Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 24 July to 8 August 1992 at various locations in Spain.
For the first time, an age limit was set for football players under the age of 23.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Ghana |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Spain Jose Amavisca Garate Rafael Berges Marin Santiago Canizares Ruiz Abelardo Fernandez Antuna Albert Ferrer Llopis Josep Guardiola Sala Miguel Hernandez Sanchez Antonio Jimenez Sistachs Mikel Lasa Goicoechea Juan Manuel Lopez Martinez Javier Manjarin Pereda Luis Enrique Martinez Garcia Quico Narvaez Alfonso Perez Munoz Antonio Pinilla Miranda Francisco Soler Atencis Roberto Solozabal Villanueva Francisco Veza Fragoso Gabriel Vidal Nova David Villabona Etxaleku |
Poland Dariusz Adamczuk Marek Bajor Jerzy Brzeczek Dariusz Gesior Marcin Jalocha Andrzej Juskowiak Aleksander Klak Andrzej Kobylanski Dariusz Kosela Wojciech Kowalczyk Marek Kozminski Tomasz Lapinski Grzegorz Mielcarski Arkadiusz Onyszko Ryszard Staniek Piotr Swierczewski Dariusz Szubert Tomasz Waldoch Miroslaw Waligora Tomasz Wieszczycki |
Ghana Joachin Yaw Acheampong Simon Addo Sammi Adjei Mamood Amadu Frank Amankwah Bernard Nii Aryee Isaac Asare Kwame Ayew Ibrahim Dossey Mohammed Gargo Mohammed Kalilu Maxwell Konadu Osei Kuffour Samuel Ablade Kumah Nii Odartey Lamptey Anthony Mensah Alex Nyarko Yaw Preko Shamo Quaye Oli Rahman |
Statistics[]
- There were 272 total athletes from 16 countries.
- Osei Kuffour was the youngest participant with 15 years and 325 days.
- Tomasz Lapinski was the oldest participant with 23 years and 7 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Spain became the first host country to win the gold medal in the sport since Belgium in Antwerp 1920.
- Poland won its first medal in the sport since Montreal 1976.
- Ghana won its first-ever medal in the sport and its first Olympic medal since Munich 1972.