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)
Record scorer	Antal Dunai Sophus Nielsen (13 goals each)
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.

Soccer - Current competitions
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
	Men women
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

year	host		final				Bronze game
			gold	Result	silver		bronze	Result	4th Place
1896	Athens		Not an Olympic football tournament.
1900 details	Paris		Demonstration competition only with clubs and a Belgian selection. *
1904 details	St. Louis		Demonstration competition with clubs only. *
1906 details	Athens		Intermediate Olympic Games, not recognized by the IOC. Only demonstration competition with clubs.
1908 details	London ( Great Britain )		Great Britain	2-0	Denmark		Netherlands	2-0	Sweden
1912 details	Stockholm ( Sweden )		Great Britain	4: 2	Denmark		Netherlands	9-0	Finland
1920 details	Antwerp ( Belgium )		Belgium	**	Spain		Netherlands
1924 details	Paris ( France )		Uruguay	3-0	Switzerland		Sweden	1: 1 n.V 3: 1	Netherlands
1928 details	Amsterdam ( Netherlands )		Uruguay	1: 1 n.V 2: 1	Argentina		Italy	11: 3	Egypt
1932	los Angeles		Not an Olympic football tournament.
1936 details	Berlin ( Germany )		Italy	2: 1 n.V.	Austria		Norway	3: 2	Poland
1948 details	London ( Great Britain )		Sweden	3: 1	Yugoslavia		Denmark	5: 3	Great Britain
1952 details	Helsinki ( Finland )		Hungary	2-0	Yugoslavia		Sweden	2-0	BR Germany
1956 details	Melbourne ( Australia )		USSR	1-0	Yugoslavia		Bulgaria	3-0	India
1960 details	Rome ( Italy )		Yugoslavia	3: 1	Denmark		Hungary	2: 1	Italy
1964 details	Tokyo ( Japan )		Hungary	2: 1	Czechoslovakia		Germany	3: 1	VA Republic
1968 details	Mexico City ( Mexico )		Hungary	4: 1	Bulgaria		Japan	2-0	Mexico
1972 details	Munich ( FR Germany )		Poland	2: 1	Hungary		USSR GDR	2: 2 n.V ***
1976 details	Montreal ( Canada )		GDR	3: 1	Poland		USSR	2-0	Brazil
1980 details	Moscow ( USSR )		Czechoslovakia	1-0	GDR		USSR	2-0	Yugoslavia
1984 details	Los Angeles ( United States )		France	2-0	Brazil		Yugoslavia	2: 1	Italy
1988 details	Seoul ( South Korea )		USSR	2: 1 nV	Brazil		BR Germany	3-0	Italy
1992 details	Barcelona ( Spain )		Spain	3: 2	Poland		Ghana	1-0	Australia
1996 details	Atlanta ( United States )		Nigeria	3: 2	Argentina		Brazil	5-0	Portugal
2000 details	Sydney ( Australia )		Cameroon	2: 2 n.V 5: 3 i. E.	Spain		Chile	2-0	United States
2004 details	Athens ( Greece )		Argentina	1-0	Paraguay		Italy	1-0	Iraq
2008 details	Beijing ( China )		Argentina	1-0	Nigeria		Brazil	3-0	Belgium
2012 details	London ( Great Britain )		Mexico	2: 1	Brazil		South Korea	2-0	Japan
2016 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Brazil	1: 1 n.V 5: 4 i. E.	Germany		Nigeria	3: 2	Honduras

* 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

rank country total 1 / Hungary  3 1 1 5 2  Argentina 2 2 4th 3  Soviet Union 2 *3 * 5 4th  Great Britain 2 2  Uruguay 2 2 6th  Brazil 1 3 2 6th 7th  Yugoslavia 1 3 1 5 8th  Poland 1 2 3 / Spain  1 2 3 10 / GDR  1 1 * + *2 * / ** 4th 11  Nigeria 1 1 1 3 12  Czechoslovakia 1 1 2 13 / Italy  1 2 3  Sweden 1 2 3 15th  Belgium 1 1  France 1 1  Cameroon 1 1  Mexico 1 1 19th  Denmark 3 1 4th 20th  Bulgaria 1 1 2  Germany 1 1 2 22nd  Austria 1 1  Paraguay 1 1  Switzerland 1 1 25th  Netherlands 3 3 26th  Chile 1 1  Ghana 1 1  Japan 1 1  Norway 1 1  South Korea 1 1

rank confederacy total 1 UEFA 16 17th 18th 51 2 CONMEBOL 5 6th 3 14th 3 CAF 2 1 2 5 4th CONCACAF 1 1 5 AFC 2 2 6th OFC

* 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

Final round participation rank player TN Tournaments 1  Dezső Novák 3 1960, 1964, 1968  Antal Dunai 3 1964 , 1968, 1972 Italic: not used

Finals games rank player Games Tournaments 1  Dezső Novák 13 1960 (3), 1964 (5), 1968 (5)  Antal Dunai 13 1968 (6), 1972 (7)  Miklós Páncsics 13 1968 (6), 1972 (7)  Lajos Szűcs 13 1968 (6), 1972 (7) 5  Roberto Ayala 12 2004 (6), 2008 (6)  Bebeto 12 1988 (6), 1996 (6)  Marcelo 12 2008 (6), 2012 (6)  Neymar 12 2012 (6), 2016 (6)  Javier Mascherano 12 2004 (6), 2008 (6)  Jürgen Croy 12 1972 (7), 1976 (5)  Konrad way 12 1972 (7), 1976 (5)  Kazimierz Deyna 12 1972 (7), 1976 (5)

Finals goals

rank	player	Gates	Tournaments
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)

1. ↑ According to [1] (PDF; 299 kB), in another source only 9 goals are mentioned [2] .

→ Main article : List of top scorers of Olympic football tournaments

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
	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: 1 2 3 4 5 6 = placement (5th and 6th places were only played out in 1964) VR = out in the preliminary round, before the round of 16 at the Olympic venue A = out in the round of 16 (in some sources also called preliminary round for some tournaments) E = out in the group stage (preliminary round) V = out in the quarterfinals Z = out in the intermediate round (only 1972) H = out in the semi-finals (the team did not play any more for the placement games) F = out in the final (by disqualification, the silver medal winner was determined separately) D = Disqualified after successful qualification • = not qualified F = finalists (2016) d = Disqualified during qualification z = withdrawn before or during qualification •• = after successful qualification, prior confirmation or as automatically qualified defending champion, no participation in the final round B = Games boycotted for political reasons n = not allowed empty field = not participated Italic entries = the results were not achieved by the senior national teams. Underlined entries = The team was automatically qualified as host.

Varia

competition	places	Stages	Teams	Games		/Game	spectator	Z / game		/Game		/Game		/Game
1908	1	1	6th	6th	48	8.00	20,000	3,333					0
0001912	3	3	11	17th	94	5.53	83,700	4,924					0
0001920	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
0001928	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
↑ a b Yellow and red cards were used for the first time in 1972, before that in the table under “yellow” and “red” cards warnings and expulsions are listed. However, in FIFA tournament statistics, warnings were first given in 1948. ↑ a b c Each including the games of the consolation rounds.

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
			gold	Result	silver		bronze	Result	4th Place
1996 details	Atlanta ( United States )		United States	2: 1	China		Norway	2-0	Brazil
2000 details	Sydney ( Australia )		Norway	3: 2 n.V.	United States		Germany	2-0	Brazil
2004 details	Athens ( Greece )		United States	2: 1 n.V.	Brazil		Germany	1-0	Sweden
2008 details	Beijing ( China )		United States	1: 0 a.d.	Brazil		Germany	2-0	Japan
2012 details	London ( Great Britain )		United States	2: 1	Japan		Canada	1-0	France
2016 details	Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )		Germany	2: 1	Sweden		Canada	2: 1	Brazil

Medal table

after 6 tournaments

rank country total 1  United States 4th 1 5 2  Germany 1 3 4th 3  Norway 1 1 2 4th  Brazil 2 2 5  China 1 1  Japan 1 1  Sweden 1 1 8th  Canada 2 2

rank confederacy total 1 CONCACAF 4th 1 2 7th 2 UEFA 2 1 4th 7th 3 AFC 2 2 CONMEBOL 2 2 5 CAF OFC

Record players

Final round participation rank Player TN Tournaments 1  Formiga 6th 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 2  Cristiane 4th 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016  Marta 4th 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016  Andréia 4th 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012  Rosana 4th 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012  Pretinha 4th 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008  Tânia 4th 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008  Renate Lingor 4th 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008  Birgit Prinz 4th 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008  Kerstin Stegemann 4th 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008  Christie Rampone 4th 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012  Homare Sawa 4th 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012  Hope Solo 4th 2004 , 2008, 2012, 2016  Lotta Schelin 4th 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016

Finals games rank Player Games Tournaments 1  Formiga 29 1996 (5), 2000 (5), 2004 (6), 2008 (5), 2012 (3), 2016 (5) 2  Christie Rampone 22nd 2000 (5), 2004 (5), 2008 (6), 2012 (6)  Marta 22nd 2004 (6), 2008 (6), 2012 (4), 2016 (6) 4th  Cristiane 20th 2004 (6), 2008 (6), 2012, (4), 2016 (4)  Tânia 20th 1996 (4), 2000 (4), 2004 (6), 2008 (6) 6th  Birgit Prinz 19th 1996 (3), 2000 (5), 2004 (5), 2008 (6) 7th  Kerstin Stegemann 18th 1996 (3), 2000 (4), 2004 (5), 2008 (6)  Pretinha 18th 1996 (5), 2000 (5), 2004 (6), 2008 (2) 9  Daniela 17th 2000 (5), 2004 (6), 2008 (6)  Homare Sawa 17th 1996 (3), 2004 (3), 2008 (6), 2012 (5)  Lotta Schelin 17th 2004 (3), 2008 (4), 2012 (4), 2016 (6)

Finals goals

rank	Player	Gates	Tournaments
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

→ Main article : List of top scorers of Olympic football tournaments

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
	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: 1 2 3 4 = placement E = out in the group stage (preliminary round) V = out in the quarter finals: • = not qualified empty field = not participated Underlined entries = The team was automatically qualified as host.

Varia

competition	places	Stages	Teams	Games		/Game	spectator	Z / game		/Game		/Game		/Game
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

1. ↑ Dieter Kürten "Olympic Summer Games Barcelona 1992", p. 183 (Mosaik-Verlag 1992, ISBN 3-576-06107-X ).