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Women's Chess Olympiad

The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals.

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 (one year when it was boycotted by the Eastern Bloc).

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.

Year Event Host Gold Silver Bronze
1957 1st Women's Chess Olympiad Emmen, Netherlands Soviet Union 10½ Romania 10½ East Germany 10
1963 2nd Women's Chess Olympiad Split, Yugoslavia Soviet Union 25 Yugoslavia 24½ East Germany 21
1966 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad Oberhausen, West Germany Soviet Union 22 Romania 20½ East Germany 17
1969 4th Women's Chess Olympiad Lublin, Poland Soviet Union 26 Hungary 20½ Czechoslovakia 19
1972 5th Women's Chess Olympiad Skopje, Yugoslavia Soviet Union 11½ Romania 8 Hungary 8
1974 6th Women's Chess Olympiad Medellín, Colombia Soviet Union 13½ Romania 13½ Bulgaria 13
1976 22nd Chess Olympiad * Haifa, Israel Israel 17 England 11½ Spain 11½
1978 23rd Chess Olympiad Buenos Aires, Argentina Soviet Union 16 Hungary 11 West Germany 11
1980 24th Chess Olympiad Valletta, Malta Soviet Union 32½ Hungary 32 Poland 26½
1982 25th Chess Olympiad Lucerne, Switzerland Soviet Union 33 Romania 30 Hungary 26
1984 26th Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki, Greece Soviet Union 32 Bulgaria 27½ Romania 27
1986 27th Chess Olympiad Dubai, UAE Soviet Union 33½ Hungary 29 Romania 28
1988 28th Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki, Greece Hungary 33 Soviet Union 32½ Yugoslavia 28½
1990 29th Chess Olympiad Novi Sad, Yugoslavia Hungary 35 Soviet Union 35 China 29
1992 30th Chess Olympiad Manila, Philippines Georgia 30½ Ukraine 29 China 28½
1994 31st Chess Olympiad Moscow, Russia Georgia 32 Hungary 31 China 27
1996 32nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan, Armenia Georgia 30 China 28½ Russia 28½
1998 33rd Chess Olympiad Elista, Russia China 29 Russia 27 Georgia 27
2000 34th Chess Olympiad Istanbul, Turkey China 32 Georgia 31 Russia 28½
2002 35th Chess Olympiad Bled, Slovenia China 29½ Russia 29½ Poland 28
2004 36th Chess Olympiad Calvià, Spain China 31 United States 28 Russia 27½
2006 37th Chess Olympiad Turin, Italy Ukraine 29½ Russia 28 China 27½
2008 38th Chess Olympiad Dresden, Germany Georgia 18 Ukraine 18 United States 17
2010 39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Russia 22 China 18 Georgia 16
2012 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul, Turkey Russia 19 China 19 Ukraine 18
2014 41st Chess Olympiad Tromsø, Norway Russia 20 China 18 Ukraine 18
2016 42nd Chess Olympiad Baku, Azerbaijan
2018 43rd Chess Olympiad Batumi, Georgia

* In 1976 the USSR and other communist countries 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.

Rank Country 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Total
1 Soviet Union 11 2 0 13
2 China 4 4 4 12
3 Georgia 4 1 2 7
4 Russia 3 3 3 9
5 Hungary 2 5 2 9
6 Ukraine 1 2 2 5
7 Israel 1 0 0 1
8 Romania 0 5 2 7
9 Yugoslavia 0 1 1 2
9 Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
9 USA 0 1 1 2
12 England 0 1 0 1
13 Germany* 0 0 4 4
14 Poland 0 0 2 2
15 Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
15 Spain 0 0 1 1

* Includes the results of East Germany and West Germany.

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