32nd Chess Olympiad - Women's Results

Women's Results

The women's division was contested by 74 teams representing 72 nations plus Armenia "B" and the International Braille Chess Association. The time control for each game permitted each player 2 hours to make the first 40 of his or her moves, then an additional 1 hour to make the next 20 moves. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; and 2. Match points.

The Georgian team, led by one former world champion (Chiburdanidze), won their third consecutive title. China, led by another former world champion (Xie Jun), took the silver, and Russia the bronze. Newly crowned champion Susan Polgar did not take part in the event for her new country, so a second-rate US team finished as low as 35th.

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	Buchholz
1	Georgia	Chiburdanidze, Ioseliani, Arakhamia-Grant, Gurieli	2498	30
2	China	Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Wang Lei, Wang Pin	2425	28½	347.0
3	Russia	Galliamova, Matveeva, Prudnikova, Zaitseva	2443	28½	345.5
4	Ukraine	Gaponenko, Litinskaya, Sedina, Zhukova	2343	26½
5	Hungary	Polgár, Mádl, Medvegy, Lakos	2387	26
6	Romania	Foişor, Corina Peptan, Radu-Cosma, Olǎraşu	2355	25½
7	Israel	Klinova, Segal, Tsifanskaya, Pitam	2310	25
8	Kazakhstan	Sakhatova, Uskova, Girkiyan-Klink, Sergeeva	2305	24½	340.5
9	Poland	Brustman, Bobrowska, Dworakowska, Zielińska	2330	24½	339.5
10	England	Lalic, Hunt, Sheldon, Bellin	2303	24	346.0

#	Country	Average rating	Points	Buchholz	MP
11	Indonesia	2178	24	309.5
12	Czech Republic	2258	24	305.5
13	Yugoslavia	2395	23½	335.5
=14	Moldova	2322	23½	332.5	15
=14	Germany	2348	23½	332.5	15
16	Bulgaria	2335	23½	331.5
17	Lithuania	2222	23½	321.5
18	Greece	2252	23½	321.0
=19	Cuba	2253	23½	316.5	16
=19	Armenia	2233	23½	316.5	16
21	Estonia	2258	23½	312.5
22	Uzbekistan	2198	23½	291.5
23	Slovakia	2250	23	328.0
24	Vietnam	2197	23	321.0
25	India	2152	23	316.0
26	France	2211	23	314.0
27	Mongolia	2115	23	275.5
28	Slovenia	2195	22½	311.5
29	Armenia "B"	2138	22½	310.5
30	Netherlands	2210	22½	301.5
31	Croatia	2242	22	312.0
32	Belarus	2252	22	304.0
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2110	22	303.5
34	Latvia	2245	21½
35	United States	2312	21½	314.0
36	Spain	2245	21½	299.5
37	Sweden	2108	21½	299.0
38	Australia	2145	21½	298.0
39	Canada	2123	21½	286.5
40	Austria	2112	21½	285.5
41	Denmark	2048	21½	283.0
42	Kyrgyzstan	2112	20½	309.0
43	Macedonia	2105	20½	291.5
44	Philippines	2015	20½	282.0
45	Norway	2083	20½	280.5
46	Brazil	2080	20½	278.0
47	Finland	2065	20	290.5
48	Turkmenistan	2048	20	287.0
49	Italy	2010	20	282.0
50	Venezuela	2043	20	280.5
51	Mexico	2162	20	278.5
52	Bangladesh	2093	20	274.5
53	Switzerland	2140	19½	297.0
54	Scotland	2022	19½	282.0
55	Portugal	2133	19	282.0
56	Ireland	2017	19	262.5
57	IBCA	2000	19	245.5
58	Puerto Rico	2002	19	240.0
59	Colombia	2060	18½	277.0
60	Iran	2033	18½	266.5
61	Syria	2000	18½	229.0
62	Netherlands Antilles	2000	18½	217.5
63	Ecuador	2067	18	285.0
64	Malaysia	2050	18	259.0
65	Sri Lanka	2007	18	232.5
66	New Zealand	2000	18	223.0
67	Turkey	2002	17½	264.5
68	United Arab Emirates	2017	17½	240.5
69	Zambia	2002	16½
70	Angola	2000	15	229.5
71	Lebanon	2000	15	228.5
72	Seychelles	2013	14½
73	Japan	2000	8
74	United States Virgin Islands	2000	2