Tennis at the Summer Olympics IOC Discipline Code TEN Governing body ITF Events 5 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 1)
1924
1928
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Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics
Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics , but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.[1] [2] After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 (with a U-21 age limit),[3] it returned as a full medal sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics open for all players regardless of their age and status and has been played at every summer Games since then.[4]
In 1896, 1900, 1904, 1988, 1992, semifinal losers shared bronze medals. In all other years, a playoff match for the bronze medal was staged. From the
Open Era to win both the singles and same-sex doubles tournaments at one Games, doing so in
2004 ,
2000 , and
2012 respectively. A player who wins an Olympic or
Paralympic gold medal and all four majors in the same year is said to have won a
Golden Slam , while a player that has won all four Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold during their career has a 'career Golden Slam'. As of 2021,
Steffi Graf is the only player to have won a single-year Golden Slam, in 1988.
Serena Williams has won a career Golden Slam twice over, the only singles player to do so. In men's tennis,
Andre Agassi and
Rafael Nadal have each won career Golden Slams. Multiple doubles players have achieved the feat, with Serena Williams the only player to complete the career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles.
[7] In 2021, wheelchair tennis players
Diede de Groot and
Dylan Alcott achieved the equivalent wheelchair tennis prize with Paralympic gold.
[8] 2012 Women's Singles medalists, Serena Williams (center), Maria Sharapova (right) and Victoria Azarenka (left).
Since 2021, in line with all Grand Slam tournaments, the deciding set (third) has a 7-point tiebreaker game to decide the match at 6-all. Should the tiebreaker game be tied at 6-all, whoever scores two straight points wins it.
Summary
Surface
The playing surface of the court varies between Olympic Games. It has been on
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Events
(d) = demonstration event , (e) = exhibition event
Champions and venues
Participating nations
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Algeria
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1
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2
Argentina
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5
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8
8
9
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7
6
7
11
Armenia
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1
1
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Australasia
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1
Australia
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2
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6
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7
10
7
8
6
10
10
14
Austria
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3
3
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2
3
5
1
3
1
3
3
2
2
12
Bahamas
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2
2
2
2
2
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5
Barbados
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Belarus
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4
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7
Belgium
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8
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3
3
3
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5
3
4
10
Benin
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Bermuda
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Bohemia
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Bolivia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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2
Brazil
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3
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4
7
7
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Bulgaria
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2
3
2
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1
1
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7
Canada
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4
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Chile
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2
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2
1
8
China
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5
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8
4
5
5
10
Chinese Taipei
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8
Colombia
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2
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4
3
4
5
Costa Rica
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1
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1
Ivory Coast
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2
Croatia
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5
1
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6
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Cyprus
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1
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2
Czech Republic
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4
7
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11
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7
6
7
Czechoslovakia
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7
5
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5
5
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4
Denmark
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10
3
5
2
1
3
2
2
1
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1
1
1
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12
Dominican Republic
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Ecuador
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4
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3
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Egypt
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1
El Salvador
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Estonia
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1
3
Finland
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4
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1
1
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France
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14
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6
10
10
2
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4
7
9
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9
10
17
Georgia
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2
1
1
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Germany
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5
7
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6
3
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4
2
7
8
9
12
Great Britain
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6
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3
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6
1
2
8
7
6
16
Greece
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4
2
1
4
2
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2
11
Haiti
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1
1
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1
1
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4
Hong Kong
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1
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1
Hungary
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3
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5
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2
1
5
5
4
2
2
2
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12
India
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6
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1
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2
2
4
2
4
7
4
3
11
Indonesia
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5
2
2
2
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6
Ireland
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4
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2
2
2
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4
Israel
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1
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1
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3
1
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7
Italy
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4
8
3
4
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8
8
6
6
8
7
7
6
13
Japan
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2
4
2
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7
5
4
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3
6
11
13
Kazakhstan
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3
2
7
3
Latvia
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2
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1
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1
2
4
Liechtenstein
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Lithuania
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1
Luxembourg
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1
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1
1
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1
1
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6
Madagascar
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2
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3
Mexico
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2
6
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3
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2
2
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Moldova
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Montenegro
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Morocco
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1
1
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5
Netherlands
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2
1
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5
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1
1
5
5
3
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2
3
4
11
New Zealand
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3
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1
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1
1
2
2
6
Nigeria
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1
3
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1
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3
Norway
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7
3
4
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2
1
1
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6
Paraguay
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2
2
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1
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1
1
1
6
Peru
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3
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1
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1
4
Philippines
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1
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1
Poland
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6
7
7
6
8
Portugal
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2
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2
2
6
Puerto Rico
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3
1
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ROC
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1
Romania
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3
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5
4
3
2
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5
6
3
9
Russia
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9
9
10
8
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7
Serbia and Montenegro
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Serbia
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4
6
6
5
4
Slovakia
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5
5
7
4
4
3
3
7
Slovenia
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4
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3
4
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4
1
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5
South Africa
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3
3
5
4
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6
6
5
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2
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8
Soviet Union
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4
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7
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2
South Korea
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1
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4
5
4
2
1
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1
8
Spain
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4
8
3
2
4
6
7
7
11
9
12
9
8
13
Sweden
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4
16
8
4
1
2
3
6
4
5
4
5
3
1
1
15
Switzerland
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3
4
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2
2
4
3
3
4
5
2
2
2
12
Thailand
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2
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1
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6
Togo
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Tunisia
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Turkey
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Ukraine
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6
Unified Team
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5
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1
United States
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5
35
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9
6
7
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7
10
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11
11
15
Uruguay
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3
Uzbekistan
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Venezuela
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4
West Germany
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Yugoslavia
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Zimbabwe
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52
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Players
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26
36
50
82
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124
45
64
129
177
176
182
170
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08
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20
24
68
84
88
92
96
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Medal tables
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Open Era
Amateur Era
Multiple medal winners (1896–2020)
See also
References
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