Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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	Football pictogram for the 2008 Summer Olympics
Event details
Games	2008 Summer Olympics
Host country	China
Dates	6–23 August
Venues	6 (in 5 host cities)
Competitors	469 from 21 nations
Men's tournament
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
Gold	Argentina
Silver	Nigeria
Bronze	Brazil
Women's tournament
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists
Gold	United States
Silver	Brazil
Bronze	Germany
Editions
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Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23.

For these games, the men competed in a 16-team tournament, and the women in a 12-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games on 8 August.

Venues[]

Aside from the host city Beijing, football matches took place in four other cities:

Beijing: Beijing National Stadium
Beijing: Workers' Stadium
Qinhuangdao: Qinhuangdao Olympic Stadium
Shanghai: Shanghai Stadium
Shenyang: Shenyang Olympic Stadium
Tianjin: Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium

Beijing	Beijing National Stadium & Workers' Stadium Qinhuangdao Olympic Stadium Shanghai Stadium Shenyang Olympic Stadium Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics (China)		Shanghai
Beijing National Stadium			Shanghai Stadium
Capacity: 91,000			Capacity: 56,842

Beijing			Shenyang
Workers' Stadium			Shenyang Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 66,161			Capacity: 60,000

Qinhuangdao			Tianjin
Qinhuangdao Olympic Stadium			Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
Capacity: 33,000			Capacity: 54,696

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Argentina (ARG) Oscar Ustari Ezequiel Garay Luciano Fabián Monzón Pablo Zabaleta Fernando Gago Federico Fazio José Ernesto Sosa Éver Banega Ezequiel Lavezzi Juan Román Riquelme (captain) Ángel Di María Nicolás Pareja Lautaro Acosta Javier Mascherano Lionel Messi Sergio Agüero Diego Buonanotte Sergio Romero Nicolás Navarro	Nigeria (NGR) Ambruse Vanzekin Chibuzor Okonkwo Onyekachi Apam Dele Adeleye Monday James Chinedu Obasi Sani Kaita Victor Obinna Isaac Promise (captain) Solomon Okoronkwo Oluwafemi Ajilore Olubayo Adefemi Peter Odemwingie Efe Ambrose Victor Anichebe Emmanuel Ekpo Ikechukwu Ezenwa Oladapo Olufemi	Brazil (BRA) Diego Alves Renan Rafinha Alex Silva Thiago Silva Marcelo Ilsinho Breno Hernanes Anderson Lucas Ronaldinho (captain) Ramires Diego Thiago Neves Alexandre Pato Rafael Sóbis Jô

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women	United States (USA) Hope Solo Heather Mitts Christie Rampone (captain) Rachel Buehler Lindsay Tarpley Natasha Kai Shannon Boxx Amy Rodriguez Heather O'Reilly Aly Wagner Carli Lloyd Lauren Cheney Tobin Heath Stephanie Cox Kate Markgraf Angela Hucles Lori Chalupny Nicole Barnhart	Brazil (BRA) Andréia Simone Andréia Rosa Tânia (captain) Renata Costa Maycon Daniela Formiga Ester Marta Cristiane Bárbara Francielle Pretinha Fabiana Érika Maurine Rosana	Germany (GER) Nadine Angerer Kerstin Stegemann Saskia Bartusiak Babett Peter Annike Krahn Linda Bresonik Melanie Behringer Sandra Smisek Birgit Prinz (captain) Renate Lingor Anja Mittag Ursula Holl Célia Okoyino da Mbabi Simone Laudehr Fatmire Bajramaj Conny Pohlers Ariane Hingst Kerstin Garefrekes