- Field hockey at the Summer Olympics
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Field hockey at the Summer Olympics Governing body FIH Events 2 (men: 1; women: 1) Games 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 2004 • 2008 • 2012 Medalists Field hockey was introduced at the Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition at the 1908 Games in London, with six teams, including four from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Hockey was removed from the Olympics at the 1924 Paris Games due to the lack of an international sporting structure. The International Hockey Federation (FIH, Fédération Internationale de Hockey) was founded in Paris that year as a response to hockey's omission. Men's hockey became a permanent feature at the next Olympic Games, the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
For a long period of time, the South Asian countries of India and Pakistan dominated the Olympics, with either India or Pakistan winning the men's gold medal in every Olympics from 1928 to 1968. Note that in the Olympic Games before 1948, British India included Pakistan. Pakistan and India gained independence in 1947.
Since 1968, various teams from around the world have seen gold-medal success at the Olympics. However, the inclusion of AstroTurf since 1976 is noted to have probably contributed to this decline in Indian and Pakistani medals, since the countries that were once dominant on grass have failed to adapt to Astroturf play. Since 1968, several countries in the Southern Hemisphere have won various medals in men's and women's field hockey, including Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and Zimbabwe. A leading group of teams from the Northern Hemisphere has come from the Netherlands and from Germany.
The first women's Olympic hockey competition was held at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Olympic field hockey games were first played on artificial turf at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.
Contents
Medalists
Men
Women
Year Host Final Third Place Match Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place 1980
DetailsMoscow 
Zimbabwe[5] 
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union[5] 
India1984
DetailsLos Angeles 
Netherlands[6] 
West Germany
United States(10–5)
Penalty strokes [7]
Australia1988
DetailsSeoul
Australia2–0 
Korea
Netherlands3–1 
Great Britain1992
DetailsBarcelona 
Spain2–1
after extra time
Germany
Great Britain4–3
Korea1996
DetailsAtlanta
Australia3–1
Korea
Netherlands0–0
after extra time
(4–3)
Penalty strokes
Great Britain2000
DetailsSydney
Australia3–1 
Argentina
Netherlands2–0
Spain2004
DetailsAthens
Germany2–1
Netherlands
Argentina1–0 
China2008
DetailsBeijing
Netherlands2–0
China
Argentina3–1
Germany2012
DetailsLondon – – Medal table
The Indian Hockey team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, later going on to defeat Germany 8-1 in the final
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 
India (IND)8* 1 2 11 2 
Netherlands (NED)4 4 6 14 3 
Australia (AUS)4 3 4 11 4 
Pakistan (PAK)3* 3 2 8 5 
Great Britain (GBR)3 2 5 10 6 
Germany (GER)3 2 2 7 7 
Spain (ESP)1 3 1 5 8 West Germany (FRG)1 3 0 4 9 
New Zealand (NZL)1 0 0 1 
Zimbabwe (ZIM)1 0 0 1 11 
South Korea (KOR)0 3 0 3 12 
Argentina (ARG)0 1 2 3 13 
China (CHN)0 1 0 1 
Czechoslovakia (TCH)0 1 0 1 
Denmark (DEN)0 1 0 1 
Japan (JPN)0 1 0 1 17 
Soviet Union (URS)0 0 2 2 
United States (USA)0 0 2 2 19 
Belgium (BEL)0 0 1 1 
Germany (EUA)0 0 1 1 Total 29 29 30 88 - British India which at the time consisted of modern day India and Pakistan won three olympic field hockey tournaments.
Nations
Only players who participated in at least one game are counted.
Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 Years 
Afghanistan (AFG)12 14 X 3 Argentina (ARG)12 X X X X X X X X 9 Australia (AUS)X X X X X X X X X X X X X 13 
Austria (AUT)16 12 11 3 Belgium (BEL)14 18 12 13 11 X X X X X X X 12 
Canada (CAN)X X X X X X 6 China (CHN)X 1 
Cuba (CUB)X 1 Denmark (DEN)12 13 13 16 X 5 
Egypt (EGY)X X 2 
Finland (FIN)11 1 
France (FRA)11 11 15 18 14 13 X X X 9 Germany (GER)11 19 22 15 X X X X X X X X X 13 
East Germany (GDR)X 1 West Germany (FRG)X X X X 4 Great Britain (GBR)44* 15 12 13 X X X X X X X X X X X X 16 
Hong Kong (HKG)X 1 
Hungary (HUN)15 1 India (IND)14 15 19 20 14 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 13 
Italy (ITA)11 X 2 Japan (JPN)11 11 X X X 5 South Korea (KOR)X X X X X 5 
Kenya (KEN)X X X X X X X 7 
Malaysia (MAS)X X X X X X X X X 9 
Mexico (MEX)X X 2 Netherlands (NED)11 12 12 11 X X X X X X X X X X X X 13 New Zealand (NZL)X X X X X X X X X X 10 Pakistan (PAK)19 16 X X X X X X X X X X X X 14 
Poland (POL)11 X X X X 5 
Rhodesia (RHO)X 1 Spain (ESP)15 14 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 
Singapore (SIN)X 1 Soviet Union (URS)X X 2 
South Africa (RSA)X X X 3 
Switzerland (SUI)16 13 15 11 X 5 
Tanzania (TAN)X 1 
Unified Team (EUN)X 1 
Uganda (UGA)X 4 United States (USA)13 14 14 X X X 6 Zimbabwe (ZIM)X 1 Nations - - - 3 - 4 - 9 3 11 13 12 Field hockey players - - - 66 - 52 - 137 39 161 187 144 Year 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 21 * Four teams competed: England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
See also
- List of Olympic venues in field hockey
Footnotes
- ^ There was no bronze medal match for the 1908 Games in London.
- ^ a b The 1920 tournament was played in a round-robin format, so there were no gold medal or bronze medal matches.
- ^ Only three teams participated in the 1932 tournament, so they played a round-robin format.
- ^ The Unified Team of Germany was the combined team from West Germany and East Germany that competed together at the Olympic Games from 1956 to 1964. Then each country sent independent teams from 1968 to 1988.
- ^ a b Round-robin format play in 1980 for women's tournament
- ^ Round Robin format use in 1984 women's tournament
- ^ The final standings show both the United States and Australia were tied in the points and also same margin in goal difference (both having scored 9 goals and conceded 7 goals), a penalty stroke competition was played to decide the bronze medal winner, with the United States winning.
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