List of top scorer in Olympic football tournaments
The list of top scorer in Olympic football tournaments includes all top scorer in men's tournaments since 1908 and in women's tournaments since 1996.
The Dane Sophus Nielsen was the first top scorer in an Olympic football tournament in London in 1908 with eleven goals. For women, at the premiere in Atlanta in 1996 , they were the Norwegians Ann Kristin Aarønes and Linda Medalen and the Brazilian Pretinha with four goals each. Record scorer in men is the Hungarian Ferenc Bene , who at the tournament in 1964 in Tokyo scored twelve goals. For women, this is Canadian Christine Sinclair , who scored six goals in London in 2012 .
So far, only the Brazilian Cristiane has been able to win or defend the title of top scorer twice at an Olympic football tournament.
Top scorer and top scorer
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Men
So far no player has managed to achieve the title of top scorer more than once. The ranking of the countries is led by Yugoslavia with five, followed by Argentina, Brazil and Poland with three title holders each.
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5 |
| 2 |
 Argentina
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3 |
 Brazil
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3 | |
 Poland
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3 | |
| 5 |
 Denmark
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2 |
 Italy
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2 | |
 Sweden
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2 |
Women
The Brazilian Cristiane is so far the only player who has managed to win the title of Olympic top scorer twice. The list of countries is led by Brazil with three, followed by Germany and Norway with two champions.
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