Women's Chess Olympiad


The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE since 1957, where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympiad has been incorporated within Chess Olympiad events, with simultaneous women's and open tournaments.
The Soviet Union has won it the most often: 11 times. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, China and Georgia have won the event four times each. It has also been won by Hungary, Ukraine and Israel.

Results

From 1957 to 1974 the Women's Olympiad was a separate event. Since 1976 it has been held in the same place and at the same time as the open event.
YearEventHostGoldSilverBronze
19571st Women's Chess Olympiad Emmen, Netherlands 10½ 10½ 10
19632nd Women's Chess Olympiad Split, Yugoslavia 25Yugoslavia 24½East Germany 21
19663rd Women's Chess Olympiad Oberhausen, West Germany 22 20½East Germany 17
19694th Women's Chess Olympiad Lublin, Poland 26 20½ 19
197220th Chess Olympiad Skopje, Yugoslavia 11½ 8 8
19746th Women's Chess Olympiad Medellín, Colombia 13½ 13½ 13
197622nd Chess Olympiad * Haifa, Israel 17 11½ 11½
197823rd Chess Olympiad Buenos Aires, Argentina 16 11West Germany 11
198024th Chess Olympiad Valletta, Malta 32½ 32 26½
198225th Chess Olympiad Lucerne, Switzerland 33 30 26
198426th Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki, Greece 32 27½ 27
198627th Chess Olympiad Dubai, UAE 33½ 29 28
198828th Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki, Greece 33 32½Yugoslavia 28½
199029th Chess Olympiad Novi Sad, Yugoslavia 35 35 29
199230th Chess Olympiad Manila, Philippines 30½ 29 28½
199431st Chess Olympiad Moscow, Russia 32 31 27
199632nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan, Armenia 30 28½ 28½
199833rd Chess Olympiad Elista, Russia 29 27 27
200034th Chess Olympiad Istanbul, Turkey 32 31 28½
200235th Chess Olympiad Bled, Slovenia 29½ 29½ 28
200436th Chess Olympiad Calvià, Spain 31 28 27½
200637th Chess Olympiad Turin, Italy 29½ 28 27½
200838th Chess Olympiad Dresden, Germany 18 18 17
201039th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 22 18 16
201240th Chess Olympiad Istanbul, Turkey 19 19 18
201441st Chess Olympiad Tromsø, Norway 20 18 18
201642nd Chess Olympiad Baku, Azerbaijan 20 17 17
201843rd Chess Olympiad Batumi, Georgia 18 18 17
202044th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
202245th Chess Olympiad Minsk, Belarus

* In 1976 the Soviet Union and other socialist states did not compete for political reasons.

Total team ranking

The table contains the women's teams ranked by the medals won at the Chess Olympiad, not including the unofficial events, ranked by the number of first place medals, ties broken by second-place medals, etc.