24th Chess Olympiad - Open Event

Open Event

81 nations played a 14-round Swiss system tournament. To make for an even number of teams, the Maltese hosts also fielded a "B" team. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by using the Buchholz system, then by match points.

Open event
#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	Buchholz
1	Soviet Union	Karpov, Polugaevsky, Tal, Geller, Balashov, Kasparov	2666	39	449.5
2	Hungary	Portisch, Ribli, Sax, Csom, Faragó, Pintér	2593	39	448.0
3	Yugoslavia	Ljubojević, Ivkov, Parma, Kurajica, Marjanović, Nikolić	2541	35

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz	MP
4	United States	2514	34
5	Czechoslovakia	2530	33
6	England	2520	32½	453.0
7	Poland	2419	32½	424.0
8	Israel	2474	32	439.0
9	Canada	2385	32	410.5
10	Netherlands	2533	31½	449.5
11	Romania	2503	31½	437.5
12	Sweden	2473	31½	434.0
13	Cuba	2468	31½	424.5
14	Argentina	2454	31	439.0
15	Philippines	2390	31	430.5
16	Denmark	2408	31	427.5
17	France	2381	31	415.0
18	Wales	2325	31	395.0
19	Bulgaria	2473	30½	454.0
20	Finland	2401	30½	431.0
21	Austria	2381	30½	414.0
22	Italy	2334	30½	409.0
23	Iceland	2474	30	434.5
24	Norway	2369	30	421.5
25	Germany	2451	30	420.0
26	Spain	2425	30	416.5
27	Greece	2365	30	402.5
28	Venezuela	2311	30	399.5
29	Brazil	2374	30	397.0
30	Syria	2235	30	394.5
31	Switzerland	2391	29½
32	Colombia	2423	29	419.0
33	Albania	2319	29	415.5
34	Australia	2361	29	410.5
35	India	2325	29	410.0
36	Chile	2388	29	408.5
37	Mexico	2359	29	396.0
38	China	2380	28½	411.5
39	Portugal	2351	28½	406.0
40	Belgium	2233	28½	395.0
41	Ireland	2255	28½	391.5
42	Thailand	2225	28½	390.0
43	Pakistan	2238	28½	372.5
44	Dominican Republic	2258	28	399.0
45	Indonesia	2354	28	397.5
46	Mongolia	2328	27½	402.5
47	Paraguay	2255	27½	387.0
48	Turkey	2259	27½	384.5
49	Malaysia	2200	27½	378.0
50	Trinidad and Tobago	2200	27½	370.5
51	Scotland	2291	27	423.5
52	Japan	2213	27	373.0
53	Guyana	2203	26½	369.0	13
54	Luxembourg	2230	26½	369.0	12
55	Algeria	2200	26½	351.0
56	New Zealand	2336	26	401.0
57	Lebanon	2243	26	389.5
58	Tunisia	2279	26	387.5
59	Egypt	2200	25½	391.0
60	United Arab Emirates	2200	25½	379.0
61	Malta	2226	25½	376.5
62	Zimbabwe	2200	25½	369.5
63	Puerto Rico	2201	25½	357.0
-	Malta "B"	2200	25½	355.5
64	Jamaica	2200	25½	348.5
65	United States Virgin Islands	2233	25½	333.0
66	Hong Kong	2235	25	349.0
67	Guernsey	2200	25	345.0
68	Jordan	2200	25	323.5
69	Cyprus	2200	24½	356.0
70	Kenya	2200	24½	318.5
71	Nigeria	2200	23½	361.0
72	Faroe Islands	2200	24½	355.0
73	Andorra	2200	23½	345.5
74	Libya	2200	23½	344.0
75	British Virgin Islands	2216	23½	326.0
76	Bermuda	2200	23	326.0
77	Zaire	2200	23	319.5
78	Monaco	2200	20½
79	Papua New Guinea	2200	19½
80	Uganda	2200	17½
81	Angola	2200	13½

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