Golf at the Summer Olympics

Golf was featured in the Summer Olympic Games official programme in 1900 and 1904. At the IOC session in Copenhagen in October 2009, the IOC decided to reinstate this event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Golf at the Summer Olympics
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

As of the 2016 Olympics, 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.[3][4][5][6]

Medal table

Total

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)33511
2 Great Britain (GBR)1113
3 Canada (CAN)1001
 South Korea (KOR)1001
5 New Zealand (NZL)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
7 China (CHN)0011
Totals (7 nations)66719

Men

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2248
2 Great Britain (GBR)1113
3 Canada (CAN)1001
4 Sweden (SWE)0101
Totals (4 nations)44513

Women

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)1113
2 South Korea (KOR)1001
3 New Zealand (NZL)0101
4 China (CHN)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

Events

1900
1904
2016
2020

A men's individual tournament was planned for the 1908 London Games, but an internal dispute amongst British golfers led to them boycotting the event, leaving 1904 gold medallist George Lyon as the only competitor.[8] Offered the gold medal by default, Lyon refused to accept it.[8]

Courses

YearHost cityCourse
1900 ParisCompiègne Golf Club
1904 St. LouisGlen Echo Country Club, Normandy
2016 Rio de JaneiroOlympic Golf Course, Barra da Tijuca
2021 TokyoKasumigaseki Country Club, Kawagoe

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)
1908–2012not included in the Olympic program
2016 Rio
 Justin Rose (GBR)  Henrik Stenson (SWE)  Matt Kuchar (USA)

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)

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)                         21
 Australia (AUS)                         41
 Austria (AUT)                         21
 Bangladesh (BAN)                         11
 Belgium (BEL)                         31
 Brazil (BRA)                         31
 Canada (CAN) 3                        42
 Chile (CHI)                         11
 China (CHN)                         41
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)                         41
 Colombia (COL)                         11
 Czech Republic (CZE)                         11
 Denmark (DEN)                         41
 Finland (FIN)                         41
 France (FRA) 9                        42
 Germany (GER)                         41
 Great Britain (GBR) 4                        42
 Greece (GRE) 1                        1
 Hong Kong (HKG)                         11
 Ireland (IRL)                         41
 Israel (ISR)                         11
 Italy (ITA)                         41
 India (IND)                         31
 Japan (JPN)                         41
 Malaya (MAL)                         41
 Mexico (MEX)                         31
 Morocco (MAR)                         11
 Netherlands (NED)                         11
 New Zealand (NZL)                         31
 Norway (NOR)                         31
 Paraguay (PAR)                         21
 Philippines (PHI)                         11
 Portugal (POR)                         21
 Russia (RUS)                         11
 South Africa (RSA)                         41
 South Korea (KOR)                         61
 Spain (ESP)                         41
 Sweden (SWE)                         41
 Switzerland (SUI)                         21
 Thailand (THA)                         41
 United States (USA) 874                        73
 Venezuela (VEN)                         11
Nations 42                        4142
Athletes 2277                        120213
Year9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620

See also

References

  1. Wilson, Stephen (August 13, 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  2. "Golf & rugby voted into Olympics". BBC. 2009-10-09.
  3. Harig, Bob (5 March 2014). "Olympic golf qualifying date set". ESPN.
  4. "Olympic Games - Qualification System - IGF". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  5. 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.com.
  6. "International Golf Federation". olympic.org. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  7. "Golf". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  8. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 428. ISBN 0140066322.
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