Football at the Summer Olympics has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA World Cup tournament). Since the first official tournament in 1908 in England, 99 hat-tricks have been scored in over 1,000 matches of the 25 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by Vilhelm Wolfhagen of the Denmark, playing against France B in 1908; the most recent was by Rafa Mir of Spain, playing against Ivory Coast on 31 July 2020. The only Olympic Football Tournament not to have at least one hat-trick scored were the 1976, 2008, and 2012 editions. The record number of hat-tricks in a single Olympic Football Tournament is twelve, during the 1928 Olympics in the Netherlands, including three in the Bronze medal match as Italy defeated Egypt 11–3.[1]
List
| # | Player | G | Time of goals | For | Result | Against | Tournament | Phase | Date | FIFA report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0. | Alexander Hall | 3 | ??', ??', ??' |  Galt F.C. | 7–0 |  Christian Brothers College | Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics | 16 November 1904 | ||
| 1. | Vilhelm Wolfhagen | 4 | 15', 17', 67', 72' |  Denmark | 9–0 |  France B | Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics | First round | 19 October 1908 | |
| 2. | Clyde Purnell | 4 | ?', ?', ?', ?' |  Great Britain | 12–1 |  Sweden | 20 October 1908 | |||
| 3. | Harold Stapley | 4 | 37', 60', 64', 75' | Great Britain | 4–0 |  Netherlands | Semi-finals | 22 October 1908 | ||
| 4. | Sophus Nielsen | 10 | 3', 4', 6', 39', 46', 48', 52', 64', 66', 76' | Denmark | 17–1 | France | 22 October 1908 | |||
| 5. | Vilhelm Wolfhagen (2) | 4 | 60', 72', 82', 89' | 17–1 | ||||||
| 6. | Harold Walden | 6 | 21', 23', 49', 53', 55', 85' | Great Britain | 7–0 |  Hungary | Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics | Quarter-finals | 30 June 1912 | |
| 7. | Anthon Olsen | 3 | 4', 70', 88' | Denmark | 7–0 |  Norway | 30 June 1912 | |||
| 8. | Jan Vos | 5 | 29', 43', 46', 74', 78' | Netherlands | 9–0 |  Finland | Bronze Medal match | 4 July 1912 | ||
| 9. | Gottfried Fuchs | 10 | 2', 9', 21', 28', 34', 46', 51', 55', 65', 69' |  Germany | 16–0 |  Russia | Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Consolation tournament | First round | 1 July 1912 | |
| 10. | Fritz Förderer | 4 | 6', 27', 53', 66' | 16–0 | ||||||
| 11. | Imre Schlosser | 3 | 3', 39', 82' | Hungary | 3-1 | Germany | Semi-finals | 3 July 1912 | ||
| 12. | Jan Vanik | 3 | 20', 46', 79' |  Czechoslovakia | 7–0 |  Kingdom of SCS | Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics | First round | 28 August 1920 | |
| 13. | Antonín Janda | 3 | 34', 50', 75' | 7–0 | ||||||
| 14. | Herbert Karlsson | 5 | 15', 20', 21', 51', 85' | Sweden | 9–0 |  Greece | 28 August 1920 | |||
| 15. | Antonín Janda (2) | 3 | 17', 66', 77' | Czechoslovakia | 4–0 | Norway | Quarter-finals | 29 August 1920 | ||
| 16. | Robert Coppée | 3 | 11', 52', 55' |  Belgium | 3–1 |  Spain | 29 August 1920 | |||
| 17. | Otakar Mazal | 3 | 18', 75', 87' | Czechoslovakia | 4–1 |  France | Semi-finals | 31 August 1920 | ||
| 18. | Paul Sturzenegger | 4 | 2', 43', 68', 85' |  Switzerland | 9–0 |  Lithuania | Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics | First round | 25 May 1924 | |
| 19. | Max Abegglen | 3 | 41', 50', 58' | 9–0 | ||||||
| 20. | Édouard Crut | 3 | 17', 28', 55', | France | 7–0 |  Latvia | Second round | 27 May 1924 | ||
| 21. | Kees Pijl | 4 | 32', 52', 66', 68' | Netherlands | 6–0 |  Romania | 27 May 1924 | |||
| 22. | Rudolf Kock | 3 | 8', 24', 77' | Sweden | 8–1 | Belgium | 29 May 1924 | |||
| 23. | Sven Rydell | 3 | 20', 61', 83' | 8–1 | ||||||
| 24. | Richard Hofmann | 3 | 17', 75', 85' |  Germany | 4–0 | Switzerland | Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics | First round | 28 May 1928 | |
| 25. | Mahmoud Mokhtar | 3 | 46', 50', 63' |  Egypt | 7–1 |  Turkey | 28 May 1928 | |||
| 26. | Domingo Tarasconi | 4 | 24', 63', 66', 89' |  Argentina | 11–2 |  United States | 29 May 1928 | |||
| 27. | Roberto Cherro | 3 | 47', 49', 57' | 11–2 | ||||||
| 28. | José Maria Yermo | 3 | 43', 63', 85' | Spain | 7–1 |  Mexico | 30 May 1928 | |||
| 29. | Domingo Tarasconi (2) | 4 | 1', 10', 75', 89' | Argentina | 6–3 | Belgium | Quarter-finals | 2 June 1928 | ||
| 30. | Pedro Petrone | 3 | 35', 39', 84' |  Uruguay | 4–1 | Germany | 3 June 1928 | |||
| 31. | Domingo Tarasconi (3) | 3 | 37', 54', 61' | Argentina | 6–0 | Egypt | Semi-finals | 6 June 1928 | ||
| 32. | Angelo Schiavo | 3 | 6', 42', 58', |  Italy | 11–3 | Egypt | Bronze medal match | 9 June 1928 | ||
| 33. | Elvio Banchero | 3 | 19', 39', 49' | 11–3 | ||||||
| 34. | Mario Magnozzi | 3 | 72', 80', 88' | 11–3 | ||||||
| 35. | Guillermo Subiabre | 3 | 24', 48', 89' |  Chile | 3–1 | Mexico | Consolation first round | 5 June 1928 | ||
| 36. | Adolf Urban | 3 | 16', 54', 75' |  Germany | 9–0 |  Luxembourg | Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics | First round | 4 August 1936 | |
| 37. | Wilhelm Simetsreiter | 3 | 32', 48', 74' | 9–0 | ||||||
| 38. | Teodoro Fernández | 5 | 17', 33', 47', 49', 70' |  Peru | 7–3 | Finland | 6 August 1936 | |||
| 39. | Annibale Frossi | 3 | 14', 75', 80' | Italy | 8–0 |  Japan | Quarter-finals | 7 August 1936 | ||
| 40. | Carlo Biagi | 4 | 32', 57', 81', 82' | 8–0 | ||||||
| 41. | Gerard Wodarz | 3 | 43', 48', 53' |  Poland | 5–4 | Great Britain | 8 August 1936 | |||
| 42. | Arne Brustad | 3 | 15', 21', 84' | Norway | 3–2 | Poland | Bronze medal match | 13 August 1936 | ||
| 43. | Francesco Pernigo | 4 | 2', 57', 88', 90' |  Italy | 9–0 | United States | Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics | First round | 2 August 1948 | |
| 44. | Gunnar Nordahl | 4 | 25', 40', 78', 80' | Sweden | 12–0 |  South Korea | Quarter-finals | 5 August 1948 | ||
| 45. | Henry Carlsson | 3 | 61', 64', 82' | 12–0 | ||||||
| 46. | John Hansen | 4 | 30', 53', 74', 82' | Denmark | 5–3 | Italy | 5 August 1948 | |||
| 47. | Branko Zebec | 4 | 17', 23', 60', 87' |  Yugoslavia | 10–1 |  India | Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics | Preliminary round | 15 July 1952 | |
| 48. | Aredio Gimona | 3 | 3', 51', 75' | Italy | 8–0 | United States | 16 July 1952 | |||
| 49. | Joseph Roller | 3 | 60', 95', 97' | Luxembourg | 5–3 | Great Britain | 16 July 1952 | |||
| 50. | Elsayed Eldizwi | 3 | 66', 75', 80' | Egypt | 5–4 | Chile | 16 July 1952 | |||
| 51. | Vsevolod Bobrov | 3 | 53', 77', 87' | Yugoslavia | 5–5 |  Soviet Union | First round | 20 July 1952 | ||
| 52. | John Laybourne | 3 | 30', 82', 85' | Great Britain | 9–0 |  Thailand | Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics | Preliminary round | 26 November 1956 | |
| 53. | Muhamed Mujić | 3 | 16', 35', 56' | Yugoslavia | 9–1 | United States | Quarter-finals | 28 November 1956 | ||
| 54. | Todor Veselinović | 3 | 10', 84', 90' | 9–1 | ||||||
| 55. | Dimitar Milanov | 3 | 45', 75', 80' |  Bulgaria | 6–1 | Great Britain | 1 December 1956 | |||
| 56. | Neville D'Souza | 3 | 9', 33', 50' | India | 4–2 |  Australia | 1 December 1956 | |||
| 57. | Bora Kostić | 3 | 32', 61', 63' | Yugoslavia | 6–1 |  United Arab Republic | Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 26 August 1960 | |
| 58. | Milan Galić | 3 | 50', 57', 69' | Yugoslavia | 3–3 | Bulgaria | 1 September 1960 | |||
| 59. | Gérson | 3 | 13', 16', 47' |  Brazil | 5–0 |  Formosa | 29 August 1960 | |||
| 60. | Ernst Pohl | 5 | 7', 40', 42', 84', 89' | Poland | 6–1 |  Tunisia | 26 August 1960 | |||
| 61. | János Göröcs | 3 | 34', 59', 77' |  Hungary | 7–0 | France | 1 September 1960 | |||
| 62. | Ferenc Bene | 6 | 13', 38', 70', 74', 78', 87' | Hungary | 6–0 |  Morocco | Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 11 October 1964 | |
| 63. | Tibor Csernai | 4 | 5', 11', 44', 63' | Hungary | 6–5 | Yugoslavia | 15 October 1964 | |||
| 64. | Ibrahim Riad | 6 | 14', 17', 40', 48', 72', 77' | United Arab Republic | 10–0 |  South Korea | 16 October 1964 | |||
| 65. | Ferenc Bene (2) | 4 | 7', 20', 66', 77' | Hungary | 6–0 | United Arab Republic | Semi-finals | 20 October 1964 | ||
| 66. | Slaven Zambata | 4 | 3', 5', 43', 63' | Yugoslavia | 1–6 | Japan | First consolation round | 20 October 1964 | ||
| 67. | Cornel Pavlovici | 3 | 12', 19', 74' |  Romania | 4–2 |  Ghana | 20 October 1964 | |||
| 68. | Kunishige Kamamoto | 3 | 24', 72', 89' | Japan | 3–1 |  Nigeria | Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 14 October 1968 | |
| 69. | Yehoshua Feigenbaum | 3 | 16', 30', 70' |  Israel | 5–3 |  Ghana | 13 October 1968 | |||
| 70. | Ladislav Petráš | 3 | 17', 18', 68' | Czechoslovakia | 8–0 | Thailand | 18 October 1968 | |||
| 71. | Lajos Szűcs | 3 | 30', 60', 75' | Hungary | 5–0 | Japan | Semi-finals | 22 October 1968 | ||
| 72. | Bernd Nickel | 4 | 17', 43', 70', 86' |  West Germany | 7–0 | United States | Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 31 August 1972 | |
| 73. | Ahmed Faras | 3 | 19', 21', 25' | Morocco | 6–0 |  Malaysia | 31 August 1972 | |||
| 74. | Oleh Blokhin | 3 | 7', 13', 14' | Soviet Union | 4–1 |  Mexico | 1 September 1972 | |||
| 75. | Antal Dunai | 3 | 31', 40', 90+1' | Hungary | 5–0 |  Iran | 27 August 1972 | |||
| 76. | Robert Gadocha | 3 | 42', 49', 72' | Poland | 5–1 |  Colombia | 28 August 1972 | |||
| 77. | Jürgen Sparwasser | 3 | 39', 51', 89' |  East Germany | 7–0 | Mexico | 5 September 1972 | |||
| 78. | Sergey Andreyev | 3 | 8', 27', 44' | Soviet Union | 8–0 |  Cuba | Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 24 July 1980 | |
| 79. | Faisal Al-Dakhil | 3 | 16', 40', 85' |  Kuwait | 3–1 | Nigeria | 21 July 1980 | |||
| 80. | Stjepan Deverić | 3 | 55', 76', 87' |  Iraq | 2–4 | Yugoslavia | Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 3 August 1984 | |
| 81. | Borislav Cvetković | 3 | 21', 58', 70' | Yugoslavia | 5–2 | West Germany | Quarter-finals | 6 August 1984 | ||
| 82. | Kalusha Bwalya | 3 | 40', 55', 90' |  Zambia | 4–0 | Italy | Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 19 September 1988 | |
| 83. | Romário | 3 | 20', 57', 61' |  Brazil | 3–0 | Australia | 20 September 1988 | |||
| 84. | Jürgen Klinsmann | 3 | 34', 42', 89' | West Germany | 4–0 | Zambia | Quarter-finals | 25 September 1988 | ||
| 85. | Kwame Ayew | 3 | 17', 55', 120+1' | Ghana | 4–2 |  Paraguay | Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics | 2 August 1992 | ||
| 86. | Andrzej Juskowiak | 3 | 43', 52', 78' |  Poland | 6–1 | Australia | Semi-finals | 5 August 1992 | ||
| 87. | Bebeto | 3 | 46', 53', 74' |  Brazil | 5–0 |  Portugal | Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Bronze medal match | 2 August 1996 | |
| 88. | Iván Zamorano | 3 | 36', 45+1', 55' | Chile | 4–1 | Morocco | Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 14 September 2000 | |
| 89. | Tenema N'Diaye | 3 | 7', 24', 55' |  Mali | 3–3 |  South Korea | Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 17 August 2004 | |
| 90. | Carlos Tevez | 3 | 42', 82', 83' | Argentina | 4–0 |  Costa Rica | Quarter-finals | 21 August 2004 | ||
| 91. | Peter Etebo | 4 | 10', 42', 52', 66' | Nigeria | 5–4 |  Japan | Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 4 August 2016 | |
| 92. | Ryu Seung-woo | 3 | 32', 63', 90+3' | South Korea | 8–0 |  Fiji | 4 August 2016 | |||
| 93. | Érick Gutiérrez | 4 | 48', 55', 58', 73' | Mexico | 5–1 | Fiji | 7 August 2016 | |||
| 94. | Nils Petersen | 5 | 14', 33', 40', 63', 70' | Germany | 10–0 | Fiji | 10 August 2016 | |||
| 95. | Max Meyer | 3 | 30', 49', 52' | 10–0 | ||||||
| 96. | André-Pierre Gignac | 3 | 57', 78', 86' | France | 4–3 |  South Africa | Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics | Group stage | 25 July 2021 | |
| 97. | Hwang Ui-jo | 3 | 12', 45+2', 52' | South Korea | 6–0 |  Honduras | 28 July 2021 | |||
| 98. | Richarlison | 3 | 7', 22', 30' | Brazil | 4–2 | Germany | 22 July 2021 | |||
| 99. | Rafa Mir | 3 | 90+3', 117', 120+1' |  Spain | 5–2 |  Ivory Coast | Quarter-finals | 31 July 2021 |
Notable Olympic Football Tournament hat-tricks
- Vilhelm Wolfhagen was the first player to score a hat-trick in an Olympic football match, on 19 October 1908, while playing for Denmark against France B.
- Four players have scored two hat-tricks in Olympic football matches: Vilhelm Wolfhagen (all in 1928); Antonín Janda (both 1920); Domingo Tarasconi (both 1970); and Ferenc Bene (1964).
- Only one player has scored three hat-tricks in Olympic football matches: Domingo Tarasconi (all in 1928). Tarasconi achieved that with 4 goals in the first round against United States, another 4 goals in the quarter-finals against Belgium, and three goals in the semi-finals against Egypt.
- There has been only one occasion when three hat-tricks have been scored in the same match. It occurred during the Bronze medal match of the 1928 edition, when Italy defeated Egypt 11–3, and Angelo Schiavo, Elvio Banchero and Mario Magnozzi, all playing for Italy, scored three goals, with the later starting his only in the 72' minute.[1] Furthermore, there have been twelve occasions when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match, with the most recent occurring during the 2016 edition: when Germany defeated Fiji 10–0, and Nils Petersen and Max Meyer, both playing for Germany, scored 5 and 3 goals respectively.
- The longest hat-trick to be completed (most time between the first and third goals), was scored by Kwame Ayew, who netted his first goal at 17', while the third goal came in extra time at 120+1'. Ayew achieved this feat in the 1992 Olympic Football Tournament, playing for Ghana against Paraguay in the quarter-finals.
- The quickest hat-trick is Sophus Nielsen, who scored at 3', 4', and 6' in the 1908 Olympic Football Tournament, playing for Denmark against France in the semi-finals, and he went on to net more 7 times. This is also the briefest hat-trick to be completed (the shortest time between the first and third goals), as the time between his first and third a mere 3 minutes.
- The only hat-trick scored by a substitute, is the one by Rafa Mir, in 2020 against Ivory Coast in the quarter-finals, he came-on in the 90+2' minute, and scored at 90+3', 117', and 120+1'.[89]
- Germany (incl. East and West Germany) holds the record for most hat-tricks scored with 11. The next closest is Yugoslavia with 8, and then Hungary and Italy with 7, closely followed by Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Denmark and Sweden with 5 each (Brazil and Great Britain have 4).
- United States holds the record for most hat-tricks conceded with 7. The next closest is France (incl. France B) and Japan with 5, being closely followed by Egypt, Fiji, Germany (incl. West Germany), Mexico, South Korea and Yugoslavia (incl. Kingdom of SCS) with 4.
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