Men's football at the Games of the V Olympiad
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Tranebergs Idrottsplats Råsunda Idrottsplats |
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Dates | June 29 (first round) June 30 (quarterfinals) July 2 (semifinals) July 4 (final, bronze match) |
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Competitors | 135 from 11 nations | |||||||||
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Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in , Sweden. It was the fourth time that football was on the Olympic schedule. The tournament was contested between 11 nations, all of them from Europe, with Great Britain winning the gold medals (the IOC accredits Great Britain and Ireland with the medal). Replicating the 1908 tournament, Denmark won silver medals and the Netherlands won bronze medals.
Just as the Football Association had organised the 1908 Olympic football competition in London, the Swedish Football Association ran the 1912 event.
The games took place in three different stadiums from June 29 to July 5, 1912. From the eleven games of the main tournament, two were played at Tranebergs Idrottsplats in a suburb of Stockholm, five games including the bronze medal match took place at Råsunda Idrottsplats also outside Stockholm, while four games including the final were held at the .
The database of the International Olympic Committee lists only the eleven players as medalists for each nation, who played in the first match for their nation. The following list contains these eleven players, as well as all other players who made at least one appearance for their team during the tournament.
The tournament attracted a record 11 entries, all of them from Europe. France and Belgium withdrew from the event shortly before the draw. The entry of Bohemia was not accepted, because only nations and associations affiliated to the FIFA were allowed to enter teams. The Football Association entered a Great Britain national amateur team to represent Great Britain.