Olympic Football Tournament - Statistical overview
Tournoi Olympique de Football - Bilan statistique
Torneos Olímpicos De Fútbol - Balance estadístico
Olympisches Fussballturnier - Statistischer Überblick
Ranking by tournament/Classement par tournoi/Clasificatión por torneo/Ranglisten
year host gold medal silver medal bronze medal teams/games 1908 London (GBR) Great Britain Denmark Netherlands 5/6 1912 Stockholm (SWE) Great Britain Denmark Netherlands 11/11 1920 Antwerp (BEL) Belgium Spain Netherlands 14/14
1924 Paris (FRA) Uruguay Switzerland Sweden 22/24 1928 Amsterdam (NED) Uruguay Argentina Italy 17/19 1932 Los Angeles (USA) no football tournament -/-
1936 Berlin (GER) Italy Austria Norway 16/16 1948 London (GBR) Sweden Yugoslavia Denmark 18/18
1952 Helsinki (FIN) Hungary Yugoslavia Sweden 25/26
1956 Melbourne (AUS) Soviet Union Yugoslavia Bulgaria 11/11 1960 Rome (ITA) Yugoslavia Denmark Hungary 16/28
1964 Tokyo (JPN) Hungary Czechoslovakia German DR 14/29 1968 Mexico City (MEX) Hungary Bulgaria Japan 16/32 1972 Munich (FRG) Poland Hungary German DR &
Soviet Union 13/38 1976 Montreal (CAN) German DR Poland Soviet Union 16/23 1980 Moscow (URS) Czechoslovakia German DR Soviet Union 16/32 1984 Los Angeles (USA) France Brazil Yugoslavia 16/32 1988 Seoul (KOR) Soviet Union Brazil FR Germany 16/32 1992 Barcelona (ESP) Spain Poland Ghana 16/32 1996 Atlanta (USA) Nigeria Argentina Brazil 16/32
2000 Sydney (AUS) Cameroon Spain Chile 16/32
2004 Athens (GRE) Argentina Paraguay Italy 16/32 2008 Beijing (CHN)
Goals, cards, attendance
goals total
no. of matches
average
Athens 2004 101 32 3.16 Sydney 2000 103 32 3.22 Atlanta 1996 90 32 2.81 Barcelona 1992 86 32 2.69 Seoul 1988 95 32 2.97 Los Angeles 1984 84 32 2.63
yellow/red cards total
no. of matches
average
Athens 2004 146 / 7 32 4.56 / 0.22 Sydney 2000 108 / 5 32 3.38 / 0.16 Atlanta 1996 139 / 13 32 4.34 / 0.41 Barcelona 1992 101 / 15 32 3.16 / 0.47 Seoul 1988 84 / 6 32 2.63 / 0.19 Los Angeles 1984 72 / 12 32 2.25 / 0.38
attendance*
total
no. of matches
average
Athens 2004 (men & women) 430,279 39 event days 11,033 Sydney 2000 (men & women) 1,075,136 35 event days 30,178 Atlanta 1996 (men & women) 1,350,283 33 event days 40,918
Barcelona 1992 466,300 32 14,572
Seoul 1988 733,712 32 22,929
All-time Olympic superlatives 1908-2004: men
Medal winners
• Most medals (by nations)
gold silver bronze total
Hungary 3 1 1 5 Soviet Union 2 - 3 5 Yugoslavia 1 3 1 5 Denmark - 3 1 4 GDR 1 1 1 3 Great Britain 2 - - 2 Netherlands - - 3 3 Brazil - 2 1 3 Norway - - 1 1 Poland 1 2 - 3 Spain 1 2 - 3 Sweden 1 - 1 2 Argentina 1 2 - 3 Belgium 1 - - 1 Bulgaria - 1 1 2 Czechoslovakia 1 1 - 2 (FR) Germany - - 1 1 France 1 - - 1 Italy 1 - 2 3 Uruguay 2 - - 2 Austria - 1 - 1 Cameroon 1 - - 1 Chile - - 1 1 Ghana - - 1 1 Japan - - 1 1 Nigeria 1 - - 1 Switzerland - 1 - 1 Paraguay - 1 - 1
• Most medals (by player)
Dezsö Novak (HUN) 3
• Oldest medalists
35y 361d Erik Nilsson (SWE) 1952 35y 216d Shigeo Yaegashi (JPN) 1968 35y 155d Johannes Gandil (DEN) 1908 35y 116d Aleksandr Chivadze (URS) 1980
• Youngest medalists
15y 338d Samuel Kuffuor (GHA) 1992 17y 33d Oli Rahman (GHA) 1992
• Famous Olympic medal winners
2004 - Roberto Ayala, Andres D Alessandro, Cesar Delgado, Javier Saviola, Carlos Tevez (ARG, 1); Fredy Bareiro, Jose Cardozo, Diego Figueredo (PAR, 2); Matteo Ferrari, Alberto Gilardino, Ivan Pelizzoli, Andrea Pirlo (ITA, 3)
2000 - Samuel Etoo, Geremi, Patrick Mboma (CMR, 1)
Albelda, Puyol, Xavi (ESP, 2) Ivan Zamorano (CHI, 3)
1996 - Nwankwo Kanu, Sunday Oliseh, Jay Jay Okocha, Taribo West (NGA, 1)
1992 - Luis Enrique, Jose Guardiola (ESP, 1); Samuel Kuffour (GHA, 3)
1988 - Romario (BRA, 2) 1984 - Guy Lacombe (FRA, 1) 1980 - Jan Berger (TCH, 1)
1976 - Jan Tomaszewski, Grzegorz Lato (POL, 2) 1972 - Kazimierz Deyna, Wlodzimierz Lubanski (POL, 1)
1968 - Laszlo Fazekas (HUN, 1) 1964 - Eberhard Vogel (GDR, 3) 1960 - Florian Albert (HUN, 3) 1956 - Lev Yashin (URS, 1)
1952 - Ferenc Puskas, Sandor Kocsis (HUN, 1) 1948 - Gunnar Nordahl, Nils Liedholm (SWE, 1) 1936 - Alfredo Foni, Ugo Locatelli, Pietro Rava (ITA, 1)
1928 & 1924 - José Leandro Andrade, Hector Scarone, José Nasazzi, Pedro Cea (URU, 1)
1920 - Emile J. Hanse (BEL, 1)
Participations
• Most participations (by team)
Italy 14
USA, Serbia & Montenegro 12
France* 11
Brazil 10
Hungary, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Mexico 9 Russia, Great Britain, Denmark, Egypt 8
*(incl. France A & B in 1908)
Wins
• Most matches won (by team)
Italy 30
Hungary 27
Soviet Union 24
Serbia & Montenegro 23
Brazil 21
Highest wins (by team)
17:1 Denmark vs France 1908 16:0 Germany vs Russia 1912 12:1 Great Britain vs Sweden 1908 12:0 Sweden vs Korea Republic 1948 11:2 Argentina vs USA 1928 11:3 Italy vs Egypt 1928
• Winning streaks (by nations)
Great Britain 1908-1912 2
Uruguay 1924-1928 2
Hungary 1964-1968 2
Goals
• Most goals (by game and player)
10 Sophus Nielsen (DEN vs FRA) 1908 10 Gottfried Fuchs (GER vs RUS) 1912 6 Ference Bene (HUN vs MOR) 1964 6 Ibrahim Riad (UAR vs KOR) 1964 5 Ernest Pohl (POL vs TUN) 1960
• Most Goals (by game and team)
17 Denmark vs France 1908 16 Germany vs Russia 1912 12 Great Britain vs Sweden 1908 12 Sweden vs Korea 1948 11 Argentina vs USA 1928 11 Italy vs Egypt 1928
• Most goals (1908-2000 by team)
Serbia & Montenegro 118
Italy 117
Hungary 109 Denmark 84 Sweden 82
Soviet Union 78
• Most goals (by player)
1908 Sophus Nielsen (DEN) 13 1968/72 Antal Dunai (HUN) 13 1964 Ferenc Bene (HUN) 12 1912 Harold Walden (GBR) 11 1928 Domingo Tarasconi (ARG) 11 1972/76 Kazimierz Deyna (POL) 10 1912 Gottfried Fuchs (GER) 10 2004 Carlos Tevez (ARG) 8 1988/96 Bebeto (BRA) 8 1992 Andrzej Juskowiak (POL) 7 1988 Romario (BRA) 7 2000 Ivan Zamorano (CHI) 6 1996 Hernan Crespo (ARG) 6 1992 Kwame Ayew (GHA) 6 1988 Kalusha Bwalya (ZAM) 6 1988 Igor Dobrovolski (URS) 6 1996 Ronaldo (BRA) 5
1992 Kiko (ESP) 5
1988 Alexei Mikhailichenko (URS) 5 1984 Borislav Cvetkovic (YUG) 5 1984 Stjepan Deveric (YUG) 5 1984 Daniel Xuereb (FRA) 5
• Fastest goals (by player)
1’ Ferenc Puskas (HUN vs. SWE) 1952 1’ Manuel Uribe (FRA vs. PER) 1960 1’ Milan Galic (YUG vs. DEN) 1960 1’ Joachim Streich (GDR vs. COL) 1972 1’ Viatcheslav Semenov (URS vs. MAR) 1972 1’ Rudi Bommer (YUG vs. FRG) 1984 1’ Claudio Reyna (USA vs. ARG) 1996 1’ Flavio Conceicao (NGA vs. BRA) 1996
Men’s Olympic Football Tournament: Ranking by tournament 1908-2004
YEAR COUNTRY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1908 Great Britain GBR DEN NED SWE FRA
1912 Sweden GBR DEN NED FIN RUS AUT HUN NOR SWE ITA GER
1920 Belgium BEL ESP NED FRA SWE ITA NOR EGY DEN GBR LUX YUG GRE
1924 France URU SUI SWE NED ITA IRL FRA EGY TCH BUL LUX HUN USA ROU BEL LVA ESP EST TUR POL YUG LTU
1928 Netherlands URU ARG ITA EGY ESP POR BEL GER FRA YUG LUX NED SUI TUR MEX USA CHI
1936 Germany ITA AUT NOR POL GBR GER JPN PER SWE USA EGY CHN HUN FIN TUR LUX
1948 Great Britain SWE YUG DEN GBR FRA ITA TUR KOR NED IND MEX EGY AUT CHN LUX USA IRL AFG
1952 Finland HUN YUG SWE GER DEN BRA AUT TUR RUS FIN LUX ANT EGY POL NOR ITA CHI FRA BUL ROU GRE GBR NED USA IND
1956 Australia RUS YUG BUL IND IDN AUS GBR USA GER JPN THA
1960 Italy YUG DEN HUN ITA BUL BRA ARG GBR FRA POL PER IND EGY TUR TUN TPE
1964 Japan HUN TCH GDR EGY ROU YUG GHA JPN BRA ARG MEX IRN MAR KOR
1968 Mexico HUN BUL JPN MEX ISR ESP FRA GUA TCH COL GUI BRA GHA NGA SLV THA
1972 Germany FR POL HUN RUS GDR DEN GER MEX MAR MYA MAS COL IRN BRA USA SUD GHA
1976 Canada GDR POL RUS BRA FRA IRN ISR PRK MEX GUA CUB ESP CAN
1980 Soviet Union TCH GDR RUS YUG CUB KUW IRQ ALG FIN COL ESP VEN NGA SYR ZAM CRC
1984 USA FRA BRA YUG ITA GER CAN CHI EGY USA NOR CMR MAR CRC IRQ QAT KSA
1988 Korea RUS BRA GER ITA ZAM SWE AUS ARG IRQ YUG KOR USA TUN CHN NGA GUA
1992 Spain ESP POL GHA AUS SWE PAR ITA QAT USA MEX KOR EGY DEN COL MAR KUW
1996 USA NGA ARG BRA POR FRA ESP MEX GHA JPN USA KOR ITA AUS TUN KSA HUN
2000 Australia CMR ESP CHI USA ITA JPN BRA NGA KOR HON RSA KUW SVK CZE AUS MAR
2004 Greece ARG PAR ITA IRQ MLI KOR AUS CRC GHA MAR MEX TUN JPN POR GRE SCG
2008 China PR 2012 Great Britain
