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Which country won its first Olympic gold medal by country, when?

Which country won its first Olympic gold medal by country, when?

This table lists the first Olympic gold medal won by each National Olympic Committee.
In some cases, the NOC may receive multiple gold medals in the same edition in which it won its first gold medal. The determining event is a factor that is considered the first Olympic gold medalist for a nation.

List of first Olympic gold medalists by country:

Summer Olympics
Edition Country Medalist Sport Event
1896 Athens Australia Edwin Flack Athletics Men's 1500 metres
Austria Paul Neumann Swimming Men's 500 metre freestyle
Denmark Viggo Jensen Weightlifting Men's two hand lift
Germany Carl Schuhmann Gymnastics Men's vault
France Eugène-Henri Gravelotte Fencing Men's foil
Great Britain Launceston Elliot Weightlifting Men's one hand lift
Greece Leonidas Pyrgos Fencing Men's masters foil
Hungary Alfréd Hajós Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle
Switzerland Louis Zutter Gymnastics Men's pommel horse
United States James Brendan Connolly Athletics Men's triple jump
1900 Paris Belgium Aimé Haegeman Equestrian Individual jumping
Canada George Orton Athletics Men's 2500 metre steeplechase
Cuba Ramón Fonst Fencing Men's épée
Italy Gian Giorgio Trissino Equestrian High Jump
Spain Francisco Villota Basque pelota Men's two-man teams
1908 London Australasia Australia national rugby union team
  • John Barnett
  • Phil Carmichael
  • Daniel Carroll
  • Bob Craig
  • Thomas Griffen
  • Jack Hickey
  • Malcolm McArthur
  • Arthur McCabe
  • Patrick McCue
  • Chris McKivat
  • Charles McMurtrie
  • Sydney Middleton
  • Tom Richards
  • Charles Russell
  • Frank Smith
Rugby Union Men's rugby union
Finland Verner Weckman Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
Norway Men's 300 metre free rifle team
  • Albert Helgerud
  • Einar Liberg
  • Olaf Sæther
  • Ole Sæther
  • Gudbrand Skatteboe
Shooting Men's 300 metre free rifle, team
Russian Empire Nikolai Panin Figure skating Men's special figures
South Africa Reggie Walker Athletics Men's 100 metres
Sweden Oscar Swahn Shooting Men's single-shot running deer
1920 Antwerp Brazil Guilherme Paraense Shooting Men's 30 m rapid fire pistol
Estonia Alfred Neuland Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg
Netherlands Joop Carp
Berend Carp
Piet Wernink
Sailing 6.5 Metre
1924 Paris Argentina Argentina national polo team
  • Arturo Kenny
  • Juan Miles
  • Guillermo Naylor
  • Juan Nelson
  • Enrique Padilla
Polo Men's polo
Czechoslovakia Bedřich Šupčík Gymnastics Men's rope climbing
Uruguay Uruguay national football team
  • José Andrade
    Pedro Arispe
    Pedro Cea
    Alfredo Ghierra
    Andrés Mazali
    José Nasazzi
    José Naya
    Pedro Petrone
    Ángel Romano
    Héctor Scarone
    Humberto Tomasina
    Antonio Urdinarán
    Santos Urdinarán
    José Vidal
    Alfredo Zibechi
    Pedro Casella
Football Men's tournament
Yugoslavia Leon Štukelj Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar
1928 Amsterdam Egypt El-Sayed Nosseir Weightlifting Men's +82.5 kg
India India men's national field hockey team
  • Richard Allen
  • Dhyan Chand
  • Michael Gateley
  • William Goodsir-Cullen
  • Leslie Hammond
  • Feroze Khan
  • George Marthins
  • Rex Norris
  • Broome Pinniger
  • Michael Rocque
  • Frederic Seaman
  • Ali Shaukat
  • Jaipal Singh
  • Kher Singh Gill
Field hockey Men's team
Ireland Pat O'Callaghan Athletics Men's hammer throw
Japan Mikio Oda Athletics Men's triple jump
New Zealand Ted Morgan Boxing Welterweight
Poland Halina Konopacka Athletics Women's discus throw
1936 Berlin Turkey Yaşar Erkan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
1948 London Jamaica Arthur Wint Athletics Men's 400 metres
Mexico Humberto Mariles
Rubén Uriza
Alberto Valdés
Equestrian Individual jumping
Team Jumping
Peru Edwin Vásquez Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol
1952 Helsinki Luxembourg Josy Barthel Athletics Men's 1500 metres
Romania Iosif Sîrbu Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone
Soviet Union Nina Ponomaryova Athletics Women's discus throw
1956 Melbourne Bulgaria Nikola Stanchev Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight
Iran Emamali Habibi Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight
1960 Rome Ethiopia Abebe Bikila Athletics Men's marathon
Pakistan Pakistan men's national field hockey team
  • Abdul Hamid
    Abdul Rashid
    Abdul Waheed
    Bashir Ahmad
    Ghulam Rasul
    Anwar Khan
    Khursheed Aslam
    Habib Ali Kiddie
    Manzoor Hussain Atif
    Munir Dar
    Mushtaq Ahmad
    Motiullah
    Naseer Bunda
    Noor Alam
Field hockey Men's team
1964 Tokyo Bahamas Durward Knowles
Cecil Cooke
Sailing Star
1968 Mexico City East Germany Christoph Höhne Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk
West Germany Ingrid Becker Athletics Women's pentathlon
Kenya Naftali Temu Athletics Men's 10,000 m
Tunisia Mohammed Gammoudi Athletics Men's 5000 metres
Venezuela Francisco Rodriguez Boxing Men's light flyweight
1972 Munich North Korea Ri Ho-jun Shooting Mixed 50 metre rifle prone
Uganda John Akii-Bua Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
1976 Montreal South Korea Yang Jung-mo Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg
Trinidad and Tobago Hasely Crawford Athletics Men's 100 metres
1980 Moscow Zimbabwe Zimbabwe women's national field hockey team
  • Arlene Boxall
  • Sarah English
  • Maureen George
  • Ann Grant
  • Susan Huggett
  • Patricia McKillop
  • Brenda Phillips
  • Christine Prinsloo
  • Sonia Robertson
  • Anthea Stewart
  • Helen Volk
  • Linda Watson
  • Liz Chase
  • Sandra Chick
  • Gillian Cowley
  • Patricia Davies
Field hockey Women's tournament
1984 Los Angeles China Xu Haifeng Shooting Men's 50 m pistol
Morocco Nawal El Moutawakel Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles
Portugal Carlos Lopes Athletics Men's marathon
1988 Seoul Suriname Anthony Nesty Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly
1992 Barcelona Algeria Hassiba Boulmerka Athletics Women's 1500 metres
Indonesia Susy Susanti Badminton Women's singles
Lithuania Romas Ubartas Athletics Men's discus throw
1996 Atlanta Armenia Armen Nazaryan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
Belarus Ekaterina Karsten Rowing Women's single sculls
Burundi Venuste Niyongabo Athletics Men's 5000 metres
Costa Rica Claudia Poll Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle
Croatia Croatia men's national handball team
  • Patrik Ćavar
  • Slavko Goluža
  • Božidar Jović
  • Nenad Kljaić
  • Venio Losert
  • Valter Matošević
  • Alvaro Načinović
  • Goran Perkovac
  • Iztok Puc
  • Zlatko Saračević
  • Irfan Smajlagić
  • Bruno Gudelj
  • Zoran Mikulić
  • Vladimir Jelčić
  • Valner Franković
  • Vladimir Šuster
Handball Men's tournament
Czech Republic Štěpánka Hilgertová Canoeing Women's slalom
Ecuador Jefferson Pérez Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk
Hong Kong Lee Lai Shan Sailing Women's mistral
Kazakhstan Yuriy Melnichenko Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
Nigeria Chioma Ajunwa Athletics Women's long jump
Russia Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Olga Klochneva
Fencing
Shooting
Men's sabre
Women's 10 metre air pistol
Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandra Ivošev Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
Slovakia Michal Martikán Canoeing Men's slalom C-1
Syria Ghada Shouaa Athletics Women's heptathlon
Thailand Somluck Kamsing Boxing Featherweight
Ukraine Vyacheslav Oleynyk Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
2000 Sydney Azerbaijan Zemfira Meftahatdinova Shooting Women's skeet
Colombia María Isabel Urrutia Weightlifting Women's 75 kg
Cameroon Cameroon men's national football team
  • Patrice Abanda
  • Nicolas Alnoudji
  • Clément Beaud
  • Daniel Bekono
  • Serge Branco
  • Joël Epalle
  • Lauren
  • Samuel Eto'o
  • Carlos Kameni
  • Modeste M'bami
  • Patrick Mboma
  • Albert Meyong
  • Serge Mimpo
  • Daniel Ngom Kome
  • Aaron Nguimbat
  • Geremi Njitap
  • Patrick Suffo
  • Pierre Wome
Football Men's tournament
Latvia Igors Vihrovs Gymnastics Men's floor exercises
Mozambique Maria Mutola Athletics Women's 800 m
Slovenia Rajmond Debevec
Iztok Čop, Luka Špik/td>
Shooting
Rowing
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
Men's double sculls
Uzbekistan Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev Boxing Light welterweight
2004 Athens Chile Fernando González
Nicolás Massú
Tennis Men's doubles
Dominican Republic Félix Sánchez Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
Georgia Zurab Zviadauri Judo Men's 90 kg
Israel Gal Fridman Sailing Men's mistral one design
Chinese Taipei Chen Shih-hsin
Chu Mu-yen
Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
Men's 58 kg
United Arab Emirates Ahmad Al Maktoum Shooting Men's double trap
2008 Beijing Mongolia Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Judo Men's 100 kg
Panama Irving Saladino Athletics Men's long jump
2012 London Bahrain Maryam Yusuf Jamal Athletics Women's 1500 metres
Grenada Kirani James Athletics Men's 400 metres
Serbia Milica Mandić Taekwondo Women's +67 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro Ivory Coast Cheick Sallah Cisse Taekwondo Men's 80 kg
Fiji Fiji national rugby sevens team
  • Jasa Veremalua
  • Kitione Taliga
  • Semi Kunatani
  • Leone Nakarawa
  • Osea Kolinisau
  • Jerry Tuwai
  • Samisoni Viriviri
  • Apisai Domolailai
  • Josua Tuisova
  • Viliame Mata
  • Vatemo Ravouvou
  • Savenaca Rawaca
Rugby sevens Men's tournament
Jordan Ahmad Abu-Ghaush Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
Kosovo Majlinda Kelmendi Judo Women's 52 kg
Kuwait Fehaid Al-Deehani Shooting Men's double trap
Puerto Rico Monica Puig Tennis Women's singles
Singapore Joseph Schooling Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly
Tajikistan Dilshod Nazarov Athletics Men's hammer throw
Vietnam Hoàng Xuân Vinh Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol
2020 Tokyo Bermuda Flora Duffy Triathlon Women's individual
Philippines Hidilyn Diaz Weightlifting Women's 55 kg
Qatar Fares Ibrahim Weightlifting Men's 96 kg
Winter Olympics
Edition Country Medalist Sport Event
1924 Chamonix Austria Herma Szabo Figure skating Ladies' singles
Canada Canada men's national ice hockey team Toronto Granites
  • Jack Cameron
  • Ernie Collett
  • Bert McCaffrey
  • Harold McMunn
  • Duncan Munro
  • Beattie Ramsay
  • Cyril Slater
  • Reginald "Hooley" Smith
  • Harry Watson
Ice hockey Men's competition
Finland Clas Thunberg Speed skating Men's 5000 m
Great Britain Great Britain national curling team
  • William Jackson
    Thomas Murray
    Robin Welsh
    Laurence Jackson
Curling Men's event
Norway Thorleif Haug Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Sweden Gillis Grafström Figure skating Men's singles
Switzerland Switzerland national military patrol team
  • Adolf Aufdenblatten
  • Alphonse Julen
  • Antoine Julen
  • Denis Vaucher
Military patrol Men's event
United States Charles Jewtraw Speed skating Men's 500 m
1928 St. Moritz France Andrée Joly
Pierre Brunet
Figure skating Pairs
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany Christl Cranz Alpine skiing Women's combined
1948 St. Moritz Belgium Micheline Lannoy
Pierre Baugniet
Figure skating Pairs
Italy Nino Bibbia Skeleton Men's individual
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva Cross-country Women's 10 km
1964 Innsbruck Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra Figure skating Ladies
1968 Grenoble Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška Ski jumping Men's normal hill
East Germany Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Thomas Köhler
Luge Men's doubles
West Germany Franz Keller
Erhard Keller
Nordic combined
Speed skating
Men's individual
Men's 500m
1972 Sapporo Japan Yukio Kasaya Ski jumping Normal hill individual
Poland Wojciech Fortuna Ski jumping Large hill individual
Spain Francisco Fernández Ochoa Alpine skiing Men's slalom
1980 Lake Placid Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
1992 Albertville South Korea Kim Ki-hoon Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres
1994 Lillehammer Kazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (classical)
Russia Aleksandr Golubev Speed skating Men's 500 m
Ukraine Oksana Baiul Figure skating Women's singles
Uzbekistan Lina Cheryazova Freestyle skiing Women's aerials
1998 Nagano Bulgaria Ekaterina Dafovska Biathlon Women's individual
Czech Republic Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team
  • Jan Čaloun
  • Roman Čechmánek
  • Jiří Dopita
  • Roman Hamrlík
  • Dominik Hašek
  • Milan Hejduk
  • Milan Hnilička
  • Jaromír Jágr
  • František Kučera
  • Robert Lang
  • David Moravec
  • Pavel Patera
  • Libor Procházka
  • Martin Procházka
  • Robert Reichel
  • Martin Ručínský
  • Vladimír Růžička
  • Jiří Šlégr
  • Richard Šmehlík
  • Jaroslav Špaček
  • Martin Straka
  • Petr Svoboda
Ice hockey Men's competition
2002 Salt Lake Australia Steven Bradbury Speed skating Men's 1000 m
China Yang Yang Speed skating Women's 500 m
Croatia Janica Kostelić Alpine skiing Women's combined
Estonia Andrus Veerpalu Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
2010 Vancouver Belarus Alexei Grishin Freestyle skiing Men's aerials
Slovakia Anastasiya Kuzmina Biathlon Women's sprint
2014 Sochi Latvia Latvia national four-man bobsleigh team
  • Oskars Melbārdis
    Arvis Vilkaste
    Daumants Dreiškens
    Jānis Strenga
Bobsleigh Four-man
Slovenia Tina Maze Alpine skiing Women's downhill
2018 Pyeongchang Hungary Hungary men's national short track speed skating team
  • Csaba Burján
    Viktor Knoch
    Shaoang Liu
    Shaolin Sándor Liu
Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metre relay
2022 Beijing New Zealand Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Snowboarding Women's slopestyle event
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