The World Bridge Games - Women

  • The World Team Olympiad was inaugurated in 1960 by the World Bridge Federation. The women's event started in the same year.
  • It was held every four years from then until 2004. In 2008 and 2012 it was been a part of the World Mind Sports Games. In 2016 it was renamed the World Bridge Games
  • Players in brackets did not play enough boards to be considered winners.

last updated 21st January 2025

Venue & Year

Position

Country

 

1960

1

United Arab Republic

Helen Camara, Aida Choucry, Samiha Fathy, Loula Gordon, Josephine Morcos, Suzanne Naguib,  npc Sergio de Polo

Turin

4

Great Britain

Joan Durran, Dimmie Fleming, Fritzi Gordon, Rixi Markus, Doris Lady Rhodes, Marjorie Whittaker,  npc Tony Priday

1964 New York

1

Great Britain

Rixi Markus, Fritzi Gordon, Dorothy Shanahan, Dimmie Fleming, Jane Priday, Mary Moss, npc Harold Franklin

1968

1

Sweden

Britt Blom, Karin Eriksson, Rut Segander, Gunborg Sillborn, Eva Martensson, Britta Werner, npc Lotty Saaby

Deauville

-

Great Britain

Did not enter a team

1972

1

Italy

Marisa Bianchi, Rina Jabes, Maria Antonia Robaudo, Luciana Romanelli, Anna Valenti, Maria Venturini, npc Giovanni Pelucchi

Miami Beach

-

Great Britain

Did not enter a team

1976

1

Italy

Marisa Bianchi, Rina Jabes, Maria Antonia Robaudo, Luciana Capodanno, Anna Valenti, Marisa d'Andrea, npc Giovanni Pelucchi

Monte Carlo

2

Great Britain

Fritzi Gordon, Rixi Markus, Nicola Gardener (Smith), Sandra Landy, Charley Esterson, Rita Oldroyd, npc Graham Cooke

1980

1

USA

Mary Jane Farell, Emma Jean Hawes, Marilyn Johnson, Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss, Dorothy Truscott npc Ruth McConnell

Valkenburg

3

Great Britain

Sally Sowter (Brock), Sandra Landy, Nicola Gardener (Smith), Rita Oldroyd, Michelle Brunner, Pat Davies

1984

1

USA

Gail Moss, Jacqui Mitchell, Betty Ann Kennedy, Carol Sanders, Kathy Wei, Judy Radin, npc Jim Zimmerman

Seattle

2

Great Britain

Sally Horton (Brock), Sandra Landy, Nicola Smith, Pat Davies, Gill Scott-Jones, Sarah Scarborough npc Hugh Kelsey coach Gus Calderwood (picture)

1988

1

Denmark

Trine Dahl, Bettina Kalkerup, Kirsten Moller, Judy Norris, Charlotte, Palmund, Dorthe Schalz, npc Inger Lindergaard

Venice

2

Great Britain

Michelle Brunner, Sandra Landy, Nicola Smith,Pat Davies, Sandra Penfold, Liz McGowan, npc Grattan Endicott, coach Richard Fleet

1992

1

Austria

Maria Erhart, Barbara Linfinger, Terry Weigkricht, Doris Fischer, Jovanka Smederevac, Herta Gyimesi, npc Ernst Pichler

Salsomaggiore

2

Great Britain

Nicola Smith, Pat Davies, Sandra Landy, Michele Handley, Liz McGowan, Sandra Penfold, npc Mark Horton

1996

1

USA

Gail Greenberg, Jill Blanchard, Irina Levitna, Shawn Quinn, Lynn Deas, Juanita Chambers, npc Eddie Wold coach Bob Morris

Rhodes

5

Great Britain

Heather Dhondy, Liz McGowan, Nicola Smith, Pat Davies, Rob Trayman, Beryl Kerr

2000

1

USA

Mildred Breed, Petra Hamman, Joan Jackson, Robin Klar, Shawn Quinn, Peggy Sutherlin, npc Bob Hamman

Maastricht

9

England

Michelle Brunner, Heather DhondyRhona Goldenfield, Sandra Penfold, Nevena Senior, Nicola Smith

2004

1

Russia

Olga Galaktianova, Victoria Gromova, Natalia Karpenko, Maria Lebedeva, Tatiana Ponomareva, Irina Vasilkova npc Alexey Efremov

Istanbul

3

England

Sally Brock, Michelle Brunner, Heather DhondyNicola Smith, Rhona Goldenfield, Kitty Teltschernpc Alan Mould, coach Christine Duckworth

2008 Beijing

1

England

Sally Brock, Heather Dhondy, Catherine Draper, Anne Rosen, Nevena Senior, Nicola Smith, npc Martin Jones, coach Sandra Penfold (picture)

2012 Lille

1

England

Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy, Nevena Senior, Nicola Smith, Susan Stockdale (Norton), npc Jeremy Dhondy, coach David Burn (picture)

2016

1

USA

Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, Kerri Sanborn, Janice Seamon-Molson, Sylvia Shi, Tobi Sokolow, NPC: David Sokolow

Wroclaw, Poland

5th=

England

Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Catherine Draper, Heather Dhondy, Nevena Senior, Nicola Smith, npc: Derek Patterson, coach: David Burn

2024 1 Turkiye Asli Acar, Berrak Erkan, Irem Ozbay, Olgu Seker, Pinar Tekir Dogan, Dilek Yavas, M.Gokhan Yilmaz (captain), Zeynep Yilmaz (coach)
Buenos Aires, Argentina QF England Helen Erichsen and Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy and Sally Brock, Nicola Smith and Nevena Senior, NPC: Derek Patterson