Golf at the Summer Olympics

Golf at the Summer Olympics
Golf at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	IGF
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
	Medalists;

Golf was featured in the Summer Olympic Games official programme in 1900 and 1904. At the IOC session in Copenhagen in October 2009, the IOC decided to reinstate this event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2] The International Golf Federation is governing body for golf at the Olympic Games. As of the 2016 Olympics, qualification is based primarily upon the Official World Golf Ranking (men) and Women's World Golf Rankings, with the top 15 of each gender automatically qualifying (with a limit of four per country), and then the highest ranked players from countries that had not yet already qualified two players.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Medal table[]

Total[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	5	3	5	13
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	1	3
3	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
5	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	1	2
6	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
9	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
9	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		8	8	9	25

Men[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	2	4	9
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	1	3
3	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
4	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
4	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		5	5	6	16

Women[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
2	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
3	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	1	2
4	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
5	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		3	3	3	9

Events[]

1900

1904

2016

2020

A men's individual tournament was planned for the 1908 London Games, but an internal dispute amongst British golfers led to them boycotting the event, leaving 1904 gold medallist George Lyon as the only competitor.^[8] Offered the gold medal by default, Lyon refused to accept it.^[8] Present day, the Olympic golf tournaments only consists of a men's individual stroke play and women's individual stroke play. There has been calls for the IGF and the IOC to consider adding a match play tournament or to open up the Olympic tournament to more golfers by using a different qualifying system than the World Golf Ranking.^[9]

Courses[]

Year	Host city	Course
1900	Paris	Compiègne Golf Club
1904	St. Louis	Glen Echo Country Club, Normandy, Missouri
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Olympic Golf Course, Barra da Tijuca
2020	Tokyo	Kasumigaseki Country Club, Kawagoe
2024	Paris	Le Golf National, Guyancourt
2028	Los Angeles	Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California

Medal summary[]

Men's individual[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris details	Charles Sands (USA)	Walter Rutherford (GBR)	David Robertson (GBR)
1904 St. Louis details	George Lyon (CAN)	Chandler Egan (USA)	Burt McKinnie (USA) Francis Newton (USA)
1908–2012	not included in the Olympic program
2016 Rio details	Justin Rose (GBR)	Henrik Stenson (SWE)	Matt Kuchar (USA)
2020 Tokyo details	Xander Schauffele (USA)	Rory Sabbatini (SVK)	Pan Cheng-tsung (TPE)

Women's individual[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris details	Margaret Abbott (USA)	Pauline Whittier (USA)	Daria Pratt (USA)
1904–2012	not included in the Olympic program
2016 Rio details	Inbee Park (KOR)	Lydia Ko (NZL)	Shanshan Feng (CHN)
2020 Tokyo details	Nelly Korda (USA)	Mone Inami (JPN)	Lydia Ko (NZL)

Men's team[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis details	United States (USA) Robert Hunter Chandler Egan Kenneth Edwards Clement Smoot Walter Egan Daniel Sawyer Edward Cummins Mason Phelps Nathaniel Moore Warren Wood	United States (USA) Albert Lambert Stuart Stickney Burt McKinnie William Stickney Ralph McKittrick Frederick Semple Francis Newton Henry Potter John Cady John Maxwell	United States (USA) Douglass Cadwallader Allan Lard Jesse Carleton Simeon Price Harold Weber John Rahm Arthur Hussey Orus Jones Harold Fraser George Oliver

Participating nations[]

22 golfers competed in 1900. The 1904 tournament featured 77 golfers. Albert Lambert was the only golfer who competed both times; a total of 98 different golfers competed throughout the brief history of Olympic golf before it was brought back in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Argentina (ARG)																												2	1	2
Australia (AUS)																												4	4	2
Austria (AUT)																												2	3	2
Bangladesh (BAN)																												1		1
Belgium (BEL)																												3	3	2
Brazil (BRA)																												3		1
Canada (CAN)			3																									4	4	3
Chile (CHI)																												1	2	2
China (CHN)																												4	4	2
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																												4	3	2
Colombia (COL)																												1	2	2
Czech Republic (CZE)																												1	2	2
Denmark (DEN)																												4	4	2
Ecuador (ECU)																													1	1
Finland (FIN)																												4	4	2
France (FRA)		9																										4	4	3
Germany (GER)																												4	4	2
Great Britain (GBR)		4																										4	4	3
Greece (GRE)		1																												1
Hong Kong (HKG)																												1	1	2
India (IND)																												3	4	2
Ireland (IRL)																												4	4	2
Israel (ISR)																												1		1
Italy (ITA)																												4	4	2
Japan (JPN)																												4	4	2
Malaysia (MAL)																												4	2	2
Mexico (MEX)																												3	4	2
Morocco (MAR)																												1	1	2
Netherlands (NED)																												1	1	2
New Zealand (NZL)																												3	2	2
Norway (NOR)																												3	3	2
Paraguay (PAR)																												2	1	2
Philippines (PHI)																												1	3	2
Poland (POL)																													1	1
Portugal (POR)																												2		1
Puerto Rico (PUR)																													2	1
Russia (RUS)																												1		1
South Africa (RSA)																												4	2	2
South Korea (KOR)																												6	6	2
Slovakia (SVK)																													1	1
Slovenia (SLO)																													1	1
Spain (ESP)																												4	4	2
Sweden (SWE)																												4	4	2
Switzerland (SUI)																												2	2	2
Thailand (THA)																												4	4	2
United States (USA)		8	74																									7	8	4
Venezuela (VEN)																												1	1	2
Zimbabwe (ZIM)																													1	1

Nations		4	2																									41	42	48
Athletes		22	77																									120	120
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20

References[]

^ Wilson, Stephen (August 13, 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
^ "Golf & rugby voted into Olympics". BBC. 2009-10-09.
^ Harig, Bob (5 March 2014). "Olympic golf qualifying date set". ESPN.
^ "Olympic Games - Qualification System - IGF". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ Axson, Scooby (14 July 2014). "Rules for golf qualifying in the 2016 Olympic Games: U.S. will only get four players no matter how many in Top 15". Golf.com.
^ "International Golf Federation". olympic.org. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
^ "Golf". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 428. ISBN 0140066322.
^ "Fixing Olympic Golf". Pro Golf Now. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-09-13.

External links[]

International Olympic Committee results database

[apgolf2016-1] Wilson, Stephen (August 13, 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-08-14.

[2] "Golf & rugby voted into Olympics". BBC. 2009-10-09.

[3] Harig, Bob (5 March 2014). "Olympic golf qualifying date set". ESPN.

[IGF-4] "Olympic Games - Qualification System - IGF". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

[qual14-5] Axson, Scooby (14 July 2014). "Rules for golf qualifying in the 2016 Olympic Games: U.S. will only get four players no matter how many in Top 15". Golf.com.

[IOCQualPage-6] "International Golf Federation". olympic.org. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

[rio-7] "Golf". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

[Wallechinsky-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 428. ISBN 0140066322.

[9] "Fixing Olympic Golf". Pro Golf Now. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-09-13.

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