Football at the Olympics
Men's Olympic football tournament | |
Association | FIFA / IOC |
First edition | 1908 |
Teams | 16 |
Game mode |
Round tournament (4 groups of 4 teams each) Knockout system (from quarterfinals) |
Title holder | Brazil (1st gold) |
Record winner | Hungary (3 × gold) |
Record player |
Antal Dunai Dezső Novák Miklós Páncsics Lajos Szűcs (13 games each)
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Record scorer |
Antal Dunai Sophus Nielsen (13 goals each)
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Website |
fifa.com olympic.org (English) |
Women's Olympic football tournament | |
Association | FIFA / IOC |
First edition | 1996 |
Teams | 12 |
Game mode |
Round-robin tournament (3 groups of 4 teams each) Knockout system (from quarterfinals) |
Title holder | Germany (1st gold) |
Record winner | United States (4 × gold) |
Record player | Formiga (29 games) |
Record scorer | Cristiane (14 goals) |
Website |
fifa.com olympic.org (English) |
Football has been an official Olympic discipline since the 1908 Olympic Games . Two Olympic football tournaments are taking place, an U-23 tournament for men since 1992 and an unlimited one for women since 1996.
Demonstration competitions in football were already held at the Olympic Games in 1900 and 1904 and the interim games in Athens in 1906 . There, however, football clubs and sometimes mixed selections competed against each other. International matches were not played until 1908. The first official encounter in history was won by the Danish national team against a French B team at the 1908 Olympic football tournament . There it was also stipulated that paid players (professionals) are not allowed to participate.
After that, only once, at the 1932 Olympics , football was not part of the Olympic program. The IOC had officially canceled football due to disputes about amateur status. According to other sources, the hosts of the Los Angeles Games were hostile to football. In 1952 qualifying games were introduced for the first time. The games, especially the first round, usually take place not only in the actual venue of the summer games, but also in other places in the country.
Women's football has been an Olympic discipline since the 1996 Atlanta Games , and it was the first time that a women's tournament was held with eight teams.
Importance and player status
The Olympic soccer tournament had the status of a soccer world championship until 1928 , but after the introduction of the same in 1930 and the rise of professionalism , especially in some countries in Europe and South America in the 20s and 30s of the last century, its importance declined sharply, as it was exclusively amateurs were allowed to start and the best players from these countries were therefore no longer allowed to participate in the tournaments. Until 1980 only amateur players were officially allowed to start. This also included the so-called " state amateurs " of the Eastern Bloc countries , which usually allowed them to compete with their national teams, which led to great differences in performance compared to countries with professional football, which could only send amateurs. Because of this, the Eastern Bloc countries, which mostly did not do very well at soccer world championships and soccer European championships , were the eight times Olympic champion after the Second World War until 1988.
In 1984 the IOC wanted to allow professional players to take part in the tournaments for the first time after the tournament had continued to lose importance. As a compromise, a compromise was reached with FIFA that national teams from UEFA and CONMEBOL were only allowed to field professionals who had not yet participated in a football World Cup. This rule was replaced in 1992 by an age restriction according to which only players who are not older than 23 years, regardless of whether they are amateur or professional, are allowed to participate. The Olympic soccer tournament has thus developed into a high point for the careers of young soccer players. Since 1996, however, each team has been allowed to be supplemented by up to three older players, so that in 2008, for example, Argentina and Brazil competed with teams that were reinforced by senior national players (including Ronaldinho , Riquelme ) and in 2012 Spain used players who had previously won the European Championship could. Often there are also under 23-year-olds who have long been a national team player thanks to their talent.
For the reasons mentioned above, FIFA generally only recognizes the matches up to the tournament of the Melbourne Games in 1956 as official A international matches .
See also: FIFA regulations on international matches
In contrast to the men, there is no age limit at the women's tournament. As a rule, the respective national teams compete there, which means that the women's Olympic soccer tournament has a far greater sporting value than that of the men, comparable to that of a women's world championship .
Overview of the competitions
The soccer tournaments of 1900, 1904 and 1906 are fully recognized by the IOC - FIFA classifies them as demonstration sports at the Olympic Games because only club teams took part.
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competition | 00 | 04 | 06 | 08 | 12 | 20th | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20th | Games |
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Men | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 27 | |
Women | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of competitions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Men's Olympic football tournament
qualification
In the first few years there were no qualifications before the start of the games. In some sources, however, the preliminary or first rounds that took place at the location of the games are referred to as "qualifications". An actual qualification with home and away legs was introduced in 1956 to reduce the number of registered participants. For cost and political reasons, several countries canceled, so that only 11 nations started in Melbourne. From 1960 there were continental qualifications, with Israel first taking part in the European qualification, from 1964 to 1976 in the Asian qualification, in 1980 and 1984 again in the European qualifications and in 1988 in the oceanic qualification. Israel has been participating in the European qualification again since 1992. After the People's Republic of China took part in the qualification for the first time in 1980 (but then boycotted the Games), the Republic of China had to take part as “ Chinese Taipei ” - first in 1984 and 1988 in the Oceanic qualification, since 1992 in the Asian qualification again.
From 1964 to 1984, the defending champion was automatically qualified in addition to the host.
The U-21 European Championship has been decisive for qualifying in Europe since 1992, and the U-20 South American Football Championship in South America since 2008 . Separate qualification competitions take place on the other four continents, with some intercontinental play-off games taking place, as most recently between Senegal and Oman. Great Britain also plays a special role: Since the four British national teams take part in the European championships, there is no possibility that Great Britain can qualify for the Olympic Games. If z. B. England or Scotland occupied one of the places that was necessary for participation, the next best European team moved up. This was e.g. For example, in 1996 when Scotland finished fourth, which allowed Portugal to qualify. Only in 2012 was a British team able to host the finals again due to the host role.
The tournaments at a glance
* In contrast to FIFA, the demonstration tournaments of 1900 and 1904 are regarded by the IOC as official Olympic tournaments and are taken into account accordingly in their statistics. Although in both cases there were no national teams or national teams at the start, the medals are assigned to the countries of the participating clubs or selections.
** Final against Czechoslovakia canceled when the score was 2: 0, instead tournament for 2nd place.
*** Two bronze medals were awarded.
Medal table
after 23 tournaments since 1908
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* In 1972 two bronze medals were awarded because the game for third place between the GDR and the USSR ended 2-2 (2-1) after extra time and a penalty shoot-out was not planned at that time.
** The bronze medal from 1964 was won by the GDR selection , which last time participated in the Olympic Games in Tokyo in an all-German Olympic team with the FRG under the name Germany . Previously, the GDR had prevailed in the qualifying games against the DFB selection .
Record player
Italic: not used |
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rank | player | Gates | Tournaments |
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1 | Antal Dunai | 13 | 1968 (6), 1972 (7) |
Sophus Nielsen | 13 | 1908 (11), 1912 (2) | |
3 | Ferenc Bene | 12 | 1964 |
4th | Pedro Petrone | 11 | 1924 (7), 1928 (4) |
Domingo Tarasconi | 11 | 1928 | |
Harold Walden | 11 | 1912 | |
7th | Kazimierz Deyna | 10 | 1972 (9), 1976 (1) |
Gottfried Fuchs | 10 | 1912 | |
9 | Vilhelm Wolfhagen | 9 | 1908 (8), 1912 (1) |
10 | Adolfo Baloncieri | 8th | 1920 (1), 1924 (1), 1928 (6) |
Kunishige Kamamoto | 8th | 1964 (1), 1968 (7) | |
Rajko Mitic | 8th | 1948 (2), 1952 (6) | |
Ibrahim Riyadh | 8th | 1964 | |
Héctor Scarone | 8th | 1924 (5), 1928 (3) | |
Jan Vos | 8th | 1912 | |
Carlos Tévez | 8th | 2004 | |
Bebeto | 8th | 1988 (2), 1996 (6) |
Participation and final round placement
All 87 countries or teams that have competed at least once in an Olympic final tournament are listed here.
Olympiads | Tournament placements | Meld. total |
Participation |
Disqu. / Withdrawal boycott |
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IV. | V. | VII. | VIII. | IX. | XI. | XIV. | XV. | XVI. | XVII. | XVIII. | XIX. | XX. | XXI. | XXII. | XXIII. | XXIV. | XXV. | XXVI. | XXVII. | XXVIII. | XXIX. | XXX. | XXXI. | |||||
country | '08 | '12 | '20 | '24 | '28 | '36 | '48 | '52 | '56 | '60 | '64 | '68 | '72 | '76 | '80 | '84 | '88 | '92 | '96 | '00 | '04 | '08 | '12 | '16 | HE | Agony | ||
Afghanistan | VR | z | z | z | • | • | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
/ Egypt VA Republic |
A. | V | 4th | A. | A. | A. | z | E. | 4th | z | • | • | B. | V | • | E. | • | • | • | • | V | • | 22nd | 12 | 8th | 2 | ||
Algeria | • | • | • | V | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | E. | 13 | 2 | 11 | - | |||||||||||
Argentina | 2 | E. | E. | • | • | B. | V | • | 2 | • | 1 | 1 | • | E. | 14th | 8th | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
Australia | V | z | V | 4th | E. | E. | V | E. | • | • | 10 | 7th | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 1 | A. | V | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 13 | 4th | 9 | - | |||||||||||
/ Burma Myanmar |
• | z | E. | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 1 | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil | V | E. | E. | E. | E. | 4th | • | 2 | 2 | • | 3 | V | • | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | - | ||||||||
/ / / Bulgaria | n | A. | VR | 3 | E. | • | 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | 5 | 13 | 1 | |||||
Chile | VR | VR | • | • | • | • | • | • | V | • | • | • | 3 | • | • | • | • | 17th | 4th | 13 | - | |||||||
China | •• | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | E. | • | • | 11 | 2 | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||||
Taiwan Chinese Taipei |
A. | A. | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | 3 | 13 | - | ||||||||
Costa Rica | • | • | E. | E. | d | • | • | V | • | • | • | 11 | 3 | 7th | 1 | |||||||||||||
Denmark | 2 | 2 | A. | 3 | V | 2 | • | Z | • | • | • | • | V | • | • | • | • | • | V | 19th | 9 | 10 | - | |||||
GDR | • | 3 | 1 | 2 | B. | • | 6th | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
/ / Germany as a whole. Team BR Germany |
A. | n | V | V | n | 4th | VR | • | 3 | • | Z | • | • | V | 3 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | 20th | 10 | 10 | 2 | ||
Ivory Coast | z | • | z | • | • | V | • | • | 8th | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
El Salvador | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | 1 | 11 | - | ||||||||||||
Estonia | VR | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 1 | 6th | - | |||||||||||||||||
Fiji | z | • | • | • | • | • | • | E. | 8th | 1 | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
/ Finland | 4th | A. | A. | • | • | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 4th | 13 | - | |||||||
France | H | •• | V | A. | V | E. | E. | • | V | • | V | • | 1 | • | • | V | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | 10 | 10 | 1 | |||
France -B | V | 1 | 1 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gabon | • | z | • | d | • | • | E. | • | 8th | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
/ Ghana | • | V | E. | E. | B. | B. | • | • | 3 | V | • | E. | • | • | • | 15th | 6th | 7th | 2 | |||||||||
/ Greece | A. | E. | • | d | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | E. | • | • | • | 17th | 3 | 13 | 1 | |||||||
Great Britain | 1 | 1 | A. | V | 4th | E. | V | E. | • | • | • | V | 12 | 9 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||
Guatemala | V | • | E. | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | 3 | 10 | - | |||||||||||
Guinea | E. | • | • | z | • | z | d | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Honduras | z | • | • | • | • | E. | • | E. | V | 4th | 10 | 4th | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
country | '08 | '12 | '20 | '24 | '28 | '36 | '48 | '52 | '56 | '60 | '64 | '68 | '72 | '76 | '80 | '84 | '88 | '92 | '96 | '00 | '04 | '08 | '12 | '16 | Meld. | HE | Agony | Disqu. |
India | A. | VR | 4th | E. | • | z | • | • | • | z | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 4th | 11 | 2 | |||||||
Indonesia | V | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | 1 | 15th | - | ||||||||
Iraq | • | • | • | • | • | V | E. | E. | • | • | 4th | • | • | E. | 14th | 5 | 9 | - | ||||||||||
/ Iran | z | E. | z | E. | V | B. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | 3 | 7th | 3 | |||||||||||
Ireland | V | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 2 | 12 | - | ||||||||||
Israel | • | • | • | V | • | V | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | 2 | 14th | - | ||||||||
/ Italy | A. | V | V | 3 | 1 | V | A. | 4th | D. | z | • | • | 4th | 4th | V | E. | V | 3 | V | • | • | 21st | 15th | 4th | 2 | |||
Japan | V | n | VR | • | V | 3 | • | • | • | • | • | • | E. | V | E. | E. | 4th | E. | 17th | 9 | 7th | 1 | ||||||
Yugoslavia Serbia & Montenegro Serbia |
A. | VR | A. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6th | z | • | • | 4th | 3 | E. | • | n | • | E. | E. | • | • | 20th | 13 | 6th | 2 | |||
/ Cameroon | z | • | z | E. | • | • | 1 | • | V | • | • | 11 | 3 | 6th | 2 | |||||||||||||
Canada | • | • | E. | • | V | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | 2 | 11 | - | |||||||||||
Qatar | E. | • | V | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | 2 | 7th | - | |||||||||||||||
Colombia | • | • | E. | E. | • | E. | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | • | V | 15th | 5 | 10 | - | |||||||||
Cuba | • | E. | V | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | 2 | 8th | - | ||||||||||||||
Kuwait | • | • | V | • | • | E. | • | E. | • | • | • | • | 12 | 3 | 9 | - | ||||||||||||
Latvia | A. | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 1 | 6th | - | |||||||||||||||||
Lithuania | VR | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 1 | 6th | - | |||||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | A. | A. | A. | A. | A. | A. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 6th | 11 | - | |||||||
Malaysia | • | z | E. | • | B. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 1 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||
Mali | z | • | z | • | z | • | • | V | • | • | • | 11 | 1 | 7th | 3 | |||||||||||||
Morocco | • | E. | z | Z | • | • | E. | • | E. | • | E. | E. | • | E. | • | 15th | 7th | 7th | 1 | |||||||||
/ / Mexico | A. | A. | z | • | E. | 4th | Z | E. | d | • | D. | E. | V | • | E. | • | 1 | E. | 18th | 11 | 4th | 3 | ||||||
New Zealand | • | • | • | • | • | • | E. | E. | • | 9 | 2 | 7th | - | |||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | A. | A. | VR | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | V | • | • | 22nd | 8th | 14th | - | ||
Netherlands Antilles Curacao |
A. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | z | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | • | • | E. | • | B. | E. | • | E. | 1 | V | • | 2 | • | 3 | 14th | 7th | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||
North Korea | •• | z | • | V | • | d | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | 1 | 8th | 3 | ||||||||||||
Norway | V | V | 3 | A. | • | • | B. | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
/ Austria | V | n | 2 | A. | V | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | 4th | 13 | 1 | ||||||
Paraguay | • | • | • | • | V | • | • | 2 | • | • | • | 11 | 2 | 9 | - | |||||||||||||
country | '08 | '12 | '20 | '24 | '28 | '36 | '48 | '52 | '56 | '60 | '64 | '68 | '72 | '76 | '80 | '84 | '88 | '92 | '96 | '00 | '04 | '08 | '12 | '16 | Meld. | HE | Agony | Disqu. |
Peru | V | E. | • | • | • | • | • | z | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||
Poland | VR | 4th | A. | E. | z | • | 1 | 2 | • | • | • | 2 | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | 7th | 10 | 1 | ||||||
Portugal | •• | V | • | • | • | 4th | • | E. | • | • | V | 11 | 4th | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
/ / Romania | A. | VR | • | • | 5 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | 3 | 15th | - | ||||||
Russian Federation Soviet Union |
V | A. | 1 | • | • | 3 | 3 | 3 | B. | 1 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 7th | 9 | 1 | |||||||
Zambia | • | B. | E. | • | V | d | • | • | • | • | • | 11 | 2 | 7th | 2 | |||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | • | E. | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | 9 | 2 | 7th | - | |||||||||||||||
Sweden | 4th | A. | V | 3 | A. | 1 | 3 | • | V | V | • | • | • | • | • | V | 16 | 10 | 6th | - | ||||||||
Switzerland | •• | 2 | A. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | E. | • | 15th | 3 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||
Senegal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | V | • | 12 | 1 | 11 | - | ||||||||||||
Slovakia | • | E. | • | • | • | • | 6th | 1 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
/ / / Spain | 2 | VR | V | • | V | • | E. | E. | • | • | 1 | V | 2 | • | • | E. | • | 17th | 10 | 7th | - | |||||||
South Africa | • | E. | • | • | • | V | 6th | 2 | 4th | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Sudan | • | • | • | E. | • | z | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||
South Korea | V | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | • | E. | E. | E. | E. | V | E. | 3 | V | 17th | 10 | 7th | - | |||||||
Syria | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | 1 | 8th | - | |||||||||||||||
Thailand | VR | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 2 | 12 | - | ||||||||||
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia |
F. | VR | • | 2 | E. | • | 1 | B. | • | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | 16 | 6th | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
Tunisia | E. | • | • | • | • | • | E. | • | E. | • | E. | • | • | • | 14th | 4th | 10 | - | ||||||||||
Turkey | n | VR | A. | A. | V | V | •• | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 6th | 13 | 2 | |||
/ / Hungary | V | n | A. | A. | 1 | •• | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | • | • | • | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 9 | 10 | 2 | |||
Uruguay | 1 | 1 | • | • | • | • | z | • | • | • | • | • | • | E. | • | 15th | 3 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||
Venezuela | • | • | E. | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 | 1 | 10 | - | |||||||||||||
South Vietnam Vietnam |
•• | • | • | z | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | - | 7th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
UA Emirates | • | • | • | • | • | • | E. | • | 8th | 1 | 7th | - | ||||||||||||||||
/ United States | A. | A. | A. | A. | VR | V | • | • | • | E. | • | B. | E. | E. | E. | E. | 4th | • | E. | • | • | 21st | 13 | 7th | 1 | |||
Belarus | • | • | • | • | E. | • | 6th | 1 | 5 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Tournament participant | 6th | 11 | 13 | 22nd | 17th | 16 | 18th | 25th | 11 | 16 | 14th | 16 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | Respective record | |||
Explanation:
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competition | places | Stages | Teams | Games | /Game | spectator | Z / game | /Game | /Game | /Game | ||||
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1908 | 1 | 1 | 6th | 6th | 48 | 8.00 | 20,000 | 3,333 | 0 | |||||
1912 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17th | 94 | 5.53 | 83,700 | 4,924 | 0 | |||||
1920 | 3 | 4th | 14th | 18th | 76 | 4.22 | 141,100 | 7,839 | 2 | 0.11 | ||||
1924 | 3 | 4th | 22nd | 24 | 96 | 4.00 | 249,956 | 10,415 | 3 | 0.13 | ||||
1928 | 3 | 4th | 17th | 22nd | 128 | 5.82 | 246,699 | 11,214 | 5 | 0.23 | ||||
1936 | 1 | 4th | 16 | 16 | 78 | 4.88 | 484,500 | 30,281 | 1 | 0.06 | ||||
1948 | 3 | 11 | 18th | 18th | 102 | 5.67 | 242,624 | 13,479 | 5 | 0.28 | 3 | 0.17 | ||
1952 | 5 | 6th | 25th | 26th | 135 | 5.19 | 338.253 | 13.009 | 3 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.04 | ||
1956 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 4.42 | 254.269 | 21,189 | 3 | 0.25 | 0 | |||
1960 | 7th | 8th | 16 | 28 | 120 | 4.28 | 251,804 | 8,993 | 18th | 0.64 | 2 | 0.07 | ||
1964 | 5 | 7th | 14th | 29 | 123 | 4.24 | 554.087 | 19,106 | 15th | 0.52 | 1 | 0.03 | ||
1968 | 4th | 4th | 16 | 32 | 116 | 3.63 | 180,000 | 5,625 | 44 | 1.38 | 17th | 0.53 | ||
1972 | 6th | 6th | 16 | 38 | 135 | 3.55 | 793,000 | 20,868 | 58 | 1.35 | 1 | 0.03 | ||
1976 | 4th | 4th | 13 | 23 | 66 | 2.86 | 630.093 | 27,395 | 40 | 1.74 | 2 | 0.09 | ||
1980 | 4th | 5 | 16 | 32 | 82 | 2.56 | 948,000 | 29,625 | 70 | 2.19 | 3 | 0.09 | ||
1984 | 4th | 4th | 16 | 32 | 84 | 2.62 | 1,425,181 | 44,536 | 72 | 2.25 | 12 | 0.38 | ||
1988 | 5 | 6th | 16 | 32 | 95 | 2.96 | 733.712 | 22,928 | 84 | 2.62 | 6th | 0.19 | ||
1992 | 4th | 5 | 16 | 32 | 87 | 2.72 | 466,300 | 14,571 | 101 | 3.16 | 6th | 0.19 | 9 | 0.28 |
1996 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 90 | 2.81 | 1,223,769 | 38,242 | 138 | 4.31 | 10 | 0.31 | 4th | 0.13 |
2000 | 5 | 6th | 16 | 32 | 103 | 3.21 | 1,024,578 | 32,018 | 149 | 4.66 | 4th | 0.13 | 8th | 0.25 |
2004 | 6th | 6th | 16 | 32 | 101 | 3.15 | 401.415 | 12,544 | 146 | 4.56 | 3 | 0.09 | 4th | 0.13 |
2008 | 5 | 6th | 16 | 32 | 75 | 2.34 | 1,397,477 | 43,671 | 133 | 4.16 | 5 | 0.16 | 12 | 0.38 |
2012 | 6th | 6th | 16 | 32 | 76 | 2.38 | 1,525,134 | 47,660 | 118 | 3.69 | 5 | 0.16 | 4th | 0.13 |
2016 | 6th | 7th | 16 | 32 | 104 | 3.25 | 1,008,426 | 31,513 | 127 | 3.97 | 3 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.03 |
2020 | 6th | 7th | 16 | 32 | ||||||||||
Respective record | ||||||||||||||
Football tournaments at counter-events to the Olympic Games
- 1925 Workers' Olympics in Frankfurt: Final: Germany 2-0 Finland
- 1928 International Spartakiad in Moscow: The tournament was both an international competition and the final round of the Soviet championship. Final of the international competition: Ukraine - Uruguay 7: 1. Final of the Soviet championship: Moscow 1-0 Ukraine.
- 1931 International Spartakiade in Berlin: It is prohibited by the police. Some soccer games took place in secret.
- 1931 Workers' Olympics in Vienna: Final: Austria 3-2 Germany
- 1932 Counter-Olympiad in Chicago: Football games for local teams
- 1933 World Spartakiade in Moscow: canceled due to organizational problems
- 1934 International athletes march against the war in Paris: Winner: Soviet Union, second: Norway
- 1936 People's Olympiad in Barcelona: canceled due to the outbreak of the Spanish civil war
- 1936 World Workers' Championship in Moscow: canceled due to organizational problems
- 1937 Workers' Olympics in Antwerp: Final: Soviet Union - Norway 2-0
- 1963 GANEFO in Jakarta: Final: Egypt - North Korea 1: 1 (drawing of lots for Egypt)
- 1965 GANEFO in Pyongyang: Winner: North Korea, second: China
- 1966 GANEFO in Phnom Penh: Winner: North Korea, second: China
- 1984 Friendship competitions : not a football tournament
Women's Olympic football tournament
qualification
The qualification of the European representatives takes place via the placement at the last women's world championship, that of the South American via the placement at the last soccer South American championship for women and that of the teams from the other four soccer continents via separate qualification tournaments.
The tournaments at a glance
year | host | final | Bronze game | ||||||
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gold | Result | silver | bronze | Result | 4th Place | ||||
1996 details |
Atlanta ( United States ) |
United States |
2: 1 |
China |
Norway |
2-0 |
Brazil |
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2000 details |
Sydney ( Australia ) |
Norway |
3: 2 n.V. |
United States |
Germany |
2-0 |
Brazil |
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2004 details |
Athens ( Greece ) |
United States |
2: 1 n.V. |
Brazil |
Germany |
1-0 |
Sweden |
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2008 details |
Beijing ( China ) |
United States |
1: 0 a.d. |
Brazil |
Germany |
2-0 |
Japan |
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2012 details |
London ( Great Britain ) |
United States |
2: 1 |
Japan |
Canada |
1-0 |
France |
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2016 details |
Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ) |
Germany |
2: 1 |
Sweden |
Canada |
2: 1 |
Brazil |
Medal table
after 6 tournaments
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Record players
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rank | Player | Gates | Tournaments |
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1 | Cristiane | 14th | 2004 (5 *), 2008 (5 *), 2012 (2), 2016 (2) |
2 | Christine Sinclair | 11 | 2008 (2), 2012 (6 *), 2016 (3) |
3 | Marta | 10 | 2004 (3), 2008 (3), 2012 (2), 2016 (2) |
Birgit Prinz | 10 | 1996 (1), 2000 (3), 2004 (5 *), 2008 (1) | |
5 | Abby Wambach | 9 | 2004 (4), 2012 (5) |
6th | Carli Lloyd | 8th | 2008 (2), 2012 (4), 2016 (2) |
Pretinha | 8th | 1996 (4 *), 2000 (1), 2004 (3) | |
8th | Melissa Tancredi | 7th | 2008 (1), 2012 (4), 2016 (2) |
9 | Lotta Schelin | 6th | 2008 (3), 2012 (2), 2016 (1) |
10 | Melanie Behringer | 5 | 2016 (5 *) |
Tiffeny Milbrett | 5 | 1996 (2), 2000 (3) | |
Sun Wen | 5 | 1996 (1), 2000 (4 *) | |
Mia Hamm | 5 | 1996 (1), 2000 (2), 2004 (2) | |
Alex Morgan | 5 | 2012 (3), 2016 (2) |
Note: The number of goals marked with "*" earned the player the title of top scorer
Participation and final round placement
There were a total of 21 different participants in the five final Olympic tournaments held so far. The following overview shows, among other things, which country participated in which final round for the first time.
Olympiads | Tournament placements | Meld. total |
Participation | ||||||
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XXVI. | XXVII. | XXVIII. | XXIX. | XXX. | XXXI. | ||||
country | '96 | '00 | '04 | '08 | '12 | '16 | HE | Agony | |
Argentina | • | • | • | E. | • | • | 6th | 1 | 5 |
Australia | • | E. | V | • | • | V | 6th | 3 | 3 |
Brazil | 4th | 4th | 2 | 2 | V | 4th | 6th | 6th | - |
China | 2 | E. | E. | V | • | V | 6th | 5 | 1 |
Denmark | E. | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 1 | 5 |
Germany | E. | 3 | 3 | 3 | • | 1 | 6th | 5 | 1 |
France | • | • | • | • | 4th | V | 6th | 2 | 4th |
Greece | • | • | E. | • | • | • | 6th | 1 | 5 |
Great Britain | V | 1 | 1 | - | |||||
Japan | E. | • | V | 4th | 2 | • | 6th | 4th | 2 |
Cameroon | • | • | • | • | E. | • | 6th | 1 | 5 |
Canada | • | • | • | V | 3 | 3 | 6th | 3 | 3 |
Colombia | • | • | • | • | E. | E. | 6th | 2 | 4th |
Mexico | • | • | V | • | • | • | 6th | 1 | 5 |
New Zealand | • | • | • | E. | V | E. | 6th | 3 | 3 |
Nigeria | • | E. | V | E. | • | • | 6th | 3 | 3 |
North Korea | • | • | • | E. | E. | • | 6th | 2 | 4th |
Norway | 3 | 1 | • | V | • | • | 6th | 3 | 3 |
Sweden | E. | E. | 4th | V | V | 2 | 6th | 6th | - |
Zimbabwe | • | • | E. | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
South Africa | • | • | • | • | E. | E. | 6th | 2 | 4th |
United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | V | 6th | 6th | - |
Tournament participant | 8th | 8th | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||
Explanation:
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Varia
competition | places | Stages | Teams | Games | /Game | spectator | Z / game | /Game | /Game | /Game | ||||
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1996 | 5 | 5 | 8th | 16 | 53 | 3.31 | 691,762 | 43,235 | 31 | 1.94 | 1 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.19 |
2000 | 3 | 3 | 8th | 16 | 42 | 2.62 | 326.215 | 20,388 | 47 | 2.94 | 0 | 0 | ||
2004 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20th | 55 | 2.75 | 208,637 | 10,431 | 37 | 1.85 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | |
2008 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26th | 66 | 2.53 | 740.014 | 28,426 | 45 | 1.73 | 0 | 0 | ||
2012 | 6th | 6th | 12 | 26th | 71 | 2.73 | 660.986 | 25,423 | 43 | 1.65 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | |
2016 | 6th | 7th | 12 | 26th | 66 | 2.54 | 635.885 | 24,457 | 44 | 1.69 | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.08 |
2020 | 6th | 7th | 12 | 26th | ||||||||||
Respective record |
See also
- Women's Olympic Football Tournament / Eternal Table
- Men's Olympic Football Tournament / Eternal Table
Web links
- FIFA: Men's Olympic Football Tournament / Statistics PDF.
- FIFA: Women's Olympic Football Tournament / Statistics PDF.
- IFFHS: Olympic Football Tournaments Information and Statistics
- rsssf.com: Football Tournament of the Olympic Games - Overview (With details of the qualifications)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dieter Kürten "Olympic Summer Games Barcelona 1992", p. 183 (Mosaik-Verlag 1992, ISBN 3-576-06107-X ).