Golf at the Summer Olympics

Golf at the Summer Olympics
Golf at the Summer Olympics
IOC Code	GLF
Governing body	IGF
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Summer Olympics
	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; 2024; 2028;
	Medalists;

Golf is officially recognized as firstly featuring in the Summer Olympic Games programme in 1900 and was also contested at the 1904 Summer Olympics. A golf tournament was to have been held in 1908, but it was cancelled less than two days before it was scheduled to start.^[1] Two golf tournaments were also to have been held in 1920, but were cancelled due to a lack of entries.

At the IOC session in Copenhagen in October 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to reinstate the sport for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3] The International Golf Federation is the governing body for golf at the Olympic Games. 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.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Medal table

Sources:^[8]

Total


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	6	3	5	14
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
3	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
4	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
4	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
6	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
7	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
10	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
11	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		10	10	11	31

Men


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	2	4	10
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	1	4
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
6	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	7	19

Women


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
2	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
3	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
4	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
4	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
6	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Events

1900

1904

1908

A men's individual tournament was planned for the 1908 London Games, but a dispute amongst representatives of England and Scotland over the format led to British golfers boycotting, leaving 1904 gold medallist George Lyon of Canada as the only remaining entrant.^[9] He was entitled to claim the gold medal but declined.^[9]

1920

Two golf tournaments were planned at the 1920 Antwerp Games, but were cancelled due to a lack of entries.^[10]

2016

2020

2024

Since its reintroduction, Olympic golf competitions have consisted of men's and women's individual stroke play. There has been calls for the IGF and the IOC to consider adding a match play tournament, a team tournament, and/or to open up the Olympic tournament to more golfers, possibly by using a different qualifying system than the World Golf Ranking.^[12]

Courses

Year	Host city	Course(s)
1900	Paris	Compiègne Golf Club
1904	St. Louis	Glen Echo Country Club, Normandy, Missouri
1908	London	Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
		Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
		Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, Kent
1920	Antwerp	Cappelen's Golf Club, Antwerp
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
2032	Brisbane	Royal Queensland Golf Club, Eagle Farm, Queensland

Medal summary

Men's individual

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris details	Charles Sands United States	Walter Rutherford Great Britain	David Robertson Great Britain
1904 St. Louis details	George Lyon Canada	Chandler Egan United States	Burt McKinnie United States Francis Newton United States
1908	cancelled^[a]
1912	not included in the Olympic program
1920	cancelled^[b]
1924–2012	not included in the Olympic program
2016 Rio details	Justin Rose Great Britain	Henrik Stenson Sweden	Matt Kuchar United States
2020 Tokyo details	Xander Schauffele United States	Rory Sabbatini Slovakia	Pan Cheng-tsung Chinese Taipei
2024 Paris details	Scottie Scheffler United States	Tommy Fleetwood Great Britain	Hideki Matsuyama Japan

^ A dispute amongst representatives of England and Scotland over the format led to British golfers boycotting, leaving 1904 gold medallist George Lyon of Canada as the only remaining entrant.^[1] Olympic organisers offered to award Lyon the gold medal by default, but Lyon refused it.
^ Cancelled due to lack of entries.

Women's individual

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris details	Margaret Abbott United States	Pauline Whittier United States	Daria Pratt United States
1904–2012	not included in the Olympic program
2016 Rio details	Inbee Park South Korea	Lydia Ko New Zealand	Shanshan Feng China
2020 Tokyo details	Nelly Korda United States	Mone Inami Japan	Lydia Ko New Zealand
2024 Paris details	Lydia Ko New Zealand	Esther Henseleit Germany	Lin Xiyu China

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	24	Years
Argentina (ARG)																												2	1	2	3
Australia (AUS)																												4	4	4	3
Austria (AUT)																												2	3	3	3
Bangladesh (BAN)																												1			1
Belgium (BEL)																												3	3	3	3
Brazil (BRA)																												3			1
Canada (CAN)			3																									4	4	4	4
Chile (CHI)																												1	2	2	3
China (CHN)																												4	4	4	3
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																												4	3	4	3
Colombia (COL)																												1	2	3	3
Czech Republic (CZE)																												1	2	2	3
Denmark (DEN)																												4	4	4	3
Ecuador (ECU)																													1		1
Finland (FIN)																												4	4	4	3
France (FRA)		9																										4	4	4	4
Germany (GER)																												4	4	4	3
Great Britain (GBR)		4																										4	4	4	4
Greece (GRE)		1																													1
Hong Kong (HKG)																												1	1		2
India (IND)																												3	4	4	3
Ireland (IRL)																												4	4	4	3
Israel (ISR)																												1			1
Italy (ITA)																												4	4	3	3
Japan (JPN)																												4	4	4	3
Malaysia (MAL)																												4	2	2	3
Mexico (MEX)																												3	4	4	3
Morocco (MAR)																												1	1	1	3
Netherlands (NED)																												1	1	1	3
New Zealand (NZL)																												3	2	3	3
Norway (NOR)																												3	3	4	3
Paraguay (PAR)																												2	1	1	3
Philippines (PHI)																												1	3	2	3
Poland (POL)																													1	1	2
Portugal (POR)																												2			1
Puerto Rico (PUR)																													2	1	2
Russia (RUS)																												1			1
Singapore (SGP)																														1	1
Slovakia (SVK)																													1		1
Slovenia (SLO)																													1	2	1
South Africa (RSA)																												4	2	4	3
South Korea (KOR)																												6	6	5	3
Spain (ESP)																												4	4	4	3
Sweden (SWE)																												4	4	4	3
Switzerland (SUI)																												2	2	3	3
Thailand (THA)																												4	4	4	3
United States (USA)		8	74																									7	8	7	5
Venezuela (VEN)																												1	1		2
Zimbabwe (ZIM)																													1		1

Nations		4	2																									41	42	38	49
Athletes		22	77																									120	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	24

References

^ ^a ^b "Golf | Olympic competitions Abandoned". The People. 31 May 1908. p. 17. Retrieved 27 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wilson, Stephen (13 August 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
^ "Golf & rugby voted into Olympics". BBC Sport. 9 October 2009.
^ Harig, Bob (5 March 2014). "Olympic golf qualifying date set". ESPN.
^ "Olympic Games - Qualification System - IGF". International Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. 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 Magazine.
^ "International Golf Federation". olympic.org. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 428. ISBN 0140066322.
^ "Olympic Golf Abandoned". The New York Times. 4 July 1920. p. 19. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Golf". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
^ "Fixing Olympic Golf". Pro Golf Now. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

External links

International Olympic Committee results database

[13] A dispute amongst representatives of England and Scotland over the format led to British golfers boycotting, leaving 1904 gold medallist George Lyon of Canada as the only remaining entrant.^[1] Olympic organisers offered to award Lyon the gold medal by default, but Lyon refused it.

[14] Cancelled due to lack of entries.

[cancel1908-1] "Golf | Olympic competitions Abandoned". The People. 31 May 1908. p. 17. Retrieved 27 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[apgolf2016-2] Wilson, Stephen (13 August 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

[3] "Golf & rugby voted into Olympics". BBC Sport. 9 October 2009.

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

[IGF-5] "Olympic Games - Qualification System - IGF". International Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

[qual14-6] 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 Magazine.

[IOCQualPage-7] "International Golf Federation". olympic.org. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

[8] "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[Wallechinsky-9] Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 428. ISBN 0140066322.

[10] "Olympic Golf Abandoned". The New York Times. 4 July 1920. p. 19. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[rio-11] "Golf". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

[12] "Fixing Olympic Golf". Pro Golf Now. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

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