Golf at the Summer Olympics


Golf was featured in the Summer Olympic Games official programme in 1900 and 1904. At the IOC session in Copenhagen in October 2009, the IOC decided to reinstate this event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
As of the 2016 Olympics, qualification is based primarily upon the Official World Golf Ranking and Women's World Golf Rankings, with the top fifteen of each gender automatically qualifying, and then the highest ranked players from countries that had not yet already qualified two players.

Medal table

Total

Men

Women

Events

;1900
;1904
;2016
;2020
A men's individual tournament was planned for the 1908 London Games, but an internal dispute amongst British golfers lead to them boycotting the event, leaving 1904 gold medallist George Lyon as the only competitor. Offered the gold medal by default, Lyon refused to accept it.

Medal summary

Men's individual

Women's individual

Men's team

Participating nations

22 golfers competed in 1900. The 1904 tournament featured 77 golfers. Albert Lambert was the only golfer who competed both times; a total of 93 different golfers competed throughout the brief history of Olympic golf before it was brought back in 2016.