The 1992 Summer Olympics Football Tournament competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics featured 16 national sides from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Camp Nou on 8 August 1992.
For the first time, an age limit has been set for participants under the age of 23 (Under-23), which has been used ever since.
Spain became the first host country to win the gold medal in an Olympic football tournament since Belgium in 1920, an achievement which would not be repeated until Brazil won it in 2016.
Notably, these were the first matches played with football's new back-pass rule and was the last Olympic football competition which was open to men only before the introduction of a women's tournament four years later.
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The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:
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Gold medalists – <hr> José Amavisca<br> Rafael Berges<br> Santiago Cañizares<br> Abelardo<br> Albert Ferrer<br> Pep Guardiola<br> Miguel Hernández<br> Toni Jiménez<br> Mikel Lasa<br> Juanma López<br> Javier ManjarÃÂn<br> Luis Enrique<br> Kiko<br> Alfonso Pérez<br> Antonio Pinilla<br> Paco Soler<br> Roberto Solozábal<br> Paqui<br> Gabriel Vidal<br> David Villabona
Coach: Vicente Miera
Silver medalists – <hr> Dariusz Adamczuk<br> Marek Bajor<br> Jerzy BrzÃÂczek<br> Marek Koà ºmià Âski<br> Dariusz GÃÂsior<br> Marcin Jaà Âocha<br> Tomasz à Âapià Âski<br> Tomasz Waà Âdoch<br> Aleksander Kà Âak<br> Andrzej Kobylaà Âski<br> Ryszard Staniek<br> Wojciech Kowalczyk<br> Andrzej Juskowiak<br> Grzegorz Mielcarski<br> Piotr à Âwierczewski<br> Mirosà Âaw Waligóra<br> Dariusz Koseà Âa<br> Arkadiusz Onyszko<br> Dariusz Szubert<br> Tomasz Wieszczycki
Coach: Janusz Wójcik
Bronze medalists – <hr> Joachim Acheampong<br> Simon Addo<br> Sammi Adjei<br> Maxwell Konadu<br> Mamood Amadu<br> Isaac Asare<br> Frank Amankwah<br> Bernard Aryee<br> Kwame Ayew<br> Ibrahim Dossey<br> Mohammed Gargo<br> Dramani Kalilu<br> Samuel Kuffour<br> Samuel Kumah<br> Nii Lamptey<br> Anthony Mensah<br> Alex Nyarko<br> Yaw Preko<br> Shamo Quaye<br> Oli Rahman
Coach: Sam Arday
With seven goals, Poland's Andrzej Juskowiak was the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 87 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.