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

The China women's national water polo team has participated in 3 of 5 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

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
•     – Hosts

Women's team[1]	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Years
China			5th	5th	7th	Q	4
Total teams	6	8	8	8	8	10

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

Women's team[1]	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
China	3	3	3	2008*	2016	Fifth place	Asia – AASF

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

Women's team[1]	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
China	Fifth place (2008*, 2012)	3	Asia – AASF

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

Women's team[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
China	0					—	—

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
China (CHN)	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 four-time Olympians: 0
• Number of three-time Olympians: 3
• Last updated: 26 July 2021.

Legend

•     – Hosts

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
3	Sun Yating	1988	FP	2008	2012	2016			20/28			[2]
	Yang Jun	1988	GK	2008	2012	2016			20/28			[3]
	Ma Huanhuan	1990	FP	2008	2012	2016			18/26			[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 (40+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 1
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Legend

•     – Hosts

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	Ma Huanhuan	1990	Right	37	2008 (7)	2012 (19)	2016 (11)			18/26			[5]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 59–60), 2012 (pp. 350–351), 2016 (pp. 203–204).

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.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2008	1	Yang Jun	1988	20	39	89	43.8%		Starting goalkeeper	[3]
	13	Tan Ying	1987	21	0	2	0.0%			[6]
2012	1	Yang Jun (2)	1988	24	44	106	41.5%		Starting goalkeeper	[3]
	13	Wang Ying	1988	24	17	25	68.0%			[7]
2016	1	Yang Jun (3)	1988	28	55	118	46.6%		Starting goalkeeper	[3]
	13	Peng Lin	1995	21	0	2	0.0%			[8]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 59–60), 2012 (pp. 350–351), 2016 (pp. 203–204).

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

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• 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	Wang Yi	1987	35	47	74.5%	2008 (18/19)	2012 (17/28)				21/25			[9]
2	Niu Guannan	1992	9	22	40.9%	2016 (9/22)					24/24			[10]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 59–60), 2012 (pp. 350–351), 2016 (pp. 203–204).

See also

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

References

Sources

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) (p. 56)
• 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
• Women'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

• Olympic water polo – Official website