Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

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.

The Montenegro men's national water polo team has participated in 4 of 27 official men'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

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 Swimming Federation
    (FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904.
  • Related teams: Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team (statistics), FR Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team[a] (statistics), Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team (statistics).
  • 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
  • Team – Defunct team
Abbreviation
  • FRY – FR Yugoslavia
  • SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
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
 Montenegro Part of Yugoslavia P. of FRY / SCG 4 4 4 Q 4
 Yugoslavia 10 9 2 2 4 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 Defunct 12
 Yugoslavia[a] Part of Yugoslavia 8 3 Defunct 2
 Serbia and Montenegro Part of Yugoslavia See FRY 2 Defunct 1
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.

Men's team[1] Apps Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most
recent
Best finish Confederation
 Montenegro 4 4 4 2008 2020 Fourth place Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Men's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
 Montenegro Fourth place (2008, 2012, 2016) 4 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
 Montenegro 3 3 (2008, 2012, 2016) 2008 2016

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Montenegro (MNE)0000

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 five-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of four-time Olympians: 3
  • Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Abbreviation
  • MNE – Montenegro
  • SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
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 Predrag Jokić 1983 FP 2004
SCG
2008
MNE
2012
MNE
2016
MNE
21/33 Flag bearer for Montenegro (2016) [2]
Draško Brguljan 1984 FP 2008 2012 2016 2020 23/36 Flag bearer for Montenegro (2020) [3]
Aleksandar Ivović 1986 FP 2008 2012 2016 2020 22/35 [4]

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): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 2
  • 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 Aleksandar Ivović 1986 Right 38 2008
(9)
2012
(19)
2016
(10)
22/30 [5]
2 Mlađan Janović 1984 Right 31 2008
(13)
2012
(9)
2016
(9)
24/32 [6]

Source:

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.

Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref
2008 1 Zdravko Radić 1979 29 12 18 66.7% [7]
13 Miloš Šćepanović 1982 25 49 99 49.5% Starting goalkeeper [8]
2012 1 Denis Šefik (3) 1976 35 10 16 62.5% [9]
13 Miloš Šćepanović (2) 1982 29 59 122 48.4% Starting goalkeeper [8]
2016 1 Zdravko Radić (2) 1979 37 5 20 25.0% [7]
13 Miloš Šćepanović (3) 1982 33 52 102 51.0% Starting goalkeeper [8]
2020 1 Slaven Kandić 1991 30 [10]
13 Petar Tešanović 1998 22 [11]
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref

Source:

Note:

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): 1
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 0
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 2
  • 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 Vjekoslav Pasković 1985 21 47 44.7% 2008
(3/12)
2012
(8/17)
2016
(10/18)
23/31 [12]
2 Mlađan Janović 1984 8 17 47.1% 2008
(5/10)
2012
(2/5)
2016
(1/2)
24/32 [13]
3 Draško Brguljan 1984 7 17 41.2% 2008
(0/0)
2012
(4/6)
2016
(3/11)
23/31 [3]

Source:

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

Flag bearers

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 Montenegro
.

Legend
  •  2008 O  – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
  •  2012 C  – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • 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 2008 O Montenegro Veljko Uskoković 1971 37 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in)
 Yugoslavia FP 1996 2000 12 years
(25/37)
0 0 1 1 [14]
 Montenegro FP 2008
1 2008 C Montenegro Veljko Uskoković 1971 37 1.85 m
(6 ft 1 in)
 Yugoslavia FP 1996 2000 12 years
(25/37)
0 0 1 1 [14]
 Montenegro FP 2008
2 2016 C Montenegro Predrag Jokić 1983 33 1.88 m
(6 ft 2 in)
 Serbia and Montenegro FP 2004 12 years
(21/33)
0 1 0 1 [2]
 Montenegro FP 2008 2012 2016
3 2020 O Montenegro Draško Brguljan 1984 36 1.94 m
(6 ft 4 in)
 Montenegro FP 2008 2012 2016 2020 13 years
(23/36)
0 0 0 0 [3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^
    FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team participated at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2000. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team
    ".

References

  1. ^
    FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Predrag Jokić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Draško Brguljan". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Aleksandar Ivović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Aleksandar Ivović". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Mlađan Janović". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Zdravko Radić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Miloš Šćepanović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Denis Šefik". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Slaven Kandić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Petar Tešanović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Vjekoslav Pasković". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Mlađan Janović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Veljko Uskoković". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

Sources

Official Reports (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

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)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

Official website (IOC)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

Olympedia

Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

Water polo on the Todor66 website:

ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

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