Football at the Summer Olympics - wikipedia Football at the Summer Olympics Football at the Summer Olympics Governing body FIFA Events 2 ( men : 1 ; women : 1 ) Games 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 2020 Medalists Tournaments ( men ・ women ) Association football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men 's competition sport, except 1896 and 1932. Women 's football was added to the official program in 1996. Contents 1 History 1.1 Beginnings 1.2 British successes 1.3 1920s and the rise of Uruguay 1.4 Olympics after the first World Cup 1.5 Changes and developments 1.6 Addition of women 's program 2 British non-involvement 3 Venues 4 Events 5 Competition format 6 Participating nations 6.1 Men 6.2 Women 7 Men 's tournament 8 Women 's tournament 9 Records 9.1 Goalscorers 9.2 Men 's results 9.3 Performances by countries for men 9.4 Men 's top scorers by tournament 9.5 Women 's results 9.6 Performances by countries for women 9.7 Women 's top scorers by tournament 9.8 Goalscorers ( Woman ) 10 Medal table 10.1 Total 10.2 Men 's medal table 10.3 Women 's medal table 11 See also 12 References 13 External links History Beginnings Football was not included on the program at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, as international football was in its infancy at the time. However, sources claim that an unofficial football tournament was organized during the first competition, in which an Athens XI lost to a team representing Smyrna ( Izmir ), then part of the Ottoman Empire. According to a source, this is an error which has been perpetuated in multiple texts ``. Tournaments were played at the 1900 and 1904 games and the Intercalated Games of 1906, but these were contested by various clubs and scratch teams. Although the IOC considers the 1900 and 1904 tournaments to be official Olympic events, they are not recognized by FIFA ; neither recognizes the Intercalated Games today. In 1906 teams from Great Britain, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and France withdrew from an unofficial competition and left Denmark, Smyrna ( one Armenian, two Frenchmen and eight Britons ), Athens and Thessaloniki to compete. Denmark won the final against Athens 9 -- 0. British successes In the London Games of 1908 a proper international tournament was organised by the Football Association, featuring just six teams. The number of teams rose to eleven in 1912, when the competition was organised by the Swedish Football Association. Many of these early matches were unbalanced, as evidenced by high scoring games ; two players, Sophus Nielsen in 1908 and Gottfried Fuchs in 1912, each scored ten goals in a single match. All players were amateurs, in accordance with the Olympic spirit, which meant that some countries could not send their full international team. The National Olympic Committee for Great Britain and Ireland asked the Football Association to send an English national amateur team. Some of the English members played with professional clubs, most notably Derby County 's Ivan Sharpe, Bradford City F.C. Harold Walden and Chelsea 's Vivian Woodward. England won the first two official tournaments convincingly, beating Denmark both times. 1920s and the rise of Uruguay The Uruguay national football team that won the 1928 Olympic tournament During the 1920 final, the Czechoslovakia national football team walked from the field of play in order to raise awareness of their displeasure regarding the refereeing of John Lewis and the militarised mood within the stadium in Antwerp. In the 1924 and 1928 Olympic games, the first South American teams entered the competition : Uruguay and Argentina. Uruguay won both Olympics and FIFA became conscious that the Olympic movement was not only hindering the ability of nations to participate on an equal footing but, given that the Olympics only permitted amateurs to participate, did not represent the true strength of the international game. Olympics after the first World Cup Following Henri Delaunay 's proposal in 1929 to initiate a professional World Championship of Football, the sport was dropped from the 1932 Los Angeles Games in an attempt to promote the growing sport of American football in the United States. Football returned to controversy at the 1936 Berlin Games. The German organisers were intent on the return of the game to the Olympic movement since it guaranteed income into the organisation 's coffers. The Italian team intimidated a referee. Peru scored a contested victory over Austria in overtime, with a fan invasion of the field at the very end. The Austrian team asked for the result to be annulled, and the game repeated. FIFA agreed, the Peruvian team refused and left the Olympics. As professionalism spread around the world, the gap in quality between the World Cup and the Olympics widened. The countries that benefited most were the Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, where top athletes were state - sponsored while retaining their status as amateurs. Between 1948 and 1980, 23 out of 27 Olympic medals were won by Eastern Europe, with only Sweden ( gold in 1948 and bronze in 1952 ), Denmark ( bronze in 1948 and silver in 1960 ) and Japan ( bronze in 1968 ) breaking their dominance. Changes and developments For the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the IOC decided to admit professional players. FIFA still did not want the Olympics to rival the World Cup, so a compromise was struck that allowed teams from Africa, Asia, Oceania and CONCACAF to field their strongest professional sides, while restricting UEFA and CONMEBOL teams to players who had not played in a World Cup. Since 1992 male competitors must be under 23 years old, and since 1996, players under 23 years old, with three over-23 year old players, are allowed per squad. The new format allows teams from around the world to compete equally, and African countries have taken particular advantage of this, with Nigeria and Cameroon winning in 1996 and 2000 respectively. Because of the unusual format, several of the historically strongest men 's national teams have unimpressive Olympic records. Uruguay won the tournament in their first two attempts, in 1924 and 1928, their only appearances before they qualified for the 2012 edition. Argentina won silver twice ( 1928 and 1996 ) before the 2004 tournament, but its appearance in Athens, in which it won the first gold medal ( the second was won in Beijing in 2008 ), was only their seventh overall ( the eighth has been in 2016 ). Brazil 's silver medals in the 1984, 1988 and 2012 editions were the best they had achieved until 2016 's gold, and since professional athletes were allowed to compete, they failed to qualify in 1992 and 2004. Italy has only won the Olympic title once, in 1936, although it has also won two bronzes, and has the highest number of appearances in the tournament, at 15, with their last qualify in 2008. France has won the Olympic title only once ( in 1984 ) and has failed to qualify since 1996. Germany 's best result ( before 2016 edition ) was a single bronze medal, in 1988 ( as West Germany ), and the reunified team did not make an Olympic appearance until 2016, where they won silver. Spain has won the gold medal only once, in 1992. It has also won 2 silver medals ( in 1920 and 2000 ) but has failed to qualify several times. Addition of women 's program The IOC approved the addition of women 's association football as a permanent Olympic event in September 1993, setting an eight - team tournament for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The 1996 tournament, which came shortly after the inaugural FIFA Women 's World Cup was organized in 1991, set a record for the largest crowd to see a women 's sports event, at 76,481 during the United States -- China final. The women 's tournament uses the senior national teams with no age restrictions, unlike the men 's tournament. British non-involvement Main articles : Great Britain Olympic football team and Great Britain women 's Olympic football team Football in the United Kingdom has no single governing body, and there are separate teams for the UK 's four Home Nations : England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Only the English Football Association ( FA ) is affiliated to the British Olympic Association ( BOA ), and the FA entered `` Great Britain '' teams to the football tournaments until 1972. In 1974, the FA abolished the distinction between `` amateur '' and `` professional '' football, and stopped entering the Olympics. Even though FIFA has allowed professionals at the Olympics since 1984, the FA did not re-enter, as the Home Nations feared that a united British Olympic team would set a precedent that might cause FIFA to question their separate status in other FIFA competitions and on the International Football Association Board. When London was selected to host the 2012 Games, there was pressure on the English FA to exercise the host nation 's automatic right to field a team. In 2009 the plan agreed by the FA with the Welsh FA, Scottish FA and Irish FA was only to field English players ; however the BOA overruled this, and ultimately there were Welsh players on both squads and Scots on the women 's squad. After the 2012 games, the FA decided that no team would be entered in subsequent men 's tournaments, but was open to fielding a women 's team again. Venues Main article : List of Olympic venues in football Due to the number of large stadia required for the Olympic tournament, venues in distant cities -- often more than 200 km ( 120 mi ) away from the main host -- are typically used for the football tournament. In an extreme example, two early - round venues for the 1984 Games were on the East Coast of the United States, well over 2,000 miles ( 3,200 km ) from the host city of Los Angeles. The next Games held in the United States, the 1996 Games, were unique in that no matches were held in the host city of Atlanta ; the nearest venue and the site of the finals was 65 miles ( 105 km ) away on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. Counting the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, there are 121 venues that have hosted Olympic football, the most of any sport. Edition of the Olympic Games City Stadium Athens 1896 No football tournament Paris 1900 Paris Vélodrome de Vincennes Saint Louis 1904 St. Louis, Missouri Francis Field London 1908 London White City Stadium Stockholm 1912 Stockholm Stockholms Olympiastadion Råsunda Stadium Tranebergs Idrottsplats Antwerp 1920 Antwerp Olympisch Stadion Stadion Broodstraat Brussels Stade de l'Union St. Gilloise Ghent Stade d'A.A. La Gantoise Paris 1924 Paris Stade Olympique, Colombes Stade Bergeyre Stade de Paris, Saint - Ouen Stade Pershing, Vincennes Amsterdam 1928 Amsterdam Olympisch Stadion Harry Elte Stadium Los Angeles 1932 No football tournament Berlin 1936 Berlin Olympiastadion Poststadion, Tiergarten Mommsenstadion, Charlottenburg Hertha - BSC - Platz London 1948 London Empire Stadium, Wembley White Hart Lane, Tottenham Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace Craven Cottage, Fulham Griffin Park, Brentford Arsenal Stadium, Highbury Lynn Road Stadium, Ilford Green Pond Road Stadium, Walthamstow Champion Hill, Dulwich Brighton Goldstone Ground Portsmouth Fratton Park Helsinki 1952 Helsinki Olympiastadion Töölö Football Grounds Turku Kupittaa Stadium Tampere Ratina Stadion Lahti Kisapuisto Kotka Kotka Stadion Melbourne 1956 Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground Olympic Park Stadium Rome 1960 Rome Stadio Flaminio Florence Stadio Comunale Grosseto Stadio Comunale Livorno Stadio Ardenza Pescara Stadio Adriatico L'Aquila Stadio Comunale Naples Stadio Fuorigrotta Tokyo 1964 Tokyo National Olympic Stadium Prince Chichibu Memorial Field Komazawa Stadium Ōmiya Omiya Soccer Stadium Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Mexico City 1968 Mexico City Estadio Azteca Puebla Estadio Cuauhtémoc Guadalajara Estadio Jalisco León Estadio León Munich 1972 Munich Olympiastadion Augsburg Rosenaustadion Ingolstadt ESV - Stadion Regensburg Jahnstadion Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion Passau Drei Flüsse Stadion Montreal 1976 Montreal Olympic Stadium Sherbrooke Municipal Stadium Toronto Varsity Stadium Ottawa Lansdowne Stadium Moscow 1980 Moscow Lenin Stadium Dynamo Stadium Leningrad Kirov Stadium Kiev Republican Stadium Minsk Dinamo Stadium Los Angeles 1984 Pasadena, California Rose Bowl Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Stadium Annapolis, Maryland Navy -- Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Stanford, California Stanford Stadium Seoul 1988 Seoul Seoul Olympic Stadium Dongdaemun Stadium Busan Busan Stadium Daegu Daegu Stadium Daejeon Daejeon Stadium Gwangju Gwangju Stadium Barcelona 1992 Barcelona Camp Nou Estadi de Sarrià Sabadell Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta Zaragoza Estadio La Romareda Valencia Estadio Luis Casanova Atlanta 1996 Athens, Georgia Sanford Stadium Orlando, Florida Citrus Bowl Birmingham, Alabama Legion Field Miami, Florida Miami Orange Bowl Washington, D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Sydney 2000 Sydney Olympic Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Brisbane Brisbane Cricket Ground Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium Canberra Bruce Stadium Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) Athens 2004 Athens Athens Olympic Stadium Karaiskakis Stadium Patras Pampeloponnisiako Stadium Volos Panthessaliko Stadium Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium Heraklion Pankritio Stadium Beijing 2008 Beijing Beijing National Stadium Workers Stadium Tianjin Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium Shanghai Shanghai Stadium Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium Shenyang Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium London 2012 London Wembley Stadium Glasgow Hampden Park Cardiff Millennium Stadium Coventry City of Coventry Stadium * Manchester Old Trafford Newcastle upon Tyne St James ' Park * Rio 2016 Rio de Janeiro Estádio do Maracanã Estádio Olímpico João Havelange São Paulo Arena Corinthians Brasília Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Salvador Arena Fonte Nova * Belo Horizonte Estádio Mineirão Manaus Arena da Amazônia Tokyo 2020 Tokyo Olympic Stadium Tokyo Stadium Yokohama International Stadium Yokohama Saitama Saitama Stadium 2002 Miyagi Miyagi Stadium Sapporo Sapporo Dome City of Coventry Stadium & St. James Park were normally called Ricoh Arena & Sports Direct Arena, but because of the IOC 's rules disallowing corporate sponsorship for event sites, they were renamed for the duration of the games. Arena Fonte Nova is normally called Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, but because of the IOC 's rules disallowing corporate sponsorship for event sites, the venue was renamed for the duration of the games. Events Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years Men 's event X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 27 Women 's event X X X X X X X 7 Events 0 0 Competition format For both the men 's and women 's tournaments, the competition consists of a round - robin group stage followed by a knockout stage. Teams are placed into groups of 4 teams, with each team playing each other team in its group once. Teams earn 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The top two teams in each group ( as well as the top two third - place finishers, in the women 's tournament ) advance to the knockout rounds. The knockout rounds are a single - elimination tournament consisting of quarterfinals, semifinals, and the gold and bronze medal matches. Matches consist of two halves of 45 minutes each. During the knockout rounds, if the match is tied after 90 minutes, two 15 - minute halves of extra time are played ( extra time is skipped in favor of immediate penalty kicks in the bronze medal match if it is played on the same day in the same stadium as the gold medal match ). If the score remains tied, penalty kicks are used to determine the winner. Participating nations Men Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. UEFA Nation 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years Austria -- -- -- 6 -- -- -- = 11 = 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Belarus -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 -- Belgium -- -- -- 15 = 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 Bulgaria -- -- -- -- -- 10 -- -- -- = 17 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 Czech Republic -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 -- -- -- -- Czechoslovakia -- -- -- -- 9 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 -- -- -- -- Split into Slovakia and Czech Republic 5 Denmark -- -- 10 -- -- -- = 5 -- -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- 13 -- -- -- -- -- 8 9 East Germany -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Merged with West Germany Estonia -- -- -- -- -- = 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Finland -- -- -- -- -- -- = 9 -- = 14 -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- France -- 5 -- 5 = 9 -- = 5 = 17 -- 9 -- 7 -- 5 -- -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- 12 Germany -- -- -- 7 -- -- = 5 = 6 -- = 9 -- -- -- 5 -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 Great Britain -- 11 -- -- = 6 = 17 = 5 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- 10 Greece -- -- -- -- 13 -- -- -- -- = 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- -- -- Hungary -- -- -- 5 -- 13 -- = 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16 -- -- -- -- -- 9 Ireland -- -- -- -- -- 7 -- -- = 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Israel Competed with Asia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Italy -- -- -- 8 5 6 = 5 = 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 12 5 5 -- -- 15 Latvia -- -- -- -- -- 16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Lithuania -- -- -- -- -- = 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Luxembourg -- -- -- -- 12 11 = 9 = 9 = 9 = 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 Netherlands -- -- = 9 -- = 9 = 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 -- -- 8 Norway -- -- -- 9 7 -- -- -- = 14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 Poland -- -- -- -- -- = 17 -- -- = 9 -- 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 Portugal -- -- -- -- -- -- = 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 -- -- 6 Romania -- -- -- -- -- 14 -- -- -- = 17 -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Russia -- -- -- 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Serbia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 -- -- Serbia and Montenegro -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16 -- -- -- Slovakia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13 -- -- -- -- Soviet Union -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 9 -- -- -- -- -- Split into 15 nations 6 Spain -- -- -- -- = 17 = 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 -- 13 10 -- -- 6 -- -- 14 -- 10 Sweden -- -- 11 6 -- = 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 6 -- -- -- -- -- 15 10 Switzerland -- -- -- -- -- = 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13 -- Turkey -- -- -- -- -- = 17 = 9 = 9 = 5 = 5 -- 14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 Yugoslavia -- -- -- -- 9 = 17 = 9 -- 6 -- -- -- 10 -- Split into 7 nations 11 CONMEBOL Nation 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years Argentina -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 10 -- -- -- -- -- 8 -- -- -- 11 8 Brazil -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 5 -- 6 9 13 13 -- -- 7 -- 13 Chile -- -- -- -- -- -- 17 -- -- = 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Colombia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 11 -- 11 -- -- 14 -- -- -- -- -- 6 5 Paraguay -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- -- Peru -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- -- -- 11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Uruguay -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 -- Venezuela -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CONCACAF Nation 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years Canada -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 -- 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Costa Rica -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16 13 -- -- -- -- 8 -- -- -- Cuba -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11 7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- El Salvador -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Guatemala -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 -- 10 -- -- 16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Honduras -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 -- 16 7 Mexico -- -- -- -- -- -- = 9 -- = 11 -- -- -- 11 7 9 -- -- -- 10 7 -- = 10 -- 9 11 Netherlands Antilles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- United States -- -- -- -- 12 = 9 = 9 = 11 = 17 = 5 -- -- -- 14 -- -- 9 12 9 10 -- 9 -- -- 14 CAF Nation 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years Algeria -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 Cameroon -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11 -- -- -- -- 8 -- -- Egypt -- -- -- -- 8 8 = 9 = 11 = 9 -- 12 -- -- -- -- 8 -- 12 -- -- -- -- 8 -- 11 Ivory Coast -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 -- -- Gabon -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 -- Ghana -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 12 16 -- -- -- -- 8 -- 9 -- -- -- 6 Guinea -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Mali -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- -- -- Morocco -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13 -- 8 -- -- 12 -- 15 -- 16 = 10 -- 11 -- 7 Nigeria -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 -- -- 13 -- 15 -- 8 -- -- 7 Senegal -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 - South Africa -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11 -- -- -- 13 Sudan -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Tunisia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 13 -- 14 -- 12 -- -- -- Zambia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- AFC Nation 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years Afghanistan -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Australia Competed with Oceania 7 11 -- -- China -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 -- -- -- -- 13 -- -- Chinese Taipei -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 9 = 11 -- -- 16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- India -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 11 = 17 13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Indonesia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Iran -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 -- 12 7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Iraq -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 14 9 -- -- -- -- -- 12 5 Israel -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- 6 -- Competed with Europe Japan -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 6 -- -- = 9 -- 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 6 13 15 10 10 Kuwait -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 -- -- 16 -- 12 -- -- -- -- Malaysia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Myanmar -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- North Korea -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Qatar -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- Saudi Arabia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16 -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- South Korea -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 5 -- -- -- 14 -- -- -- -- -- 11 11 11 9 6 10 5 10 Syria -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Thailand -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 9 -- -- 16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- United Arab Emirates -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 -- OFC Nation 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years Australia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- = 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 13 15 7 AFC 6 Fiji -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16 New Zealand -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 16 -- Total nations 5 11 14 22 17 16 18 25 11 16 14 16 16 13 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Women Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. Host Nation is shown in bold. Nation 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years Argentina -- -- -- 11 -- -- Australia -- 7 5 -- -- 7 Brazil 6 6 Cameroon -- -- -- -- 12 -- Canada -- -- -- 8 China 5 9 5 -- 8 5 Colombia -- -- -- -- 11 11 Denmark 8 -- -- -- -- -- France -- -- -- -- 6 Germany 5 -- 5 Great Britain -- -- -- -- 5 -- Greece -- -- 10 -- -- -- Japan 7 -- 7 -- Mexico -- -- 8 -- -- -- New Zealand -- -- -- 10 8 9 Nigeria -- 8 6 11 -- -- North Korea -- -- -- 9 9 -- Norway -- 7 -- -- South Africa -- -- -- -- 10 10 Sweden 6 6 6 7 6 United States 5 6 Zimbabwe -- -- -- -- -- 12 Total nations 8 8 10 12 12 12 Men 's tournament Association Football at the Summer Olympics -- Men 's tournament Founded 1900 Region International ( FIFA ) Number of teams 16 ( from 6 confederations ) Current champions Brazil ( 1st title ) Most successful team ( s ) Great Britain Hungary ( 3 titles each ) 2016 Summer Olympics The qualifying tournament, like that for the World Cup, is organised along continental lines. Most continental confederations organise a special Under - 23 qualifying tournament, although the European qualifiers are drawn from the finalists of the UEFA Under - 21 Championship and South American qualifiers from the South American Youth Championship, which is a U-20 tournament. Teams participating in the preliminary and final competitions must be composed of U-23 players, with a maximum of three players who are older than U-23. For Rio 2016, U-23 players are born after January 1, 1993. For the 2016 Games, the number of places allocated to each continent was : Europe -- 4 Asia -- 3 Africa -- 3 South America -- 2.5 North America -- 2.5 Oceania -- 1 Women 's tournament Association Football at the Summer Olympics -- Women 's tournament Founded Region International ( FIFA ) Number of teams 12 ( from 6 confederations ) Current champions Germany ( 1st title ) Most successful team ( s ) United States ( 4 titles ) 2016 Summer Olympics The women 's tournament is contested between full national sides, with no age restrictions. One place is reserved for the host country. Of the remaining teams, as in World Cup contests a specific number of places are reserved for teams from each continental region ; the European ( UEFA ) teams are chosen from the most successful European teams in the previous year 's World Cup, whilst the other continental regions host their own qualifying tournaments in the build - up to the Olympics. The first women 's tournament was at the 1996 Atlanta Games. The United States won the gold medal, and picked up silver in 2000 after an extra time defeat by Norway. The finals of the next two tournaments, in 2004 and 2008, also went to extra time, with the U.S. defeating Brazil both times. In 2012 the U.S. won their fourth gold medal defeating Japan 2 -- 1 in the final. Allocation of places for each continent in the 2016 Games was : Europe -- 3 Africa -- 2 Asia -- 2 South America -- 2 ( including hosts Brazil ) North America -- 2 Oceania -- 1 Records Denmark 's Sophus Nielsen in the 1908 and 1912 hold the record for the most goals scored by a player in an all and single tournament, scoring 13 goals. The first official football tournament was held in London, England, 1908. Neymar marked the fastest goal in a men 's Olympic football match in history at 14 seconds in the semi-final match against Honduras on 17 August 2016. Goalscorers The all - time top goalscorers with at least 8 goals ( as of 1908 ) 14 goals Sophus Nielsen ( Denmark ) 13 goals Antal Dunai ( Hungary ) 12 goals Ferenc Bene ( Hungary ) 11 goals Domingo Tarasconi ( Argentina ) Pedro Petrone ( Uruguay ) 10 goals Gottfried Fuchs ( Germany ) Kazimierz Deyna ( Poland ) 9 goals Harold Walden ( Great Britain ) Vilhelm Wolfhagen ( Denmark ) 8 goals Jan Vos ( Netherlands ) Carlos Tevez ( Argentina ) Bebeto ( Brazil ) Harald Nielsen ( Denmark ) Men 's results Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game Gold Score Silver Bronze Score 4th place 1896 Athens No football tournament 1900 Details Paris Great Britain France Belgium only three nations entered 1904 Details St. Louis Canada United States United States only three teams entered 1908 Details London Great Britain 2 -- 0 Denmark Netherlands 2 -- 0 Sweden 1912 Details Stockholm Great Britain 4 -- 2 Denmark Netherlands 9 -- 0 Finland 1920 Details Antwerp Belgium Spain Netherlands France 1924 Details Paris Uruguay 3 -- 0 Switzerland Sweden 1 -- 1 aet Netherlands Match replay : 3 -- 1 1928 Details Amsterdam Uruguay 1 -- 1 aet Argentina Italy 11 -- 3 Egypt Match replay : 2 -- 1 1932 Los Angeles No football tournament 1936 Details Berlin Italy 2 -- 1 aet Austria Norway 3 -- 2 Poland 1948 Details London Sweden 3 -- 1 Yugoslavia Denmark 5 -- 3 Great Britain 1952 Details Helsinki Hungary 2 -- 0 Yugoslavia Sweden 2 -- 0 West Germany 1956 Details Melbourne Soviet Union 1 -- 0 Yugoslavia Bulgaria 3 -- 0 India 1960 Details Rome Yugoslavia 3 -- 1 Denmark Hungary 2 -- 1 Italy 1964 Details Tokyo Hungary 2 -- 1 Czechoslovakia Germany 3 -- 1 United Arab Republic 1968 Details Mexico City Hungary 4 -- 1 Bulgaria Japan 2 -- 0 Mexico 1972 Details Munich Poland 2 -- 1 Hungary Soviet Union East Germany 2 -- 2 aet 1976 Details Montreal East Germany 3 -- 1 Poland Soviet Union 2 -- 0 Brazil 1980 Details Moscow Czechoslovakia 1 -- 0 East Germany Soviet Union 2 -- 0 Yugoslavia 1984 Details Los Angeles France 2 -- 0 Brazil Yugoslavia 2 -- 1 Italy 1988 Details Seoul Soviet Union 2 -- 1 aet Brazil West Germany 3 -- 0 Italy 1992 Details Barcelona Spain 3 -- 2 Poland Ghana 1 -- 0 Australia Details Atlanta Nigeria 3 -- 2 Argentina Brazil 5 -- 0 Portugal 2000 Details Sydney Cameroon 2 -- 2 asdet Spain Chile 2 -- 0 United States 5 -- 3 on penalty shootout Details Athens Argentina 1 -- 0 Paraguay Italy 1 -- 0 Iraq 2008 Details Beijing Argentina 1 -- 0 Nigeria Brazil 3 -- 0 Belgium 2012 Details London Mexico 2 − 1 Brazil South Korea 2 − 0 Japan 2016 Details Rio Brazil 1 -- 1 aet Germany Nigeria 3 − 2 Honduras 5 -- 4 on penalty shootout 2020 Details Tokyo * Under - 23 tournament since 1992. aet -- after extra time asdet -- after sudden death extra time Performances by countries for men Below are the 38 nations that have reached at least the semifinal in the Summer Olympics finals. Team Titles Runners - up Third place Fourth place Medals Hungary 3 ( 1952, 1964, 1968 ) 1 ( 1972 ) 1 ( 1960 ) 5 Great Britain 3 ( 1900, 1908, 1912 ) 1 ( 1948 ) Argentina 2 ( 2004, 2008 ) 2 ( 1928, 1996 ) Russia 2 ( 1956, 1988 ) 3 ( 1972, 1976, 1980 ) 5 Uruguay 2 ( 1924, 1928 ) Brazil 1 ( 2016 ) 3 ( 1984, 1988, 2012 ) 2 ( 1996, 2008 ) 1 ( 1976 ) 6 Yugoslavia 1 ( 1960 ) 3 ( 1948, 1952, 1956 ) 1 ( 1984 ) 1 ( 1980 ) 5 Poland 1 ( 1972 ) 2 ( 1976, 1992 ) 1 ( 1936 ) Spain 1 ( 1992 ) 2 ( 1920, 2000 ) East Germany 1 ( 1976 ) 1 ( 1980 ) 2 ( 1964, 1972 ) Nigeria 1 ( 1996 ) 1 ( 2008 ) 1 ( 2016 ) France 1 ( 1984 ) 1 ( 1900 ) 1 ( 1920 ) Czech Republic 1 ( 1980 ) 1 ( 1964 ) Italy 1 ( 1936 ) 2 ( 1928, 2004 ) 3 ( 1960, 1984, 1988 ) Sweden 1 ( 1948 ) 2 ( 1924, 1952 ) 1 ( 1908 ) Belgium 1 ( 1920 ) 1 ( 1900 ) 1 ( 2008 ) Mexico 1 ( 2012 ) 1 ( 1968 ) Cameroon 1 ( 2000 ) Canada 1 ( 1904 ) Denmark 3 ( 1908, 1912, 1960 ) 1 ( 1948 ) Germany 1 ( 2016 ) 1 ( 1988 ) 1 ( 1952 ) United States 1 ( 1904 ) 1 ( 1904 ) 1 ( 2000 ) Bulgaria 1 ( 1968 ) 1 ( 1956 ) Paraguay 1 ( 2004 ) Austria 1 ( 1936 ) Switzerland 1 ( 1924 ) Netherlands 3 ( 1908, 1912, 1920 ) 1 ( 1924 ) Japan 1 ( 1968 ) 1 ( 2012 ) South Korea 1 ( 2012 ) Chile 1 ( 2000 ) Ghana 1 ( 1992 ) Norway 1 ( 1936 ) Egypt 2 ( 1928, 1964 ) 0 Honduras 1 ( 2016 ) 0 Iraq 1 ( 2004 ) 0 Portugal 1 ( 1996 ) 0 Australia 1 ( 1992 ) 0 India 1 ( 1956 ) 0 Finland 1 ( 1912 ) 0 As Soviet Union. As Czechoslovakia. As United Team of Germany. As West Germany. Men 's top scorers by tournament Year Player Goals 1900 Gaston Peltier John Nicholas 1904 Alexander Hall Tom Taylor 1908 Sophus Nielsen 11 1912 Gottfried Fuchs 10 1920 Herbert Karlsson 7 1924 Pedro Petrone 8 1928 Domingo Tarasconi 9 1936 Annibale Frossi 7 1948 John Hansen Gunnar Nordahl 7 1952 Rajko Mitić Branko Zebec 7 1956 Neville D'Souza Todor Veselinović Dimitar Milanov 1960 Harald Nielsen 8 1964 Ferenc Bene 12 1968 Kunishige Kamamoto 7 1972 Kazimierz Deyna 9 1976 Andrzej Szarmach 6 1980 Sergei Andreev 5 1984 Borislav Cvetković Stjepan Deverić Daniel Xuereb 5 1988 Romario 7 1992 Andrzej Juskowiak 7 Bebeto Hernán Crespo 6 2000 Iván Zamorano 6 Carlos Tevez 8 2008 Giuseppe Rossi 2012 Leandro Damião 6 2016 Serge Gnabry Nils Petersen 6 Women 's results Main article : List of women 's Olympic football tournament records Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game Gold Score Silver Bronze Score 4th place Details Atlanta United States 2 -- 1 China Norway 2 -- 0 Brazil 2000 Details Sydney Norway 3 -- 2 asdet United States Germany 2 -- 0 Brazil Details Athens United States 2 -- 1 aet Brazil Germany 1 -- 0 Sweden 2008 Details Beijing United States 1 -- 0 aet Brazil Germany 2 -- 0 Japan 2012 Details London United States 2 -- 1 Japan Canada 1 -- 0 France 2016 Details Rio Germany 2 -- 1 Sweden Canada 2 -- 1 Brazil 2020 Details Tokyo aet -- after extra time asdet -- after sudden death extra time Performances by countries for women Below are the 9 nations that have reached at least the semifinal in the Summer Olympics finals. Team Titles Runners - up Third place Fourth place Medals United States 4 ( 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012 ) 1 ( 2000 ) 5 Germany 1 ( 2016 ) 3 ( 2000, 2004, 2008 ) Norway 1 ( 2000 ) 1 ( 1996 ) Brazil 2 ( 2004, 2008 ) 3 ( 1996, 2000, 2016 ) Japan 1 ( 2012 ) 1 ( 2008 ) Sweden 1 ( 2016 ) 1 ( 2004 ) China PR 1 ( 1996 ) Canada 2 ( 2012, 2016 ) France 1 ( 2012 ) 0 Women 's top scorers by tournament Year Player Goals Ann Kristin Aarønes Linda Medalen Pretinha 2000 Sun Wen Cristiane Birgit Prinz 5 2008 Cristiane 5 2012 Christine Sinclair 6 2016 Melanie Behringer 5 Goalscorers ( Woman ) The all - time top goalscorers with at least 5 goals ( 1996 - 2016 ) 14 goals Cristiane ( Brazil ) 11 goals Christine Sinclair ( Canada ) 10 goals Marta ( Brazil ) Birgit Prinz ( Germany ) 9 goals Abby Wambach ( United States ) 8 goals Pretinha ( Brazil ) Carli Lloyd ( United States ) 7 goals Melissa Tancredi ( Canada ) 6 goals Lotta Schelin ( Sweden ) 5 goals Mia Hamm ( United States ) Sun Wen ( China ) Tiffeny Milbrett ( United States ) Alex Morgan ( United States ) Melanie Behringer ( Germany ) Medal table Total ※ Countries ranked by total medals won ( men 's and women 's ) including unofficial ( 1900 and 1904 ). ※ Bronze medals shared in 1972 tournament Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total United States ( USA ) 7 Hungary ( HUN ) 5 Great Britain ( GBR ) 0 0 Argentina ( ARG ) 0 5 Soviet Union ( URS ) 0 5 6 Uruguay ( URU ) 0 0 7 Brazil ( BRA ) 5 8 8 Yugoslavia ( YUG ) 5 9 Poland ( POL ) 0 Spain ( ESP ) 0 11 Germany ( GER ) 5 12 Sweden ( SWE ) 13 East Germany ( GDR ) Nigeria ( NGR ) 15 Czechoslovakia ( TCH ) 0 France ( FRA ) 0 17 Canada ( CAN ) 0 Italy ( ITA ) 0 Norway ( NOR ) 0 20 Belgium ( BEL ) 0 21 Cameroon ( CMR ) 0 0 Mexico ( MEX ) 0 0 23 Denmark ( DEN ) 0 24 Bulgaria ( BUL ) 0 Japan ( JPN ) 0 26 Switzerland ( SUI ) 0 0 Austria ( AUT ) 0 0 China ( CHN ) 0 0 Paraguay ( PAR ) 0 0 30 Netherlands ( NED ) 0 0 31 Ghana ( GHA ) 0 0 Chile ( CHI ) 0 0 United Team of Germany ( EUA ) 0 0 West Germany ( FRG ) 0 0 South Korea ( KOR ) 0 0 Total 32 32 33 97 Men 's medal table ※ Countries ranked by total medals won including unofficial ( 1900 and 1904 ). ※ Bronze medals shared in 1972 tournament Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Hungary ( HUN ) 5 Great Britain ( GBR ) 0 0 Argentina ( ARG ) 0 Soviet Union ( URS ) 0 5 5 Uruguay ( URU ) 0 0 6 Brazil ( BRA ) 6 7 Yugoslavia ( YUG ) 5 8 Poland ( POL ) 0 Spain ( ESP ) 0 10 East Germany ( GDR ) Nigeria ( NGR ) 12 Czechoslovakia ( TCH ) 0 France ( FRA ) 0 14 Sweden ( SWE ) 0 Italy ( ITA ) 0 16 Belgium ( BEL ) 0 17 Canada ( CAN ) 0 0 Cameroon ( CMR ) 0 0 Mexico ( MEX ) 0 0 20 Denmark ( DEN ) 0 21 United States ( USA ) 0 Bulgaria ( BUL ) 0 23 Switzerland ( SUI ) 0 0 Austria ( AUT ) 0 0 Germany ( GER ) 0 0 Paraguay ( PAR ) 0 0 27 Netherlands ( NED ) 0 0 28 Norway ( NOR ) 0 0 Japan ( JPN ) 0 0 Ghana ( GHA ) 0 0 Chile ( CHI ) 0 0 United Team of Germany ( EUA ) 0 0 West Germany ( FRG ) 0 0 South Korea ( KOR ) 0 0 Total 26 26 27 79 Women 's medal table Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total United States ( USA ) 0 5 Germany ( GER ) 0 Norway ( NOR ) 0 Brazil ( BRA ) 0 0 5 China ( CHN ) 0 0 Japan ( JPN ) 0 0 Sweden ( SWE ) 0 0 8 Canada ( CAN ) 0 0 Total 6 6 6 18 See also Football at the Youth Olympic Games References Jump up ^ Goldblatt, David. The Ball Is Round : A Global History of Football. Penguin Books. p. 243. ISBN 978 - 0 - 14 - 101582 - 8. Jump up ^ Mallon, Bill ; Widlund, Ture ( 1998 ). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson : McFarland. p. 118. ISBN 0 - 7864 - 0379 - 9. Jump up ^ The forgotten story of... football, farce and fascism at the 1936 Olympics Jump up ^ `` Controversia -- Berlín 36. Un mito derrumbado ( The Berlin ' 36 Controversy. A myth debunked. ) '' ( in Spanish ). Larepublica.com.pe. Archived from the original on 2009 - 03 - 22. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Women Sports Get a Boost ''. The New York Times. September 20, 1993. Retrieved July 15, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Players ''. The Seattle Times. October 17, 1993. p. C2. Jump up ^ Gildea, William ( August 2, 1996 ). `` U.S. Women 's Soccer Team Wins Gold ''. The Washington Post. p. A1. Retrieved July 15, 2017. 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Retrieved 15 August 2012. Jump up ^ Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments ^ Jump up to : The East German team represented the United Team of Germany in 1964, winning the bronze medal. Jump up ^ The team represented the United Team of Germany in 1956, and the Federal Republic of Germany ( i.e., West Germany ) in 1972, 1984 and 1988, and winning the bronze medal in 1988. Jump up ^ The United States had two of the three teams at the 1904 Games, taking the silver and bronze medals. Jump up ^ The 1900 and 1904 tournaments, they are not recognized by FIFA. The competition has been held regularly, except 1932. Since 1992 compete exclusively the U23 national teams. Jump up ^ `` REGULATIONS for the Olympic Football Tournaments '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ ( 1 ) ^ Jump up to : The 1900 tournament was originally a pair of demonstration matches between the three teams, but has subsequently been upgraded to official status by the IOC with medals attributed to the teams based upon the match results. ^ Jump up to : The 1904 tournament was originally a set of demonstration matches between the three teams ( two from the United States ), but has subsequently been upgraded to official status by the IOC with medals attributed to the teams based upon the round - robin results. ^ Jump up to : In 1920, Czechoslovakia abandoned the final match against Belgium after 40 minutes with the latter up 2 -- 0. They were disqualified, and a mini-tournament to figure out the other medalists was held, with Spain beating the Netherlands for second place 3 -- 1. Jump up ^ In 1972, the third place match between the Soviet Union and East Germany was a 2 -- 2 tie after extra time had expired. Both teams were awarded bronze medals. 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Question: when did women's soccer become an olympic sport
Answer: 1996