Two (2), in 2002 and 2006.
Hockey or women's Field Hockey was won by the Netherlands
Gold- Kim Yuna (Korea) Silver- Mao Asada (Japan) Bronze- Joannie Rochette (Canada)
In field hockey, England won the 1908 gold medal (defeating Ireland 8-1). In ice hockey, Canada won the 1920 gold medal (defeating Sweden 27-1). No other form of hockey has been played at the Olympics as a medal sport.
Canada
yes Canada won gold in both mens and womens ice hockey at the Salt Lake City Winter games of 2002. The women repeated in 2006 at Turin. In Vancouver in 2010, both the Canadian mens and womens teams took home the gold.
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USA
In July of 1992, it was deciedd that women's hockey should take place in the Olympics. The first games of women's olympic hockey started in the 1998 winter olympics.
The Netherlands is the most successful womens hockey team in world cup history at present with:8 World Cup Titles1 Olympic Title6 European Titles5 Championship Titles1 Ranking in the worldAll the above is as of year end 2007.Ice Hockey:To date, Team Canada leads in gold medals in womens ice hockey with 2, though the 2010 Winter Olympics have not yet concluded.
Germany have the most medals at olympic level, for two-man, four-man, womens, and over-all.
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The country with the most ice hockey medals is Canada. They have a total of 11 (8 for the men's team and 3 for the women's team). After them is the Soviet Union with 7 (all mens). After that is the United States with a total of 3 (2 for the men's team and 1 for the women's team). Note: women's hockey was not added until 1998, so the Soviet Union never had a womens team.