Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 21 – August 1
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	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)	Pretinha Ann Kristin Aarønes Linda Medalen (4 goals each)
Fair play award	United States

1996 Football at the Summer Olympics was held in the United States from July 21 to August 1.

Results

Group stage

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
United States	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Sweden	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3
Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9	0

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
Brazil	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Germany	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Japan	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	0

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 28 – Athens, Georgia
	China	3
					August 1 – Athens
	Brazil	2
					China	1
	July 28 – Athens, Georgia
					United States	2
	Norway	1
	United States (AET)	2
					Third place
					August 1 – Athens
					Brazil	0
					Norway	2

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