Golf at the Summer Olympics

Golf at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	IGF
Events	3 (men: 2; women: 1)
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

Golf was featured in the Summer Olympic Games official programme in 1900 and 1904. At the IOC session in Copenhagen in October 2009, the IOC decided to reinstate this event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1][2] The event will be open to professional golfers.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	3	4	10
2	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
Total		4	4	5	13

Events

1900

• Men's individual
• Women's individual

1904

• Men's individual
• Men's team

Proposed

The International Golf Federation (IGF) has proposed^[3] 72-hole stroke play tournaments (with a 3-hole playoff in the event of a tie) for both men's and women's events in 2016. Eligibility would be determined by IGF rankings. The top 15 players would be eligible (regardless of country) and then the next 45 players representing countries that do not already have two representatives.

Medal summary

Men's individual

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Charles Sands (USA)	Walter Rutherford (GBR)	David Robertson (GBR)
1904 St. Louis	George Lyon (CAN)	Chandler Egan (USA)	Burt McKinnie (USA)  Francis Newton (USA)
1908–2012	not included in the Olympic program
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Women's individual

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Margaret Abbott (USA)	Pauline Whittier (USA)	Daria Pratt (USA)
1904–2012	not included in the Olympic program
2016 Rio de Janeiro

Men's team

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1904 St. Louis	United States (USA) Robert Hunter Chandler Egan Kenneth Edwards Clement Smoot Walter Egan Daniel Sawyer Edward Cummins Mason Phelps Nathaniel Moore Warren Wood	United States (USA) Albert Lambert Stuart Stickney Burt McKinnie William Stickney Ralph McKittrick Frederick Semple Francis Newton Henry Potter John Cady John Maxwell	United States (USA) Douglass Cadwallader Allen Lard Jesse Carleton Simeon Price Harold Weber John Rahm Arthur Hussey Orus Jones Harold Fraser George Oliver

Participating nations

22 golfers competed in 1900, including 10 women and 12 men. The 1904 tournament featured 77 golfers, all men. Albert Lambert was the only golfer who competed both times; a total of 93 different golfers competed throughout the brief history of Olympic golf before it was brought back in 2016.

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	Years
Canada (CAN)			3																										1
France (FRA)		9																											1
Great Britain (GBR)		4																											1
Greece (GRE)		1																											1
United States (USA)		8	74																										2
Nations		4	2																										5
Athletes		22	77																										93

See also

• List of Olympic venues in golf

References

1. Wilson, Stephen (August 13, 2009). "Golf, rugby backed by IOC board for 2016 Games". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
2. "Golf & rugby voted into Olympics". BBC. 2009-10-09.
3. "IGF Submits Detailed Questionnaire to International Olympic Committee, Constituting Golf’s Formal Olympic Bid". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

External links

• International Olympic Committee results database