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{{infobox football tournament
| name                 = Men's Olympic Football Tournament
| logo                 = [[File:Football in Bloomington, Indiana, 1996.jpg|200px]]
| caption              = 
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1900}}
| region               = 
| number of teams      = 16 (finals)
| current champions    = {{fb|BRA}} (2nd title)
| most successful team = {{fb|HUN}}<br>{{fb|Great Britain}}<br>(3 titles each)
| broadcasters         =
| website              = 
| current              = [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics]]
}}
{{infobox football tournament
| name                 = Women's Olympic Football Tournament
| logo                 = [[File:FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 Final - Alex Morgan and Stefanie van der Gragt.jpg|250px]]
| caption              = 
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1996}}
| region               = 
| number of teams      = 12 (finals)
| current champions    = {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]]<br>(1st title)
| most successful team = {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]<br>(4 titles)
| broadcasters         =
| website              = 
| current              = [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics]]
}}

'''[[Football (soccer)]]''' has been included in every '''[[Summer Olympic Games]]''' except [[1896]] and [[1932]] as a men's competition sport. [[Women's football]] was added to the official program at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta edition]].{{Clear}}

== History ==
Football was not in the original modern [[Olympic Games]] program as international football was not that popular in [[1896]]. However an unofficial football tournament was organised during the first competition. Complete records have been lost and may not even be true but it seems that only two games may have been played. An [[Athens]] XI lost to a team representing [[Smyrna]] ([[Izmir]]), then part of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Smyrna went on to be beaten 15-0 by a team from [[Denmark]]. Demonstration tournaments were played at the [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900]] and [[1904 Summer Olympics|1904]] games and the "Intercalated Games" of [[1906 Summer Olympics|1906]], but these were contested by various clubs and scratch teams, and are not considered to be official Olympic events. Neither [[FIFA]] nor the [[IOC]] recognize the Intercalated Games. The first proper tournament is said to be in the [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 Olympics]], organized by the [[Football Association]]. It had 6 teams. The next tournament was organized by the [[Swedish Football Association]] in [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912]]. However, the tournament was very unbalanced, with some high scoring games such as 10-0 and 12-0, and all of the players were [[Amateur|amateurs]]. The tournaments of 1924 and 1928 are the two only editions officially recognised by [[FIFA]] as championships of the world.<ref name="mundiales">{{Cite web|date=June 5, 2016|editor-last=El País de Madrid|title=Uruguay: dos Mundiales, cuatro estrellas|url=https://elpais.com/deportes/2016/06/05/actualidad/1465094961_635914.html|access-date=Aug 28, 2019|language=es}}</ref>

For the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympics]], the [[IOC]] admitted professional players.

Since the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Olympics]], all teams have to be under-23 years old. Since [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], three over 23 players are allowed.

A women's edition was added in [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament|1996]]. The women's tournament has no age restrictions, unlike the men's tournament.

== Results ==

{|
| valign="top" width="560" |
=== Men ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=60|Year
!width=170|[[File:Gold medal icon.svg]]
!width=170|[[File:Silver medal icon.svg]]
!width=60|# of teams
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Great Britain}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|FRA}}
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|CAN|1868}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|USA|1896}}
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Great Britain}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|DEN}}
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Great Britain}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|DEN}}
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|BEL}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|ESP|1785}}
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|URU}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Switzerland}}
|align="center"|22
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|URU}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|ARG}}
|align="center"|17
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|ITA}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|AUT}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|SWE}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Yugoslavia}}
|align="center"|18
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|HUN|1949}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Yugoslavia}}
|align="center"|25
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Soviet Union}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Yugoslavia}}
|align="center"|11
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Yugoslavia}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|DEN}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|HUN}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|HUN}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|BUL|1967}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|POL}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|HUN}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|East Germany}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|POL}}
|align="center"|13
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|East Germany}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|FRA}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|BRA}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]
|align="center"|{{fb-big|Soviet Union}}
|align="center"|{{fb-big|BRA}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|ESP}}
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|POL}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996]]
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|Nigeria}}
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|ARG}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]]
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|Cameroon}}
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|ESP}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004]]
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|ARG}}
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|Paraguay}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008]]
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|ARG}}
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|Nigeria}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012]]
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|MEX}}
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|BRA}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016]]
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|BRA}}
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|GER}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020]]
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|BRA}}
|align="center"|{{fbu-big|23|ESP}}
|align="center"|16
|}

=== Women ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=60|Year
!width=170|[[File:Gold medal icon.svg]]
!width=170|[[File:Silver medal icon.svg]]
!width=60|# of teams
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1996]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br>[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|China|size=29px}}<br>[[China women's national football team|China]]
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|NOR|size=29px}}<br>[[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br>[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br>[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Brazil|size=30px}}<br>[[Brazil]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br>[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|China|size=29px}}<br> [[China women's national football team|China]]
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br>[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|Japan|size=29px}}<br> [[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2016]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|GER|size=30px}}<br>[[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|SWE|size=30px}}<br>[[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="center"|[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2020]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|CAN|size=30px}}<br>[[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|SWE|size=30px}}<br>[[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]
|align="center"|12
|}
|}

==Related pages==
* [[National teams world champions (football)]]
* [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Football at the 1936 Olympics]]
* [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Football at the 1988 Olympics]]
* [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Football at the 2012 Olympics]]
* [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Football at the 2016 Olympics]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Football at the Summer Olympics}}{{International football}}

[[Category:Football at the Olympics]]