Russia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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

The Russia women's national water polo team has participated in 6 of 6 official women's water polo tournaments.^[1]

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

See also: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament

Comprehensive results by tournament

Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

•  1st  – Champions
•  2nd  – Runners-up
•  3rd  – Third place
•  4th  – Fourth place
•  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Women's team^[1]	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Years
Russia	3rd	5th	7th	6th	3rd	Q	6
Total teams	6	8	8	8	8	10

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team^[1]	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Russia	5	5	5	2000	2016	Third place	Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team^[1]	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Russia	Third place (2000, 2016)	5	Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team^[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Russia	2			2 (2000, 2016)		2000	2016

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Russia (RUS)	0	0	2	2

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

See also: List of players who have appeared in multiple women'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
• Number of three-time Olympians: 5
• Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Female athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics

Apps	Player	Birth	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
				1	2	3	4	5
4	Sofia Konukh	1980	FP	2000	2004	2008	2012		20/32			^[2]
3	Elena Smurova	1974	FP	2000	2004	2008			26/34			^[3]
	Nadezhda Glyzina	1988	FP	2008	2012	2016			20/28			^[4]
	Evgenia Soboleva	1988	FP	2008	2012	2016			19/27			^[5]
	Ekaterina Lisunova	1989	FP	2008	2012	2016			18/26			^[6]
	Ekaterina Prokofyeva	1991	FP	2008	2012	2016			17/25			^[7]

Multiple medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)

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

Top goalscorers

See also: List of women'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 (40+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 2
• Last updated: 12 August 2021.

Female players with 20 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	Ekaterina Prokofyeva	1991	Right	37	2008 (4)	2012 (9)	2016 (9)	2020 (15)		17/30			^[7]
2	Sofia Konukh	1980	Right	31	2000 (11)	2004 (9)	2008 (7)	2012 (4)		20/32			^[8]
3	Nadezhda Glyzina	1988	Right	28	2008 (1)	2012 (7)	2016 (13)	2020 (7)		20/33			^[4]
4	Evgeniya Ivanova	1987	Right	26	2012 (9)	2016 (7)	2020 (10)			25/34			^[9]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 100), 2004 (pp. 80–81), 2008 (pp. 74–75), 2012 (pp. 365–366), 2016 (pp. 215–216), 2020 (pp. 266–267).

Goalkeepers

See also: List of women'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.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2000	1	Marina Akobiya	1975	25	43	76	56.6%		Starting goalkeeper	^[10]
	2	Galina Rytova	1975	25	5	11	45.5%			^[11]
2004	1	Valentina Vorontsova	1982	22	23	60	38.3%		Starting goalkeeper	^[12]
	6	Galina Zlotnikova	1984	20	3	6	50.0%			^[13]
2008	1	Valentina Vorontsova (2)	1982	26	13	37	35.1%			^[12]
	13	Yevgeniya Protsenko	1983	24	13	29	44.8%			^[14]
2012	1	Maria Kovtunovskaya	1988	23	29	55	52.7%			^[15]
	13	Anna Karnaukh	1993	18	22	53	41.5%			^[16]
2016	1	Anna Ustyukhina	1989	27	10	35	28.6%			^[17]
	13	Anna Karnaukh (2)	1993	22	27	67	40.3%			^[16]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 100), 2004 (pp. 80–81), 2008 (pp. 74–75), 2012 (pp. 365–366), 2016 (pp. 215–216).

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): 0
• Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won): 0
• Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 2
• Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won): 1
• Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)

Female players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics

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	Tatiana Petrova	1973	19	35	54.3%	2000 (16/22)	2004 (3/13)				27/31			^[18]
2	Ekaterina Lisunova	1989	13	20	65.0%	2008 (6/11)	2012 (1/1)	2016 (6/8)			18/26			^[6]
3	Ekaterina Prokofyeva	1991	8	27	29.6%	2008 (2/4)	2012 (5/13)	2016 (1/10)			17/25			^[7]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 100), 2004 (pp. 80–81), 2008 (pp. 74–75), 2012 (pp. 365–366), 2016 (pp. 215–216).

See also

• Russia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Russia at the Olympics

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
2. "Sofia Konukh". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
3. "Elena Smurova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
4. "Nadezhda Glyzina". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
5. "Evgenia Soboleva". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
6. "Ekaterina Lisunova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
7. "Ekaterina Prokofyeva". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
8. . sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
9. "Evgeniya Ivanova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
10. "Marina Akobiya". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
11. "Galina Rytova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
12. "Valentina Vorontsova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
13. "Galina Zlotnikova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
14. "Yevgeniya Protsenko". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
15. "Maria Kovtunovskaya". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
16. "Anna Karnaukh". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
17. "Anna Ustyukhina". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
18. "Tatiana Petrova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

Sources

Official Results Books (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

• Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, )
• Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, )
• Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, )

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo () (pp. 284–507)

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

• Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo ()

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

• Official Results Book – 2020 Olympic Games – Water Polo ()

Official Reports (FINA)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) () (p. 56)
• 1870–2020 | 150 years of Water Polo – Evolution of its rules ()

Official website (IOC)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

• Water polo
• Women's water polo

Olympedia

Water polo on the Olympedia website:

• Water polo
• Women's water polo
• Athlete count for water polo
• Water polo venues
• Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)
• Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)
• Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)
• Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)
• Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)
• Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics (women's tournament)

Sports Reference

Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

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Todor66

Water polo on the Todor66 website:

• Water polo at the Summer Games
• Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics (women's tournament, women's qualification)
• Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics (women's tournament, women's qualification)
• Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics (women's tournament, women's qualification)
• Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics (women's tournament, women's qualification)
• Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (women's tournament, women's qualification)
• Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics (women's tournament, women's qualification)

ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

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• Honorees Listed by Category – Water Polo
• Honorees Listed by Category – Coaches
• Honorees Listed by Category – Contributors
• Honorees by Country
• Honorees By Last Name

External links

• Russia women's national water polo team – Official website
• Olympic water polo – Official website