Football at the Summer Olympics

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Football (soccer) has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport. Women's football was added to the official programme in 1996.

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[edit] History

Football was not on the original modern Olympic Games programme, perhaps unsurprisingly, as international football was in its infancy in 1896. However an unofficial football tournament was organised during the first competition. Complete records have been lost but it seems that only two games may have been played. An Athens XI lost to a team representing Smyrna (Izmir), then part of the Ottoman Empire. Smyrna went on to be beaten 15-0 by a team from Denmark. Demonstration tournaments were played at the 1900 and 1904 games and the "Intercalated Games" of 1906, but these were contested by various clubs and scratch teams, and are not considered to be official Olympic events. In 1906 teams from Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Netherlands and France were withdrawn from an unofficial competition and left Denmark, Smyrna (one Armenian, two Frenchmen and eight Britons), Athens and Thessaloniki Music Club to compete. Denmark won the final against Athens 9-0.

[edit] British successes

In the London Games of 1908 a proper international tournament was organised by the Football Association, featuring just six teams, rising to 11 in 1912 (at which event the competition was organised by the Swedish Football Association. These early matches were fairly unbalanced, as witnessed by some large scores; two players, Sophus Nielsen in 1908 and Gottfried Fuchs in 1912, each scored ten goals in a match, a record that stood for over 90 years. All players were amateurs, in accordance with the Olympic spirit, which meant that some countries could not send their full international team. Great Britain got around this problem by sending the England national amateur team (some of whom played with professional clubs within England, most notably Derby County's Ivan Sharpe and Chelsea's Vivian Woodward), who managed to win the first two official tournaments convincingly, beating Denmark on both occasions.

[edit] The 1920s and the rise of the Uruguayans

The competition became increasingly important throughout the 1920s, although that decade witnessed a bad day in the history of the Olympic movement when, during the 1920 final, Czechoslovakia walked from the field of play, in order to raise awareness of their displeasure regarding the refereeing of John Lewis and the militarised mood within the stadium in Antwerp. In both the 1924 and 1928 editions of the competition, the Olympic movement was given an almighty filip with the entrance of Uruguay and Argentina. The first of those teams were successful in both competitions (these were the only competitions that they have ever participated in) and FIFA became conscious that the Olympic movement was not only hindering the ability of nations to participate on an equal footing but, given that the Olympics only permitted amateurs to participate, was not representing the true strength of the international game.

[edit] The Olympics after the First World Cup

With Henri Delaunay's proposal, in 1929, to initiate a professional World Championship of football (hence the launch of the World Cup in Uruguay in 1930), FIFA did not want the Olympic tournament to overshadow their own showpiece event,[citation needed] so football was dropped from the 1932 Los Angeles Games (the official reason was that the game was not popular in the United States), and it returned at the 1936 Berlin Games. The German organisers were intent on the return of the game to the Olympic movement since it guaranteed vital income into the organisation's coffers. In any event, it proved to be a considerable success, more so since the German national side was defeated by Norway in a second round match that was attended by Adolf Hitler. As professionalism spread around the world, the gap in quality between the two tournaments widened. The countries that benefited most were the Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, where the top athletes were state sponsored while retaining their status as "amateurs". Between 1948 and 1980, 23 out of 27 Olympic medals were won by Eastern European countries, with only Sweden (gold in 1948 and bronze in 1952), Denmark (silver in 1960) and Japan (bronze in 1968) breaking their dominance.

[edit] Changes and developments

For the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the IOC felt a change was necessary to bring interest back, and decided to admit professional players. FIFA still did not want the Olympics to rival the World Cup, so a compromise was struck that allowed teams from Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, Central America and the Caribbean to field their strongest professional sides, while only allowing UEFA and CONMEBOL teams to pick players who had not previously played in a World Cup. Many teams therefore fielded very young teams, including France, who won the 1984 Olympic title in between two semi-final appearances at World Cups.

The idea of youth teams found favour at both FIFA and the IOC, and since 1992 players must be under 23 years of age, with three over-23 players allowed per squad. The tournament is now effectively an "Under-23 World Cup", complementing FIFA's own tournaments at Under-20 and Under-17 levels. The new format allows teams from around the world to compete equally, and African and Asian countries have taken particular advantage of this, with Nigeria and Cameroon winning in 1996 and 2000 respectively.

Because of the unusual format, several of the historically strongest footballing countries have unimpressive Olympic records. The Netherlands won bronze in the first three tournaments, but has not reached the finals since 1952. Uruguay won the tournament in their first two attempts, in 1924 and 1928, but those are their only appearances. Argentina won silver twice before the 2004 Athens Games, but its appearance in Athens, in which it won the gold medal, was only their fifth overall. Brazil's two silver medals in the 1980s is the best they have achieved, and the men's team failed to qualify in 1992 and 2004. Hungary won three gold medals, in 1952, 1964 and 1968, but has not returned to the finals since 1996.

[edit] British non-involvement

Great Britain's performances declined after 1912, and its last appearance at the finals was in 1960, even if they participated in the qualifying competitions for the following tournaments. After 1974, when the Football Association abolished the distinction between "amateur" and "professional" football, Great Britain no longer entered the qualifying competition, and this continued after the change of format in 1984. The main obstacle these days to their participation is political, since the four UK nations - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - have separate international identities within FIFA, which includes a guaranteed position as Vice-Presidency on the FIFA Management Committee and have a 50% presence on the International Football Association Board (which sits annually to debate changes within the Laws of the Game), but compete together as Great Britain in the Olympics. Producing a single team for the Olympics may lead to calls for the UK's special four-team status to be abolished altogether. Now London has been selected as the host for the 2012 Games there will be considerable pressure for the UK to field men's and women's teams for those games, an idea the Scottish Football Association have already distanced themselves from. One suggestion to resolve this is for the four nations to play a tournament with the winning team going on to represent the UK in the Olympics. [1]

[edit] Venues

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Due to the great number of large stadia required for the Olympic tournament, venues in distant cities - often more than 200 km (120 miles) away from the main host city - are typically used for the football tournament, especially in the early rounds. In an extreme example, two early-round venues for the 1984 Games were on the U.S. East Coast, well over 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the host city of Los Angeles. The next Games held in the United States, the 1996 Games, were unique in that no matches were held in the host city of Atlanta; the nearest venue and the site of all finals was about 65 miles (105 km) away on the University of Georgia campus in Athens.

Here is a list of all the venues used in the Olympic football tournaments

Edition of the Olympic Games City Stadium
Athens 1896 No football tournament
Paris 1900 Paris Vélodrome de Vincennes
Saint Louis 1904 Saint Louis, Missouri Francis Field
London 1908 London White City Stadium
Stockholm 1912 Stockholm Stockholms Olympiastadion
Råsunda Stadium
Tranenberg Stadium
Antwerp 1920 Antwerp Olympisch Stadion
Royal Antwerp Football Club Stadium
Brussels Stade de l’Union St. Gilloise
Ghent Stade d’A.A. La Gantoise
Paris 1924 Paris Stade Olympique, Colombes
Stade Bergeyre
Stade de Paris, Saint-Ouen
Stade Pershing, Vincennes
Amsterdam 1928 Amsterdam Olympisch Stadion
Rotterdam Het Kasteel
De Kuip
Arnhem Monnikenhuize
Los Angeles 1932 No football tournament
Berlin 1936 Berlin Olympiastadion
Poststadion, Tiergarten
Mommsenstadion, Charlottenburg
Herta-BSC-Platz
London 1948 London Empire Stadium, Wembley
White Hart Lane, Tottenham
Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace
Craven Cottage, Fulham
Griffin Park, Brentford
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury
Cricklefield Stadium, Ilford
Green Pond Road Stadium, Walthamstow
Champion Hill, Dulwich
Brighton Goldstone Ground
Portsmouth Fratton Park
Helsinki 1952 Helsinki Olympiastadion
Football Grounds
Turku Kupittaa Stadium
Tampere Ratina Stadion
Lahti Lahden Stadion
Kotka Kotka Stadion
Melbourne 1956 Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
Football and Athletics Ground, Olympic Park
Rome 1960 Rome Stadio Flaminio
Florence Stadio Comunale
Grosseto Stadio Comunale
Livorno Stadio Ardenza
Pescara Stadio Adriatico
L'Aquila Stadio Comunale
Naples Stadio Fuorigrotta
Tokyo 1964 Tokyo National Olympic Stadium
Prince Chichibu Memorial Field
Komazawa Stadium
Omiya Football Stadium
Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
Mexico City 1968 Mexico City Estadio Azteca
Puebla Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Guadalajara Estadio Jalisco
León Estadio León
Munich 1972 Munich Olympiastadion
Augsburg Rosenaustadion
Ingolstadt ESV-Stadion
Regensburg Jahnstadion
Nuremberg Frankenstadion
Passau Drei Flüsse Stadion
Montreal 1976 Montreal Stade Olympique
Sherbrooke Municipal Stadium
Toronto Varsity Stadium
Ottawa Lansdowne Stadium
Moscow 1980 Moscow Lenin Stadium
Dynamo Stadium
Leningrad Kirov Stadium
Kiev Republican Stadium
Minsk Dinamo Stadium
Los Angeles 1984 Pasadena, California Rose Bowl
Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard Stadium
Annapolis, Maryland Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Palo Alto, California Stanford Stadium
Seoul 1988 Seoul Jamsil Olympic Stadium
Dongdaemun Stadium
Daegu Daegu Stadium
Busan Busan Stadium
Gwangju Gwangju Stadium
Daejeon Daejeon Stadium
Barcelona 1992 Barcelona Camp Nou
Estadio Sarriá
Sabadell Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta
Zaragoza Estadio La Romareda
Valencia Estadio Luis Casanova
Atlanta 1996 Athens, Georgia Sanford Stadium
Orlando, Florida Citrus Bowl
Birmingham, Alabama Legion Field
Miami, Florida Miami Orange Bowl
Washington, D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Sydney 2000 Sydney Olympic Stadium
Sydney Football Stadium
Brisbane Brisbane Cricket Ground
Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium
Canberra Bruce Stadium
Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
Athens 2004 Athens Athens Olympic Stadium
Karaiskaki Stadium
Patras Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Volos Panthessaliko Stadium
Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Iraklion Pankritio Stadium
Beijing 2008 Beijing Beijing National Stadium
Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Workers' Stadium
Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Shanghai Shanghai Stadium
Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Shenyang Wulihe Stadium
London 2012 London Wembley Stadium
Glasgow Hampden Park
Cardiff Millennium Stadium
Manchester Old Trafford
Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park
Birmingham Villa Park

[edit] Events

Event 96 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 Years
Men's competition X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24
Women's competition X X X X 4

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Men

(Note: Where applicable, numbers refer to the number of teams from each country, which used to be common in the early days of Olympic football tournaments)

Nation 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 Years
Image:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina - - - - - - Y - - - - Y Y - - - - - Y - Y - Y 6
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - Y Y Y Y Y 6
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria - - - Y - - - Y Y Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Y - - - Y Y Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil - - - - - - - - - Y - Y Y Y Y Y - Y Y - Y Y - 10
Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria - - - - - - - - - Y Y Y - Y - - - - - - - - - 4
Image:Flag of Myanmar.svg Burma - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - Y - 2
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - Y - - - - - 3
Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile - - - - - - Y - - Y - - - - - - - Y - - - Y - 4
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China - - - - - - - Y Y - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - 3
Image:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y - Y - - Y - - - 4
Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y - - - - Y 3
Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y - - - - - - 3
Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - 1
Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia - - - - Y Y - - - - - - Y Y - - Y - - - - - - 5
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark - - Y Y Y - - - Y Y - Y - - Y - - - - Y - - - 8
Image:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany[1] - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - Y Y Y - - - - - - 3
Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt - - - - Y Y Y Y Y Y - Y Y - - - - Y - Y - - - 10
Image:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland - - - Y - - - Y - Y - - - - - - Y - - - - - - 4
Image:Flag of France.svg France Y - 2 - Y Y - - Y Y - Y - Y - Y - Y - - Y - - 11
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany[2] - - - Y - - Y Y - Y Y - - - Y - - Y Y - - - - 8
Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana - - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y Y - - - - Y Y - Y 6
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Y - Y Y Y - - Y Y Y Y Y - - - - - - - - - - - 9
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece - - - - Y - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - Y 3
Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - Y - - Y - - - - 3
Image:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - 1
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary - - - Y - Y - Y - Y - Y Y Y Y - - - - - Y - - 9
Image:Flag of India.svg India - - - - - - - - Y Y Y Y - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - Y Y - - - - - - - 3
Image:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y Y Y - - - Y 4
Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Israel.svg Israel - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - Y - - - - - - - 2
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy - - - Y Y Y Y Y Y Y - Y - - - - - Y Y Y Y Y Y 14
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan - - - - - - - Y - - Y - Y Y - - - - - - Y Y Y 7
Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea - - - - - - - - Y - - - Y - - - - - Y Y Y Y Y 7
Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Y - Y - 3
Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg - - - - Y - Y Y Y Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5
Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Mali.svg Mali - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y 1
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico - - - - - - - - Y - - - Y Y Y Y - - - Y Y - Y 7
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - Y - - Y - Y - Y Y 6
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands - - Y Y Y Y Y - Y Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7
Image:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles.svg Netherlands Antilles - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Y - Y - Y Y - 5
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway - - - Y Y - - Y - Y - - - - - - - Y - - - - - 5
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Y 2
Image:Flag of Peru (state).svg Peru - - - - - - - Y - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland - - - - - Y - Y - Y - Y - - Y Y - - - Y - - - 7
Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - Y 3
Image:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - Y - - - 2
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania - - - - - - - - - Y - - Y - - - - - - - - - - 2
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Y - - 2
Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Serbia and Montenegro - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y 1
Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - 1
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain - - - - Y Y Y - - - - - - Y - Y Y - - Y Y Y - 9
Image:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden - - Y Y Y Y - Y Y Y - - - - - - - - Y Y - - - 9
Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland - - - - - Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Syria.svg Syria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand - - - - - - - - - - Y - - Y - - - - - - - - - 2
Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - Y - Y - Y 4
Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey - - - - - Y - Y Y Y - Y - - - - - - - - - - - 5
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay - - - - - Y Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States - Y - - - Y Y Y Y Y Y - - - Y - - Y Y Y Y Y - 13
Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union - - - - - - - - - Y Y - - - Y Y Y - Y - - - - 6
Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - - - - - - 1
Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia - - - - Y Y - - Y Y Y Y Y - - - Y Y Y - - - - 10
Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Y - Y - - - - 2
Nations 3 2 5 11 14 22 17 16 18 25 11 16 14 16 16 13 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

[edit] Women

Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.

Nation 96 00 04 08 Years
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina – – – Q 1
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia – 7 5 – 2
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 4 4 2 – 3
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2 5 9 Q 3
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 8 – – – 1
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 3 3 Q 4
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece – – 10 – 1
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7 – 7 Q 3
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico – – 8 – 1
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria – 8 6 – 2
Image:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea – – – Q 1
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 3 1 – Q 2
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 6 6 4 Q 4
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 2 1 – 3
Total 8 8 10 12

[edit] Men's tournament

The qualifying tournament, like that for the World Cup, is organised along continental lines. Most continental confederations organise a special Under-23 qualifying tournament, although the European qualifiers are drawn from the finalists of the UEFA Under-21 Championship (in practice, an U-23 event). For the 2008 Beijing Games, the number of places allocated to each continent was:

[edit] Women's tournament

The women's tournament is contested between full national sides, with no age restrictions. The teams are chosen from the best of the previous year's World Cup, with one spot reserved for the host country.

The first women's tournament was at the 1996 Atlanta Games. The US won the gold medal, and picked up silver in 2000 after an extra time defeat by Norway. The US team was involved in another extra-time final in 2004, this time defeating Brazil.

Qualifying for the 2004 tournament was much less organised, due to the lack of countries playing at a high enough standard. Allocation of places for each continent in the 2004 Games was:

The 2008 tournament is expected to be a much tougher competition, because the level of women's international play has improved.

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Men's Medal Table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (HUN) 3 1 1 5
2 Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR) 3 0 0 3
3 Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (URS) 2 0 3 5
4 Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (URU) 2 0 0 2
5 Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia (YUG) 1 3 1 5
6 Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (ARG) 1 2 0 3
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (POL) 1 2 0 3
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (ESP) 1 2 0 3
9 Image:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany (GDR)[1] 1 1 2 4
10 Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 1 0 2
Image:Flag of France.svg France (FRA) 1 1 0 2
12 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA) 1 0 2 3
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (SWE) 1 0 2 3
14 Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (BEL) 1 0 1 2
15 Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (CMR) 1 0 0 1
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada (CAN) 1 0 0 1
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (NGR) 1 0 0 1
18 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (DEN) 0 3 1 4
19 Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (BRA) 0 2 1 3
20 Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA) 0 1 1 2
Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (BUL) 0 1 1 2
22 Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay (PAR) 0 1 0 1
Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1
25 Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED) 0 0 3 3
26 Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile (CHI) 0 0 1 1
Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (GHA) 0 0 1 1
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1
Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (FRG) 0 0 1 1

[edit] Women's Medal Table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA) 2 1 0 3
2 Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (NOR) 1 0 1 2
3 Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (BRA) 0 1 0 1
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN) 0 1 0 1
5 Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER) 0 0 2 2

[edit] Men

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place
1900
Details 		Paris Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain 		[3] Image:Flag of France.svg
France 		Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium 		[3]
1904
Details 		St. Louis Image:Flag of Canada-1868-Red.svg
Canada 		[4] Image:US flag 45 stars.svg
United States 		Image:US flag 45 stars.svg
United States 		[4]
1908
Details 		London Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark 		Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
1912
Details 		Stockholm Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain 		4 - 2 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark 		Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		9 - 0 Image:Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
1920
Details 		Antwerp Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium 		[5] Image:Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg
Spain 		Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands 		[5] Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg
Italy
1924
Details 		Paris Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay 		3 - 0 Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg
Switzerland 		Image:Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden 		1 - 1
aet 		Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Match replay: 3 - 1
1928
Details 		Amsterdam Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg
Uruguay 		1 - 1
aet 		Image:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina 		Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg
Italy 		11 - 3 Image:Flag of Egypt 1922.svg
Egypt
Match replay: 2 - 1
1932 Los Angeles No football tournament No football tournament
1936
Details 		Berlin Image:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg
Italy 		2 - 1
aet 		Image:Flag of Austria.svg
Austria 		Image:Flag of Norway.svg
Norway 		3 - 2 Image:Flag of Poland.svg
Poland
1948
Details 		London Image:Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden 		3 - 1 Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
Yugoslavia 		Image:Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark 		5 - 3 Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain
1952
Details 		Helsinki Image:Flag of Hungary 1949-1956.gif
Hungary 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
Yugoslavia 		Image:Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
1956
Details 		Melbourne Image:Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg
USSR 		1 - 0 Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
Yugoslavia 		Image:Flag of Bulgaria (1946-1967).svg
Bulgaria 		3 - 0 Image:Flag of India.svg
India
1960
Details 		Rome Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
Yugoslavia 		3 - 1 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark 		Image:Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png
Hungary 		2 - 1 Image:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
1964
Details 		Tokyo Image:Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png
Hungary 		2 - 1 Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg
Czechoslovakia 		Image:Flag of East Germany.svg
East Germany[1] 		3 - 1 Image:Flag of United Arab Republic.svg
United Arab Republic
1968
Details 		Mexico City Image:Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png
Hungary 		4 - 1 Image:Flag of Bulgaria (1967).png
Bulgaria 		Image:Flag of Japan.svg
Japan 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
1972
Details 		Munich Image:Flag of Poland.svg
Poland 		2 - 1 Image:Flag of Hungary (1957-1989).png
Hungary 		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg USSR
Image:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 		2 - 2[6]
aet
1976
Details 		Montreal Image:Flag of East Germany.svg
East Germany 		3 - 1 Image:Flag of Poland.svg
Poland 		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg
USSR 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
1980
Details 		Moscow Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg
Czechoslovakia 		1 - 0 Image:Flag of East Germany.svg
East Germany 		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg
USSR 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
Yugoslavia
1984
Details 		Los Angeles Image:Flag of France.svg
France 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil 		Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
Yugoslavia 		2 - 1 Image:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
1988
Details 		Seoul Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
USSR 		2 - 1
aet 		Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil 		Image:Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany 		3 - 0 Image:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
1992
Details 		Barcelona Image:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain 		3 - 2 Image:Flag of Poland.svg
Poland 		Image:Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana 		1 - 0 Image:Flag of Australia.svg
Australia
1996
Details 		Atlanta Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg
Nigeria 		3 - 2 Image:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina 		Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil 		5 - 0 Image:Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
2000
Details 		Sydney Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg
Cameroon 		2 - 2
asdet 		Image:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain 		Image:Flag of Chile.svg
Chile 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of the United States.svg
United States
5 - 3 on penalty shootout
2004
Details 		Athens Image:Flag of Argentina.svg
Argentina 		1 - 0 Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg
Paraguay 		Image:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy 		1 - 0 Image:Flag of Iraq.svg
Iraq
2008
Details 		Beijing
  1. ^ a b c The East German team represented the United Team of Germany in 1964, winning the bronze medal.
  2. ^ The team represented the United Team of Germany in 1956, and the Federal Republic of Germany (i.e., West Germany) in 1972, 1984 and 1988, and winning the bronze medal in 1988.
  3. ^ a b The 1900 tournament was originally a pair of demonstration matches between the three teams, but has subsequently been upgraded to official status by the IOC with medals attributed to the teams based upon the match results.
  4. ^ a b The 1904 tournament was originally a set of demonstration matches between the three teams (two from the United States), but has subsequently been upgraded to official status by the IOC with medals attributed to the teams based upon the round-robin results.
  5. ^ a b In 1920, Czechoslovakia abandoned the final match against Belgium after 40 minutes with the latter up 2-0. They were disqualified, and a mini-tournament to figure out the other medalists was held, with Spain beating the Netherlands for second place 3-1.
  6. ^ In 1972, the third place match between the Soviet Union and East Germany was a 2-2 tie after extra time had expired. Both teams were awarded bronze medals.

[edit] Women

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place
1996
Details 		Atlanta Image:Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		2 - 1 Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China 		Image:Flag of Norway.svg
Norway 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
2000
Details 		Sydney Image:Flag of Norway.svg
Norway 		3 - 2
asdet 		Image:Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		Image:Flag of Germany.svg
Germany 		2 - 0 Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
2004
Details 		Athens Image:Flag of the United States.svg
United States 		2 - 1
aet 		Image:Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil 		Image:Flag of Germany.svg
Germany 		1 - 0 Image:Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
2008
Details 		Beijing

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c The East German team represented the United Team of Germany in 1964, winning the bronze medal.
  2. ^ The team represented the United Team of Germany in 1956, and the Federal Republic of Germany (i.e., West Germany) in 1972, 1984 and 1988, and winning the bronze medal in 1988.
  3. ^ a b The 1900 tournament was originally a pair of demonstration matches between the three teams, but has subsequently been upgraded to official status by the IOC with medals attributed to the teams based upon the match results.
  4. ^ a b The 1904 tournament was originally a set of demonstration matches between the three teams (two from the United States), but has subsequently been upgraded to official status by the IOC with medals attributed to the teams based upon the round-robin results.
  5. ^ a b In 1920, Czechoslovakia abandoned the final match against Belgium after 40 minutes with the latter up 2-0. They were disqualified, and a mini-tournament to figure out the other medalists was held, with Spain beating the Netherlands for second place 3-1.
  6. ^ In 1972, the third place match between the Soviet Union and East Germany was a 2-2 tie after extra time had expired. Both teams were awarded bronze medals.
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