Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 11 August 2012 in various locations in Great Britain.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mexico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Brazil |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Japan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Canada |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 South Korea |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Mexico Javier Aquino Nestor Araujo Darvin Chavez Jose Corona Javier Cortes Jorge Enriquez Marco Fabian Hector Herrera Israel Jimenez Raul Jimenez Hiram Mier Oribe Peralta Miguel Ponce Diego Reyes Jose Rodriguez Carlos Salcido Giovani dos Santos Nestor Vidrio |
Brazil Alex Sandro Alexandre Pato Danilo Gabriel Ganso Hulk Juan Jesus Leandro Damiao Lucas Marcelo Neto Neymar Oscar Rafael Romulo Sandro Thiago Silva Bruno Uvini |
South Korea Baek Sung-dong Hwang Seok-ho Ji Dong-won Jung Sung-ryong Jung Woo-young Ki Seung-yueng Kim Bo-kyung Kim Chang-soo Kim Hyun-sung Kim Kee-hee Kim Young-gwon Koo Ja-cheol Lee Bum-young Nam Tae-hee Oh Jae-suk Park Chu-young Park Jong-woo Yun Suk-young |
| Women | United States Nicole Barnhart Shannon Boxx Rachel Buehler Lauren Cheney Tobin Heath Amy LePeilbet Sydney Leroux Carli Lloyd Heather Mitts Alex Morgan Kelley O'Hara Heather O'Reilly Christie Rampone Megan Rapinoe Amy Rodriguez Becky Sauerbrunn Hope Solo Abby Wambach |
Japan Kozue Ando Miho Fukumoto Mana Iwabuchi Azusa Iwashimizu Ayumi Kaihori Nahomi Kawasumi Yukari Kinga Saki Kumagai Karina Maruyama Aya Miyama Yuki Ogimi Shinobu Ohno Mizuho Sakaguchi Aya Sameshima Homare Sawa Megumi Takase Asuna Tanaka Kyoko Yano |
Canada Melanie Booth Candace Chapman Jonelle Filigno Robyn Gayle Kaylyn Kyle Karina LeBlanc Diana Matheson Erin McLeod Carmelina Moscato Marie-Eve Nault Kelly Parker Desiree Scott Sophie Schmidt Lauren Sesselmann Christine Sinclair Chelsea Stewart Melissa Tancredi Brittany Timko Rhian Wilkinson Emily Zurrer |
Statistics[]
- There were 467 total athletes from 24 countries.
- Raissa Feudjio was the youngest participant with 16 years and 270 days.
- Jenny Bindon was the oldest participant with 39 years and 152 days.
- No participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- 6 nations won a medal, the highest number possible.
- Mexico and South Korea won their first-ever medal in the sport.
- Canada won its first medal in the sport since St. Louis 1904.
- Japan won its first medal in the sport since Mexico City 1968.
