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{{Short description|Biennial international chess tournament}}
{{distinguish|Chess at the Olympic Games}}
{{for|the 2024 Olympiad|45th Chess Olympiad}}
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The '''Chess Olympiad''' is a biennial [[chess tournament]] in which teams representing nations of the world compete. [[FIDE]] organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in [[FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020|2020]] and [[FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021|2021]], with a rapid [[time control]] that affected players' online ratings.

==Birth of the Olympiad==
The first Olympiad was unofficial. For the [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Olympics]] an attempt was made to include chess in the Olympic Games but this failed because of problems with distinguishing between amateur and professional players.<ref name="Brace">{{citation|author=Brace, Edward R.|year=1977|title=An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess|publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group|isbn=1-55521-394-4|page=64}} 
</ref> While the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] was taking place in Paris, the [[1st unofficial Chess Olympiad]] also took place in Paris. FIDE was formed on Sunday, July 20, 1924, the closing day of the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041121043246/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/fide.htm FIDE History] by Bill Wall. Retrieved 2 May 2008.</ref>
[[FIDE]] organised the first Official Olympiad in 1927 which took place in London.<ref name="Brace" /> The Olympiads were occasionally held annually and at irregular intervals until World War II; since 1950 they have been held regularly every two years.<ref name="Brace" />
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[[Image:1st Chess Olympiad.PNG|thumb|left|340px|There were 16 participating nations in the [[1st Chess Olympiad]], 1927.]]
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[[Image:41st Chess Olympiad participants.png|thumb|left|340px|By the [[41st Chess Olympiad|41st Olympiad]], 2014, there were 172 participating nations.]]
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[[Image:Fischer Score Card.jpg|thumb|[[Bobby Fischer]]'s score card from his round 3 game against [[Miguel Najdorf]] in the 1970 Chess Olympiad]]

==Drug testing==
As a sporting federation recognized by the IOC, and particularly as a signatory to the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] (WADA) conventions,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wada-ama.org/en/code-signatories|title=Code Signatories|website=World Anti-Doping Agency|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> FIDE adheres to their rules, including a requirement for doping tests,<ref>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/2760-1251-complete-fide-anti-doping-documents  Complete FIDE Anti-Doping Documents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608190323/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/2760-1251-complete-fide-anti-doping-documents |date=8 June 2020 }} FIDE official website. Retrieved 2 May 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7189-chess-wada-anti-doping-policy-nutrition-and-health.html|title=Chess WADA – Anti-Doping Policy, Nutrition and Health|last=AM|website=www.fide.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516005653/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7189-chess-wada-anti-doping-policy-nutrition-and-health.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> which they are obligated to take at the events such as the Olympiad. The tests were first introduced in 2002 under significant controversy,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517071533/http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/drugslet.html Open letter from 50 players on drug testing (Web Archive)]</ref> with the widespread belief that it was impossible to dope in chess. Research carried out by the Dutch chess federation failed to find a single [[performance-enhancing substance]] for chess.<ref name="en.chessbase.com">{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/controversy-over-fide-doping-check|title=Controversy over FIDE doping check|date=27 October 2002|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> According to Dr Helmut Pfleger, who has been conducting experiments in the field for around twenty years, "Both mentally stimulating and mentally calming medication have too many negative side effects".<ref name="en.chessbase.com"/> Players such as [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/controversy-over-fide-doping-check|title=Controversy over FIDE doping check|date=27 October 2002|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> [[Jan Timman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/11/04/stories/2002110402091800.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Indian men beat U.S.|date=2002-11-04|access-date=16 October 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and [[Robert Hübner]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/outrage-over-ivanchuk-the-great-chess-doping-scandal-a-595819.html|title=Outrage Over Ivanchuk: The Great Chess Doping Scandal|first=Maik|last=Grossekathöfer|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=11 December 2008|access-date=16 October 2017|via=Spiegel Online}}</ref> either refused to play for their national team or to participate in events such as the Chess Olympiad where drug tests were administered. All 802 tests administered at the 2002 Olympiad came back negative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.com/blog/billwall/drug-testing-and-chess|title=Top Chess Blogs - Chess.com|website=Chess.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310124931/http://www.chess.com/blog/billwall/drug-testing-and-chess|archive-date=2016-03-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, in the [[36th Chess Olympiad#Drug testing|36th Chess Olympiad]] in 2004, two players refused to provide urine samples and had their scores cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doping.nl/media/kb/2656/Miller_Panel.pdf|title=Decision of the FIDE Doping Hearing Panel (Miller)|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doping.nl/media/kb/2655/FIDE%202004_Shaun%20Press_Decision.pdf|title=Decision of the FIDE Doping Hearing Panel (Press)|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> Four years later, [[Vasyl Ivanchuk]] was not penalized for skipping a drug test at the [[38th Chess Olympiad]] in 2008, with a procedural error being indicated instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3704-decision-of-the-fide-doping-hearing-panel|title=Decision of the FIDE Doping Hearing Panel|website=www.fide.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=23 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123144930/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3704-decision-of-the-fide-doping-hearing-panel|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2010, a FIDE official commented that due to the work of the FIDE Medical Commission, the tests were now considered routine.<ref>[https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2011/fide_news/Annexes/Minutes_of_FIDE_GA_2010.pdf Minutes of 2010 FIDE General Assembly] (page 24)</ref> In November 2015, FIDE president [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]] announced they are working with WADA to define and identify doping in chess.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax.ru/sport/481285|title=ФИДЕ и ВАДА будут совместно выявлять допинг в шахматах|date=24 November 2015|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>

==Competition==
Each [[FIDE#Member federations|FIDE-recognized chess association]] can enter a team into the Olympiad.<ref name="Brace" /> Each team is made of up to five players, four regular players and one reserve (prior to the tournament in Dresden 2008 there were two reserves<ref>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3005-fide-submitts-regulation-changes-for-chess-olympiad FIDE submits regulation changes for Chess Olympiad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205062607/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3005-fide-submitts-regulation-changes-for-chess-olympiad |date=5 December 2008 }} Fide.com</ref>).<ref name="Brace" />

Initially each team played all other teams but as the event grew over the years this became impossible.<ref name="Brace" />  At first team seeding took place before the competition,<ref name="Brace" /> with teams playing in preliminary groups and then finals. Later certain drawbacks were recognized with seeding and in 1976 a [[Swiss-system tournament|Swiss tournament system]] was adopted.<ref name="Brace" /> Starting from 2008, the first criterion for determining ranking has been match points instead of board points. Teams score 2 points for a match win, 1 point for a drawn match and 0 points for a match loss.

The trophy for the winning team in the open section is the Hamilton-Russell Cup,<ref name="Brace" /> which was offered by the English magnate Frederick Hamilton-Russell as a prize for the [[1st Chess Olympiad|1st Olympiad]] (London 1927). The cup is kept by the winning team until the next event, when it is consigned to the next winner. 

There is a separate [[Women's Chess Olympiad|women's competition]]. Since 1976 it has been held at the same time and venue as the open event, with the two competitions comprising the Chess Olympiad. The trophy for the winning women's team is known as the [[Vera Menchik]] Cup in honor of the first [[Women's World Chess Championship|Women's World Chess Champion]]. [[Judit Polgár]] from Hungary is the only player who won Chess Olympiad medals in both competitions – two gold medals in the women's event ([[28th Chess Olympiad|1988]], [[29th Chess Olympiad|1990]]) and two silver medals in the open event ([[35th Chess Olympiad|2002]], [[41st Chess Olympiad|2014]]).

==Results (open event)==
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! Year || Event || Host || Gold || Silver || Bronze
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| 1924 || [[1st unofficial Chess Olympiad]] <br />''The Chess Olympiad'' (individual) || {{flagdeco|France|1794}} [[Paris]], France || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} 31<br /><small>[[Karel Hromádka]], [[Jan Schulz]], [[Karel Vaněk]], [[Karel Skalička]]</small> || {{flag|Hungary|1920}} 30<br /><small>[[Árpád Vajda]], [[Károly Sterk]], [[Endre Steiner]], [[Kornél Havasi]]</small> || {{flag|Switzerland}} 29<br /><small>[[Erwin Voellmy]], [[Otto Zimmermann]], [[Hans Johner]], [[Oskar Naegeli]]</small>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
| 1926 || [[2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad]] <br />''The Team Tournament'' <br /> (part of FIDE summit) || {{flagdeco|Hungary|1920}} [[Budapest]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]|| {{flag|Hungary|1920}} 9<br /><small>[[Endre Steiner]], [[Árpád Vajda]], [[Károly Sterk]], [[György Négyesy]], [[Elek Bakonyi]], [[Sándor Zinner]]</small> || {{flag|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes}} 8<br /><small>[[Boris Kostić]], [[Lajos Asztalos]], [[Stevan Ćirić]], [[Imre György]]</small> || {{flag|Kingdom of Romania|name=Romania}} 5<br /><small>[[János Balogh (chess player)|János Balogh]], [[Miklós Bródy]], [[Alexandru Tyroler]], [[Iosif Mendelssohn]], [[Zeno Proca]]</small>
|-
| 1927 || [[1st Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} [[London]], United Kingdom || {{flag|Hungary|1920}} 40<br /><small>[[Géza Maróczy]], [[Géza Nagy]], [[Árpád Vajda]], [[Kornél Havasi]], [[Endre Steiner]]</small> || {{flag|Denmark}} 38½<br /><small>[[Orla Hermann Krause]], [[Holger Norman-Hansen]], [[Erik Andersen (chess player)|Erik Andersen]], [[Karl Ruben]]</small> || {{flag|England}} 36½<br /><small>[[Henry Ernest Atkins|Henry Atkins]], [[Fred Yates (chess player)|Fred Yates]], [[Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet|George Thomas]], [[Reginald Pryce Michell|Reginald Michell]], [[Edmund Spencer (chess player)|Edmund Spencer]]</small>
|-
| 1928 || [[2nd Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Netherlands}} [[The Hague]], Netherlands || {{flag|Hungary|1920}} 44<br /><small>[[Géza Nagy]], [[Endre Steiner]], [[Árpád Vajda]], [[Kornél Havasi]]</small> || {{flag|United States|1912}} 39½<br /><small>[[Isaac Kashdan]], [[Herman Steiner]], [[Samuel Factor (chess player)|Samuel Factor]], [[Erling Tholfsen]], [[Milton Hanauer]]</small> || {{flag|Poland|1928}} 37<br /><small>[[Kazimierz Makarczyk]], [[Paulino Frydman|Paulin Frydman]], [[Teodor Regedziński]], [[Menachem Oren|Mieczysław Chwojnik]], [[Abram Blass]]</small>
|-
| 1930 || [[3rd Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Germany|Weimar}} [[Hamburg]], then part of the [[Weimar Republic]]|| {{flag|Poland|1928}} 48½<br /><small>[[Akiba Rubinstein]], [[Savielly Tartakower]], [[Dawid Przepiórka]], [[Kazimierz Makarczyk]], [[Paulino Frydman|Paulin Frydman]]</small> || {{flag|Hungary|1920}} 47<br /><small>[[Géza Maróczy]], [[Sándor Takács]], [[Árpád Vajda]], [[Kornél Havasi]], [[Endre Steiner]]</small> || {{flag|Germany|Weimar}} 44½<br /><small>[[Carl Ahues]], [[Friedrich Sämisch]], [[Carl Carls]], [[Kurt Richter]], [[Heinrich Wagner]]</small>
|-
| 1931 || [[4th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Czechoslovakia}} [[Prague]], then part of  [[Czechoslovakia]] || {{flag|United States|1912}} 48<br /><small>[[Isaac Kashdan]], [[Frank Marshall (chess player)|Frank Marshall]], [[Arthur Dake]], [[Israel Albert Horowitz|Israel Horowitz]], [[Herman Steiner]]</small> || {{flag|Poland|1928}} 47<br /><small>[[Akiba Rubinstein]], [[Savielly Tartakower]], [[Dawid Przepiórka]], [[Kazimierz Makarczyk]], [[Paulino Frydman|Paulin Frydman]]</small> || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} 46½<br /><small>[[Salo Flohr]], [[Karl Gilg]], [[Josef Rejfíř]], [[Karel Opočenský]], [[Karel Skalička]]</small>
|-
| 1933 || [[5th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|United Kingdom}} [[Folkestone]], United Kingdom || {{flag|United States|1912}} 39<br /><small>[[Isaac Kashdan]], [[Frank Marshall (chess player)|Frank Marshall]], [[Reuben Fine]], [[Arthur Dake]], [[Albert Simonson]]</small> || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} 37½<br /><small>[[Salo Flohr]], [[Karel Treybal]], [[Josef Rejfíř]], [[Karel Opočenský]], [[Karel Skalička]]</small> || {{flag|Sweden}} 34<br /><small>[[Gideon Ståhlberg]], [[Gösta Stoltz]], [[Erik Lundin]], [[Karl Berndtsson]]</small>
|-
| 1935 || [[6th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Poland|1928}} [[Warsaw]], Poland || {{flag|United States|1912}} 54<br /><small>[[Reuben Fine]], [[Frank Marshall (chess player)|Frank Marshall]], [[Abraham Kupchik]], [[Arthur Dake]], [[Israel Albert Horowitz|Israel Horowitz]]</small> || {{flag|Sweden}} 52½<br /><small>[[Gideon Ståhlberg]], [[Gösta Stoltz]], [[Erik Lundin]], [[Gösta Danielsson]], [[Ernst Larsson]]</small> || {{flag|Poland|1928}} 52<br /><small>[[Savielly Tartakower]], [[Paulino Frydman|Paulin Frydman]], [[Miguel Najdorf|Mieczysław Najdorf]], [[Henryk Friedman]], [[Kazimierz Makarczyk]]</small>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
| 1936 || [[3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad]] <br /> ''non-FIDE unofficial Chess Olympiad'' || {{flagdeco|Germany|Nazi}} [[Munich]], then part of [[Nazi Germany]]|| {{flag|Hungary|1920}} 110½<br /><small>[[Géza Maróczy]], [[Lajos Steiner]], [[Endre Steiner]], [[Kornél Havasi]], [[László Szabó (chess player)|László Szabó]], [[Gedeon Barcza]], [[Árpád Vajda]], [[Ernő Gereben]], [[János Balogh (chess player)|János Balogh]], [[Imre Korody]]</small> || {{flag|Poland|1928}} 108<br /><small>[[Paulino Frydman|Paulin Frydman]], [[Miguel Najdorf|Mieczysław Najdorf]], [[Teodor Regedziński]], [[Kazimierz Makarczyk]], [[Henryk Friedman]], [[Leon Kremer]], [[Henryk Pogorieły]], [[Antoni Wojciechowski]], [[Franciszek Sulik]], [[Jerzy Jagielski]]</small> || {{flagdeco|Germany|Nazi}} [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] 106½<br /><small>[[Kurt Richter]], [[Carl Ahues]], [[Ludwig Engels]], [[Carl Carls]], [[Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)|Ludwig Rellstab]], [[Friedrich Sämisch]], [[Ludwig Rödl]], [[Herbert Heinicke]], [[Wilhelm Ernst]], [[Paul Michel (chess player)|Paul Michel]]</small>
|-
| 1937 || [[7th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Sweden}} [[Stockholm]], Sweden || {{flag|United States|1912}} 54½<br /><small>[[Samuel Reshevsky]], [[Reuben Fine]], [[Isaac Kashdan]], [[Frank Marshall (chess player)|Frank Marshall]], [[Israel Albert Horowitz|Israel Horowitz]]</small> || {{flag|Hungary|1920}} 48½<br /> <small>[[Andor Lilienthal]], [[László Szabó (chess player)|László Szabó]], [[Endre Steiner]], [[Kornél Havasi]], [[Árpád Vajda]]</small> || {{flag|Poland|1928}} 47<br /><small>[[Savielly Tartakower]], [[Miguel Najdorf|Mieczysław Najdorf]], [[Paulino Frydman|Paulin Frydman]], [[Izaak Appel]], [[Teodor Regedziński]]</small>
|-
| 1939 || [[8th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina || {{flagdeco|Germany|Nazi}} [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] 36<br /><small>[[Erich Eliskases]], [[Paul Michel (chess player)|Paul Michel]], [[Ludwig Engels]], [[Albert Becker (chess player)|Albert Becker]], [[Heinrich Reinhardt]]</small> || {{flag|Poland|1928}} 35½<br /> <small>[[Savielly Tartakower]], [[Miguel Najdorf|Mieczysław Najdorf]], [[Paulino Frydman|Paulin Frydman]], [[Teodor Regedziński]], [[Franciszek Sulik]]</small> || {{flag|Estonia}} 33½<br /><small>[[Paul Keres]], [[Ilmar Raud]], [[Paul Felix Schmidt|Paul Schmidt]], [[Gunnar Friedemann]], [[Johannes Türn]]</small>
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| 1950 || [[9th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Yugoslavia}} [[Dubrovnik]], then part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 45½<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Vasja Pirc]], [[Petar Trifunović]], [[Braslav Rabar]], [[Milan Vidmar Jr.]], [[Stojan Puc]]</small> || {{flag|Argentina}} 43½<br /><small>[[Miguel Najdorf]], [[Julio Bolbochán]], [[Carlos Guimard]], [[Héctor Rossetto]], [[Hermann Pilnik]]</small> || {{flag|West Germany}} 40½<br /><small>[[Wolfgang Unzicker]], [[Lothar Schmid]], [[Gerhard Pfeiffer]], [[Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)|Ludwig Rellstab]], [[Hans-Hilmar Staudte]]</small>
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| 1952 || [[10th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Finland}} [[Helsinki]], Finland || {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} 21<br /><small>[[Paul Keres]], [[Vasily Smyslov]], [[David Bronstein]], [[Efim Geller]], [[Isaac Boleslavsky]], [[Alexander Kotov]]</small> || {{flag|Argentina}} 19½<br /><small>[[Miguel Najdorf]], [[Julio Bolbochán]], [[Erich Eliskases]], [[Hermann Pilnik]], [[Héctor Rossetto]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 19<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Braslav Rabar]], [[Petar Trifunović]], [[Vasja Pirc]], [[Andrija Fuderer]], [[Borislav Milić]]</small>
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| 1954 || [[11th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Netherlands}} [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands || {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} 34<br /><small>[[Mikhail Botvinnik]], [[Vasily Smyslov]], [[David Bronstein]], [[Paul Keres]], [[Efim Geller]], [[Alexander Kotov]]</small> || {{flag|Argentina}} 27<br /><small>[[Miguel Najdorf]], [[Julio Bolbochán]], [[Oscar Panno]], [[Carlos Guimard]], [[Héctor Rossetto]], [[Hermann Pilnik]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 26½<br /><small>[[Vasja Pirc]], [[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Petar Trifunović]], [[Braslav Rabar]], [[Andrija Fuderer]], [[Aleksandar Matanović]]</small>
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| 1956 || [[12th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Soviet Union|1955}} [[Moscow]], then part of the [[Soviet Union]] || {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 31<br /><small>[[Mikhail Botvinnik]], [[Vasily Smyslov]], [[Paul Keres]], [[David Bronstein]], [[Mark Taimanov]], [[Efim Geller]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 26½<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Aleksandar Matanović]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Nikola Karaklajić]], [[Borislav Milić]], [[Božidar Đurašević]]</small> || {{flag|Hungary|1949}} 26½<br /><small>[[László Szabó (chess player)|László Szabó]], [[Gedeon Barcza]], [[Pal Benko|Pál Benkő]], [[György Szilágyi]], [[Miklós Bély]], [[Lajos Portisch]]</small>
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| 1958 || [[13th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Germany}} [[Munich]], then part of [[West Germany]] || {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 34½<br /><small>[[Mikhail Botvinnik]], [[Vasily Smyslov]], [[Paul Keres]], [[David Bronstein]], [[Mikhail Tal]], [[Tigran Petrosian]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 29<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Aleksandar Matanović]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Petar Trifunović]], [[Božidar Đurašević]], [[Andrija Fuderer]]</small> || {{flag|Argentina}} 25½<br /><small>[[Hermann Pilnik]], [[Oscar Panno]], [[Erich Eliskases]], [[Rodolfo Redolfi]], [[Raúl Sanguineti]], [[Jaime Emma]]</small>
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| 1960 || [[14th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|East Germany}} [[Leipzig]], then part of [[East Germany]] || {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 34<br /><small>[[Mikhail Tal]], [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], [[Paul Keres]], [[Viktor Korchnoi]], [[Vasily Smyslov]], [[Tigran Petrosian]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 29<br /><small>[[Bobby Fischer]], [[William Lombardy]], [[Robert Byrne (chess player)|Robert Byrne]], [[Arthur Bisguier]], [[Nicolas Rossolimo]], [[Raymond Weinstein]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 27<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Aleksandar Matanović]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Mario Bertok]], [[Mato Damjanović]], [[Milan Vukcevich|Milan Vukčević]]</small>
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| 1962 || [[15th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Bulgaria|1948}} [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]], then part of the [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]]|| {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 31½<br /><small>[[Mikhail Botvinnik]], [[Tigran Petrosian]], [[Boris Spassky]], [[Paul Keres]], [[Efim Geller]], [[Mikhail Tal]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 28<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Petar Trifunović]], [[Aleksandar Matanović]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Bruno Parma]], [[Dragoljub Minić]]</small> || {{flag|Argentina}} 26<br /><small>[[Miguel Najdorf]], [[Julio Bolbochán]], [[Oscar Panno]], [[Raúl Sanguineti]], [[Héctor Rossetto]], [[Alberto Foguelman]]</small>
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| 1964 || [[16th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Israel}} [[Tel Aviv]], Israel || {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 36½<br /><small>[[Tigran Petrosian]], [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], [[Vasily Smyslov]], [[Paul Keres]], [[Leonid Stein]], [[Boris Spassky]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 32<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Aleksandar Matanović]], [[Bruno Parma]], [[Mijo Udovčić]], [[Milan Matulović]]</small> || {{flag|West Germany}} 30½<br /><small>[[Wolfgang Unzicker]], [[Klaus Darga]], [[Lothar Schmid]], [[Helmut Pfleger]], [[Dieter Mohrlok]], [[Wolfram Bialas]]</small>
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| 1966 || [[17th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Cuba}} [[Havana]], Cuba || {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 39½<br /><small>[[Tigran Petrosian]], [[Boris Spassky]], [[Mikhail Tal]], [[Leonid Stein]], [[Viktor Korchnoi]], [[Lev Polugaevsky]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 34½<br /><small>[[Bobby Fischer]], [[Robert Byrne (chess player)|Robert Byrne]], [[Pal Benko]], [[Larry Evans (chess player)|Larry Evans]], [[William Addison (chess player)|William Addison]], [[Nicolas Rossolimo]]</small> || {{flag|Hungarian People's Republic|name=Hungary}} 33½<br /><small>[[Lajos Portisch]], [[László Szabó (chess player)|László Szabó]], [[István Bilek]], [[Levente Lengyel]], [[Győző Forintos]], [[László Bárczay]]</small>
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| 1968 || [[18th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Switzerland}} [[Lugano]], Switzerland || {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 39½<br /><small>[[Tigran Petrosian]], [[Boris Spassky]], [[Viktor Korchnoi]], [[Efim Geller]], [[Lev Polugaevsky]], [[Vasily Smyslov]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 31<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Aleksandar Matanović]], [[Milan Matulović]], [[Bruno Parma]], [[Dragoljub Čirić]]</small> || {{flag|Bulgaria|1968}} 30<br /><small>[[Milko Bobotsov]], [[Georgi Tringov]], [[Nikola Padevsky]], [[Atanas Kolarov]], [[Ivan Radulov]], [[Peicho Peev]]</small>
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| 1970 || [[19th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Germany}} [[Siegen]], then part of [[West Germany]] || {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 27½<br /><small>[[Boris Spassky]], [[Tigran Petrosian]], [[Viktor Korchnoi]], [[Lev Polugaevsky]], [[Vasily Smyslov]], [[Efim Geller]]</small> || {{flag|Hungarian People's Republic|name=Hungary}} 26½<br /><small>[[Lajos Portisch]], [[Levente Lengyel]], [[István Bilek]], [[Győző Forintos]], [[István Csom]], [[Zoltán Ribli]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 26<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Milan Matulović]], [[Aleksandar Matanović]], [[Bruno Parma]], [[Dragoljub Minić]]</small>
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| 1972 || [[20th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Yugoslavia}} [[Skopje]], then part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] ||  {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 42<br /><small>[[Tigran Petrosian]], [[Viktor Korchnoi]], [[Vasily Smyslov]], [[Mikhail Tal]], [[Anatoly Karpov]], [[Vladimir Savon]]</small> || {{flag|Hungarian People's Republic|name=Hungary}} 40½<br /><small>[[Lajos Portisch]], [[István Bilek]], [[Győző Forintos]], [[Zoltán Ribli]], [[István Csom]], [[Gyula Sax]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 38<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Ljubomir Ljubojević]], [[Aleksandar Matanović]], [[Milan Matulović]], [[Josip Rukavina]]</small>
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| 1974 || [[21st Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|France}} [[Nice]], France || {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 46<br /><small>[[Anatoly Karpov]], [[Viktor Korchnoi]], [[Boris Spassky]], [[Tigran Petrosian]], [[Mikhail Tal]], [[Gennady Kuzmin]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 37½<br /><small>[[Svetozar Gligorić]], [[Ljubomir Ljubojević]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Albin Planinc]], [[Dragoljub Velimirović]], [[Bruno Parma]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 36½<br /><small>[[Lubomir Kavalek]], [[Robert Byrne (chess player)|Robert Byrne]], [[Walter Browne]], [[Samuel Reshevsky]], [[William Lombardy]], [[James Tarjan]]</small>
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| 1976 || [[22nd Chess Olympiad]] * || {{flagdeco|Israel}} [[Haifa]], Israel || {{flag|United States}} 37<br /><small>[[Robert Byrne (chess player)|Robert Byrne]], [[Lubomir Kavalek]], [[Larry Evans (chess player)|Larry Evans]], [[James Tarjan]], [[William Lombardy]], [[Kim Commons]]</small> || {{flag|Netherlands}} 36½<br /><small>[[Jan Timman]], [[Gennadi Sosonko]], [[Jan Hein Donner]], [[Hans Ree]], [[Gert Ligterink]], [[Franciscus Kuijpers]]</small> || {{flag|England}} 35½<br /><small>[[Tony Miles]], [[Raymond Keene]], [[William Hartston]], [[Michael Stean]], [[Jonathan Mestel]], [[John Nunn]]</small>
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| 1976 || [[Against Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Libya|1972}} [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], Libya || {{flag|El Salvador}} 38½<br /><small>[[Antonio Grimaldi (chess player)|Antonio Grimaldi]], [[René Grimaldi]], [[Salvador Infante]], [[Roberto Camacho]], [[Boris Pineda]], [[Manuel Velásquez (chess player)|Manuel Velásquez]]</small> || {{flag|Tunisia|1959}} 36<br /><small>[[Slim Bouaziz]], [[Ridha Belkadi]], [[Ahmed Drira]], [[Sbia]]</small> || {{flag|Pakistan}} 34½<br /><small>[[Zahiruddin Farooqui]], [[Rahat Ali (chess player)|Rahat Ali]], [[Nazir Ahmad (chess player)|Nazir Ahmad]], [[Shahzad Mirza]], [[Gholam Mohiuddin (chess player)|Gholam Mohiuddin]], [[Shaikh Mazhar Hussain]]</small>
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| 1978 || [[23rd Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina || {{flag|Hungarian People's Republic|name=Hungary}} 37<br /><small>[[Lajos Portisch]], [[Zoltán Ribli]], [[Gyula Sax]], [[András Adorján]], [[István Csom]], [[László Vadász]]</small> || {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} 36<br /><small>[[Boris Spassky]], [[Tigran Petrosian]], [[Lev Polugaevsky]], [[Boris Gulko]], [[Oleg Romanishin]], [[Rafael Vaganian]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 35<br /><small>[[Lubomir Kavalek]], [[Walter Browne]], [[Anatoly Lein]], [[Robert Byrne (chess player)|Robert Byrne]], [[James Tarjan]], [[William Lombardy]]</small>
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| 1980 || [[24th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Malta}} [[Valletta]], Malta || {{flag|Soviet Union}} 39<br /><small>[[Anatoly Karpov]], [[Lev Polugaevsky]], [[Mikhail Tal]], [[Efim Geller]], [[Yuri Balashov]], [[Garry Kasparov]]</small> || {{flag|Hungarian People's Republic|name=Hungary}} 39<br /><small>[[Lajos Portisch]], [[Zoltán Ribli]], [[Gyula Sax]], [[István Csom]], [[Iván Faragó]], [[József Pintér]]</small> || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} 35<br /><small>[[Ljubomir Ljubojević]], [[Borislav Ivkov]], [[Bruno Parma]], [[Bojan Kurajica]], [[Slavoljub Marjanović]], [[Predrag Nikolić]]</small>
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| 1982 || [[25th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Switzerland}} [[Lucerne]], Switzerland || {{flag|Soviet Union}} 42½<br /><small>[[Anatoly Karpov]], [[Garry Kasparov]], [[Lev Polugaevsky]], [[Alexander Beliavsky]], [[Mikhail Tal]], [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]]</small> || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} 36<br /><small>[[Vlastimil Hort]], [[Jan Smejkal]], [[Ľubomír Ftáčnik]], [[Vlastimil Jansa]], [[Ján Plachetka]], [[Jan Ambrož]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 35½<br /><small>[[Walter Browne]], [[Yasser Seirawan]], [[Lev Alburt]], [[Lubomir Kavalek]], [[James Tarjan]], [[Larry Christiansen]]</small>
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| 1984 || [[26th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Greece}} [[Thessaloniki]], Greece || {{flag|Soviet Union}} 41<br /><small>[[Alexander Beliavsky]], [[Lev Polugaevsky]], [[Rafael Vaganian]], [[Vladimir Tukmakov]], [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]], [[Andrei Sokolov]]</small> || {{flag|England}} 37<br /><small>[[Tony Miles]], [[John Nunn]], [[Jon Speelman]], [[Murray Chandler]], [[Jonathan Mestel]], [[Nigel Short]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 35<br /><small>[[Roman Dzindzichashvili]], [[Lubomir Kavalek]], [[Larry Christiansen]], [[Walter Browne]], [[Lev Alburt]], [[Nick de Firmian]]</small>
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| 1986 || [[27th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|UAE}} [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates || {{flag|Soviet Union}} 40<br /><small>[[Garry Kasparov]], [[Anatoly Karpov]], [[Andrei Sokolov]], [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]], [[Rafael Vaganian]], [[Vitaly Tseshkovsky]]</small> || {{flag|England}} 39½<br /><small>[[Tony Miles]], [[John Nunn]], [[Nigel Short]], [[Murray Chandler]], [[Jon Speelman]], [[Glenn Flear]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 38½<br /><small>[[Yasser Seirawan]], [[Larry Christiansen]], [[Lubomir Kavalek]], [[John Fedorowicz]], [[Nick de Firmian]], [[Maxim Dlugy]]</small>
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| 1988 || [[28th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Greece}} [[Thessaloniki]], Greece || {{flag|Soviet Union}} 40½<br /><small>[[Garry Kasparov]], [[Anatoly Karpov]], [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]], [[Alexander Beliavsky]], [[Jaan Ehlvest]], [[Vasyl Ivanchuk|Vassily Ivanchuk]]</small> || {{flag|England}} 34½<br /><small>[[Nigel Short]], [[Jon Speelman]], [[John Nunn]], [[Murray Chandler]], [[Jonathan Mestel]], [[William Watson (chess player)|William Watson]]</small> || {{flag|Netherlands}} 34½<br /><small>[[John van der Wiel]], [[Gennadi Sosonko]], [[Paul van der Sterren]], [[Jeroen Piket]], [[Marinus Kuijf]], [[Rudy Douven]]</small>
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| 1990 || [[29th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Yugoslavia}} [[Novi Sad]], then part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] ||  {{flag|Soviet Union}} 39<br /><small>[[Vasyl Ivanchuk|Vassily Ivanchuk]], [[Boris Gelfand]], [[Alexander Beliavsky]], [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]], [[Leonid Yudasin]], [[Evgeny Bareev]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 35½<br /><small>[[Yasser Seirawan]], [[Boris Gulko]], [[Larry Christiansen]], [[Joel Benjamin]], [[John Fedorowicz]], [[Nick de Firmian]]</small> || {{flag|England}} 35½<br /><small>[[Nigel Short]], [[Jon Speelman]], [[John Nunn]], [[Michael Adams (chess player)|Michael Adams]], [[Murray Chandler]], [[Julian Hodgson]]</small>
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| 1992 || [[30th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Philippines|1986}} [[Manila]], Philippines || {{flag|Russia|1991}} 39<br /><small>[[Garry Kasparov]], [[Alexander Khalifman]], [[Sergey Dolmatov]], [[Alexey Dreev]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Alexey Vyzmanavin]]</small> || {{flag|Uzbekistan}} 35<br /><small>[[Valery Loginov]], [[Gregory Serper|Grigory Serper]], [[Alexander Graf|Alexander Nenashev]], [[Sergey Zagrebelny]], [[Mihail Saltaev]], [[Saidali Iuldachev]]</small> || {{flag|Armenia}} 34½<br /><small>[[Rafael Vaganian]], [[Vladimir Akopian]], [[Smbat Lputian]], [[Artashes Minasian]], [[Arshak Petrosian]], [[Ashot Anastasian]]</small>
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| 1994 || [[31st Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Russia}} [[Moscow]], Russia || {{flag|Russia}} 37½<br /><small>[[Garry Kasparov]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Evgeny Bareev]], [[Alexey Dreev]], [[Sergei Tiviakov]], [[Peter Svidler]]</small> || {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina|1992}} 35<br /><small>[[Predrag Nikolić]], [[Ivan Sokolov (chess player)|Ivan Sokolov]], [[Bojan Kurajica]], [[Emir Dizdarević]], [[Nebojša Nikolić]], [[Rade Milovanović]]</small> || {{flag|Russia|name=Russia "B"}} 34½<br /><small>[[Alexander Morozevich]], [[Vadim Zvjaginsev]], [[Mikhail Ulibin]], [[Sergei Rublevsky]], [[Konstantin Sakaev]], [[Vasily Yemelin]]</small>
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| 1996 || [[32nd Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Armenia}} [[Yerevan]], Armenia || {{flag|Russia}} 38½<br /><small>[[Garry Kasparov]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Alexey Dreev]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Evgeny Bareev]], [[Sergei Rublevsky]]</small> || {{flag|Ukraine}} 35<br /><small>[[Vasyl Ivanchuk]], [[Vladimir Malaniuk]], [[Oleg Romanishin]], [[Igor Novikov (chess player)|Igor Novikov]], [[Alexander Onischuk]], [[Stanislav Savchenko]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 34<br /><small>[[Boris Gulko]], [[Alex Yermolinsky]], [[Nick de Firmian]], [[Gregory Kaidanov]], [[Joel Benjamin]], [[Larry Christiansen]]</small>
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| 1998 || [[33rd Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Russia}} [[Elista]], Russia || {{flag|Russia}} 35½<br /><small>[[Peter Svidler]], [[Sergei Rublevsky]], [[Evgeny Bareev]], [[Alexander Morozevich]], [[Vadim Zvjaginsev]], [[Konstantin Sakaev]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 34½<br /><small>[[Alex Yermolinsky]], [[Alexander Shabalov]], [[Yasser Seirawan]], [[Boris Gulko]], [[Nick de Firmian]], [[Gregory Kaidanov]]</small> || {{flag|Ukraine}} 32½<br /><small>[[Vasyl Ivanchuk]], [[Alexander Onischuk]], [[Oleg Romanishin]], [[Vladimir Malaniuk]], [[Stanislav Savchenko]], [[Ruslan Ponomariov]]</small>
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| 2000 || [[34th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Turkey}} [[Istanbul]], Turkey || {{flag|Russia}} 38<br /><small>[[Alexander Khalifman]], [[Alexander Morozevich]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Sergei Rublevsky]], [[Konstantin Sakaev]], [[Alexander Grischuk]]</small> || {{flag|Germany}} 37<br /><small>[[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]], [[Robert Hübner]], [[Rustem Dautov]], [[Christopher Lutz]], [[Klaus Bischoff]], [[Thomas Luther]]</small> || {{flag|Ukraine}} 35½<br /><small>[[Vasyl Ivanchuk]], [[Ruslan Ponomariov]], [[Vladimir Baklan]], [[Vereslav Eingorn]], [[Oleg Romanishin]], [[Vadim Malakhatko]]</small>
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| 2002 || [[35th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Slovenia}} [[Bled]], Slovenia || {{flag|Russia}} 38½<br /><small>[[Garry Kasparov]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Alexander Khalifman]], [[Alexander Morozevich]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Sergei Rublevsky]]</small> || {{flag|Hungary}} 37½<br /><small>[[Peter Leko|Péter Lékó]], [[Judit Polgár]], [[Zoltán Almási]], [[Zoltan Gyimesi|Zoltán Gyimesi]], [[Róbert Ruck]], [[Péter Ács]]</small> || {{flag|Armenia}} 35<br /><small>[[Vladimir Akopian]], [[Smbat Lputian]], [[Karen Asrian]], [[Gabriel Sargissian]], [[Artashes Minasian]], [[Ashot Anastasian]]</small>
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| 2004 || [[36th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Spain}} [[Calvià]], Spain || {{flag|Ukraine}} 39½<br /><small>[[Vasyl Ivanchuk]], [[Ruslan Ponomariov]], [[Andrei Volokitin]], [[Alexander Moiseenko]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Sergey Karjakin]]</small> || {{flag|Russia}} 36½<br /><small>[[Alexander Morozevich]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Alexey Dreev]], [[Alexander Khalifman]], [[Vadim Zvjaginsev]]</small> || {{flag|Armenia}} 36½<br /><small>[[Vladimir Akopian]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Rafael Vaganian]], [[Smbat Lputian]], [[Gabriel Sargissian]], [[Artashes Minasian]]</small>
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| 2006 || [[37th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Italy}} [[Turin]], Italy || {{flag|Armenia}} 36<br /><small>[[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Akopian]], [[Karen Asrian]], [[Smbat Lputian]], [[Gabriel Sargissian]], [[Artashes Minasian]]</small> || {{flag|China}} 34<br /><small>[[Bu Xiangzhi]], [[Zhang Zhong]], [[Zhang Pengxiang]], [[Wang Yue (chess player)|Wang Yue]], [[Ni Hua]], [[Zhao Jun (chess player)|Zhao Jun]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 33<br /><small>[[Gata Kamsky]], [[Alexander Onischuk]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Ildar Ibragimov]], [[Gregory Kaidanov]], [[Varuzhan Akobian]]</small>
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| 2008 || [[38th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Germany}} [[Dresden]], Germany || {{flag|Armenia}} 19<br /><small>[[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Akopian]], [[Gabriel Sargissian]], [[Tigran L. Petrosian]], [[Artashes Minasian]]</small> || {{flag|Israel}} 18<br /><small>[[Boris Gelfand]], [[Michael Roiz]], [[Boris Avrukh]], [[Evgeny Postny]], [[Maxim Rodshtein]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 17<br /><small>[[Gata Kamsky]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Alexander Onischuk]], [[Yury Shulman]], [[Varuzhan Akobian]]</small>
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| 2010 || [[39th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Russia}} [[Khanty-Mansiysk]], Russia || {{flag|Ukraine}} 19<br /><small>[[Vasyl Ivanchuk]], [[Ruslan Ponomariov]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Zahar Efimenko]], [[Alexander Moiseenko]]</small> || {{flag|Russia}} 18<br /><small>[[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Vladimir Malakhov (chess player)|Vladimir Malakhov]]</small> || {{flag|Israel}} 17<br /><small>[[Boris Gelfand]], [[Emil Sutovsky]], [[Ilya Smirin]], [[Maxim Rodshtein]], [[Victor Mikhalevski]]</small>
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| 2012 || [[40th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Turkey}} [[Istanbul]], Turkey || {{flag|Armenia}} 19<br /><small>[[Levon Aronian]], [[Sergei Movsesian]], [[Vladimir Akopian]], [[Gabriel Sargissian]], [[Tigran L. Petrosian]]</small> || {{flag|Russia}} 19<br /><small>[[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Evgeny Tomashevsky]], [[Dmitry Jakovenko]]</small> || {{flag|Ukraine}} 18<br /><small>[[Vasyl Ivanchuk]], [[Ruslan Ponomariov]], [[Andrei Volokitin]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Alexander Moiseenko]]</small>
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| 2014 || [[41st Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Norway}} [[Tromsø]], Norway || {{flag|China}} 19<br /><small>[[Wang Yue (chess player)|Wang Yue]], [[Ding Liren]], [[Yu Yangyi]], [[Ni Hua]], [[Wei Yi]]</small> || {{flag|Hungary}} 17<br /><small>[[Peter Leko|Péter Lékó]], [[Csaba Balogh]], [[Zoltán Almási]], [[Richárd Rapport]], [[Judit Polgár]]</small> || {{flag|India}} 17<br /><small>[[Parimarjan Negi]], [[S. P. Sethuraman|Panayappan Sethuraman]], [[Krishnan Sasikiran]], [[Adhiban Baskaran]], [[M. R. Lalith Babu|Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu]]</small>
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| 2016 || [[42nd Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Azerbaijan}} [[Baku]], Azerbaijan || {{flag|United States}} 20<br /><small>[[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Wesley So]], [[Sam Shankland]], [[Ray Robson]]</small> || {{flag|Ukraine}} 20<br /><small>[[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Ruslan Ponomariov]], [[Yuriy Kryvoruchko]], [[Anton Korobov]], [[Andrei Volokitin]]</small> || {{flag|Russia}} 18<br /><small>[[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Evgeny Tomashevsky]], [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]], [[Alexander Grischuk]]</small>
|-
| 2018 || [[43rd Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Georgia}} [[Batumi]], Georgia || {{flag|China}} 18<br /><small>[[Ding Liren]], [[Yu Yangyi]], [[Wei Yi]], [[Bu Xiangzhi]], [[Li Chao (chess player)|Li Chao]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 18<br /><small>[[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Wesley So]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Sam Shankland]], [[Ray Robson]]</small> || {{flag|Russia}} 18<br /><small>[[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]], [[Dmitry Jakovenko]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Nikita Vitiugov]]</small>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
| 2020 || [[FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020|Online Chess Olympiad]] <sup>†</sup> || (''Virtual'') ||  {{flag|India}} <sup>‡</sup><br /><small>[[Vidit Gujrathi]], [[Pentala Harikrishna]], [[Koneru Humpy]], [[Harika Dronavalli]], [[R Praggnanandhaa|Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa]], [[Divya Deshmukh]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Nihal Sarin]], [[Vantika Agrawal]], [[Aravindh Chithambaram]], [[Bhakti Kulkarni]], [[Vaishali Rameshbabu|Rameshbabu Vaishali]]</small><br />{{flag|Russia}}<br /><small>[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]], [[Vladislav Artemiev]], [[Kateryna Lagno]], [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]], [[Alexey Sarana]], [[Polina Shuvalova]], [[Daniil Dubov]], [[Aleksandra Goryachkina]], [[Andrey Esipenko]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Valentina Gunina]], [[Margarita Potapova]]</small> || - || {{flag|Poland|1928}}<br /><small>[[Jan-Krzysztof Duda]], [[Radosław Wojtaszek]], [[Monika Soćko]], [[Karina Cyfka]], [[Igor Janik (chess player)|Igor Janik]], [[Alicja Śliwicka]], [[Grzegorz Gajewski]], [[Szymon Gumularz]], [[Mateusz Bartel]], [[Iweta Rajlich]], [[Jolanta Zawadzka]]</small><br />{{flag|United States}}<br /><small>[[Wesley So]], [[Sam Shankland]], [[Anna Zatonskih]], [[Tatev Abrahamyan]], [[Jeffery Xiong]], [[Annie Wang (chess player)|Annie Wang]], [[Carissa Yip]], [[Ray Robson]]</small>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
| 2021 || [[FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021|Online Chess Olympiad]] <sup>†</sup> || {{flagdeco|China}} [[China]] (''Virtual'') || {{flag|Russia}}<br /><small>[[Daniil Dubov]], [[Vladislav Artemiev]], [[Aleksandra Goryachkina]], [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]], [[Andrey Esipenko]], [[Polina Shuvalova]], [[Kateryna Lagno]], [[Leya Garifullina]], [[Valentina Gunina]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Vladimir Fedoseev]], [[Volodar Murzin]]</small> || {{flag|United States}}<br /><small>[[Jeffery Xiong]], [[Ray Robson]], [[Irina Krush]], [[Nazí Paikidze]], [[Awonder Liang]], [[Thalia Cervantes Landeiro]], [[Dariusz Świercz]], [[Anna Zatonskih]]</small> || {{flag|China}}<br /><small>[[Ding Liren]], [[Yu Yangyi]], [[Hou Yifan]], [[Ju Wenjun]], [[Wang Shixu]], [[Ning Kaiyu]], [[Xu Zhihang]], [[Wei Yi]], [[Lei Tingjie]], [[Bu Xiangzhi]], [[Zhu Jiner]], [[Huang Qian]]</small><br />{{flag|India}}<br /><small>[[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Pentala Harikrishna]], [[Koneru Humpy]], [[Harika Dronavalli]], [[Nihal Sarin]], [[Vaishali Rameshbabu|Rameshbabu Vaishali]], [[Vidit Gujrathi]], [[R Praggnanandhaa|Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa]], [[Adhiban Baskaran]], [[Tania Sachdev]], [[Bhakti Kulkarni]], [[Savitha Shri B]]</small>
|-
| 2022 || [[44th Chess Olympiad]] <sup>§</sup> || {{flagdeco|India}} [[Chennai]], India || {{flag|Uzbekistan}} 19<br /><small>[[Nodirbek Abdusattorov]], [[Nodirbek Yakubboev]], [[Javokhir Sindarov]], [[Jahongir Vakhidov]], [[Shamsiddin Vokhidov]]</small> || {{flag|Armenia}} 19<br /><small>[[Gabriel Sargissian]], [[Hrant Melkumyan]], [[Samvel Ter-Sahakyan]], [[Manuel Petrosyan]], [[Robert Hovhannisyan]]</small> || {{flag|India|name=India 2}} 18<br /><small>[[Gukesh Dommaraju]], [[Nihal Sarin]], [[R Praggnanandhaa|Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa]], [[Adhiban Baskaran]], [[Raunak Sadhwani]]</small>
|-
| 2024 || [[45th Chess Olympiad]] || {{flagdeco|Hungary}} [[Budapest]], Hungary || {{flag|India}} 21<br /><small>[[Gukesh Dommaraju]], [[R Praggnanandhaa|Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa]], [[Arjun Erigaisi]], [[Vidit Gujrathi]], [[Pentala Harikrishna]]</small> || {{flag|United States}} 17<br /><small>[[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Wesley So]], [[Leinier Domínguez]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Ray Robson]]</small> || {{flag|Uzbekistan}} 17<br /><small>[[Nodirbek Abdusattorov]], [[Nodirbek Yakubboev]], [[Javokhir Sindarov]], [[Shamsiddin Vokhidov]], [[Jahongir Vakhidov]]</small>
|-
| ''2026'' || ''[[46th Chess Olympiad]]'' || {{flagdeco|Uzbekistan}} ''[[Tashkent]], Uzbekistan''<ref>{{cite news |last=Barden |first=Leonard |date=10 August 2022 |title=Chess: Uzbekistan win Olympiad while David Howell takes performance gold |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/aug/10/chess-uzbekistan-win-olympiad-while-david-howell-takes-performance-gold |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> || || ||
|-
| ''2028'' || ''[[47th Chess Olympiad]]'' || {{flagdeco|United Arab Emirates}} ''[[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/news/2999 | title=Abu Dhabi and FIDE Sign Agreement for 47th Chess Olympiad }}</ref> || || ||
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> ''In 1976, the {{flag|Soviet Union|1955}}, other [[Communist state|Communist countries]] and [[Arab world|Arabic countries]] did not compete for political reasons.'' <br />
<sup>†</sup> ''FIDE organized the online olympiads in [[FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020|2020]] and [[FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021|2021]] following the onset of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].''
<br />
<sup>‡</sup> ''[[Russia]] and [[India]] were subsequently declared joint winners after several Indian team members experienced connectivity issues due to a global outage of [[Cloudflare]] servers in [[FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020|2020 Online Chess Olympiad]].''
<br />
<sup>§</sup> ''The 2022 event was originally planned to be held in [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]], but it was rescheduled to [[Moscow]], which originally was host of the 2020 Olympiad, which was canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. However, due to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], FIDE made a statement in February 2022 that the tournament will not take place in Russia and would be shifted to [[Chennai]], [[India]].''

==Gaprindashvili Cup==

This trophy was created by [[FIDE]] in 1997 and named after [[Nona Gaprindashvili]], the former women's World Champion (1962–1978). The  trophy is awarded to the team that has the best overall performance across the open and women's divisions.

[[Russia]] won this trophy six times, [[China]] – three times, [[India]] and [[Ukraine]] – two times each.

{|class='wikitable'
|-
!Year
!First
!Second
!Third
|- 
|1998
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flag|China}}
|{{flag|Georgia|1990}}
|- 
|2000
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{flag|Georgia|1990}}
|- 
|2002
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flag|China}}
|{{flag|Hungary}}
|- 
|2004
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|- 
|2006
|{{flag|China}}
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|- 
|2008
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|{{flag|United States}}
|- 
|2010
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flag|China}}
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|- 
|2012
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flag|China}}
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|- 
|2014
|{{flag|China}}
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|- 
|2016
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flag|China}}
|- 
|2018
|{{flag|China}}
|{{flag|Russia}}
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|- 
|2022
|{{flag|India}}
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flag|India|name=India 2}}
|- 
|2024
|{{flag|India}}
|{{flag|United States}}
|{{flag|Armenia}}
|}

==Medal tables==

===Open event===
[[Image:OdznakaOS.jpg|right|thumb|Symbol of the 6th Chess Olympiad in [[Warsaw]] 1935 by [[:pl:Jerzy Steifer|Jerzy Steifer]]]]
The table contains the Open teams ranked by the medals won at the Chess Olympiad (not including the online or unofficial events), ranked by the number of first-place medals, ties broken by second-place medals, etc.

<!--- Please DO NOT add the results from the Online Chess Olympiad. The motivations are provided in the talk page. --->
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 | caption = 
 | host = 
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 | event = 
 | team = 
 | gold_URS = 18 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 0 | name_URS = ''{{URS}}''
 | gold_USA = 6 | silver_USA = 7 | bronze_USA = 8
 | gold_RUS = 6 | silver_RUS = 3 | bronze_RUS = 3
 | gold_HUN = 3 | silver_HUN = 7 | bronze_HUN = 2
 | gold_ARM = 3 | silver_ARM = 1 | bronze_ARM = 3
 | gold_UKR = 2 | silver_UKR = 2 | bronze_UKR = 3
 | gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0
 | gold_YUG = 1 | silver_YUG = 6 | bronze_YUG = 6 | name_YUG = ''{{YUG}}''
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 2 | bronze_POL = 3
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_UZB = 1 | silver_UZB = 1 | bronze_UZB = 1
 | gold_IND = 1 | silver_IND = 0 | bronze_IND = 2
 | gold_ENG = 0 | silver_ENG = 3 | bronze_ENG = 3
 | gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 3 | bronze_ARG = 2
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 2 | bronze_TCH = 1 | name_TCH = ''{{TCH}}''
 | gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 1 | bronze_ISR = 1
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 1
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_BIH = 0 | silver_BIH = 1 | bronze_BIH = 0
 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 0
 | gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 2 | name_FRG = ''{{FRG}}''
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1
 | gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 0 | bronze_EST = 1
}}

===Open and Women's events===
The table contains teams ranked by total number of medals won at the Chess Olympiad (not including the online or unofficial events) in the Open event (since 1927) and [[Women's Chess Olympiad|Women's event]] (since 1957), ranked by the number of first-place medals, ties broken by second-place medals, etc.

<!--- Please DO NOT add the results from the Online Chess Olympiad. The motivations are provided in the talk page. --->
{{Medals table
 | caption = 
 | host = 
 | flag_template = flagcountry
 | event = 
 | team = 
 | gold_URS = 29 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 0 | name_URS = ''{{URS}}''
 | gold_RUS = 9 | silver_RUS = 6 | bronze_RUS = 6
 | gold_CHN = 8 | silver_CHN = 5 | bronze_CHN = 4
 | gold_USA = 6 | silver_USA = 8 | bronze_USA = 10
 | gold_HUN = 5 | silver_HUN = 12 | bronze_HUN = 4
 | gold_UKR = 4 | silver_UKR = 5 | bronze_UKR = 6
 | gold_GEO = 4 | silver_GEO = 2 | bronze_GEO = 3
 | gold_ARM = 3 | silver_ARM = 1 | bronze_ARM = 3
 | gold_IND = 2 | silver_IND = 0 | bronze_IND = 3
 | gold_YUG = 1 | silver_YUG = 7 | bronze_YUG = 7 | name_YUG = ''{{YUG}}''
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 3 | bronze_POL = 5
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_ISR = 1 | silver_ISR = 1 | bronze_ISR = 1
 | gold_UZB = 1 | silver_UZB = 1 | bronze_UZB = 1
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 5 | bronze_ROU = 2
 | gold_ENG = 0 | silver_ENG = 4 | bronze_ENG = 3
 | gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 3 | bronze_ARG = 2
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 2 | bronze_TCH = 2 | name_TCH = ''{{TCH}}''
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 2
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 1
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_BIH = 0 | silver_BIH = 1 | bronze_BIH = 0
 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 0
 | gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 1 | bronze_KAZ = 0
 | gold_GDR = 0 | silver_GDR = 0 | bronze_GDR = 3 | name_GDR = ''{{GDR}}''
 | gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 3 | name_FRG = ''{{FRG}}''
 | gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 0 | bronze_EST = 1
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
}}

==Most successful players in the open section==
Boldface denotes active chess players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

===Multiple team champions===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width=80% style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background-color:#EDEDED;"
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:1em" | Rank
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Player
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Country
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | From
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | To
! style="background:    gold; width:8%" | Gold
! style="background:  silver; width:8%" | Silver
! style="background: #CC9966; width:8%" | Bronze
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:8%" |Total
|-
| 1 || align="left" | [[Tigran Petrosian]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1958 || 1978 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | '''9''' || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10
|-align="center"
| 2 || align="left" | [[Vasily Smyslov]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1952 || 1972 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | '''9''' || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9
|-align="center"
|rowspan="2"| 3 || align="left" | [[Garry Kasparov]] || align="left" | {{URS}}<br />{{RUS}} || 1980 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 8 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Mikhail Tal]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1958 || 1982 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 8 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 5 || align="left" | [[Paul Keres]] || align="left" | {{EST}}<br />{{URS}} || 1939 || 1964 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 6 || align="left" | [[Efim Geller]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1952 || 1980 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
|rowspan="2"| 7 || align="left" | [[Lev Polugaevsky]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1966 || 1984 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Boris Spassky]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1962 || 1978 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
|rowspan="3"| 9 || align="left" | [[Mikhail Botvinnik]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1954 || 1964 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Anatoly Karpov]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1972 || 1988 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Viktor Korchnoi]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1960 || 1974 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6
|}

===Multiple team medalists===
The table shows players who have won at least 7 team medals in total at the Chess Olympiads.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width=80% style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background-color:#EDEDED;"
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:1em" | Rank
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Player
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Country
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | From
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | To
! style="background:    gold; width:8%" | Gold
! style="background:  silver; width:8%" | Silver
! style="background: #CC9966; width:8%" | Bronze
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:8%" |Total
|-
| 1 || align="left" | [[Svetozar Gligorić]] || align="left" | {{YUG}} || 1950 || 1974 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 1 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | '''6''' || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | '''5''' || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | '''12'''
|-align="center"
| 2 || align="left" | [[Tigran Petrosian]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1958 || 1978 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | '''9''' || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10
|-align="center"
| 3 || align="left" | [[Borislav Ivkov]] || align="left" | {{YUG}} || 1956 || 1980 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | – || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | '''6''' || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 4 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10
|-align="center"
| 4 || align="left" | [[Vasily Smyslov]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1952 || 1972 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | '''9''' || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9
|-align="center"
| 5 || align="left" | [[Aleksandar Matanović]] || align="left" | {{YUG}} || 1954 || 1972 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | – || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 5 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 4 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9
|-align="center"
|rowspan="2"| 6 || align="left" | [[Garry Kasparov]] || align="left" | {{URS}}<br />{{RUS}} || 1980 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 8 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Mikhail Tal]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1958 || 1982 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 8 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 8 || align="left" | [[Paul Keres]] || align="left" | {{EST}}<br />{{URS}} || 1939 || 1964 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 9 || align="left" | '''[[Vasyl Ivanchuk|Vassily (Vasyl) Ivanchuk]]''' || align="left" | {{URS}}<br />{{UKR}} || 1988 || 2012 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 4 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 3 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 10 || align="left" | [[Efim Geller]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1952 || 1980 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
|rowspan="2"| 11 || align="left" | [[Lev Polugaevsky]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1966 || 1984 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Boris Spassky]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1962 || 1978 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| 13 || align="left" | '''[[Peter Svidler]]''' || align="left" | {{RUS}} || 1994 || 2010 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 2 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| 14 || align="left" | [[Vladimir Kramnik]] || align="left" | {{RUS}} || 1992 || 2018 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 3 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 2 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 2 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| 15 || align="left" | [[Miguel Najdorf|Mieczysław (Miguel) Najdorf]] || align="left" | {{POL}}<br />{{ARG}} || 1935 || 1962 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | – || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 4 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 3 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|}

==Best individual results in the open section==
The best individual results in order of overall percentage are:
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Rank<br /> !! Player !! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Country &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; !! Ol. !! Gms. !!class="unsortable" |&nbsp; + &nbsp;!! class="unsortable" |&nbsp; = &nbsp; !! class="unsortable" |&nbsp; – &nbsp; !!&nbsp;%&nbsp;!! class="unsortable" |&nbsp; Individual <br />medals !!&nbsp; Number of<br />ind. medals !! class="unsortable" |&nbsp; Team medals !!&nbsp; Number of<br />team medals
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;1 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Mikhail|Tal}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"|8 || style="text-align:center"|101 || &nbsp;65 || &nbsp;34 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|81.2 || style="text-align:center"|5 – 2 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|7 || style="text-align:center"|8 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|8
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Anatoly|Karpov}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"| 6 || style="text-align:center"|68 || &nbsp;43 || &nbsp;23 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|80.1 || style="text-align:center"|3 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|3 || style="text-align:center"|6 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|6
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Tigran|Petrosian}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"|10|| style="text-align:center"|129 || &nbsp;78 || &nbsp;50 || &nbsp;&nbsp;1 || style="text-align:center"|79.8 || style="text-align:center"|6 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|6 || style="text-align:center"|9 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|10
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;4 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Isaac|Kashdan}} || {{flag|United States|1912}} ||style="text-align:center"| 5 || style="text-align:center"|79 || &nbsp;52 || &nbsp;22 || &nbsp;&nbsp;5 || style="text-align:center"|79.7 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 1 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|5|| style="text-align:center"|3 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|4
|-
|&nbsp;&nbsp;5 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Vasily|Smyslov}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"| 9 || style="text-align:center"|113 || &nbsp;69 || &nbsp;42 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|79.6 || style="text-align:center"|4 – 2 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|8|| style="text-align:center"|9 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|9
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;6 || &nbsp;{{sortname|David|Bronstein}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"| 4 || style="text-align:center"|49 || &nbsp;30 || &nbsp;18 || &nbsp;&nbsp;1 || style="text-align:center"|79.6 || style="text-align:center"|3 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|4|| style="text-align:center"|4 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|4
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;7 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Garry|Kasparov}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} (4)<br /> {{flag|Russia}} (4) ||style="text-align:center"| 8 || style="text-align:center"|82 || &nbsp;50 || &nbsp;29 || &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || style="text-align:center"|78.7 || style="text-align:center"|3 – 1 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|6|| style="text-align:center"|8 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|8
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;8 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Alexander|Alekhine}} || {{flag|France}} ||style="text-align:center"| 5|| style="text-align:center"|72 || &nbsp;43 || &nbsp;27 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|78.5 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 2 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|4|| style="text-align:center"|0 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|0
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;9 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Milan|Matulović}} || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} ||style="text-align:center"|5 || style="text-align:center"|78 || &nbsp;46 || &nbsp;28 || &nbsp;&nbsp;4 || style="text-align:center"|76.9 || style="text-align:center"|1 – 2 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|3|| style="text-align:center"|0 – 2 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|4
|-
|10 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Paul|Keres}} || {{flag|Estonia}} (3)<br /> {{flag|Soviet Union}} (7) ||style="text-align:center"| 10|| style="text-align:center"|141 || &nbsp;85 || &nbsp;44 || &nbsp;12 || style="text-align:center"|75.9 || style="text-align:center"|5 – 1 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|7|| style="text-align:center"|7 – 0 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|8
|-
|11 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Efim|Geller}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"| 7|| style="text-align:center"|76 || &nbsp;46 || &nbsp;23 || &nbsp;&nbsp;7 || style="text-align:center"|75.7 || style="text-align:center"|3 – 3 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|6|| style="text-align:center"|7 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|7
|-
|12= || &nbsp;{{sortname|Israel|Horowitz|Israel Albert Horowitz}} || {{flag|United States|1912}} ||style="text-align:center"|4|| style="text-align:center"|51 || &nbsp;29 || &nbsp;19 || &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || style="text-align:center"|75.5 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2|| style="text-align:center"|3 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|3
|-
|12= || &nbsp;{{sortname|James|Tarjan}} || {{flag|United States}} ||style="text-align:center"|5|| style="text-align:center"|51 || &nbsp;32 || &nbsp;13 || &nbsp;&nbsp;6 || style="text-align:center"|75.5 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 0 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|3|| style="text-align:center"|1 – 0 – 3 || style="text-align:center"|4
|-
|14 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Bobby|Fischer}} || {{flag|United States}} ||style="text-align:center"| 4 || style="text-align:center"|65 || &nbsp;40 || &nbsp;18 || &nbsp;&nbsp;7 || style="text-align:center"|75.4 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 2 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|3|| style="text-align:center"|0 – 2 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2
|-
|15 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Ian|Nepomniachtchi}} || {{flag|Russia}} ||style="text-align:center"| 4 || style="text-align:center"|38 || &nbsp;20 || &nbsp;17 || &nbsp;&nbsp;1 || style="text-align:center"|75.0 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 2 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|4|| style="text-align:center"|0 – 0 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|2
|-
|16 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Mikhail|Botvinnik}} || {{flag|Soviet Union}} ||style="text-align:center"|6 || style="text-align:center"|73 || &nbsp;39 || &nbsp;31 || &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || style="text-align:center"|74.7 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 1 – 2 || style="text-align:center"|5 || style="text-align:center"|6 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|6
|-
|17 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Amon|Simutowe}} || {{flag|Zambia}} ||style="text-align:center"|4 || style="text-align:center"|37 || &nbsp;23 || &nbsp;&nbsp;9 || &nbsp;&nbsp;5 || style="text-align:center"|74.3 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|1 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|0
|-
|18 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Sam|Shankland}} || {{flag|United States}} ||style="text-align:center"|4 || style="text-align:center"|35 || &nbsp;20 || &nbsp;12 || &nbsp;&nbsp;3 || style="text-align:center"|74.3 || style="text-align:center"|1 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|1 || style="text-align:center"|1 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2
|-
|19 || &nbsp;[[Yu Yangyi]] || {{flag|China}} ||style="text-align:center"|4 || style="text-align:center"|42 || &nbsp;22 || &nbsp;18 || &nbsp;&nbsp;2 || style="text-align:center"|73.8 || style="text-align:center"|1 – 1 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 0 – 0 || style="text-align:center"|2
|-
|20 || &nbsp;{{sortname|Salo|Flohr}} || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}} || style="text-align:center"|5 || style="text-align:center"|82 || &nbsp;46 || &nbsp;28 || &nbsp;&nbsp;8 || style="text-align:center"|73.2 || style="text-align:center"|2 – 1 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|4 || style="text-align:center"|0 – 1 – 1 || style="text-align:center"|2
|}
[[Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-76052-0335, Schacholympiade, Tal (UdSSR) gegen Fischer (USA).jpg|thumb|Fischer and Tal at the 1960 Olympiad]]
;Notes
* Only players participating in at least '''four Olympiads''' are included in this table.
* Medals indicated in the order gold - silver - bronze. The statistics of individual medals includes only medals which are awarding to the top three individual players on each board. The medals for overall [[Performance rating (chess)|performance rating]] (awarded in 1984–2006) are not included into this statistics, but are listed separately below the table.
* [[Anatoly Karpov]] won another individual silver medal for overall [[Performance rating (chess)|performance rating]]. In total he won 3 gold and 1 silver individual medals.
* [[Garry Kasparov]] played his first four Olympiads for the [[Soviet Union]], the rest for [[Russia]]. He won another four individual gold medals and one individual silver medal for overall [[Performance rating (chess)|performance rating]]. In total he won 7 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze individual medals.
* [[Paul Keres]] played his first three Olympiads for [[Estonia]], the rest for the [[Soviet Union]].
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==See also==
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*[[Correspondence Chess Olympiad]]
*[[European Chess Club Cup]]
*[[European Team Chess Championship]]
*[[Mind Sports Organisation]]
*[[USSR and Russia versus the Rest of the World]]
*[[Women's Chess Olympiad]]
*[[Women's World Chess Championship]]
*[[World Chess Championship]]
*[[World Mind Sports Games]]
*[[World Team Chess Championship]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=23&view=category FIDE Handbook: Chess Olympiads]
* [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase: Chess Olympiads]
* Student Chess Olympiad - [https://web.archive.org/web/20200923141037/http://www.olimpbase.org/index.html?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olimpbase.org%2Fyouth%2Fstud_history.html World Student Team Chess Championship]

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