Facts about Football

1908: London, England, Great Britain won the gold medal in soccer in the Olympics IV. The silver medal was won by Denmark.

1912: Stockholm, Sweden. England beat Denmark 4-2. The bronze medal was won by Holland.

1920: Antwerp, Belgium. Belgium won the medal gold in football at the VII Olympic Games.

1924: Paris, France. Uruguay won the gold medal in soccer in the VIII Olympic Games.

1928: Amsterdam, Netherlands. For the second time, Uruguay won the gold medal in soccer at the Olympic Games IX.

1932: Los Angeles, California (USA). The soccer tournament was canceled.

1936: Berlin, Germany. Italy beat Austria 3-2. The bronze medal was won by Poland.

1948: London, England. Sweden has won Olympic gold in soccer. Sweden beat Yugoslavia 3-1.

1952: Helsinki, Finland. Hungary defeated Yugoslavia 2-0 for gold medal. The bronze medal was won by Sweden.

1956: Melbourne, Australia.The USSR (now Russia, Georgia, Estoniae …) captured the medal gold in football MENA with Yugoslavia and Bulgaria after finishing third second.

1960: Rome, Italy. Yugoslavia beat Denmark 3-1 for the medal gold. The bronze medal was won by Hungary.

1964: Tokyo, Japan. Hungary won the gold medal in soccer at the Summer Olympics XVIII. The silver medal was won by Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) and the bronze medal by Bulgaria.

1968: Mexico City, Mexico. Hungary, Bulgaria beat 4-1.

Final results: 1.Hungary; 2.Bulgaria; 3.Japan; 4.Mexico; 5.France; 6.Guatemala; 7.Spain; 8: Israel 9.Colombia; 10.Guinea; 11.Brazil; 12.Nigeria; 13.Ghana 14. Czechoslovakia; 15.Thailand; 16.The Salvador.

1972: Munich, West Germany. Final results: 1.Poland; 2.Hungary; 3.East Germany 4.USSR; 5.Mexico; 6.Denmark; 7.Morocco; 8.West Germany 9.Malaysia; 10.Use; 11.Iran 12;. Brazil 13.Myanmar; 14.Sudan; 15.Colombia; 16.Guatemala.

1976: Montreal, Canada. Final results: 1.East Germany 2.Poland; 3.USSR; 4.Brazil; 5.Spain; 6.Can; 8.France 7.Mexico;; 9.Israel; 10.Guatemala; 11.Cuba; 12.Iran 13; . North Korea.

For reasons policies, African countries (Nigeria, Zambia and Ghana) did not participate in the Montreal Games in 1976. Uruguay qualified for the Olympics in 1976, but He did not participate. Uruguay has been replaced by Cuba.

1980: Moscow, USSR. Final results: 1.Czechoslovakia; 2.GDR (East Germany); 3.USSR; 4.Yugoslavia; 5.Cuba; 6.Kuwait; 7.Algeria; 8.Iraq; 9.Nigeria; 10.Colombia; 11.Venezuela; 12.Costa Rica, 13, Syria; 14.Finland 15;. Zambia; 16.Spain.

For political reasons, many countries (Iran, United States, Ghana, Egypt, Malaysia, Norway and Argentina), not to participate in the Olympics Games.The United States has been replaced by Cuba.

1984: Los Angeles, California (USA). Final results: 1.France; 2.Brazil; 3.Yugoslavia; 4.Italy; 5.Can; 6.CHILE; 7.West Germany 8.Egypt; 9.USA; 10.Qatar; 11.Norway 12. Cameroon; 13.Morocco; 14.Costa Rica 15.Iraq; 16.Saudi Arabia.

1988: Seoul, South Korea. Final results: 1.USSR; 2.Brazil; 3.Sweden; 4.Italy; 6.Argentina 5.Australia;; 7.WGR (West Germany); 8.Zambia; 9.Tunisia; 10.Guatemala; 11.Iraq; 12.China; 13.South Korea 14. Nigeria; 15.USA; 16.Yugoslavia.

1992: Barcelona, Spain. Final results: 1.Spain; 2.Poland; 3.Ghana; 4.Australia; 5.Italy; 6.Qatar; 7.Sweden; 8.Paraguay; 9.USA; 10.Kuwait; 11.Colombia; 12.Egypt 13. South Korea 14.Morocco; 15.Mexico; 16.Denmark.

1996: Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Final results: 1.Nigeria; 2.Argentina; 3.Brazil; 4.Portugal; 5.Ghana; 6.Mexico; 7.France; 8.Spain; 9.USA; 10.Tunisia; 11.Australia; 12.Saudi Arabia 13.Japan; 14.Hungary; 15.South Korea 16.Italy.

2000: Sydney, Australia. Results end: 1.Cameroon; 2.Spain; 3.Chile; 4.User; 5.Japan; 6.Italy; 7.Brazil; 8.Nigeria; 9.South Korea 10.Honduras; 11.South Africa 12.Slovakia ; 13.Kuwait; 14.Czech Republic; 15.Australia; 16.Morocco.

2004: Athens, Greece. Final results: 1.Argentina; 2.Paraguay; 3.Italy; 4.Iraq; 5.South Korea 6.Mali; 7.Australia; 8.Costa Rica 9.Mexico; 10.Ghana; 11.Morocco; 12.Tunisia; 13.Japan; 14.Portugal; 15.Greece; 16.Serbia and Montenegro.

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