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
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.
abhinav bindra is the first Punjabi to win a medal in Olympics
latvian cyclist won the first medal in olympics 2012
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.
It was Elena Dementieva
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.
Pretty sure there wasnt any football at that stage at the Olympics
It is the gold medal.
1924 Games in Paris. Uruguay won their first Olympic medal in 1924, a gold in men's football.
abhinav bindra is the first Punjabi to win a medal in Olympics
P. Jaroenrattanatarakoon (Thailand) won the gold medal in the women's 53 kg weightlifting event in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Deborah Compagnoni
latvian cyclist won the first medal in olympics 2012
Guo Wenjun (China) won the gold medal in the women's 10 meter air pistol in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
There was no Olympics in 2006. But in 2008 Argentina won the Gold medal.