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Hungary and Great Britain have won the most gold medals – three each – in men’s football at the Olympics while Brazil, Argentina, the Soviet Union and Uruguay have been victorious two times each. Defending champions Brazil have the most medals, seven, including three silver and two bronze.
not included in the Olympic program: 1900 Paris details Great Britain (GBR) James Jones Claude Buckenham William Gosling Alfred Chalk T. E. Burridge William Quash Richard Turner F. G. Spackman John Nicholas Jack Zealley Henry Haslam France (FRA) Pierre Allemane Louis Bach Alfred Bloch Fernand Canelle Duparc Eugène Fraysse Virgile Gaillard ...
GamesGoldSilverBronze2020 Tokyo detailsBrazil (BRA) Santos Gabriel Menino Diego ...Spain (ESP) Unai Simón Óscar Mingueza ...Mexico (MEX) Luis Malagón Jorge Sánchez ...2016 Rio de Janeiro detailsBrazil (BRA) Weverton Zeca Rodrigo Caio ...Germany (GER) Timo Horn Jeremy Toljan ...Nigeria (NGR) Daniel Akpeyi Muenfuh ...2012 London detailsMexico (MEX) José Corona Israel Jiménez ...Brazil (BRA) Gabriel Rafael Thiago Silva ...South Korea (KOR) Jung Sung-ryong Oh ...2008 Beijing detailsArgentina (ARG) Óscar Ustari Ezequiel ...Nigeria (NGR) Ambruse Vanzekin Chibuzor ...Brazil (BRA) Diego Alves Renan Rafinha ...Nov 26, 2022 · A month later, he was heading to Athens for the Olympics. Argentina arrived in Greece as the firm favourites to win gold in the men’s soccer tournament – but the pressure was on. An Olympic Achievement. While treated as an inconvenience by many across Europe, the quest for gold in Olympic football was something of an obsession in South America.
In front of a crowd of 89,102, Argentina won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal in football, beating Nigeria, 1–0. [2] Details. 23 August 2008. 12:00. National Stadium, Beijing. Attendance: 89,102 [1] Referee: Viktor Kassai ( Hungary) References. ^ a b "Nigeria - Argentina". FIFA. 11 August 2012.
Argentina won silver twice (1928 and 1996) before the 2004 tournament, but its appearance in Athens 2004, in which it won the first gold medal, was only their seventh overall. Brazil's silver medals in the 1984, 1988 and 2012 editions were the best they had achieved until 2016's gold.
Argentina won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Here's what the players have been up to since.
Aug 23, 2008 · Aug. 23, 2008. BEIJING Argentina defeated Nigeria, 1-0, at the Bird’s Nest on Saturday to win the gold medal in men’s soccer, and continue a run of success by Argentine youth teams that may...