Through the 2008 Games in Beijing:
Men's Football -
3 gold medals: Hungary, Great Britain
2 gold medals: Argentina, Uruguay, Soviet Union
1 gold medal: Yugoslavia, Canada, Poland, Spain, Cameroon, Belgium, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Italy, Nigeria, France
Women's Football -
3 gold medals: United States
1 gold medal: Norway
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Cameroon. It was the first gold medal Cameroon had ever won at an Olympic Games.
Men's football was a demonstration sport at the 1896 Games in Athens and became a medal sport at the 1900 Games in Paris. Great Britain won the first gold medal. Women's football became a medal sport at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. The United States won the first gold medal in women's football.
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Women's Football was first contested at the Olympic Games at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, with eight nations participating (Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden and USA).USA won the Gold medal against China, 2-1 and Norway won the Bronze medal.