World Team Olympiad - Open Teams

Open Teams

Teams representing Italy and France won five and four of the twelve Open Team Olympiad tournaments. The Italian Blue Team won three in a row 1964 to 1972, overlapping its run of ten Bermuda Bowls (1957–1969). Another Italian team won the last two Olympiads and made it three in a row in the first rendition as part of the World Mind Sports Games, 2000 to 2008, overlapping its run of seven European championships (1995–2006).

Year, Host, Entries		Medalists
1960 Turin, Italy 29 teams	1.	France
	2.	Great Britain
	3.	USA Vanderbilt 1

1964 New York City, USA 29	1.	Italy
	2.	USA
	3.	Great Britain

1968 Deauville, France 33	1.	Italy
	2.	USA
	3.	Canada

1972 Miami Beach, USA 39	1.	Italy
	2.	USA
	3.	Canada

1976 Monte Carlo, Monaco 45	1.	Brazil
	2.	Italy
	3.	Great Britain

1980 Valkenburg, Netherlands 58 teams	1.	France
	2.	USA
	3.	Netherlands
	3.	Norway

1984 Seattle, USA 54	1.	Poland
	2.	France
	3.	Denmark

1988 Venice, Italy 56	1.	USA
	2.	Austria
	3.	Sweden

1992 Salsomaggiore, Italy 57	1.	France
	2.	USA
	3.	Netherlands

1996 Rhodes, Greece 71	1.	France
	2.	Indonesia
	3.	Denmark

2000 Maastricht, Netherlands 72 teams	1.	Italy
	2.	Poland
	3.	USA

2004 Istanbul, Turkey 72	1.	Italy
	2.	Netherlands
	3.	Russia

2008 Beijing, China 71 teams	1.	Italy
	2.	England
	3.	Norway

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