This is a list of records and statistics of the football tournament in the Olympic games ever since the inaugural edition in 1996.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
3 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Sweden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
All-time top scorersThe all-time top goalscorers with at least 5 goals (since 1996)
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Winning coaches
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Year | Host | Champion | Winning coach | Winning captain | Top scorer(s) |
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1996 | Atlanta | United States | Tony DiCicco | Carla Overbeck | Ann Kristin Aarønes (4) Linda Medalen (4) Pretinha (4) |
2000 | Sydney | Norway | Per-Mathias Høgmo | Gøril Kringen | Sun Wen (4) |
2004 | Athens | United States | April Heinrichs | Julie Foudy | Cristiane (5) Birgit Prinz (5) |
2008 | Beijing | United States | Pia Sundhage | Christie Rampone | Cristiane (5) |
2012 | London | United States | Pia Sundhage | Christie Rampone | Christine Sinclair (6) |
2016 | Rio de Janeiro | Germany | Silvia Neid | Saskia Bartusiak | Melanie Behringer (5) |
2020 | Tokyo | Canada | Bev Priestman | Christine Sinclair | Vivianne Miedema (10) |
Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
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