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Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

The Italy men's national water polo team has participated in 21 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.
  • 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
 Italy 10 11 1 3 4 1 4 4 6 2 8 7 7 1 3 5 8 9 2 3 Q 21
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: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most
recent
Best finish Confederation
 Italy 21 19 19 1920 2020 Champions Europe – LEN

Best finishes

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Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Italy Champions (1948, 1960*, 1992) 21 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
 Italy 13 3 (1948, 1960*, 1992) 2 (1976, 2012) 3 (1952, 1996, 2016) 3 (1956, 1964, 1968) 1948 2016

Medal table

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Italy (ITA)3238

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 six-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of five-time Olympians: 3
  • Number of four-time Olympians: 7
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • AUS – Australia
  • ITA – Italy
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
5 Gianni De Magistris 1950 FP 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 17/33 1995 [2]
Stefano Tempesti 1979 GK 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 21/37 [3]
Pietro Figlioli 1984 FP 2004
AUS
2008
AUS
2012
ITA
2016
ITA
2020
ITA
20/37 [4]
4 Eraldo Pizzo 1938 FP 1960 1964 1968 1972 22/34 1990 [5]
Franco Lavoratori 1941 FP 1960 1964 1968 1972 19/31 [6]
Alberto Alberani 1947 GK 1968 1972 1976 1980 21/33 [7]
Carlo Silipo 1971 FP 1992 1996 2000 2004 20/32 2014 [8]
Alberto Angelini 1974 FP 1996 2000 2004 2008 21/33 [9]
Alessandro Calcaterra 1975 FP 1996 2000 2004 2008 21/33 [10]
Fabio Bencivenga 1976 FP 1996 2000 2004 2008 20/32 [11]

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: 0
  • Last updated: 1 May 2021.

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): 2
  • Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 2
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 4
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • AUS – Australia
  • ITA – Italy
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 Gianni De Magistris 1950 Right 59 1968
(6)
1972
(11)
1976
(11)
1980
(20)
1984
(11)
17/33 1995 [12]
2 Eraldo Pizzo 1938 Right 53 1960
(7)
1964
(5)
1968
(29)
1972
(12)
22/34 [13]
3 Pietro Figlioli 1984 Right 47 2004
AUS
(8)
2008
AUS
(16)
2012
ITA
(9)
2016
ITA
(14)
20/32 [14]
4 Alessandro Calcaterra 1975 Right 46 1996
(5)
2000
(9)
2004
(5)
2008
(27)
21/33 [15]
5 Alberto Angelini 1974 Right 35 1996
(11)
2000
(4)
2004
(11)
2008
(9)
21/33 [16]
6 Maurizio Felugo 1981 Right 34 2004
(6)
2008
(16)
2012
(12)
23/31 [17]
7 Valentino Gallo 1985 Left 33 2008
(15)
2012
(10)
2016
(8)
23/31 [18]
8 Leonardo Sottani 1973 Left 30 1996
(8)
2000
(11)
2008
(11)
22/34 [19]
Rk Player Birth L/R Total
goals
1 2 3 4 5 Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
Water polo tournaments
(goals)

Sources:

  • Official Reports (PDF): 1920–1924, 1948–1996;
  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 47, 52, 55, 64, 68–69, 74, 76), 2004 (pp. 211–212), 2008 (pp. 205–206), 2012 (pp. 484–485), 2016 (pp. 123–124).

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: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1920 Salvatore Cabella 1896 23–24 Starting goalkeeper [20]
(Unknown)
1924 Mario Balla 1903 20–21 Starting goalkeeper [21]
(Unknown)
1948 Pasquale Buonocore 1916 32 Starting goalkeeper [22]
(Unknown)
1952 Raffaello Gambino 1928 24 [23]
Renato Traiola 1924 27 [24]
1956 Cosimo Antonelli 1925 31 [25]
Enzo Cavazzoni 1932 24 [26]
1960 Dante Rossi 1936 24 [27]
Brunello Spinelli 1939 21 [28]
1964 Eugenio Merello 1940 24 [29]
Dante Rossi (2) 1936 28 [27]
1968 1 Alberto Alberani 1947 21 [7]
11 Eugenio Merello (2) 1940 28 [29]
1972 1 Alberto Alberani (2) 1947 25 [7]
11 Ferdinando Lignano 1948 28 [30]
1976 1 Alberto Alberani (3) 1947 29 [7]
11 Umberto Panerai 1953 23 [31]
1980 1 Alberto Alberani (4) 1947 33 [7]
11 Umberto Panerai (2) 1953 27 [31]
1984 1 Roberto Gandolfi 1956 28 [32]
13 Umberto Panerai (3) 1953 31 [31]
1988 1 Paolo Trapanese 1962 26 [33]
13 Gianni Averaimo 1964 24 [34]
1992 1 Francesco Attolico 1963 29 [35]
13 Gianni Averaimo (2) 1964 27 [34]
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 Francesco Attolico (2) 1963 33 44 110 40.0% Starting goalkeeper [35]
10 Marco Gerini 1971 24 6 15 40.0% [36]
2000 1 Francesco Attolico (3) 1963 37 28 61 45.9% [35]
5 Stefano Tempesti 1979 21 24 43 55.8% [3]
2004 1 Stefano Tempesti (2) 1979 25 50 86 58.1% Starting goalkeeper [3]
5 Marco Gerini (2) 1971 33 0 4 0.0% [36]
2008 1 Stefano Tempesti (3) 1979 29 83 169 49.1% Starting goalkeeper [3]
13 Fabio Violetti 1974 34 0 0
2012 1 Stefano Tempesti (4) 1979 33 87 147 59.2% Starting goalkeeper [3]
13 Giacomo Pastorino 1980 32 0 0 [37]
2016 1 Stefano Tempesti (5) 1979 37 51 101 50.5% Starting goalkeeper [3]
13 Marco Del Lungo 1990 26 21 37 56.8% [38]
2020 1 Marco Del Lungo (2) 1990 31 [38]
13 Gianmarco Nicosia 1998 23 [39]
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref

Sources:

  • Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 70, 72–73);
  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 47, 52, 55, 64, 68–69, 74, 76), 2004 (pp. 211–212), 2008 (pp. 205–206), 2012 (pp. 484–485), 2016 (pp. 123–124).

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): 4
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Legend and abbreviation
  •     – Hosts
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
  • AUS – Australia
  • ITA – Italy
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 Pietro Figlioli 1984 78 86 90.7% 2004
AUS
(24/27)
2008
AUS
(21/23)
2012
ITA
(19/21)
2016
ITA
(14/15)
20/32 [4]
2 Francesco Di Fulvio 1993 16 17 94.1% 2016
(16/17)
23/23 [40]
3 Goran Fiorentini 1981 15 22 68.2% 2004
(15/22)
22/22 [41]
4 Alberto Ghibellini 1973 10 16 62.5% 1996
(N/A)
2000
(10/16)
23/27 [42]
Deni Fiorentini 1984 10 10 100.0% 2012
(10/10)
28/28 [43]

Source:

  • Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 47, 52, 55, 64, 68–69, 74, 76), 2004 (pp. 211–212), 2008 (pp. 205–206), 2012 (pp. 484–485), 2016 (pp. 123–124).

Coach statistics

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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.

As a water polo player, Ratko Rudić won a silver medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He led Italy men's national water polo team to win two Olympic medals in 1992 and 1996.[44][45][46]

Italian Alessandro Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, coached by Ratko Rudić. As a head coach, he guided Italy men's national team to two medals in 2012 and 2016.[47][48]

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 Ratko Rudić 1948 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in)
32  Yugoslavia FP 1980 44–48  Italy 1992 , 1996 1 1 1 3 [44][45]
[46]
Alessandro Campagna 1963 1.82 m
(6 ft 0 in)
29  Italy FP 1992 49–53  Italy 2012 , 2016 1 1 1 3 [47]
[48]
3 Gianni Lonzi 1938 1.82 m
(6 ft 0 in)
22  Italy FP 1960* 37  Italy 1976 1 1 0 2 [49]
[50]
4 Mario Majoni 1910 38  Italy FP 1948* 42  Italy 1952 1 0 1 2 [51]
[52]

Olympic champions

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1948 Summer Olympics

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  • Edition of men's tournament: 10th
  • Host city: United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
  • Number of participating teams: 18
  • Competition format: Series of round-robin elimination pools, followed by round-robin semi-final pools, and then round-robin final pools
  • Champion:  Italy (1st title; 1st place in round one D group; 1st place in round two I group; 1st place in semi-final L group; 1st place in final group)
Match Round Date Opponent Result Goals
for
Goals
against
Goal
diff.
Note
Match 1/7 Round one – Group D 30 July 1948  Australia Won 9 0 9
Match 2/7 Round one – Group D 30 July 1948  Yugoslavia Won 4 2 2 The match result was annulled and ordered to be replayed.[a]
Replay 2/7 Round one – Group D 1 August 1948  Yugoslavia Drawn 4 4 0 Replay of Match 2/7[a]
Match 3/7 Round two – Group I 2 August 1948  Hungary Won 4 3 1
Match 4/7 Semi-final round – Group L 4 August 1948  Egypt Won 5 1 4
Match 5/7 Semi-final round – Group L 5 August 1948  France Won 5 2 3
Match 6/7 Final round – Group 6 August 1948  Belgium Won 4 2 2
Match 7/7 Final round – Group 7 August 1948  Netherlands Won 4 2 2
Total Matches played: 7 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 1 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 85.7% 35 14 21 Note

Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1948 (pp. 643, 645, 646).

Roster
# Player Pos Height Weight Date of birth Age of
winning gold
Oly
debut
ISHOF
member
P1 Gildo Arena FP 25 February 1921 27 years, 164 days Yes
P2 Emilio Bulgarelli FP 15 February 1917 31 years, 174 days Yes
P3 Pasquale Buonocore GK 17 May 1916 32 years, 82 days Yes
P4 Aldo Ghira FP 4 April 1920 28 years, 125 days Yes
P5 Mario Majoni FP 27 May 1910 38 years, 72 days Yes 1972
P6 Geminio Ognio FP 13 December 1917 30 years, 238 days Yes
P7 Gianfranco Pandolfini FP 16 September 1920 27 years, 326 days Yes
P8 Tullio Pandolfini FP 6 August 1914 34 years, 1 day Yes
P9 Cesare Rubini FP 2 November 1923 24 years, 279 days Yes 2000
Average 17 January 1918 30 years, 203 days
Coach Giuseppe Valle 15 March 1904 44 years, 145 days

Note: Gianfranco Pandolfini and Tullio Pandolfini are brothers.
Sources:

1960 Summer Olympics

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  • Edition of men's tournament: 13th
  • Host city: Italy Rome, Italy
  • Number of participating teams: 16
  • Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
  • Champion:  Italy (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary A group; 1st place in semi-final A group; 1st place in final group)
Match Round Date Opponent Result Goals
for
Goals
against
Goal
diff.
Match 1/7 Preliminary round – Group A 25 August 1960  Romania Won 4 3 1
Match 2/7 Preliminary round – Group A 26 August 1960  Japan Won 8 1 7
Match 3/7 Preliminary round – Group A 27 August 1960  Egypt Won 9 4 5
Match 4/7 Semi-final round – Group A 30 August 1960 Germany United Team of Germany Won 3 0 3
Match 5/7 Semi-final round – Group A 31 August 1960  Soviet Union Won 2 0 2
Match 6/7 Final round – Group 2 September 1960  Yugoslavia Won 2 1 1
Match 7/7 Final round – Group 3 September 1960  Hungary Drawn 3 3 0
Total Matches played: 7 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 1 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 85.7% 31 12 19

Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1960 (pp. 618, 619, 627, 628, 631).

Eraldo Pizzo scored 7 goals at the 1960 Olympics, helping Italy win gold.
Roster
# Player Pos Height Weight Date of birth Age of
winning gold
Oly
debut
Goals ISHOF
member
P1 Amedeo Ambron FP 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 23 January 1939 21 years, 224 days Yes 1
P2 Danio Bardi FP 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 23 May 1937 23 years, 103 days Yes 2
P3 Giuseppe D'Altrui FP 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 7 April 1934 26 years, 149 days No 1 2010
P4 Salvatore Gionta FP 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 22 December 1930 29 years, 256 days No 2
P5 Giancarlo Guerrini FP 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 29 December 1939 20 years, 249 days Yes 3
P6 Franco Lavoratori FP 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 15 March 1941 19 years, 172 days Yes 4
P7 Gianni Lonzi FP 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 4 August 1938 22 years, 30 days Yes 0 2009
P8 Luigi Mannelli FP 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 21 February 1939 21 years, 195 days No 4
P9 Rosario Parmegiani FP 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 12 March 1937 23 years, 175 days Yes 7
P10 Eraldo Pizzo FP 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 21 April 1938 22 years, 135 days Yes 7 1990
P11 Dante Rossi GK 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 28 August 1936 24 years, 6 days Yes 0
P12 Brunello Spinelli GK 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 May 1939 21 years, 100 days Yes 0
Average 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 6 September 1937 22 years, 363 days Total 31
Coach Andres Zolyomy 2010

Sources:

1992 Summer Olympics

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  • Edition of men's tournament: 21st
  • Host city: Spain Barcelona, Spain
  • Number of participating teams: 12
  • Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
  • Champion:  Italy (3rd title; 2nd place in preliminary B group)

Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1992 (pp. 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 399, 400).

Note: Francesco Porzio and Pino Porzio are brothers.
Sources:

Statistics
Cap
No.
Player Pos Matches
played
Goals/Shots
Goals Shots %
1 Francesco Attolico GK 7
2 Marco D'Altrui FP 7 3 8 37.5%
3 Alessandro Bovo FP 7 1 8 12.5%
4 Pino Porzio FP 7 3 11 27.3%
5 Sandro Campagna FP 7 6 14 42.9%
6 Paolo Caldarella FP 7 6 14 42.9%
7 Mario Fiorillo FP 7 4 13 30.8%
8 Francesco Porzio FP 7 10 27 37.0%
9 Amedeo Pomilio FP 7 3 10 30.0%
10 Ferdinando Gandolfi FP 7 6 15 40.0%
11 Massimiliano Ferretti FP 7 14 34 41.2%
12 Carlo Silipo FP 7 3 15 20.0%
13 Gianni Averaimo GK 7
Total 8 59 169 34.9%
Against 50 172 29.1%

Source: Official Reports (PDF): 1992 (pp. 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 399, 400).

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b At the 1948 Olympics, the water polo match between Italy and Yugoslavia in Group D, and the match between Egypt and Hungary in Group E were both replayed. For more details, please see here.
  2. ^ In 1992, 12 of the 15 former Soviet Republics competed together as the Unified Team and marched under the Olympic Flag in the Barcelona Games.
  3. ^ Average height of 11 players.
  4. ^ Average weight of 11 players.

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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 in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

PDF documents on the FINA website:

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

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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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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