List of Olympic champions in football

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The list of Olympic champions in football includes all winners as well as the second and third placed football tournaments at the Summer Olympic Games . Football for men has been Olympic since 1908, and a tournament for women has also been held since 1996.

Men's Olympic Football Tournaments

competition gold silver bronze
1900 London * United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain Third French RepublicThird French Republic France BelgiumBelgium Belgium
1904 St. Louis ** Canada 1868Canada Canada United States 45United States United States United States 45United States United States
1906 Athens (interludes) *** DenmarkDenmark Denmark Ottoman Empire 1844Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire 1844Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
1908 London United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain DenmarkDenmark Denmark NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
1912 Stockholm United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain DenmarkDenmark Denmark NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
1920 Antwerp BelgiumBelgium Belgium Spain 1875Spain Spain NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
1924 Paris UruguayUruguay Uruguay SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland SwedenSweden Sweden
1928 Amsterdam UruguayUruguay Uruguay ArgentinaArgentina Argentina Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy
1936 Berlin Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy AustriaAustria Austria NorwayNorway Norway
1948 London SwedenSweden Sweden YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia DenmarkDenmark Denmark
1952 Helsinki Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia SwedenSweden Sweden
1956 Melbourne Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Bulgaria
1960 Rome YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia DenmarkDenmark Denmark Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary
1964 Tokyo Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Germany team all GermanAll-German team Germany
1968 Mexico City Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary Bulgaria 1967Bulgaria Bulgaria Japan 1870Japan Japan
1972 Munich Poland 1944Poland Poland Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union **** GDR
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
1976 Montreal Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Poland 1944Poland Poland Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
1980 Moscow CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles FranceFrance France Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia
1988 Seoul Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany
1992 Barcelona SpainSpain Spain PolandPoland Poland GhanaGhana Ghana
1996 Atlanta NigeriaNigeria Nigeria ArgentinaArgentina Argentina BrazilBrazil Brazil
2000 Sydney CameroonCameroon Cameroon SpainSpain Spain ChileChile Chile
2004 Athens ArgentinaArgentina Argentina ParaguayParaguay Paraguay ItalyItaly Italy
2008 Beijing ArgentinaArgentina Argentina NigeriaNigeria Nigeria BrazilBrazil Brazil
2012 London MexicoMexico Mexico BrazilBrazil Brazil Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
2016 Rio de Janeiro BrazilBrazil Brazil GermanyGermany Germany NigeriaNigeria Nigeria

(*) In 1900 there were two individual games between club teams. The IOC subsequently determined the ranking.
(**) In 1904 three club and school teams took part.
(***) Interludes not recognized by the IOC in 1906. Four partly mixed teams took part, including a Copenhagen city selection.
(****) In 1972 two bronze medals were awarded because the game for third place between the GDR and the USSR was 2-2 even after extra time. A penalty shoot-out was not planned at the time.

Women's Olympic football tournaments

competition gold silver bronze
1996 Atlanta United StatesUnited States United States China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China NorwayNorway Norway
2000 Sydney NorwayNorway Norway United StatesUnited States United States GermanyGermany Germany
2004 Athens United StatesUnited States United States BrazilBrazil Brazil GermanyGermany Germany
2008 Beijing United StatesUnited States United States BrazilBrazil Brazil GermanyGermany Germany
2012 London United StatesUnited States United States JapanJapan Japan CanadaCanada Canada
2016 Rio de Janeiro GermanyGermany Germany SwedenSweden Sweden CanadaCanada Canada

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