Golf at the Summer Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 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 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. 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. 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.

Medal table

Sources:

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
	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
	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
	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

• 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. He was entitled to claim the gold medal but declined.

1920

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

2016

• Men's individual
• Women's individual

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.

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 (USA)	Walter Rutherford (GBR)	David Robertson (GBR)
1904 St. Louis details	George Lyon (CAN)	Chandler Egan (USA)	Burt McKinnie (USA)  Francis Newton (USA)
1908	cancelled
1912	not included in the Olympic program
1920	cancelled
1924–2012	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)
2024 Paris details

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)
2024 Paris details

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.

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

See also

In Spanish: Golf en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños