Wednesday, October 13, 2004

History of the Chess Olympiads (courtesy of Wikipedia)

Year Event Location Gold Silver Bronze
1924 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad (individual)
Flag of France Paris Czechoslovakia 31 Hungary 30 Switzerland 29
1926 2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad
The Team Tournament
(part of FIDE summit)
Flag of Hungary Budapest Hungary 9 Yugoslavia 8 Romania 5
1927 1st Chess Olympiad Flag of the United Kingdom London Hungary 40 Denmark 38.5 England 36.5
1928 2nd Chess Olympiad Flag of the Netherlands The Hague Hungary 44 USA 39.5 Poland 37
1930 3rd Chess Olympiad Flag of Germany Hamburg Poland 48.5 Hungary 47 Germany 44.5
1931 4th Chess Olympiad Flag of Czechoslovakia Prague USA 48 Poland 47 Czechoslovakia 46.5
1933 5th Chess Olympiad Flag of the United Kingdom Folkestone USA 39 Czechoslovakia 37.5 Sweden 34
1935 6th Chess Olympiad Flag of Poland Warsaw USA 54 Sweden 52.5 Poland 52
1936 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
non-FIDE unofficial Chess Olympiad
Flag of Germany Munich Hungary 110.5 Poland 108 Germany 106.5
1937 7th Chess Olympiad Flag of Sweden Stockholm USA 54.5 Hungary 48.5 Poland 47
1939 8th Chess Olympiad Flag of Argentina Buenos Aires Germany 36 Poland 35.5 Estonia 33.5
1950 9th Chess Olympiad Flag of Yugoslavia Dubrovnik Yugoslavia 45.5 Argentina 43.5 W. Germany 40.5
1952 10th Chess Olympiad Flag of Finland Helsinki USSR 21 Argentina 19.5 Yugoslavia 19
1954 11th Chess Olympiad Flag of the Netherlands Amsterdam USSR 34 Argentina 27 Yugoslavia 26.5
1956 12th Chess Olympiad Flag of the Soviet Union Moscow USSR 31 Yugoslavia 26.5 Hungary 26.5
1958 13th Chess Olympiad Flag of West Germany Munich USSR 34.5 Yugoslavia 29 Argentina 25.5
1960 14th Chess Olympiad Flag of the German Democratic Republic Leipzig USSR 34 USA 29 Yugoslavia 27
1962 15th Chess Olympiad Flag of Bulgaria Varna USSR 31.5 Yugoslavia 28 Argentina 26
1964 16th Chess Olympiad Flag of Israel Tel Aviv USSR 36.5 Yugoslavia 32 W. Germany 30.5
1966 17th Chess Olympiad Flag of Cuba La Habana USSR 39.5 USA 34.5 Hungary 33.5
1968 18th Chess Olympiad Flag of Switzerland Lugano USSR 39.5 Yugoslavia 31 Bulgaria 30
1970 19th Chess Olympiad Flag of West Germany Siegen USSR 27.5 Hungary 26.5 Yugoslavia 26
1972 20th Chess Olympiad Flag of Yugoslavia Skopje USSR 42 Hungary 40.5 Yugoslavia 38
1974 21st Chess Olympiad Flag of France Nice USSR 46 Yugoslavia 37.5 USA 36.5
1976 22nd Chess Olympiad
Flag of Israel Haifa USA 37 Netherlands 36.5 England 35.5
1976 Against-Israeli Chess Olympiad Flag of Egypt Tripoli El Salvador Tunisia Pakistan
1978 23rd Chess Olympiad Flag of Argentina Buenos Aires Hungary 37 USSR 36 USA 35
1980 24th Chess Olympiad Flag of Malta Valletta USSR 39 Hungary 39 USA 35
1982 25th Chess Olympiad Flag of Switzerland Lucerne USSR 42.5 Czechoslovakia 36 USA 35
1984 26th Chess Olympiad Flag of Greece Thessaloniki USSR 41 England 37 USA 35
1986 27th Chess Olympiad Flag of the United Arab Emirates Dubai USSR 40 England 39 USA 38
1988 28th Chess Olympiad Flag of Greece Thessaloniki USSR 40.5 England 34.5 Netherlands 34.5
1990 29th Chess Olympiad Flag of Yugoslavia Novi Sad USSR 39 USA 35.5 England 35.5
1992 30th Chess Olympiad Flag of the Philippines Manila Russia 39 Uzbekistan 35 Armenia 34.5
1994 31st Chess Olympiad Flag of Russia Moscow Russia 37.5 Bosnia/Herzogovina 35 Russia II 34.5
1996 32nd Chess Olympiad Flag of Armenia Yerevan Russia 38.5 Ukraine 35 USA 34
1998 33rd Chess Olympiad Flag of Russia Elista Russia 35.5 USA 34.5 Ukraine 32.5
2000 34th Chess Olympiad Flag of Turkey Istanbul Russia 38 Germany 37 Ukraine 35.5
2002 35th Chess Olympiad Flag of Slovenia Bled Russia 38.5 Hungary 37.5 Armenia 35

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