List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.

There are fifty-nine male athletes who have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo. Dezső Gyarmati of Hungary is the only athlete of either gender to win five Olympic medals in water polo.

Overall multiple medalists
As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 59 male athletes have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo.

By tournament
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2021.


 * Legend
 * Team* – Host team

Sources:
 * Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016);
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 27), 2004 (p. 89), 2008 (p. 79), 2012 (p. 370), 2016 (p. 6), 2020 (p. 11).

By confederation
Last updated: 11 August 2021.

By team
Last updated: 11 August 2021.


 * Legend
 * Team† – Defunct team

By position
Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Three Olympic medals
The following table is pre-sorted by 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. Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Forty-eight male athletes won three Olympic medals in water polo.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Sources:
 * Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016);
 * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 27), 2004 (p. 89), 2008 (p. 79), 2012 (p. 370), 2016 (p. 6), 2020 (p. 11).

Multiple medalists by team
The following tables are 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.


 * Legend
 * Year* – As host team
 * Team† – Defunct team

Belgium
* Number of five-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 11 (1900, 1908–1928, 1936–1952, 1960–1964)
 * As host team: 1920*
 * Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 1
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 3
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Croatia
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 7 (1996–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Related team: Yugoslavia†
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.


 * Abbreviation
 * CRO – Croatia
 * YUG – Yugoslavia

France
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 11 (1900*, 1912–1928, 1936–1948, 1960, 1988–1992, 2016)
 * As host team: 1900*, 1924*
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Germany
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 9 (1900, 1928–1936*, 1952, 1992–1996, 2004–2008)
 * As host team: 1936*
 * Related team: West Germany†
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Great Britain
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 11 (1900, 1908*–1928, 1936–1956, 2012*)
 * As host team: 1908*, 1948*, 2012*
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 2
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Greece
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 16 (1920–1924, 1948, 1968–1972, 1980–2020)
 * As host team: 2004*
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Hungary
* Number of five-time Olympic medalists: 1
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 23 (1912, 1924–1980, 1988–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 6
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 19
 * Last updated: 11 August 2021.

Italy
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 21 (1920–1924, 1948–2020)
 * As host team: 1960*
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Netherlands
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 17 (1908, 1920–1928*, 1936–1952, 1960–1984, 1992–2000)
 * As host team: 1928*
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Russia
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 3 (1996–2004)
 * As host team: —
 * Related teams: Soviet Union†, Unified Team†
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 2
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.


 * Abbreviation
 * EUN – Unified Team
 * RUS – Russia

Serbia
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 3
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 4 (2008–2020)
 * As host team: —
 * Related teams: Yugoslavia†, FR Yugoslavia†, Serbia and Montenegro†
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 11
 * Last updated: 11 August 2021.


 * Abbreviation
 * FRY – FR Yugoslavia
 * SCG – Serbia and Montenegro
 * SRB – Serbia

Serbia and Montenegro

 * Men's national team: †
 * Team appearances: 1 (2004)
 * As host team: —
 * Related teams: Yugoslavia†, FR Yugoslavia†, Montenegro, Serbia
 * Number of five-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Notes:
 * Aleksandar Ćirić is listed in section Serbia.
 * Slobodan Nikić is listed in section Serbia.
 * Aleksandar Šapić is listed in section Serbia.
 * Dejan Savić is listed in section Serbia.
 * Vanja Udovičić is listed in section Serbia.
 * Vladimir Vujasinović is listed in section Serbia.

Soviet Union

 * Men's national team: †
 * Team appearances: 9 (1952–1980*, 1988)
 * As host team: 1980*
 * Related teams: Unified Team†, Russia
 * Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 4
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Note:
 * Yevgeny Sharonov is listed in section Unified Team.

Spain
* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 18 (1920–1928, 1948–1952, 1968–1972, 1980–2020)
 * As host team: 1992*
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.<section end=Spain />

Sweden
<section begin=Sweden />* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 8 (1908–1924, 1936–1952, 1980)
 * As host team: 1912*
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 4
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.


 * Legend
 * – Hosts

Unified Team

 * Men's national team:  Unified Team†
 * Team appearances: 1 (1992)
 * As host team: —
 * Related teams: Soviet Union†, Russia
 * Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.


 * Legend and abbreviation
 * – Hosts
 * EUN – Unified Team
 * URS – Soviet Union

Notes:
 * Dmitry Gorshkov is listed in section Russia.
 * Nikolay Kozlov is listed in section Russia.

United States
<section begin=UnitedStates />* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team:
 * Team appearances: 22 (1920–1972, 1984*–2020)
 * As host team: 1932*, 1984*, 1996*
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.<section end=UnitedStates />

West Germany

 * Men's national team: †
 * Team appearances: 5 (1968–1976, 1984–1988)
 * As host team: 1972*
 * Related teams: Germany
 * Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Yugoslavia
<section begin=Yugoslavia />* Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Men's national team: †
 * Team appearances: 12 (1936–1988)
 * As host team: —
 * Related teams: Croatia, FR Yugoslavia†, Serbia and Montenegro†, Montenegro, Serbia
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.<section end=Yugoslavia />

Note:
 * Perica Bukić is listed in section Croatia.

FR Yugoslavia

 * Men's national team: †
 * Team appearances: 2 (1996–2000)
 * As host team: —
 * Related teams: Yugoslavia†, Serbia and Montenegro†, Montenegro, Serbia
 * Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
 * Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Notes:
 * Aleksandar Ćirić is listed in section Serbia.
 * Aleksandar Šapić is listed in section Serbia.
 * Dejan Savić is listed in section Serbia.
 * Vladimir Vujasinović is listed in section Serbia.