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.
Dezső Gyarmati is the first and only athlete (man or woman) to win five Olympic medals in water polo (three gold, one silver and one bronze).
[1] Filip Filipović, Duško Pijetlović and Andrija Prlainović, all representing Serbia, won four consecutive Olympic medals between 2008 and 2021.
Forty-eight male athletes won three Olympic medals in water polo.