List of women's Olympic football tournament records
General statistics by tournament
Teams: tournament position
Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
- Most titles won
- 4,
United States (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012).
- Most finishes in the top two
- 5, United States (every tournament).
- Most finishes in the top three
- 5, United States (every tournament).
Consecutive
- Most consecutive championships
- 3, United States (2004–2012).
- Most consecutive finishes in the top two
- 5, United States (1996–2012).
- Most consecutive finishes in the top three
- 5, United States (1996–2012).
Gaps
- Longest gap between successive titles
- 8 years, United States (1996–2004).
Host team
- Best finish by host team
- Champion: United States (1996).
- Worst finish by host team
- 10th position:
Greece (2004).
Other
- Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion
- 2,
Brazil (2004-2008).
- Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion
- 3,
Germany (2000-2008).
- Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion
- 4, Brazil (1996-2008).
- Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two
- 3, Germany (2000-2008).
Coaches: tournament position
- Most championships
- 2, Pia Sundhage ( United States, 2008-2012).
- Most finishes in the top two
- 2, April Heinrichs ( United States, 2000-2004); Pia Sundhage ( United States, 2008-2012).
- Most finishes in the top three
- 2, April Heinrichs ( United States, 2000-2004); Tina Theune ( Germany, 2000-2004); Pia Sundhage ( United States, 2008-2012).
Teams: matches played and goals scored
All time
- Most matches played
- 28, United States.
- Most wins
- 23, United States.
- Most losses
- 10, Brazil;
Sweden.
- Most draws
- 4,
China PR.
- Most goals scored
- 58, United States.
- Most hat-tricks scored
- 2, Brazil.
- Most goals conceded
- 26, Brazil;
Japan.
- Fewest goals scored
- 0,
Colombia; Greece.
- Fewest goals conceded
- 2,
Great Britain.
- Highest goal difference
- +35, United States.
- Lowest goal difference
- -11, Greece;
Nigeria.
- Highest average of goals scored per match
- 2.07, United States.
- Highest average of goals conceded per match
- 3.66,
Cameroon; 
Denmark; Greece.
Individual
- Most tournaments played
- 5, Formiga ( Brazil, 1996–2012).
- Most medals
- 4, Christie Rampone ( United States, 2000–2012).
- Most matches played, finals
- 24, Formiga ( Brazil, 1996–2012).
- Most matches won
- 19, Christie Rampone ( United States, 2000–2012).
- Youngest player
- 7008526089600000000♠16 years, 245 days, Daniela ( Brazil), vs Sweden, 13 September 2000.
- Oldest player
- 7009128070720000000♠40 years, 213 days, Meg ( Brazil), vs Norway, 1 August 1996.
Goalscoring
Individual
- Most goals scored, overall finals
- 12, Cristiane ( Brazil, 2004–2012).
- Most goals scored in a tournament
- 6, Christine Sinclair (
Canada, 2012).
- Most goals scored in a match
- 4, Birgit Prinz ( Germany, vs China, 2004.
- Most goals scored in a lost match
- 3, Christine Sinclair, ( Canada), vs United States, 2012.
- Most goals scored in a final match
- 2, Tiffeny Milbrett ( United States), vs Norway, 2000; Carli Lloyd ( United States), vs Japan, 2012.
- Most goals scored in all final matches
- 3, Tiffeny Milbrett ( United States), 1 vs China in 1996 & 2 vs Norway in 2000; Carli Lloyd ( United States), 1 vs Brazil in 2008 & 2 vs Japan in 2012.
- Fastest hat-trick
- 14 minutes, Cristiane ( Brazil), scored at 34', 35' and 45+3', vs Nigeria, 2008.
- Most hat-tricks
- 2, Cristiane ( Brazil, 2004-2008).
- Youngest hat-trick scorer
- 7008607716000000000♠19 years, 94 days, Cristiane ( Brazil), vs Greece, 17 August 2004.
- Youngest goalscorer, final
- 7008660441600000000♠20 years, 339 days, Lindsay Tarpley ( United States), vs Brazil, 26 August 2004.
- Oldest hat-trick scorer
- 7008919922400000000♠29 years, 55 days, Christine Sinclair ( Canada), vs United States, 6 August 2012.
- Oldest goalscorer, final
- 7008948801600000000♠30 years, 24 days, Carli Lloyd ( United States), vs Japan, 9 August 2012.
- Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts)
- 2, Perpetua Nkwocha ( Nigeria, 1 each in 2000 & 2008).
Team
- Biggest margin of victory
- 8, Germany (8) vs China PR (0), 2004.
- Most goals scored in a match, one team
- 8, Germany vs China, 2004.
- Most goals scored in a match, both teams
- 8, Germany (8) vs China PR (0), 2004.
Tournament
- Most goals scored in a tournament
- 71 goals, 2012.
- Fewest goals scored in a tournament
- 42 goals, 2000.
- Most goals per match in a tournament
- 3.31 goals per match, 1996.
- Fewest goals per match in a tournament
- 2.53 goals per match, 2008.
Coaching
- Most final appearances as player and head coach
- 3, Pia Sundhage, ( Sweden 1996 as player; United States 2008 & 2012 as coach).
Discipline
- Most sendings off (match, both teams)
- 2, China PR (1) vs Brazil (1), 1996.
- Most cautions (match, both teams)
- 8, Brazil (4) vs United States (4), 2000.
Attendance
- Highest attendance in a match
- 80,203, United States vs Japan, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
- Highest attendance in a final
- 80,203, United States vs Japan, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
- Lowest attendance in a match
- 1,418, United States vs Japan, 20 August 2004, Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, 2004.
- Highest average of attendance per match
- 43,235, 1996.
- Highest attendance in a tournament
- 740,014, 2008.
- Lowest average of attendance per match
- 10,432, 2004.
- Lowest attendance in a tournament
- 208,637, 2004.
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