As men’s football at the Paris Olympics approaches the gold medal game, memories are cast back to Olympic finals from previous years,
Just as they did at Euro 2024 earlier in the summer, it is Spain who have made the Olympics final in 2024, as they face off against Thierry Henry’s France for the right to be crowned as gold medal winner at the Paris Games.
With the men’s football teams made up of players aged under 23, the Olympics final represents many young first opportunity to experience tournament glory, while the three qualifying ‘overage’ players on each team may view it as their final chance to be crowned an Olympic gold champion.
In total, there have been 19 nations that have won Olympic gold for football, but who has won it the most? And how many times have Team GB won gold for Olympic men’s football?
Here is the full list of each nation to win gold in Olympics football - including every Team GB win.
9. Italy - 1 (1936)
Another nation to have won gold just once in Olympic football, Italy were victorious at the 1936 Berlin Games when they defeated Austria 2-1 in extra time. | Getty Images
10. Canada - 1 (1904)
The Canadian men's national team won the second Olympic gold medal ever in 1904, when they defeated Christian Brothers College in St Louis. The women's team are the current holders of Olympic gold after beating Sweden on penalties at Tokyo 2020. | AFP via Getty Images
11. Czechoslovakia - 1 (1980)
Winning their one and only gold medal for Olympic football, Czechoslovakia defeated East Germany in the final of the Moscow Olympic Games. | Hulton Archive
12. Sweden - 1 (1948)
The Swedish men's national team defeated Yugoslavia 3-1 to take their first - and still their only - Olympic gold at the London games of 1948. | Getty Images