Ice hockey at the Olympics

During the 6th Olympic Congress in 1914, ice hockey was included in the Olympic program as an “optional sport” alongside other winter sports. Contrary to the variant widespread in Europe , which was played with a ball, the rules provided for “Canadian ice hockey with a disc”. After the games of VI. Olympics in Berlin did not take place due to the First World War , this sport experienced its Olympic premiere in 1920, when it represented the winter sports area of the VII Olympiad in Antwerp together with figure skating . At the subsequent Games of the VIII Olympiad in 1924, ice hockey was again part of the winter sports sector, which this time was held in Chamonix in eastern France and was retrospectively recognized as the First Olympic Winter Games at the 25th session of the IOC on May 6, 1926 . Ice hockey was also part of the competition calendar at all subsequent winter games.

After only men played ice hockey at the Olympic Games for 78 years, women’s ice hockey was included in the Olympic program for the first time in 1998 in Nagano . In addition, sledge ice hockey has been a Paralympic sport since 1994 .

Men's Olympic ice hockey tournament

competition	Final stands
	gold	silver	bronze
Antwerp 1920	Canada	United States	Czechoslovakia
Chamonix 1924	Canada	United States	Great Britain
St. Moritz 1928	Canada	Sweden	Switzerland
Lake Placid 1932	Canada	United States	Germany
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936	Great Britain	Canada	United States
St. Moritz 1948	Canada	Czechoslovakia	Switzerland
Oslo 1952	Canada	United States	Sweden
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956	Soviet Union	United States	Canada
Squaw Valley 1960	United States	Canada	Soviet Union
Innsbruck 1964	Soviet Union	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
Grenoble 1968	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Canada
Sapporo 1972	Soviet Union	United States	Czechoslovakia
Innsbruck 1976	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	BR Germany
Lake Placid 1980	United States	Soviet Union	Sweden
Sarajevo 1984	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
Calgary 1988	Soviet Union	Finland	Sweden
Albertville 1992	United team	Canada	Czechoslovakia
Lillehammer 1994	Sweden	Canada	Finland
Nagano 1998	Czech Republic	Russian Federation	Finland
Salt Lake City 2002	Canada	United States	Russian Federation
Turin 2006	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic
Vancouver 2010	Canada	United States	Finland
Sochi 2014	Canada	Sweden	Finland
Pyeongchang 2018	OA from Russia	Germany	Canada
Beijing 2022

Medal table

after 24 tournaments

rank	country				Total
1	/ Canada	9	4th	3	16
2	Russian Federation (of which Soviet Union ) (of which United Team ) (of which OA from Russia )	9 (7) (1) (1)	2 (1) (-) (-)	2 (1) (-) (-)	13 (9) (1) (1)
3	United States	2	8th	1	11
4th	Sweden	2	3	4th	9
5	Czech Republic (including Czechoslovakia )	1 (-)	4 (4)	5 (4)	10 (8)
6th	Great Britain	1	-	1	2
7th	Finland	-	2	4th	6th
8th	Germany (including BR Germany )	- (-)	1 (-)	2 (1)	3 (1)
9	Switzerland	-	-	2	2

Participations and Achievements

nation	2 0	2 4	2 8	3 2	3 6	4 8	5 2	5 6	6 0	6 4	6 8	7 2	7 6	8 0	8 4	8 8	9 2	9 4	9 8	0 2	0 6	1 0	1 4	1 8	2 2	partial measures
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Belgium	7th	7th	8th	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
People's Republic of China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		1
/ / Germany	-	-	10	3	5												6th	7th	9	8th	10	11	-	2		11
BR Germany						-	8th				7th	7th	3	10	5	5										7th
/ All-German team								6th	6th	7th																3
GDR											8th	-	-	-	-	-										1
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	7th	6th	5	5	4th	4th	6th	2	7th	3	3	6th	2	3	3	6th		18th
France	6th	6th	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	11	8th	10	11	14th	-	-	-	-	?	10
Great Britain	-	3	4th	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	4th
Italy	-	-	-	-	11	8th	-	7th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	9	-	12	9	12	-	11	-	-	-	?	9
Japan	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	8th	11	10	9	9	12	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	?	8th
Yugoslavia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	9	11	10	-	11	-	-	-	-	-						5
/ / / Canada	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	4th	3	-	-	6th	4th	4th	2	2	4th	1	7th	1	1	3		23
Kazakhstan																		-	8th	-	9	-	-	-	?	2
Latvia	-	-	-	-	15th												-	-	-	9	12	12	8th	-	?	5
Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	1
Norway	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	11	8th	-	11	12	12	9	11	-	-	-	10	12	8th	?	12
Austria	-	-	6th	-	7th	7th	-	10	-	13	13	-	8th	-	10	9	-	12	14th	12	-	-	10	-	?	13
Poland	-	-	9	4th	9	6th	6th	8th	-	9	-	6th	6th	7th	8th	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	13
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	7th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	4th
Russian Federation / OA from Russia																		4th	2	3	4th	6th	5	1		8th
Soviet Union / United Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1									10
Sweden	4th	4th	2	-	5	4th	3	4th	5	2	4th	4th	-	3	3	3	5	1	8th	5	1	5	2	5		23
Switzerland	5	8th	3	-	13	3	5	9	-	8th	-	10	11	-	-	8th	10	-	-	11	6th	8th	9	10		18th
Slovakia																		6th	10	13	5	4th	11	11	?	7th
Slovenia																		-	-	-	-	-	7th	9	?	2
South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	?	1
Czech Republic																		5	1	7th	3	7th	6th	4th		8th
Czechoslovakia	3	5	7th	-	4th	2	4th	5	4th	3	2	3	2	5	2	6th	3									16
Ukraine																		-	-	10	-	-	-	-	?	1
Hungary	-	-	11	-	8th	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	?	3
United States	2	2	-	2	3	-	2	2	1	5	6th	2	5	1	7th	7th	4th	8th	6th	2	8th	2	4th	7th		23
Belarus																		-	7th	4th	-	9	-	-	?	3
Number of participants:	7th	8th	11	4th	15th	8th	9	10	9	16	14th	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14th	14th	12	12	12	12	12

: Qualified for the tournament

?: Currently qualifying

Women's Olympic ice hockey tournament

competition	Final stands
	gold	silver	bronze
Nagano 1998	United States	Canada	Finland
Salt Lake City 2002	Canada	United States	Sweden
Turin 2006	Canada	Sweden	United States
Vancouver 2010	Canada	United States	Finland
Sochi 2014	Canada	United States	Switzerland
Pyeongchang 2018	United States	Canada	Finland
Beijing 2022

Medal table

after 6 tournaments

rank	country				Total
1	Canada	4th	2	-	6th
2	United States	2	3	1	6th
3	Sweden	-	1	1	2
4th	Finland	-	-	3	3
5	Switzerland	-	-	1	1

Participations and Achievements

country	19 98	20 02	20 06	20 10	20 14	20 18	partial measures
China	4th	7th	-	7th	-	-	3
Germany	-	6th	5	-	7th	-	3
Finland	3	4th	4th	3	5	3	6th
Italy	-	-	8th	-	-	-	1
Japan	6th	-	-	-	8th	6th	3
Canada	2	1	1	1	1	2	6th
Kazakhstan	-	8th	-	-	-	-	1
Russian Federation	-	5	6th	6th	6th	4th	5
Sweden	5	3	2	4th	4th	7th	6th
Switzerland	-	-	7th	5	3	5	4th
Slovakia	-	-	-	8th	-	-	1
Korea	-	-	-	-	-	8th	1
United States	1	2	3	2	2	1	6th
Number of participants:	6th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th

See also

• Paralympic sledge ice hockey tournament
• Ice Hockey World Championship
• European ice hockey championship

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopedia 1904-2005. Books on Demand , Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 3-8334-4189-5