Ice Hockey Summer Olympics

Played an even more memorable olympic game against the soviet union the miracle on ice in lake placid.

Ice hockey summer olympics. That was the only time the sport was played in the summer games after which it was moved to the winter games. At the time organized international ice hockey was still relatively new. Six a side men s ice hockey has been on the programme of every edition of the winter games since 1924 in chamonix. The early years the first olympic men s ice hockey tournament was actually held during the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp belgium.

Emrick noted that 34 years earlier the u s. When ice hockey was a summer sport. Ice hockey is a hugely popular sport in many parts of the world and north america in particular. Canada represented by the winnipeg falcons won the gold medal.

Because the official rules for ice hockey were developed in canada and ice hockey is the country s national winter sport there ll be a lot of pressure for the canadian team to bring home the gold this year. The tournament also served as the 1st world championships. In its inaugural edition seven teams canada the united states czechoslovakia switzerland france sweden and belgium took part. Ice hockey which is currently a part of the quadrennial winter olympics was first introduced in the summer olympics in 1920.

The silver went to the united states and czechoslovakia took the bronze. The winter olympics which began in 1924 in chamonix france included a men s ice hockey tournament and it has been part of the winter games ever since. Unsurprisingly canada dominated the first tournaments. As the 2012 summer olympic games get set to kick off tonight in london it s hard to imagine a bunch of hockey players lacing up their skates and grabbing their sticks to compete in an international competition with national pride and glory on the line.

As the broadcast showed fans leaving the exits emrick uttered this line that he repeated monday. 4 the international ice hockey federation iihf the sport s governing body was created on 15 may 1908 and was known as the ligue internationale de hockey sur glace lihg until 1947. The matches were played between april 23 and april 29 1920. Canada represented by the winnipeg falcons won the gold medal.

The first olympic ice hockey tournament took place at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp belgium. After the sochi game emrick asked the producer to get a shot of the crowd leaving the arena. Ice hockey has been part of the olympics since the summer olympics of 1920. Ice hockey was introduced to the olympic games at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp.

Olympic men s ice hockey team won the silver medal in the first ever olympic ice hockey tournament. Ice hockey spread to europe around the turn of the century and the first olympic games to include ice hockey for men were the 1920 antwerp summer games. The tournament also served as the 1st world championships. Women s ice hockey was accepted as an olympic sport in 1992 and made its official debut in 1998 in nagano.