Ice Hockey Gold Medals Olympics

The most recent medal for the u s.

Ice hockey gold medals olympics. First officially held at the 1920 summer olympics it is the sport s highest profile annual international tournament the iihf was created in 1908 while the european championships the precursor to the world championships were first held in 1910. Has competed in 21 olympic games starting in 1920 and most recently in 2018. The united states won silver and sweden won bronze. Tretiak anatoli firsov viktor kuzkin andrei khomutov alexander ragulin and vitali davydov.

Men s olympic team has won two gold medals eight silver medals and one bronze medal. A team from finland competed for the first time. Steubenville franciscan university of steubenville s 53rd annual baron club awards dinner will honor local sports figures and pay tribute to one of the most magical moments on ice a moment. From 1920 to 1952 teams from canada dominated the men s tournament winning six gold and one silver medal.

Won gold in 1960 and 1980 when college players defeated the ussr in the miracle on ice. The soviet union began competing at the olympics in 1956 and won nine straight olympic medals including seven gold. The ice hockey world championships are an annual international men s ice hockey tournament organized by the international ice hockey federation iihf. This was the only time when ice hockey was played as a part of the summer olympics games.

Hockey was ultimately included in the olympics and the gold medal was won by canada s team for the second consecutive games. It would be the last time that a canadian team would win a gold medal in hockey for 50 years. The first gold medal was won by canada. Was at the 2010 olympic games in vancouver when the u s.

But its domination was not to last. Olympic women s ice hockey team has medaled in all six olympic appearances to date gold 1998 2018. Silver 2002 2010 2014 and bronze 2006. Olympic women s ice hockey team claimed their second ever gold medal after team usa earned the inaugural gold medal in the event at the 1998 olympic winter games in nagano japan.

In fact all gold medals from the year 1920 to the year 1952 including were won by canada with only one exception in the year 1936 the gold medal was won by great britain. Ice hockey at the winter olympic games 1920.