Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	25 May – 9 June 1924
Teams	22 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (1st title)
Runners-up	Switzerland
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	96 (4 per match)
Attendance	210,424 (8,768 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pedro Petrone
	← 1920 1928 →

Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the football tournament at the Summer Olympic Games held in Paris. This edition, along with the proceeding 1928 edition, were the only tournaments in history outside of the FIFA World Cup that count as a Senior World Title equivalent to a World Cup.

The tournament expanded to 22 countries from four confederations for the first time, with African side Egypt (as was the case in the previous edition), Turkey which is partly in Asia, Uruguay representing South America and the United States representing North America.

Uruguay made a memorable debut, going undefeated and winning the gold medal. This earned them the first of the four stars above their crest.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Olympic football tournament - Paris on FIFA.com
^ "60,000 SEE URUGUAY WIN IN SOCCER FINAL - Record Olympic Crowd Present as South Americans Beat Switzerland, 3 to 0. THOUSANDS TURNED AWAY Colombes Stadium Filled to Capacity and Women Famt in Crush Outside of Gates. CONTEST IS HARD FOUGHT Swiss Play Courageously, but Defense Breaks In Second Half Before Brilliant Attack". The New York Times. 10 June 1924. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^ "Football at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[fifa-1] Olympic football tournament - Paris on FIFA.com

[2] "60,000 SEE URUGUAY WIN IN SOCCER FINAL - Record Olympic Crowd Present as South Americans Beat Switzerland, 3 to 0. THOUSANDS TURNED AWAY Colombes Stadium Filled to Capacity and Women Famt in Crush Outside of Gates. CONTEST IS HARD FOUGHT Swiss Play Courageously, but Defense Breaks In Second Half Before Brilliant Attack". The New York Times. 10 June 1924. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

[SR-3] "Football at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

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