (1/4) | 2012 (5/9) | 2016 (1/1) | 21/29 | |||||||
7 | 10 | 70.0% | 2016 (7/10) | 19/19 |
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 coach (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021.
There are two coaches who led Hungary men's national water polo team to win three or more Olympic medals.
Dénes Kemény of Hungary is one of the only two coaches who led men's national water polo team(s) to win three Olympic gold medals. Under his leadership, the Hungary men's Olympic team won three gold in a row between 2000 and 2008, becoming the second water polo team to have an Olympic winning streak.
Dezső Gyarmati coached the Hungary men's national team to three consecutive Olympic medals, a silver in 1972, a gold in 1976, and a bronze in 1980.
Rk | Head coach | Nationality | Birth | Age | Men's team | Tournaments (finish) | Period | Medals | Ref | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | |||||||||
1 | 46–58 | 2000 (1st) | 2004 (1st) | 2008 (1st) | 2012 (5th) | 12 years | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
2 | 44–52 | 1972 (2nd) | 1976 (1st) | 1980 (3rd) | 8 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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.
Dezső Gyarmati of Hungary won five Olympic medals in a row between 1948 and 1964. He coached the Hungary men's national team to three consecutive Olympic medals, including a gold in 1976, making him the only man to win Olympic gold in water polo as player and head coach in the last 100 years.
With the Hungary men's national water polo team, István Görgényi won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was appointed head coach of the Australia women's national team in 1998. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he led the team to win the inaugural women's water polo gold medal.
Rk | Person | Birth | Height | Player | Head coach | Total medals | Ref | |||||||||
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Age | Men's team | Pos | Medal | Age | Men's team | Medal | G | S | B | T | ||||||
1 | 20–36 | FP | 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964 | 44–52 | 1972, 1976, 1980 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
2 | 30–34 | FP | 1948, 1952 | 42 | 1960 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
See also: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo.
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, two male water polo people were given the honour to carry the flag for Hungary.
Year | Country | Flag bearer | Birth | Age | Height | Team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | ||||||||||||
1 | 1980 O | 59 | FP | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 8 years (27/36) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
2 | 2012 O | 36 | FP | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 12 years (24/36) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |