Šahovska olimpijada je najznačajnije i najmasovnije ekipno šahovsko takmičenje u organizaciji FIDE. Prva šahovska olimpijada po nazivom Turnir nacija () održana je u Londonu 1927. godine. Ritam takmičenja je u početku bio različit, ali se od 1950. godine ustalio na dvije godine. Isprva je turnir bio samo za muške ekipe, a od 1957. godine organiziraju se i olimpijade u ženskoj konkurenciji. Osim ovog takmičenja, organiziraju se juniorske šahovske olimpijade, Šahovske olimpijade slijepih i Olimpijade dopisnog šaha. Aktuelni pobjednici nakon Šahovske olimpijade 2016. su Sjedinjene Američke Države u muškoj konkurenciji i Kina u ženskoj.
Historija Format takmičenja Pobjednici
Ekipno Muškarci {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%" !rowspan=2|Godina!!rowspan=2|Domaćin!!colspan=2|I!!colspan=2|II!!colspan=2|III!!colspan=2|IV!!colspan=2|V!!colspan=2|VI |- ! Država ! Bodovi ! Država ! Bodovi ! Država ! Bodovi ! Država ! Bodovi ! Država ! Bodovi ! Država ! Bodovi |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | (1924.) | Pariz | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 31.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 30.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 29.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 27.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Lettland | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 27.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 26.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | (1926.) | Budapest | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 9.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 8.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | Rumänien | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 5.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Deutschland | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 2.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | - | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | - | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | - | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | -
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1927. | London | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 40.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | Dänemark | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 38.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 36.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Niederlande | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 35.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 34.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Österreich | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 34.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1928. | Den Haag | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 44.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 39.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 37.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Österreich | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 36.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 34.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 34.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1930. | Hamburg | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 48.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 47.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | Deutschland | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 44.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Österreich | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 43.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 42.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 41.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1931. | Prag | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 48.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 47.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 46.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 46.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Deutschland | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 45.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Lettland | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 45.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1933. | Folkestone | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 39.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 37.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | Schweden | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 34.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 34.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 34.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Österreich | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 33.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1935. | Warschau | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 54.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | Schweden | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 52.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 52.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 51.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 49.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 45.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | (1936.) | München | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 110.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 108.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | Deutschland | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 106.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 104.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 104.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Lettland | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 96.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1937. | Stockholm | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 54.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 48.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 47.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 47.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 45.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Niederlande | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 44.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1939. | Buenos Aires | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | Deutschland | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 36.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 35.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | Estland | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 33.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Schweden | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 33.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 32.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Böhmen und Mähren | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 32.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1950. | Dubrovnik | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 45.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 43.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | BRD | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 40.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 40.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Niederlande | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 37.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | Belgija | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 32.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1952. | Helsinki | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 21.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 19.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 19.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 18.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 17.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 16.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1954. | Amsterdam | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 34.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 27.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 26.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 24.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | BRD | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 23.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 23.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1956. | Moskva | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 31.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 26.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 26.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 23.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | BRD | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 22.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 22.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1958. | München | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 34.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 29.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 25.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 24.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 22.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | DDR | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 22.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1960. | Leipzig | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 34.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 29.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 27.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 22.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 21.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 21.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1962. | Warna | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 31.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 28.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 26.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 25.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 23.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 21.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1964 | Tel Aviv | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 36.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 32.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | BRD | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 30.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 30.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 28.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 27.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1966 | Havanna | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 39.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 34.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 33.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 33.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 30.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 29.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1968 | Lugano | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 39.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 31.0 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 30.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 29.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | BRD | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 29.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 27.5 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1970 | Siegen | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 27.5 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 26.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 26.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 24.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 23.5 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | BRD | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 22.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1972 | Skopje | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 42.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 40.5 | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | | style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 38.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 35.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | BRD | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 35.0 | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | | style="background:#FFFFFF;" | 32.0 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | 1974 | Nizza | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | | style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 46.0 | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | | style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 37.5