With the Paris Olympics about to begin this summer, 34 countries and territories have historically medaled in Olympic men's soccer, with Hungary being the top performer, winning three gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
However, European countries generally do not take Olympic men's soccer seriously, and many European clubs refuse to even allow men to play in the Olympics. European teams recently won the Olympic men's soccer championship in 1992, and Spain won the men's soccer championship at the Barcelona Olympics.
The years in which Asian teams achieved their best results in men's soccer at the Olympics were Japan in 1968 (bronze medal) and South Korea in 2012 (bronze medal). Brazil successfully defended its Tokyo men's soccer title at the last Olympics.
The last time the Chinese team competed in an Olympic men's soccer tournament was at the 2008 Beijing Olympics held there. At that time, the Chinese team went out very early in the group stage after scoring one draw and two losses and conceding six goals.
Winner of the last 8 Olympic men's soccer tournaments
25th, 1992 Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain, won by the Spanish team.
26th, 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, USA, won by Nigeria
27th, 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia, won by Cameroon
28th, 2004 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, won by Argentina
29th, 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China, won by Argentina
30th Olympic Games, London, England, 2012, won by Mexico
31st, 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, won by the Brazilian team
32nd, 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, won by Brazil
