The men’s football tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games kicked off on 24 July. A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament and only two have managed to qualify for the grand final. On Friday 9 August, the French and Spanish teams will play for gold in a thrilling and exciting match.
Taking advantage of the fact that the final is approaching, in the following list we recount the 10 latest gold medal winners in the most recent editions.
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France took the gold medal by beating Brazil 2-0 in the final, who ended up with the silver medal. Yugoslavia took the bronze medal by defeating Italy 2-1.
What is now known as Russia, the Soviet Union at that time, won the gold medal after beating Brazil 2-1, which took silver in the discipline for the second consecutive Olympic Games. West Germany took bronze and again left Italy with fourth place in the Olympic Games for the second consecutive time.
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The host city saw its country take the gold medal by defeating Poland 3-2. Ghana won the bronze medal after beating Australia by a narrow margin.
Since these Olympics, men’s football has been under-23 with permission to call up a maximum of three players over that age.
It was the first time that an African country won the gold medal, with Nigeria beating Argentina 3-2. Brazil took bronze after beating Portugal 5-0.
For the second consecutive Olympics, an African country took home the gold medal. This time it was Cameroon, which defeated Spain 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. Chile defeated the United States 2-0 and took the bronze.
For the first time in its history, Argentina won the gold medal by defeating Paraguay 1-0. Italy won the bronze after beating Iraq 1-0.
For the second consecutive Olympic Games, Argentina won gold by beating Nigeria 1-0. Once again, Brazil won bronze by defeating Belgium 3-0.
Incredibly, Mexico overcame Brazil Neymar, Hulk, Julius Caesar and company and won the gold medal for the first time in its history against all odds. South Korea took the silver medal by beating Japan 2-0.
The host country took the gold medal. Brazil beat Germany 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Nigeria won the silver medal after beating Honduras 3-2.
Originally, this Olympic event was held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. For the second consecutive time, Brazil won the gold medal by beating Spain 2-1. Mexico took the bronze by defeating Japan 3-1.
We will see who succeeds the Brazilians in the Olympic list of winners.
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