Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

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Ice hockey tournaments have been competed at the Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics. The sport moved to the Winter Olympic Games program for the first Winter Games in 1924. A women's ice hockey tournament was added to the Olympic program for the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was also considered the Ice Hockey World Championships for that year.

[edit] Participating nations

The following table shows the nations that have participated in Olympic ice hockey. For each Games, the final rank of each team is shown, or "–" if the team did not participate that year. Blank regions in the table indicate that the nation did not exist with that designation at that time.

[edit] Men

Nation	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	Total
Australia (AUS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Austria (AUT)	–	–	5	–	=7	7	–	10	–	13	13	–	8	–	10	9	–	12	14	12	–	12
Belarus (BLR)																		–	5-8	4	–	2
Belgium (BEL)	=6	7	8	–	=9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Bulgaria (BUL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Canada (CAN)	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	4	3	–	–	6	4	4	2	2	4	1	7	19
Czech Republic (CZE)																		=5	1	7	3	4
Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	5	5	–	4	2	4	5	4	3	2	3	2	5	2	6	3					16
Finland (FIN)	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	7	6	5	5	4	4	6	2	7	3	3	6	2	14
France (FRA)	=6	=5	5	–	=9	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	–	–	–	11	8	10	11	14	–	10
Germany (GER)	–	–	8	3	5	–											6	7	9	8	10	8
West Germany (FRG)							8	6	6	7	7	7	3	10	5	5						10
East Germany (GDR)							–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–						1
Great Britain (GBR)	–	3	4	–	1	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Hungary (HUN)	–	–	11	–	=7	–	–	–	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Italy (ITA)	–	–	–	–	=9	8	–	7	–	15	–	–	–	–	9	–	12	9	12	–	11	9
Japan (JPN)	–	–	–	–	=9	–	–	–	8	11	10	9	9	12	–	–	–	–	13	–	–	8
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																		–	5-8	–	9	2
Latvia (LAT)	–	–	–	–	=9												–	–	–	9	12	3
Netherlands (NED)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Norway (NOR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	10	11	8	–	11	12	12	9	11	–	–	–	9
Poland (POL)	–	–	8	4	=9	6	6	8	–	9	–	6	6	7	8	10	11	–	–	–	–	13
Romania (ROM)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	12	–	7	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Russia (RUS)																		4	2	3	4	4
Slovakia (SVK)																		6	10	13	5	4
Sweden (SWE)	4	4	2	–	5	4	3	4	5	2	4	4	–	3	3	3	5	1	5-8	5	1	19
Switzerland (SUI)	5	7	3	–	=9	3	5	9	–	8	–	10	11	–	–	8	10	–	–	11	6	14
Ukraine (UKR)																		–	–	10	–	1
Unified Team (EUN)																	1					1
United States (USA)	2	2	–	2	3	–	2	2	1	5	6	2	5	1	7	7	4	8	5-8	2	8	19
USSR (URS)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1						9
Yugoslavia (YUG)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	9	11	10	–	11	–	–	–	–	–		5
Total Teams	7	8	11	4	15	8	9	10	9	16	14	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	12

[edit] Women

Nation	1998	2002	2006	Total
Canada (CAN)	2	1	1	3
China (CHN)	4	7	–	2
Finland (FIN)	3	4	4	3
Germany (GER)	–	6	5	2
Italy (ITA)	–	–	8	1
Japan (JPN)	6	–	–	1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)	–	8	–	1
Russia (RUS)	–	5	6	2
Sweden (SWE)	5	3	2	3
Switzerland (SUI)	–	–	7	1
United States (USA)	1	2	3	3
Total Teams	6	8	8

[edit] Medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in ice hockey

[edit] Men

The ice hockey competition was initally dominated by teams from Canada, who won 6 of the first 7 tournaments. When the Soviet Union first participated in the Winter Olympics in 1956, they were immediately successful, and would win 7 gold medals in the nine appearances of the nation. Including the successor teams of the Unified Team in 1992 and Russia since 1994, Soviet or ex-Soviet hockey teams have won 12 medals (8 gold) in 14 total appearances.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1920 Antwerp	Canada	United States	Czechoslovakia
1924 Chamonix	Canada	United States	Great Britain
1928 St. Moritz	Canada	Sweden	Switzerland
1932 Lake Placid	Canada	United States	Germany
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Great Britain	Canada	United States
1948 St. Moritz	Canada	Czechoslovakia	Switzerland
1952 Oslo	Canada	United States	Sweden
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	USSR	United States	Canada
1960 Squaw Valley	United States	Canada	USSR
1964 Innsbruck	USSR	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1968 Grenoble	USSR	Czechoslovakia	Canada
1972 Sapporo	USSR	United States	Czechoslovakia
1976 Innsbruck	USSR	Czechoslovakia	West Germany
1980 Lake Placid	United States	USSR	Sweden
1984 Sarajevo	USSR	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1988 Calgary	USSR	Finland	Sweden
1992 Albertville	Unified Team	Canada	Czechoslovakia
1994 Lillehammer	Sweden	Canada	Finland
1998 Nagano	Czech Republic	Russia	Finland
2002 Salt Lake City	Canada	United States	Russia
2006 Turin	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic

[edit] Women

The women's tournament has been dominated by teams from Canada and the United States, who typically would only ever lose to each other and therefore, win gold and silver at every women's hockey tournament. Sweden broke this trend with a surprise defeat of the United States in 2006 to claim the silver medal.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Nagano	United States	Canada	Finland
2002 Salt Lake City	Canada	United States	Sweden
2006 Turin	Canada	Sweden	United States

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	9	5	2	16
2	USSR (URS)	7	1	1	9
3	United States (USA)	3	8	2	13
4	Sweden (SWE)	2	3	5	10
5	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
7	Unified Team (EUN)	1	0	0	1
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	4	4	8
9	Finland (FIN)	0	2	3	5
10	Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2
11	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	2	2
12	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Official reports from each Olympic Organizing Committee