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Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 20 August 2016 at various locations in Brazil.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany Germany 1 1 0 2
2 Brazil Brazil 1 0 0 1
3 Sweden Sweden 0 1 0 1
4 Canada Canada 0 0 1 1
Nigeria Nigeria 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men Brazil Brazil
Douglas Santos
Felipe Anderson
Gabriel Barbosa
Gabriel Jesus
Luan
Luan Garcia
Marquinhos
Neymar
Rafael Alcantara
Renato Augusto
Rodrigo Caio
Rodrigo Dourado
Thiago Maia
Uilson
Walace
Weverton
William
Zeca
Germany Germany
Robert Bauer
Lars Bender
Sven Bender
Julian Brandt
Max Christiansen
Matthias Ginter
Serge Gnabry
Leon Goretzka
Timo Horn
Jannik Huth
Lukas Klostermann
Philipp Max
Maximilian Meyer
Eric Oelschlaegel
Nils Petersen
Grischa Proemel
Davie Selke
Niklas Suele
Jeremy Toljan
Nigeria Nigeria
Oluwafemi Ajayi
Daniel Akpeyi
Stanley Amuzie
Okechukwu Azubuike
Emmanuel Daniel
William Ekong
Saturday Erimuya
Oghenekaro Etebo
Imoh Ezekiel
Kingsley Madu
John Obi Mikel
Usman Muhammed
Popoola Saliu
Abdullahi Shehu
Muenfuh Sincere
Ndifreke Udo
Aminu Umar
Sadiq Umar
Women Germany Germany
Saskia Bartusiak
Melanie Behringer
Laura Benkarth
Sara Daebritz
Lena Goessling
Josephine Henning
Svenja Huth
Mandy Islacker
Tabea Kemme
Isabel Kerschowski
Annike Krahn
Simone Laudehr
Melanie Leupolz
Leonie Maier
Dzsenifer Marozsan
Babett Peter
Alexandra Popp
Anja Mittag
Almuth Schult
Sweden Sweden
Jonna Andersson
Emilia Appelqvist
Kosovare Asllani
Emma Berglund
Stina Blackstenius
Hilda Carlen
Lisa Dahlkvist
Magdalena Eriksson
Nilla Fischer
Pauline Hammarlund
Sofia Jakobsson
Hedvig Lindahl
Fridolina Rolfo
Elin Rubensson
Jessica Samuelsson
Lotta Schelin
Caroline Seger
Linda Sembrant
Olivia Schough
Canada Canada
Janine Beckie
Josee Belanger
Kadeisha Buchanan
Allysha Chapman
Sabrina D'Angelo
Jessie Fleming
Stephanie Labbe
Ashley Lawrence
Diana Matheson
Nichelle Prince
Rebecca Quinn
Deanna Rose
Sophie Schmidt
Desiree Scott
Christine Sinclair
Melissa Tancredi
Rhian Wilkinson
Shelina Zadorsky

Statistics[]

  • There were 473 total athletes from 23 countries.
  • Ellie Carpenter was the youngest participant with 16 years and 97 days.
  • Formiga was the oldest participant with 38 years and 153 days.
  • No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • Brazil won their first-ever gold medal in the sport.
  • Sweden won its first medal in the sport since Helsinki 1952.
  • Nigeria won its first medal in the sport since Beijing 2008.
  • Germany won 2 medals, more than any other nation.
  • Both finales were decided on penalties, for the first time in history.
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