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

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 Olympic Committee (IOC) and 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

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 team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Montenegro (MNE)	0	0	0	0

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:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 208–209), 2012 (pp. 489–490), 2016 (pp. 128–129).

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:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 208–209), 2012 (pp. 489–490), 2016 (pp. 128–129).

Note:

• Denis Šefik is also listed in Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics, and Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

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:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 208–209), 2012 (pp. 489–490), 2016 (pp. 128–129).

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

• Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Montenegro at the Olympics

Notes

References

Sources

Official Reports (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

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

PDF documents on the FINA website:

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

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

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

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

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

Official Reports (FINA)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (pp. 4–13)
• 1870–2020 | 150 years of Water Polo – Evolution of its rules (archive)

Official website (IOC)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

• Water polo
• Men's water polo

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:

External links

• Montenegro men's national water polo team – Official website (in Montenegrin)
• Olympic water polo – Official website