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This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Netherlands men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Netherlands men's national water polo team has 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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See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

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
  •     – Hosts
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
 Netherlands — 4 5 7 5 5 3 5 8 8 7 7 3 6 6 9 10 11 17
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
Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak		 Active
streak		 Debut Most
recent		 Best finish Confederation
 Netherlands 17 7 0 1908 2000 Third place Europe – LEN

Best finishes

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Netherlands Third place (1948, 1976) 17 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Netherlands 3 2 (1948, 1976) 1 (1908) 1908 1976

Medal table

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Netherlands (NED)0022

Player statistics

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Multiple appearances

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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.

  • Number of five-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of four-time Olympians: 1
  • 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 Age of
first/last		 ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
4 Ton Buunk 1952 FP 1972 1976 1980 1984 19/31 Flag bearer for the Netherlands (1984) [2]

Multiple medalists

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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.

  • Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
  • Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
  • Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Top goalscorers

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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.

  • Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 2
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
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 Nico van der Voet 1944 43 1964
(10)		 1968
(33)		 20/24 [3]
2 Harry van der Meer 1973 Right 40 1992
(8)		 1996
(16)		 2000
(16)		 18/26 [4]
3 Ruud van Feggelen 1924 32 1948
(16)		 1952
(16)		 24/28 [5]

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Goalkeepers

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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: 1 April 2021.

Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.		 Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member		 Note Ref
1908 Johan Rühl 1885 23 The only goalkeeper in the squad [6]
1920 Leen Hoogendijk 1890 30 [7]
Karel Struijs 1892 27 [8]
1924 Karel Struijs (2) 1892 31 Starting goalkeeper [8]
(Unknown)
1928 Abraham van Olst 1897 30 Starting goalkeeper [9]
(Unknown)
1936 Herman Veenstra 1911 24 [10]
Joop van Woerkom 1912 24 [11]
1948 Joop Rohner 1927 21 [12]
Piet Salomons 1924 24 [13]
1952 Max van Gelder 1924 27 Starting goalkeeper [14]
(Unknown)
1960 Henk Hermsen 1937 23 [15]
Ben Kniest 1927 33 [16]
1964 1 Henk Hermsen (2) 1937 27 [15]
11 Ben Kniest (2) 1927 37 [16]
1968 1 Feike de Vries 1943 25 [17]
11 Evert Kroon 1946 22 [18]
1972 1 Evert Kroon (2) 1946 25 Starting goalkeeper [18]
11 Wim van de Schilde 1948 23 [19]
1976 1 Evert Kroon (3) 1946 29 Starting goalkeeper
Flag bearer for the Netherlands		 [18]
11 Alex Boegschoten 1956 20 [20]
1980 1 Wouly de Bie 1958 22 [21]
11 Ruud Misdorp 1952 28 [22]
1984 1 Wouly de Bie (2) 1958 26 [21]
13 Ruud Misdorp (2) 1952 32 [22]
1992 1 Arie van de Bunt 1969 23 [23]
13 Bert Brinkman 1968 24 [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 Arie van de Bunt (2) 1969 27 81 154 52.6% Starting goalkeeper [23]
11 Wim Vermeulen 0 0 —
2000 1 Arie van de Bunt (3) 1969 31 65 140 46.4% Starting goalkeeper [23]
3 Wim Vermeulen (2) 0 0 —

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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 Bjørn Boom 1975 6 10 60.0% 2000
(6/10)		 24/24 [25]

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Coach statistics

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See also: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics § Coach 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.

Ivo Trumbić won the silver medal in 1964 and Yugoslavia's first Olympic gold medal in water polo in 1968. He moved to the Netherlands in 1973, hired as the head coach of the Netherlands men's national water polo team. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he led the Dutch team to win a bronze medal.[26][27]

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Rk Person Birth Height Player Head coach Total medals Ref
Age Men's team Pos Medal Age Men's team Medal G S B T
1 Ivo Trumbić 1935 1.97 m
(6 ft 6 in)		 29–33  Yugoslavia FP 1964 , 1968 41  Netherlands 1976 1 1 1 3 [26]
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Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

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Flag bearers

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See also: Water polo at the Summer Olympics § Flag bearers
Evert Kroon was the flag bearer for the Netherlands at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Olympics.

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, three male water polo players were given the honour to carry the flag for the Netherlands.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Fred van Dorp became the first water polo player to be a flag bearer for the Netherlands at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[28]

After winning bronze in the men's tournament, Evert Kroon, the starting goalkeeper of the Dutch water polo team, carried the national flag of the Netherlands at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics.[18]

Four-time Olympian Ton Buunk was the flag bearer for the Netherlands during the opening ceremony at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[2]

Legend
  •  2008 O  – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
  •  2012 C  – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
  •     – Hosts
  • Flag bearer‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team
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
1 2 3 4 5 G S B T
1 1968 O Netherlands Fred van Dorp 1938 30 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in)		  Netherlands FP 1960 1964 1968 8 years
(21/30)		 0 0 0 0 [28]
1 1968 C Netherlands Fred van Dorp 1938 30 1.90 m
(6 ft 3 in)		  Netherlands FP 1960 1964 1968 8 years
(21/30)		 0 0 0 0 [28]
2 1976 C Netherlands Evert Kroon 1946 29 1.92 m
(6 ft 4 in)		  Netherlands GK 1968 1972 1976 8 years
(22/29)		 0 0 1 1 [18]
3 1984 O Netherlands Ton Buunk 1952 31 1.96 m
(6 ft 5 in)		  Netherlands FP 1972 1976 1980 1984 12 years
(19/31)		 0 0 1 1 [2]

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. ^ a b c "Ton Buunk". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Nico van der Voet". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Harry van der Meer". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Ruud van Feggelen". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Johan Rühl". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Leen Hoogendijk". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Karel Struijs". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Abraham van Olst". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Herman Veenstra". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Joop van Woerkom". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Joop Rohner". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Piet Salomons". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Max van Gelder". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Henk Hermsen". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Ben Kniest". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Feike de Vries". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d e "Evert Kroon". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Wim van de Schilde". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Alex Boegschoten". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Wouly de Bie". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Ruud Misdorp". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  23. ^ a b c "Arie van de Bunt". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Bert Brinkman". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Bjørn Boom". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  26. ^ a b "Ivo Trumbić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  27. ^ a b "Ivo Trumbic (CRO/YUG/NED)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  28. ^ a b c "Fred van Dorp". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

Sources

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Official Reports (IOC)

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Official Results Books (IOC)

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PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

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Official Reports (FINA)

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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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