Women's Chess Olympiad

The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympiad has been incorporated within Chess Olympiad events, with simultaneous women's and open tournaments.

The Soviet Union has won it the most often: 11 times. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, China and Georgia have won the event four times each. It has also been won by Hungary, Ukraine and Israel (one year when it was boycotted by the Eastern Bloc).

Results

From 1957 to 1974 the Women's Olympiad was a separate event (with except of the 1972 event). Since 1976 it has been held in the same place and at the same time as the open event.

YearEventHostGoldSilverBronze
19571st Women's Chess Olympiad Emmen, Netherlands Soviet Union 10½ Romania 10½ East Germany 10
19632nd Women's Chess Olympiad Split, Yugoslavia Soviet Union 25 Yugoslavia 24½ East Germany 21
19663rd Women's Chess Olympiad Oberhausen, West Germany Soviet Union 22 Romania 20½ East Germany 17
19694th Women's Chess Olympiad Lublin, Poland Soviet Union 26 Hungary 20½ Czechoslovakia 19
197220th Chess Olympiad Skopje, Yugoslavia Soviet Union 11½ Romania 8 Hungary 8
19746th Women's Chess Olympiad Medellín, Colombia Soviet Union 13½ Romania 13½ Bulgaria 13
197622nd Chess Olympiad * Haifa, Israel Israel 17 England 11½ Spain 11½
197823rd Chess Olympiad Buenos Aires, Argentina Soviet Union 16 Hungary 11 West Germany 11
198024th Chess Olympiad Valletta, Malta Soviet Union 32½ Hungary 32 Poland 26½
198225th Chess Olympiad Lucerne, Switzerland Soviet Union 33 Romania 30 Hungary 26
198426th Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki, Greece Soviet Union 32 Bulgaria 27½ Romania 27
198627th Chess Olympiad Dubai, UAE Soviet Union 33½ Hungary 29 Romania 28
198828th Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki, Greece Hungary 33 Soviet Union 32½ Yugoslavia 28½
199029th Chess Olympiad Novi Sad, Yugoslavia Hungary 35 Soviet Union 35 China 29
199230th Chess Olympiad Manila, Philippines Georgia 30½ Ukraine 29 China 28½
199431st Chess Olympiad Moscow, Russia Georgia 32 Hungary 31 China 27
199632nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan, Armenia Georgia 30 China 28½ Russia 28½
199833rd Chess Olympiad Elista, Russia China 29 Russia 27 Georgia 27
200034th Chess Olympiad Istanbul, Turkey China 32 Georgia 31 Russia 28½
200235th Chess Olympiad Bled, Slovenia China 29½ Russia 29½ Poland 28
200436th Chess Olympiad Calvià, Spain China 31 United States 28 Russia 27½
200637th Chess Olympiad Turin, Italy Ukraine 29½ Russia 28 China 27½
200838th Chess Olympiad Dresden, Germany Georgia 18 Ukraine 18 United States 17
201039th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Russia 22 China 18 Georgia 16
201240th Chess Olympiad Istanbul, Turkey Russia 19 China 19 Ukraine 18
201441st Chess Olympiad Tromsø, Norway Russia 20 China 18 Ukraine 18
201642nd Chess Olympiad Baku, Azerbaijan China 20 Poland 17 Ukraine 17
201843rd Chess Olympiad Batumi, Georgia China 18 Ukraine 18 Georgia 17
202044th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
202245th Chess Olympiad Minsk, Belarus

* In 1976 the Soviet Union and other socialist states did not compete for political reasons.

Total team ranking

The table contains the women's teams ranked by the medals won at the Chess Olympiad, not including the unofficial events, ranked by the number of first place medals, ties broken by second-place medals, etc.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union112013
2 China64414
3 Georgia4138
4 Russia3339
5 Hungary2529
6 Ukraine1337
7 Israel1001
8 Romania0527
9 Poland0123
10 Bulgaria0112
 United States0112
 Yugoslavia0112
13 England0101
14 East Germany0033
15 Czechoslovakia0011
 Germany0011
 Spain0011
Totals (17 nations)28282884

See also
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