American football at the Summer Olympics

American football at the Summer Olympics
Governing body IFAF
Events 1 (men)
Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920
1924 • 1928• 1932• 1936 • 1948 • 1952
1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000
2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016
Medalists
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the site of the 1932 demonstration game

American football was featured in the Summer Olympic Games demonstration programme in 1904 and 1932.[1] College football was played at the 1904 Olympics, which was played at Francis Field.[2] The sport was eventually played only once in 1932.[3] Though American football has not been played in the Olympics since then, various American football players have participated in the Olympics.[4] The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) oversees the IFAF World Championship, which is an international tournament, which itself is held every four years.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans (2011). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. p. 127.
  2. ↑ "College Football in The Olympics, 1904". Mmbolding.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  3. ↑ The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 (PDF). Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932. 1933. pp. 739–743. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  4. ↑ "Olympians in the NFL". NFL.com. 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  5. ↑ "Competition - Senior". IFAF. Retrieved 2012-08-03.


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