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Olympics Games - Football by Alejandro Guevara Onofre

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

1912: Stockholm, Sweden. Great Britain defeated Denmark 4-2. The bronze medal was won by Holland.

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

1932: Los Angeles, California (USA). The football tournament was cancelled.

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

1948: London, England. Sweden won the gold medal in football in the Olympic Games. Sweden defeated Yugoslavia 3-1.

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

1956: Melbourne, Australia.The USSR (currently Russia, Georgia,Estonia…) captured the men´s soccer gold medal, with Yugoslavia finishing second and Bulgaria third.

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

1964: Tokyo, Japan. Hungary won the gold medal in soccer in the XVIII Olympic Games. The silver medal was won by Czechoslovakia (currently Czech Republic) and the bronze by Bulgaria.

1968: Mexico City, Mexico. Hungary defeated Bulgaria 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.El 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.USA; 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.Canada; 7.Mexico; 8.France; 9.Israel; 10.Guatemala; 11.Cuba; 12.Iran; 13.North Korea.
For political reasons, African countries (Nigeria, Zambia and Ghana) did not participate at the 1976 Montreal Games. Uruguay qualified for the 1976 Olympics, but it did not participate. Uruguay was 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, USA, Ghana, Egypt, Malaysia, Norway and Argentina) did not participate in the Olympics Games.The United States was replaced by Cuba.

1984: Los Angeles, California (USA). Final results: 1.France; 2.Brazil; 3.Yugoslavia;4.Italy; 5.Canada; 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; 5.Australia; 6.Argentina; 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. Final results: 1.Cameroon; 2.Spain; 3.Chile; 4.USA; 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 & Montenegro.

Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry. He've studied political science and journalism. He has published more than seventy-five research paper in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, concerning the world issues, Olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called "The Dictator and Alicia Alonso". He is an expert on foreign affairs. Furthermore, Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latina America.

He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). His favorite film is "Gorillas in the Mist".Some of his favorite books are “The Return of Eva Peron and the Killings in Trinidad” (by V.S.Naipaul), "Las Mujeres de los Dictadores" (by Juan Gasparini) and “Murder of a Gentle Land” (by John Barron and Anthony Paul). His personal motto is "The future is for those people who believe in the beauty of their dreams" by Eleanor Roosevelt.


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