Men's Olympic Football: List of all winners
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Brazil who are defending champions failed to qualify for Paris Olympics
Except for the first modern Summer Olympics in 1896 and the Games in Los Angeles in 1932, men’s football has participated in every quadrennial competition. In the meanwhile, the women’s competition began in Atlanta in 1996.
In 2024, there will be 16 countries competing in men’s football, and 12 teams in women’s football. Eight competitors will advance to the quarterfinals after being divided into groups of four.
Brazil are currently the reigning gold medalist but the irony is they won’t be able to defend it after they failed to qualify for the competition following their 1-0 defeat against Argentina.
The Olympic football tournament has advanced significantly since the Paris 1900 Games, when three club teams—Club Français from Paris, Upton Park from London, and Université de Bruxelles from Brussels—participated. Each side led their nation to the Olympics.
Male football players competing in the Olympics had to be under 23 starting in Barcelona in 1992. Since Atlanta (1996) only three players over the age of 23 were allowed to participate in the competition.
Men’s Olympic Football: All winners
Olympics | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal |
---|---|---|---|
Tokyo 2020 | Brazil | Spain | Mexico |
Rio 2016 | Brazil | Germany | Nigeria |
London 2012 | Mexico | Brazil | South Korea |
Beijing 2008 | Argentina | Nigeria | Brazil |
Athens 2004 | Argentina | Paraguay | Italy |
Sydney 2000 | Cameroon | Spain | Chile |
Atlanta 1996 | Nigeria | Argentina | Brazil |
Barcelona 1992 | Spain | Poland | Ghana |
Seoul 1988 | Soviet Union | Brazil | West Germany |
Los Angeles 1984 | France | Brazil | Yugoslavia |
Moscow 1980 | Czechoslovakia | East Germany | Soviet Union |
Montreal 1976 | East Germany | Poland | Soviet Union |
Munich 1972 | Poland | Hungary | Soviet Union East Germany |
Mexico City 1968 | Hungary | Bulgaria | Japan |
Tokyo 1964 | Hungary | Czechoslovakia | Germany |
Rome 1960 | Yugoslavia | Denmark | Hungary |
Melbourne 1956 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Bulgaria |
Helsinki 1952 | Hungary | Yugoslavia | Sweden |
London 1948 | Sweden | Yugoslavia | Denmark |
Berlin 1936 | Italy | Austria | Norway |
Amsterdam 1928 | Uruguay | Argentina | Italy |
Paris 1924 | Uruguay | Switzerland | Sweden |
Antwerp 1920 | Belgium | Spain | Netherlands |
Stockholm 1912 | Great Britain | Denmark | Netherlands |
London 1908 | Great Britain | Denmark | Netherlands |
St Louis 1904 | Canada | Christian Brothers College (USA) | St. Rose Parish (USA) |
Paris 1900 | Great Britain | France | Belgium |
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