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 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Brazil |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Sweden |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Canada |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Nigeria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | 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 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 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 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 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 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.