Golf at the Summer Olympics

Golf is officially recognized as first featuring in the Summer Olympic Games programme in 1900 and 1904, although the 1900 events were not regarded as being part of the games at the time. 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.

Golf at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeGLF
Governing bodyIGF
Events2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • Medalists

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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)53513
2 Great Britain (GBR)1113
3 Canada (CAN)1001
 South Korea (KOR)1001
5 New Zealand (NZL)0112
6 Japan (JPN)0101
 Slovakia (SVK)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
9 China (CHN)0011
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
Totals (10 entries)88925

Men
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)3249
2 Great Britain (GBR)1113
3 Canada (CAN)1001
4 Slovakia (SVK)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
6 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
Totals (6 entries)55616

Women
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2114
2 South Korea (KOR)1001
3 New Zealand (NZL)0112
4 Japan (JPN)0101
5 China (CHN)0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Events
1900
  • Men's individual
  • Women's individual
1904
  • Men's individual
  • Men's team
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
  • Men's individual
  • Women's individual

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
YearHost cityCourse(s)
1900France ParisCompiègne Golf Club
1904United States St. LouisGlen Echo Country Club, Normandy, Missouri
1908United Kingdom LondonRoyal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, Kent
1920Belgium AntwerpCappelen's Golf Club, Antwerp
2016Brazil Rio de JaneiroOlympic Golf Course, Barra da Tijuca
2020Japan TokyoKasumigaseki Country Club, Kawagoe
2024France ParisLe Golf National, Guyancourt
2028United States Los AngelesRiviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
2032Australia BrisbaneRoyal Queensland Golf Club, Eagle Farm, Queensland

Medal summary

Men's individual
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
  Charles Sands (USA)  Walter Rutherford (GBR)  David Robertson (GBR)
1904 St. Louis
  George Lyon (CAN)  Chandler Egan (USA)  Burt McKinnie (USA)
 Francis Newton (USA)
1908cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
1912not included in the Olympic program
1920cancelled[lower-alpha 2]
1924–2012not included in the Olympic program
2016 Rio
  Justin Rose (GBR)  Henrik Stenson (SWE)  Matt Kuchar (USA)
2020 Tokyo
  Xander Schauffele (USA)  Rory Sabbatini (SVK)  Pan Cheng-tsung (TPE)
2024 Paris
  1. 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.
  2. Cancelled due to lack of entries.

Women's individual
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
  Margaret Abbott (USA)  Pauline Whittier (USA)  Daria Pratt (USA)
1904–2012not included in the Olympic program
2016 Rio
  Inbee Park (KOR)  Lydia Ko (NZL)  Shanshan Feng (CHN)
2020 Tokyo
  Nelly Korda (USA)  Mone Inami (JPN)  Lydia Ko (NZL)
2024 Paris

Men's team
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904 St. Louis
  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.

Nation9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620Years
 Argentina (ARG)                         212
 Australia (AUS)                         442
 Austria (AUT)                         232
 Bangladesh (BAN)                         11
 Belgium (BEL)                         332
 Brazil (BRA)                         31
 Canada (CAN) 3                        443
 Chile (CHI)                         122
 China (CHN)                         442
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)                         432
 Colombia (COL)                         122
 Czech Republic (CZE)                         122
 Denmark (DEN)                         442
 Ecuador (ECU)                         11
 Finland (FIN)                         442
 France (FRA) 9                        443
 Germany (GER)                         442
 Great Britain (GBR) 4                        443
 Greece (GRE) 1                        1
 Hong Kong (HKG)                         112
 India (IND)                         342
 Ireland (IRL)                         442
 Israel (ISR)                         11
 Italy (ITA)                         442
 Japan (JPN)                         442
 Malaysia (MAL)                         422
 Mexico (MEX)                         342
 Morocco (MAR)                         112
 Netherlands (NED)                         112
 New Zealand (NZL)                         322
 Norway (NOR)                         332
 Paraguay (PAR)                         212
 Philippines (PHI)                         132
 Poland (POL)                         11
 Portugal (POR)                         21
 Puerto Rico (PUR)                         21
 Russia (RUS)                         11
 South Africa (RSA)                         422
 South Korea (KOR)                         662
 Slovakia (SVK)                         11
 Slovenia (SLO)                         11
 Spain (ESP)                         442
 Sweden (SWE)                         442
 Switzerland (SUI)                         222
 Thailand (THA)                         442
 United States (USA) 874                        784
 Venezuela (VEN)                         112
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)                         11
Nations 42                        414248
Athletes 2277                        120120
Year9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620

See also
  • List of Olympic venues in golf

References
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  8. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
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