Russia women'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 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 teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Russia (RUS)0022

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (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. ^ a b "Nadezhda Glyzina". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Evgenia Soboleva". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Ekaterina Lisunova". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "Ekaterina Prokofyeva". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Sofia Konukh". 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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)

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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: