List Of Men’s Ice Hockey Champions In Winter Olympics
The men’s ice hockey tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympics program in 1924.
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Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men’s tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games program in 1924. The women’s tournament was first held at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
From 1924 to 1988, the tournament started with a round-robin series of games and ended with the medal round. Medals were awarded based on points accumulated during that round. In 1992, the playoffs were introduced for the first time since 1920.
In 1998, the format of the tournament was adjusted to accommodate the NHL schedule; a preliminary round was played without NHL players or the top six teams—Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States—followed by a final round which included them. The tournament format was changed again in 2006; every team played five preliminary games with the full use of NHL players.
Canada are the most successful team in ice hockey in the history of Winter Olympics with a total of nine gold medals.
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List Of Men’s Ice Hockey Champions In Winter Olympics
- 2026: USA (silver, Canada)
- 2022: Finland (silver, Russian Olympic Committee)
- 2018: Olympic Athletes from Russia (silver, Germany)
- 2014: Canada (silver, Sweden)
- 2010: Canada (silver, USA)
- 2006: Sweden (silver, Finland)
- 2002: Canada (silver, USA)
- 1998: Czech Republic (silver, Russia)
- 1994: Sweden (silver, Canada)
- 1992: Unified Team after Soviet Union dissolved (silver, Canada)
- 1988: Soviet Union (silver, Finland)
- 1984: Soviet Union (silver, Czechoslovakia)
- 1980: United States (silver, Soviet Union)
- 1976: Soviet Union (silver, Czechoslovakia)
- 1972: Soviet Union (silver, USA)
- 1968: Soviet Union (silver, Czechoslovakia)
- 1964: Soviet Union (silver, Sweden)
- 1960: United States (silver, Canada)
- 1956: Soviet Union (silver, USA)
- 1952: Canada (silver, USA)
- 1948: Canada (silver, Czechoslovakia)
- 1936: Great Britain (silver, Canada)
- 1932: Canada (silver, USA)
- 1928: Canada (silver, Sweden)
- 1924: Canada (silver, USA)
- 1920: Canada (silver, USA)