Women's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1998. Men's ice hockey had been introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924. In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event to first be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Finland has won two bronze medals in women's hockey, including the first bronze medal in women’s ice hockey at the Winter Olympic games.