olympic football winners list in the history, check out which countries won the most?

 


Football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport except in 1932 to promote the new FIFA World Cup. 

In order to avoid competition with the World Cup, FIFA has restricted the participation of elite players in the men's tournament in various ways: Currently, squads for the men's tournament are required to be composed of players under 23 years of age, with three permitted exceptions.

Hungary and Great Britain have the most Olympic gold medals in men's football, with three each. Hungary won gold medal in 1952, 1964, and 1968 and silver medal in 1972.

On the other hand Great Britain, which does not always participate in the Olympic football event, won a gold medal in the first three events in 1900, 1908, and 1912.

Following with two gold medals each are Argentina, the Soviet Union, Brazil, and Uruguay. The Argentines also win two silver medals, while the Soviets win three bronze medals.

With three silver, two bronze, and two gold medals altogether, Brazil has won the most Olympic medals.

Fourteen teams have won gold once in 28 Olympic tournaments, which include two African teams, Nigeria and Cameroon. No Asian team ever gets a chance to win the gold medal.

OLYMPICS WINNERS


Year Hosts Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris Great Britain France Mixed Team
1904 St.Louis Canada USA USA
1908 London Great Britain Denmark Netherlands
1912 Stockholm Great Britain Denmark Netherlands
1920 Antwerp Belgium Spain Netherlands
1924 Paris Uruguay Switzerland Sweden
1928 Amsterdam Uruguay Argentina Italy
1936 Berlin Italy Austria Norway
1948 London Sweden Yugoslavia Denmark
1952 Helsinki Hungary Yugoslavia Sweden
1956 Melbourne Soviet Union Yugoslavia Bulgaria
1960 Rome Yugoslavia Denmark Hungary
1964 Tokyo Hungary Czechoslovakia United Team of Geramany
1968 Mexico City Hungary Bulgaria Japan
1972 Munich Poland Hungary Soviet Union,East Germany
1976 Montreal East Germany Poland Soviet Union
1980 Moscow Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles France Brazil Yugoslavia
1988 Seoul Soviet Union Brazil Germany
1992 Barcelona Spain Poland Ghana
1996 Atlanta Nigeria Argentina Brazil
2000 Sydney Cameroon Spain Chile
2004 Athens Argentina Paraguay Italy
2008 Beijing Argentina Nigeria Brazil
2012 London Mexico Brazil South Korea
2016 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Germany Nigeria
2020 Tokyo Brazil Spain Mexico

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