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[note 2] [33] [34] African countries have taken particular advantage of this, with Nigeria and Cameroon winning in 1996 and 2000 respectively. [35] Because of the unusual format and the separation from the main national teams that play the World Cup and top continental tournaments, historically strong men's national teams have unimpressive ...
The football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 10 August 2024 in France.The draw took place in Paris on 20 March 2024. [1]In addition to the Olympic host city of Paris, matches were also played in Bordeaux, Décines-Charpieu (near Lyon), Marseille, Nantes, Nice and Saint-Étienne.
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1896 Athens: not officially included in the Olympic program: 1900 Paris [a] details Great Britain (GBR) [b] James Jones Claude Buckenham William Gosling
Competitors from 37 nations travelled to Los Angeles for the 1932 Summer Olympics. [18] The 1936 Summer Olympics, in Berlin, were attended by 49 nations (a new high) but were highly politicized. [19] The scheduled Games of 1940 in Tokyo or Helsinki and 1944 in London were each cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
Map of host cities and countries of the modern summer (orange) and winter (blue) Olympics. * Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop).
While both of these countries are known for their prowess in soccer, it's been over thirty years since either nation won Olympic gold (Spain 1992; France 1984).
8.1 Players who won Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup. 9 Goalscoring. Toggle Goalscoring subsection. 9.1 Individual. 9.2 Team. 9.3 Tournament. 10 Winning managers.
On 24 February 2022, the FIFA Council approved the slot allocation for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The host nation France, earned automatic qualification to the tournament.. For the remaining 15 slots, the AFC and CAF each received 3 automatic slots with a 4th nation from each confederation being granted a spot against each other, UEFA received 3 slots, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL received 2 slots ...