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<h2 id="results">Results</h2> <h3>Team standings</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>#</th><th>Country</th><th>Players</th><th>Points</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td> <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Akiba_Rubinstein/2ARQTRNj">Rubinstein</a>, <a href="/facts/Savielly_Tartakower/kLgv0NaN">Tartakower</a>, <a href="/facts/Dawid_Przepi%25C3%25B3rka/IQXgqdAs">Przepiórka</a>, <a href="/facts/Kazimierz_Makarczyk/30l2BvM6">Makarczyk</a>, <a href="/facts/Paulino_Frydman/oxaABa0a">Frydman</a></td><td>48½</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI"></a> <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a></td><td><a href="/facts/G%25C3%25A9za_Mar%25C3%25B3czy/dDR1ds8A">Maróczy</a>, <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A1ndor_Tak%25C3%25A1cs/8wQ0hFoh">Takács</a>, <a href="/facts/%25C3%2581rp%25C3%25A1d_Vajda/tFLwSPID">Vajda</a>, <a href="/facts/Korn%25C3%25A9l_Havasi/ltApr6H9">Havasi</a>, <a href="/facts/Endre_Steiner/X2jFdFRe">Steiner E.</a></td><td>47</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Carl_Ahues/zuo1PVca">Ahues</a>, <a href="/facts/Fritz_S%25C3%25A4misch/bh8EYU6T">Sämisch</a>, <a href="/facts/Carl_Carls/70C7RYn9">Carls</a>, <a href="/facts/Kurt_Richter/NUCDhg6P">Richter</a>, <a href="/facts/Heinrich_Wagner/45AFILc1">Wagner</a></td><td>44½</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Hans_Kmoch/J8FeUctF">Kmoch</a>, <a href="/facts/Hans_M%25C3%25BCller_(chess_player)/AoTDD8L3">Müller</a>, <a href="/facts/Erich_Eliskases/9hzJUo15">Eliskases</a>, <a href="/facts/Josef_Lokvenc/tg4hKCEr">Lokvenc</a>, <a href="/facts/Siegfried_Reginald_Wolf/WPQnYHU8">Wolf</a></td><td>43½</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> <a href="/facts/Czechoslovakia/9A6Kzmr0">Czechoslovakia</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Salo_Flohr/Lhpp01ok">Flohr</a>, <a href="/facts/Karel_Treybal/YWS8XlYS">Treybal K.</a>, <a href="/facts/Josef_Rejfi%25C5%2599/rEa8bkVm">Rejfíř</a>, <a href="/facts/Ladislav_Proke%25C5%25A1/WcNRdTf9">Prokeš</a>, <a href="/facts/Amos_Pokorn%25C3%25BD/lBXBxyhp">Pokorný</a></td><td>42½</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Isaac_Kashdan/frHamEUl">Kashdan</a>, <a href="/facts/Frank_Marshall_(chess_player)/DXJCtH9b">Marshall</a>, <a href="/facts/Harold_Meyer_Phillips/MeHC4RIc">Phillips</a>, <a href="/facts/Herman_Steiner/cvLpsKFo">Steiner H.</a>, <a href="/facts/James_Allan_Anderson_(chess_player)/XaCfX88B">Anderson</a></td><td>41½</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Henri_Weenink/0z0SS91j">Weenink</a>, <a href="/facts/Johannes_van_den_Bosch_(chess_player)/Wab2AAIR">Van den Bosch</a>, <a href="/facts/Dani%25C3%25ABl_Noteboom/C1w7YEEy">Noteboom</a>, <a href="/facts/Salo_Landau/5M0mCBr4">Landau</a>, <a href="/facts/Willem_Schelfhout/KBX0zy1l">Schelfhout</a></td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">Great Britain</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Mir_Sultan_Khan/yQNUxd1c">Sultan Khan</a>, <a href="/facts/Frederick_Yates_(chess_player)/WcVYP4Dl">Yates</a>, <a href="/facts/George_Alan_Thomas/5J0Hazqp">Thomas</a>, <a href="/facts/William_Winter_(chess_player)/J1XDQDej">Winter</a>, <a href="/facts/Theodore_Tylor/fg3cQzWc">Tylor</a></td><td>40½</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gideon_St%25C3%25A5hlberg/YQB4vbra">Ståhlberg</a>, <a href="/facts/Karl_Berndtsson/b2kGS3nM">Berndtsson</a>, <a href="/facts/G%25C3%25B6sta_Stoltz/aGGutuly">Stoltz</a>, <a href="/facts/Erik_Lundin/FmXUfUbh">Lundin</a>, <a href="/facts/Ernst_Jacobson/HjyhW4CA">Jacobson</a></td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td> <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Fricis_Ap%25C5%25A1enieks/vrLfRTt6">Apšenieks</a>, <a href="/facts/Vladimirs_Petrovs/4j0xvNUw">Petrovs</a>, <a href="/facts/Movsas_Feigins/Q9rk6SGl">Feigins</a>, <a href="/facts/Arv%25C4%25ABds_T%25C4%2581lavs/LAe23rE1">Taube</a></td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Erik_Andersen_(chess_player)/BparbkSu">Andersen</a>, <a href="/facts/Karl_Ruben/Jr2gsh1k">Ruben</a>, <a href="/facts/Arne_Desler/LTQh6b7L">Desler</a>, Olsen, <a href="/facts/Jacob_Gemz%25C3%25B8e/Tcg7nUdp">Gemzøe</a></td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Alexander_Alekhine/37I5jUKd">Alekhine</a>, <a href="/facts/Louis_Betbeder/7HJ629wY">Betbeder</a>, <a href="/facts/Aristide_Gromer/udjfNwkF">Gromer</a>, <a href="/facts/Marcel_Duchamp/Ud7neb1R">Duchamp</a>, <a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9_Voisin_(chess_player)/NrB3uDvt">Voisin</a></td><td>28½</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td> <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Abraham_Baratz/r18GYe0X">Baratz</a>, <a href="/facts/J%25C3%25A1nos_Balogh_(chess_player)/FALpHkSK">Balogh</a>, <a href="/facts/Alexandru_Tyroler/pW1TsHEV">Tyroler</a>, Taubmann, <a href="/facts/Ion_Gudju/LRJJemkf">Gudju</a></td><td>28½</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td> <a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Aleksandras_Machtas/DYG01WFr">Machtas</a>, <a href="/facts/Matafia_%25C5%25A0einbergas/aU7p1sf6">Šeinbergas</a>, <a href="/facts/Isakas_Vistaneckis/l9RbDlc6">Vistaneckis</a>, <a href="/facts/Leonardas_Abramavi%25C4%258Dius/8CUVXV6t">Abramavičius</a>, Kolodnas</td><td>22½</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td> <a href="/facts/Iceland/E4KGYs2j">Iceland</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Eggert_Gilfer/KNpzdul0">Gilfer</a>, <a href="/facts/%25C3%2581smundur_%25C3%2581sgeirsson/Eq4qILrn">Ásgeirsson</a>, <a href="/facts/Einar_Thorvaldsson/dBxztlqL">Thorvaldsson</a>, <a href="/facts/J%25C3%25B3n_Gu%25C3%25B0mundsson/BpaHTeVa">Guðmundsson</a></td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td> <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Valent%25C3%25AD_Mar%25C3%25ADn/tG20wdfJ">Marín y Llovet</a>, <a href="/facts/Manuel_Golmayo_Torriente/v4AUkEJ8">Golmayo Torriente</a>, <a href="/facts/Carlos_Rodr%25C3%25ADguez_Lafora/yHqYpm8S">Lafora</a>, <a href="/facts/%25C3%2581ngel_Ribera_Arnal/XfMFzHbn">Ribera</a>, <a href="/facts/Placido_Soler_Bordas/nT6n9qeX">Soler</a></td><td>21½</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Birger_Axel_Rasmusson/NfnpsypT">Rasmusson</a>, <a href="/facts/Ragnar_Krogius/Uten4nop">Krogius</a>, Larsen, <a href="/facts/Thorsten_Gauffin/z0g5j0Ag">Gauffin</a>, <a href="/facts/Ilmari_Rahm/V2sFDcdT">Rahm</a></td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Olaf_Barda/nuWRoXXr">Olsen</a>, <a href="/facts/Carl_Oscar_Hovind/Yc0mQ2gf">Hovind</a>, <a href="/facts/Oluf_Kavlie-J%25C3%25B8rgensen/TBQLEU82">Kavlie-Jørgensen</a>, <a href="/facts/Arne_Kroghdahl/k7hb4Ld4">Krogdahl</a>, <a href="/facts/Trygve_Halvorsen/b26lvS3S">Halvorsen</a></td><td>16</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Team results</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Place</th><th>Country</th><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th><th>4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11</th><th>12</th><th>13</th><th>14</th><th>15</th><th>16</th><th>17</th><th>18</th><th></th><th>+</th><th>−</th><th>=</th><th>Points</th></tr><tr><th>1</th><td> <a href="/facts/Poland/eXJ7fd0D">Poland</a></td><td>-</td><td>3½</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>2½</td><td>2½</td><td>3½</td><td>3</td><td>2½</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>3½</td><td>3½</td><th></th><td>12</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>48½</td></tr><tr><th>2</th><td><a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI"></a> <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a></td><td>½</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><td>3</td><td>1½</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3½</td><td>3½</td><td>3½</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><th></th><td>10</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>47</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td> <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>½</td><td>1½</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>3½</td><td>3½</td><td>3</td><td>2½</td><td>3½</td><td>2</td><td>2½</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><th></th><td>11</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>44½</td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td> <a href="/facts/Austria/4qWIMIyc">Austria</a></td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><td>2</td><td>3½</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3½</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><th></th><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td>43½</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td> <a href="/facts/Czechoslovakia/9A6Kzmr0">Czechoslovakia</a></td><td>2½</td><td>2½</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>½</td><td>2½</td><td>3½</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3½</td><td>2½</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>3½</td><td>3½</td><th></th><td>10</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>42½</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a></td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3½</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>2½</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2½</td><td>2½</td><td>1½</td><td>2½</td><td>3½</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><th></th><td>10</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>41½</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td> <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a></td><td>2½</td><td>2½</td><td>2½</td><td>2</td><td>3½</td><td>1½</td><td>-</td><td>1½</td><td>1½</td><td>1½</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>3½</td><td>1</td><td>2½</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><th></th><td>10</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><th>8</th><td> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">Great Britain</a></td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>2½</td><td>1½</td><td>2</td><td>2½</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>2½</td><td>3½</td><td>2½</td><td>2</td><td>2½</td><td>3½</td><td>3</td><td>3½</td><th></th><td>10</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>40½</td></tr><tr><th>9</th><td> <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a></td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>½</td><td>2</td><td>2½</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>2½</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>3½</td><td>3½</td><td>3</td><td>3½</td><td>4</td><th></th><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><th>10</th><td> <a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a></td><td>1½</td><td>1</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>3</td><td>1½</td><td>2½</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>3½</td><th></th><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><th>11</th><td> <a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw">Denmark</a></td><td>1½</td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><td>1</td><td>1½</td><td>1½</td><td>3</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>2½</td><td>2½</td><td>4</td><th></th><td>5</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><th>12</th><td> <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>½</td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>½</td><td>2½</td><td>1</td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>2½</td><td>3½</td><td>1½</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>2½</td><th></th><td>6</td><td>9</td><td>2</td><td>28½</td></tr><tr><th>13</th><td> <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romania</a></td><td>1</td><td>½</td><td>1½</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><td>1½</td><td>½</td><td>1½</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><td>-</td><td>1</td><td>3½</td><td>3½</td><td>2½</td><td>2½</td><th></th><td>4</td><td>11</td><td>2</td><td>28½</td></tr><tr><th>14</th><td> <a href="/facts/Lithuania/dApVjLWW">Lithuania</a></td><td>1½</td><td>0</td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>½</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>½</td><td>3</td><td>-</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><th></th><td>3</td><td>11</td><td>3</td><td>22½</td></tr><tr><th>15</th><td> <a href="/facts/Iceland/E4KGYs2j">Iceland</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1½</td><td>1½</td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2½</td><td>½</td><td>4</td><td>-</td><td>1</td><td>3½</td><td>2½</td><th></th><td>4</td><td>12</td><td>1</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><th>16</th><td> <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1½</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1½</td><td>1</td><td>½</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><th></th><td>2</td><td>13</td><td>2</td><td>21½</td></tr><tr><th>17</th><td> <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a></td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>½</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><td>1</td><td>1½</td><td>3</td><td>½</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><th></th><td>1</td><td>13</td><td>3</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><th>18</th><td> <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a></td><td>½</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>½</td><td>0</td><td>1½</td><td>1½</td><td>2</td><td>1½</td><td>2½</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><th></th><td>1</td><td>13</td><td>3</td><td>16</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Individual medals</h3> <p>The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored. No board order was applied and only top three individual results were awarded with a prize.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Gold medal won <a href="/facts/Akiba_Rubinstein/2ARQTRNj">Akiba Rubinstein</a> (Poland), scoring 15/17 (88.2%);</li> <li>Silver medal won <a href="/facts/Salo_Flohr/Lhpp01ok">Salo Flohr</a> (Czechoslovakia), scoring 14.5/17 (85.3%);</li> <li>Bronze medal won <a href="/facts/Isaac_Kashdan/frHamEUl">Isaac Kashdan</a> (USA), scoring 14/17 (82.4%).</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930in.html">3rd Chess Olympiad: Hamburg 1930</a> OlimpBase</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Although commonly referred to as the men's division, this section is open to both male and female players. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>OlimpBase :: 3rd Chess Olympiad, Hamburg 1930, information <a href="http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930in.html" target="_blank">http://www.olimpbase.org/1930/1930in.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>