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35th Chess Olympiad — Bled 2002

2002 · Bled
Russia won the 35th Chess Olympiad, held at Bled in 2002, scoring 38½ game points across a field of 135 teams. Hungary took silver (37½) and Armenia bronze (35).
Format
Tournament
Dates
2002
Venue
Bled
Games
3724

Final Standings

38½
Russia won the 35th Chess Olympiad, held at Bled in 2002, scoring 38½ game points across a field of 135 teams. Hungary took silver (37½) and Armenia bronze (35).

135 nations contested a fourteen-round, four-board Swiss at Bled. The host reserve team Slovenia "C" played hors concours (outside the competition) and is shown unranked. The archive preserves 3,724 of the 3,748 games played; the remainder were forfeits or games absent from the Mega2024 source.

This archive holds 3724 of the 3748 games played; the standings above are the official final result.

# Team Points
1 Russia 38½
2 Hungary 37½
3 Armenia 35
4 Georgia 34
5 China 33½
6 Netherlands 33½
7 England 33½
8 Slovakia 33
9 Israel 33
10 Yugoslavia 33
11 FYR Macedonia 33
12 Switzerland 33
13 Poland 32½
14 Ukraine 32½
15 Bosnia & Herzegovina 32½
16 Germany 32½
17 Belarus 32½
18 Czech Republic 32½
19 Spain 32½
20 Uzbekistan 32½
21 Lithuania 32
22 Iceland 32
23 Croatia 31½
24 France 31½
25 Greece 31½
26 Denmark 31½
27 Bulgaria 31½
28 Romania 31
29 India 31
30 Azerbaijan 31
31 Moldova 31
32 Sweden 31
33 Canada 31
34 Bangladesh 31
35 Brazil 31
36 Ireland 31
37 Cuba 30½
38 Italy 30½
39 The Philippines 30½
40 Slovenia "A" 30½
41 United States 30½
42 Latvia 30½
43 Estonia 30½
44 Belgium 30½
45 Finland 30½
46 Kazakhstan 30
47 Vietnam 30
48 Norway 30
49 Scotland 30
50 Indonesia 30
51 Mexico 30
52 Colombia 29½
53 Australia 29½
54 Egypt 29½
55 Qatar 29½
56 Iraq 29½
57 Portugal 29½
58 Tajikistan 29½
59 Peru 29
60 Chile 29
61 Iran 29
62 Slovenia "B" 29
63 Argentina 28½
64 Austria 28½
65 Venezuela 28½
66 Paraguay 28½
67 Ecuador 28½
68 Luxembourg 28½
69 Turkmenistan 28
70 Costa Rica 28
71 Andorra 28
72 Kyrgyzstan 28
73 Albania 28
74 Lebanon 28
75 Malaysia 27½
76 Turkey 27½
77 Bolivia 27½
78 Cyprus 27½
79 Singapore 27½
Slovenia "C" (hors concours) 27
80 Wales 27
81 Zambia 27
82 Dominican Republic 27
83 Mongolia 27
84 Uruguay 27
85 ICSC 27
86 IBCA 27
87 New Zealand 27
88 Angola 26½
89 Thailand 26½
90 Ethiopia 26½
91 United Arab Emirates 26
92 Faroe Islands 26
93 Algeria 26
94 IPCA 26
95 Yemen 26
96 Nigeria 26
97 Trinidad & Tobago 25½
98 Liechtenstein 25½
99 Tunisia 25
100 Sri Lanka 25
101 Zimbabwe 25
102 Republic of South Africa 25
103 Barbados 25
104 Libya 25
105 Malta 25
106 Bahrain 25
107 Monaco 24½
108 Japan 24½
109 Netherlands Antilles 24½
110 Botswana 24
111 Mauritius 24
112 Surinam 24
113 Jamaica 23½
114 Uganda 23½
115 Palestine 23½
116 Jersey 23½
117 Nicaragua 23
118 Honduras 23
119 Namibia 23
120 Hong Kong 23
121 Panama 23
122 Kenya 23
123 Afghanistan 23
124 Brunei 22½
125 Aruba 22½
126 San Marino 22½
127 British Virgin Islands 22
128 Somalia 21½
129 Papua New Guinea 21½
130 Macau 21½
131 Bermuda 17½
132 Guernsey 17
133 Rwanda 15½
134 U.S. Virgin Islands 11½