| Year: | 2016 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| City: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Venue: | Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, Olympic Aquatics Stadium |
| Dates: | 6–20 August 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 4 |
| Competitors: | 154 |
| Champion: | SRB |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | CRO |
| Third: | ITA |
| Fourth: | MNE |
| Matches: | 42 |
| Goals: | 704 |
| Multiple Appearances: | 5-time Olympian(s): 2 players 4-time Olympian(s): 7 players |
| Multiple Medalists: | 3-time medalist(s): 5 players |
| Top Scorer: |  Filip Filipović Guillermo Molina(19 goals in 8 matches) |
| Most Saves: |  Slobodan Soro(81 saves in 8 matches) |
| Top Sprinter: |  Rhys Howden(18 sprints won in 5 matches) |
| Mvp: | Filip Filipović |
| Previous: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016.[1] Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Serbia won the gold medal by defeating Croatia in the final. Bronze was won by Italy after beating Montenegro.[2] After the Rio Olympics, Serbia national team held Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, World Cup and World League titles simultaneously.
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| width=30% | Qualification! | width=21% | Date! | width=24% | Host! | width=7% | Berths! | width=18% | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 2 October 2009 | 1 | |||||||
| 23–28 June 2015 | 1 | ||||||||
| 7–15 July 2015 | 1 | ||||||||
| 27 July – 8 August 2015 | 2 | ||||||||
| Oceanian Continental Selection[3] | 19 October 2015 | 1 | |||||||
| 16–20 December 2015 | 1 | ||||||||
| 10–23 January 2016 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3–10 April 2016 | 4 | ||||||||
| Total | 12 | ||||||||
The draw was held on 10 April 2016.[4]
Teams from twelve nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.
The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.[5]
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The following referees were selected for the tournament.[6]
German Moller Daniel Flahive
Mark Koganov Fabio Toffoli
Marie-Claude Deslières
Ni Shi Wei
Hatem Gaber
Benjamin Mercier
Péter Molnár
Filippo Gomez
Tadao Tahara
Stanko Ivanovski
Radosław Koryzna
Adrian Alexandrescu
Sergey Naumov Vojin Putniković Francesc Buch
Joseph Peila
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See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament.
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See main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics.
See main article: List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments.
Five-time Olympian(s): 2 players
Four-time Olympian(s): 7 players
See main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men).
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches played | Goals per match | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 8 | 2.375 | 44 | 43.2% | ||
| 8 | 2.375 | 50 | 38.0% | ||||
| 3 | 17 | 8 | 2.125 | 45 | 37.8% | ||
| 4 | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 32 | 46.9% | ||
| 5 | 14 | 8 | 1.750 | 38 | 36.8% | ||
| 8 | 1.750 | 40 | 35.0% | ||||
| 8 | 1.750 | 31 | 45.2% | ||||
| 5 | 2.800 | 42 | 33.3% | ||||
| 8 | 1.750 | 30 | 46.7% | ||||
| 8 | 1.750 | 35 | 40.0% |
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Team | Saves | Matches played | Saves per match | Shots | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 81 | 8 | 10.125 | 152 | 53.3% | |||
| 2 | 67 | 8 | 8.375 | 118 | 56.8% | |||
| 3 | 63 | 8 | 7.875 | 115 | 54.8% | |||
| 4 | 60 | 8 | 7.500 | 119 | 50.4% | |||
| 5 | 57 | 8 | 7.125 | 98 | 58.2% | |||
| 6 | 56 | 8 | 7.000 | 120 | 46.7% | |||
| 7 | 52 | 8 | 6.500 | 102 | 51.0% | |||
| 5 | 10.400 | 113 | 46.0% | |||||
| 9 | 51 | 8 | 6.375 | 101 | 50.5% | |||
| 10 | 46 | 5 | 9.200 | 88 | 52.3% |
| Rank | Sprinter | Team | Sprints won | Matches played | Sprints won per match | Sprints contested | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 5 | 3.600 | 19 | 94.7% | ||
| 2 | 16 | 8 | 2.000 | 17 | 94.1% | ||
| 3 | 14 | 8 | 1.750 | 15 | 93.3% | ||
| 4 | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 17 | 70.6% | ||
| 5 | 10 | 8 | 1.250 | 18 | 55.6% | ||
| 6 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 14 | 57.1% | ||
| 8 | 1.000 | 18 | 44.4% | ||||
| 8 | 1.000 | 14 | 57.1% | ||||
| 9 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 10 | 70.0% | ||
| 5 | 1.400 | 12 | 58.3% |
The men's all-star team was announced on 20 August 2016.
Filip Filipović (left-handed, 19 goals) Darko Brguljan (15 goals) Filip Filipović (left-handed, 19 goals) Guillermo Molina (19 goals, 1 sprints won) Slobodan Nikić (centre forward, 10 goals) Christian Presciutti (14 goals)