List of men's Olympic football tournament hat-tricks

Football at the Summer Olympics has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA World Cup tournament). Since the first official tournament in 1908 in England, 99 hat-tricks have been scored in over 1,000 matches of the 28 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by Vilhelm Wolfhagen of the Denmark, playing against France B in 1908; the most recent was by Rafa Mir of Spain, playing against Ivory Coast on 31 July 2021. The only Olympic Football Tournaments not to have at least one hat-trick scored were the 1976, 2008, 2012 and 2024 editions. The record number of hat-tricks in a single Olympic Football Tournament is twelve, during the 1928 Olympics in the Netherlands, including three in the Bronze medal match as Italy defeated Egypt 11–3.

List +Olympic Football Tournament hat-tricks No. Player Time of goals For Result Against Tournament Phase Date FIFAreport .Alexander Hall 3 ', ??', ??' Galt F.C. 7–0 Christian Brothers College1904 Summer Olympics .Vilhelm Wolfhagen 4 ', 17', 67', 72' 9–0 B 1908 Summer Olympics First round .Clyde Purnell 4 ', ?', ?', ?' 12–1 .Harold Stapley 4 ', 60', 64', 75' 4–0 Semi-finals .Sophus Nielsen 10 ', 4', 6', 39', 46', 48', 52', 64', 66', 76' 17–1 .Vilhelm Wolfhagen (2) 4 ', 72', 82', 89' 17–1 .Harold Walden 6 ', 23', 49', 53', 55', 85' 7–0 1912 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals .Anthon Olsen 3 ', 70', 88' 7–0 .Jan Vos 5 ', 43', 46', 74', 78' 9–0Bronze Medal match .Gottfried Fuchs 10 ', 9', 21', 28', 34', 46', 51', 55', 65', 69' 16–0 1912 Summer Olympics – Consolation tournament First round .Fritz Förderer 4 ', 27', 53', 66' 16–0 .Imre Schlosser 3 ', 39', 82' 3-1 Semi-finals .Jan Vanik 3 ', 46', 79' 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 1920 Summer Olympics First round .Antonín Janda 3 ', 50', 75' 7–0 .Herbert Karlsson 5 ', 20', 21', 51', 85' 9–0 .Antonín Janda (2) 3 ', 66', 77' 4–0 Quarter-finals .Robert Coppée 3 ', 52', 55' 3–1 .Otakar Mazal 3 ', 75', 87' 4–1Semi-finals .Paul Sturzenegger 4 ', 43', 68', 85' 9–0 1924 Summer Olympics First round .Max Abegglen 3 ', 50', 58' 9–0 .Édouard Crut 3 ', 28', 55', 7–0 Second round .Kees Pijl 4 ', 52', 66', 68' 6–0 .Rudolf Kock 3 ', 24', 77' 8–1 .Sven Rydell 3 ', 61', 83' 8–1 .Richard Hofmann 3 ', 75', 85' 4–0 1928 Summer Olympics First round .Mahmoud Mokhtar 3 ', 50', 63' 7–1 .Domingo Tarasconi 4 ', 63', 66', 89' 11–2 .Roberto Cherro 3 ', 49', 57' 11–2 .José Maria Yermo 3 ', 63', 85' 7–1 .Domingo Tarasconi (2) 4 ', 10', 75', 89' 6–3 Quarter-finals .Pedro Petrone 3 ', 39', 84' 4–1 .Domingo Tarasconi (3) 3 ', 54', 61' 6–0Semi-finals .Angelo Schiavo 3 ', 42', 58', 11–3 Bronze medal match .Elvio Banchero 3 ', 39', 49' 11–3 .Mario Magnozzi 3 ', 80', 88' 11–3 .Guillermo Subiabre 3 ', 48', 89' 3–1Consolation first round .Adolf Urban 3 ', 54', 75' 9–0 1936 Summer Olympics First round .Wilhelm Simetsreiter 3 ', 48', 74' 9–0 .Teodoro Fernández 5 ', 33', 47', 49', 70' 7–3 .Annibale Frossi 3 ', 75', 80' 8–0 Quarter-finals .Carlo Biagi 4 ', 57', 81', 82' 8–0 .Gerard Wodarz 3 ', 48', 53' 5–4 .Arne Brustad 3 ', 21', 84' 3–2Bronze medal match .Francesco Pernigo 4 ', 57', 88', 90' 9–0 1948 Summer OlympicsFirst round .Gunnar Nordahl 4 ', 40', 78', 80' 12–0 Quarter-finals .Henry Carlsson 3 ', 64', 82' 12–0 .John Hansen 4 ', 53', 74', 82' 5–3 .Branko Zebec 4 ', 23', 60', 87' 10–1 1952 Summer Olympics Preliminary round .Aredio Gimona 3 ', 51', 75' 8–0 .Joseph Roller 3 ', 95', 97' 5–3 .Elsayed Eldizwi 3 ', 75', 80' 5–4 .Vsevolod Bobrov 3 ', 77', 87' 5–5First round .John Laybourne 3 ', 82', 85' 9–0 1956 Summer OlympicsPreliminary round .Muhamed Mujić 3 ', 35', 56' 9–1 Quarter-finals .Todor Veselinović 3 ', 84', 90' 9–1 .Dimitar Milanov 3 ', 75', 80' 6–1 .Neville D'Souza 3 ', 33', 50' 4–2 .Bora Kostić 3 ', 61', 63' 6–1 1960 Summer Olympics Group stage .Milan Galić 3 ', 57', 69' 3–3 .Gérson 3 ', 16', 47' 5–0 .Ernst Pohl 5 ', 40', 42', 84', 89' 6–1 .János Göröcs 3 ', 59', 77' 7–0 .Ferenc Bene 6 ', 38', 70', 74', 78', 87' 6–0 1964 Summer Olympics Group stage .Tibor Csernai 4 ', 11', 44', 63' 6–5 .Ibrahim Riad 6 ', 17', 40', 48', 72', 77' 10–0 .Ferenc Bene (2) 4 ', 20', 66', 77' 6–0Semi-finals .Slaven Zambata 4 ', 5', 43', 63' 1–6 First consolation round .Cornel Pavlovici 3 ', 19', 74' 4–2 .Kunishige Kamamoto 3 ', 72', 89' 3–1 1968 Summer Olympics Group stage .Yehoshua Feigenbaum 3 ', 30', 70' 5–3 .Ladislav Petráš 3 ', 18', 68' 8–0 .Lajos Szűcs 3 ', 60', 75' 5–0Semi-finals .Bernd Nickel 4 ', 43', 70', 86' 7–0 1972 Summer Olympics Group stage .Ahmed Faras 3 ', 21', 25' 6–0 .Oleh Blokhin 3 ', 13', 14' 4–1 .Antal Dunai 3 ', 40', 90+1' 5–0 .Robert Gadocha 3 ', 49', 72' 5–1 .Jürgen Sparwasser 3 ', 51', 89' 7–0 .Sergey Andreyev 3 ', 27', 44' 8–0 1980 Summer Olympics Group stage .Faisal Al-Dakhil 3 ', 40', 85' 3–1 .Stjepan Deverić 3 ', 76', 87' 2–4 1984 Summer OlympicsGroup stage .Borislav Cvetković 3 ', 58', 70' 5–2Quarter-finals .Kalusha Bwalya 3 ', 55', 90' 4–0 1988 Summer Olympics Group stage .Romário 3 ', 57', 61' 3–0 .Jürgen Klinsmann 3 ', 42', 89' 4–0 Quarter-finals .Kwame Ayew 3 ', 55', 120+1' 4–2 1992 Summer Olympics .Andrzej Juskowiak 3 ', 52', 78' 6–1Semi-finals .Bebeto 3 ', 53', 74' 5–01996 Summer OlympicsBronze medal match .Iván Zamorano 3 ', 45+1', 55' 4–12000 Summer OlympicsGroup stage .Tenema N'Diaye 3 ', 24', 55' 3–3 2004 Summer OlympicsGroup stage .Carlos Tevez 3 ', 82', 83' 4–0Quarter-finals .Peter Etebo 4 ', 42', 52', 66' 5–4 2016 Summer Olympics Group stage .Ryu Seung-woo 3 ', 63', 90+3' 8–0 .Érick Gutiérrez 4 ', 55', 58', 73' 5–1 .Nils Petersen 5 ', 33', 40', 63', 70' 10–0 .Max Meyer 3 ', 49', 52' 10–0 .André-Pierre Gignac 3 ', 78', 86' 4–3 2020 Summer Olympics Group stage .Hwang Ui-jo 3 ', 45+2', 52' 6–0 .Richarlison 3 ', 22', 30' 4–2 .Rafa Mir 3 ', 117', 120+1' 5–2Quarter-finals

Notable Olympic Football Tournament hat-tricks Vilhelm Wolfhagen was the first player to score a hat-trick in an Olympic football match, on 19 October 1908, while playing for Denmark against France B. Four players have scored two hat-tricks in Olympic football matches: Vilhelm Wolfhagen (all in 1928); Antonín Janda (both 1920); Domingo Tarasconi (both 1970); and Ferenc Bene (1964). Only one player has scored three hat-tricks in Olympic football matches: Domingo Tarasconi (all in 1928). Tarasconi achieved that with 4 goals in the first round against United States, another 4 goals in the quarter-finals against Belgium, and three goals in the semi-finals against Egypt. There has been only one occasion when three hat-tricks have been scored in the same match. It occurred during the Bronze medal match of the 1928 edition, when Italy defeated Egypt 11–3, and Angelo Schiavo, Elvio Banchero and Mario Magnozzi, all playing for Italy, scored three goals, with the later starting his only in the 72' minute. Furthermore, there have been twelve occasions when two hat-tricks have been scored in the same match, with the most recent occurring during the 2016 edition: when Germany defeated Fiji 10–0, and Nils Petersen and Max Meyer, both playing for Germany, scored 5 and 3 goals respectively. The longest hat-trick to be completed (most time between the first and third goals), was scored by Kwame Ayew, who netted his first goal at 17', while the third goal came in extra time at 120+1'. Ayew achieved this feat in the 1992 Olympic Football Tournament, playing for Ghana against Paraguay in the quarter-finals. The quickest hat-trick is Sophus Nielsen, who scored at 3', 4', and 6' in the 1908 Olympic Football Tournament, playing for Denmark against France in the semi-finals, and he went on to net more 7 times. This is also the briefest hat-trick to be completed (the shortest time between the first and third goals), as the time between his first and third a mere 3 minutes. The only hat-trick scored by a substitute, is the one by Rafa Mir, in 2020 against Ivory Coast in the quarter-finals; he came on in the 90+2' minute, and scored at 90+3', 117', and 120+1'. Germany (incl. East and West Germany) holds the record for most hat-tricks scored with 11. The next closest is Yugoslavia with 8, and then Hungary and Italy with 7, closely followed by Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Denmark and Sweden with 5 each (Brazil and Great Britain have 4). United States holds the record for most hat-tricks conceded with 7. The next closest is France (incl. France B) and Japan with 5, being closely followed by Egypt, Fiji, Germany (incl. West Germany), Mexico, South Korea and Yugoslavia (incl. Kingdom of SCS) with 4.

See also

Football at the Summer Olympics List of men's Olympic football tournament records and statistics

References