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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | United States |
| Dates | July 21 – August 1 |
| Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  China |
| Third place |  Norway |
| Fourth place |  Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 53 (3.31 per match) |
| Attendance | 691,762 (43,235 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | PretinhaAnn Kristin AarønesLinda Medalen (4 goals each) |
| Fair play award | United States |
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| Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Tournament | ||
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The1996 Summer Olympics—based inAtlanta,Georgia,United States—marked the first time that women participated in the Olympicassociation football tournament.[1][2] The tournament featured eight women's national teams from four continental confederations. The teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group played around-robin tournament (which was held inMiami, Florida,Orlando, Florida,Birmingham, Alabama andWashington, D.C.). At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage (which was held atSanford Stadium inAthens, Georgia), beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match on August 1, 1996.
TheUnited States became the inaugural champion after a 2–1 victory againstChina in the gold medal game.[3]
| G | Group stage | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Sun 21 | Mon 22 | Tue 23 | Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | |
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| G | G | G | ½ | B | F | |||||||
The qualification system for the inaugural women's football tournament was based on the results of the1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. Seven best teams and the host nation were qualified for the tournament. As the third-ranked United States team was already qualified as the host, its spot was passed down to the eighth-ranked team, Japan. England was ranked seventh, but due to it not being anIOC member, its spot was passed down to the ninth-ranked Brazil.[4]
The tournament was held in five stadiums across five cities:
| Athens,Georgia | Birmingham,Alabama | Miami,Florida | ||||
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| Sanford Stadium | Legion Field | Orange Bowl | ||||
| Capacity:86,100 | Capacity:81,700 | Capacity:74,476 | ||||
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| Orlando,Florida | Washington, D.C. | |||||
| Citrus Bowl | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | |||||
| Capacity:65,000 | Capacity:56,500 | |||||
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | United States(H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
| United States | 2–1 | Sweden |
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Venturini 15'MacMillan 62' | Report (FIFA) | Overbeck 64' (o.g.) |
| Denmark | 1–5 | China |
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| Madsen 55' | Report (FIFA) | Shi Guihong 10' Liu Ailing 49'Sun Qingmei 29',59'Fan Yunjie 36' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
| Norway | 2–2 | Brazil |
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| Medalen 32' Aarønes 68' | Report (FIFA) | Pretinha 57',89' |
| Brazil | 2–0 | Japan |
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| Kátia 68' Pretinha 78' | Report (FIFA) |
| Norway | 3–2 | Germany |
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| Aarønes 5' Medalen 34'Riise 65' | Report (FIFA) | Wiegmann 32' Prinz 62' |
| Brazil | 1–1 | Germany |
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| Sissi 53' | Report (FIFA) | Wunderlich 4' |
| Norway | 4–0 | Japan |
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| Pettersen 25',86' Medalen 60'Tangeraas 74' | Report (FIFA) |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| July 28 –Athens, GA | ||||||
| China | 3 | |||||
| August 1 –Athens, GA | ||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||
| China | 1 | |||||
| July 28 –Athens, GA | ||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||
| Norway | 1 | |||||
| United States (AET) | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| August 1 –Athens, GA | ||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||
| Norway | 2 | |||||
There were 53 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match. Brazil'sPretinha and Norway'sAnn Kristin Aarønes andLinda Medalen finished as the top scorers of the tournament, with each scoring four goals.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Yumi Tomei (against Germany)Carla Overbeck (against Sweden)Source: FIFA[17]
4 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: FIFA[17]
United StatesThe United States won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record offair play during the tournament.[17]
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | E | United States(H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | Gold medal |
| 2 | E | China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Silver medal |
| 3 | F | Norway | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | F | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | F | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | E | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 7 | F | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | |
| 8 | E | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
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