Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The Field Hockey competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, which was held in the Molson Stadium at the McGill University, made history as it was played on an artificial surface for the first time in history. Only a men's competition occurred, with tha participation of eleven countries after Kenya had withdrawn as the nation from East Africa stayed away at the last moment, demanding the expulsion of New Zealand from the Olympics for sending a rugby union team to South Africa.

Preliminary Round

Group A

*Tuesday July 20, 1976

*Friday July 23, 1976

*Monday July 26, 1976 — Replay

*Monday July 19, 1976

*Thursday July 22, 1976

*Monday July 26, 1976 — Replay

*Thursday July 29, 1976 — Eleventh place

*Friday July 30, 1976 — Fifth place

Final

*Friday July 30, 1976

Final Ranking

*# FlagIOC|NZL|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|AUS|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|PAK|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|NED|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|FRG|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|ESP|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|IND|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|MAS|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|BEL|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|CAN|1976 Summer
*# FlagIOC|ARG|1976 Summer

Top Scorers

Medal Winners

GOLD	---- Paul Ackerley, Jeff Archibald, Arthur Borren, Alan Chesney, John Christensen, Greg Dayman, Tony Ineson, Barry Maister, Selwyn Maister, Trevor Manning, Alan McIntyre, Neil McLeod, Arthur Parkin, Mohan Patel, Ramesh Patel, and Les Wilson.
SILVER	---- David Bell, Greg Browning, Rick Charlesworth, Ian Cooke, Barry Dancer, Douglas Golder, Robert Haigh, Wayne Hammond, Stephen Marshall, Jim Irvine, Malcolm Poole, Robert Proctor, Graeme Reid, Ronald Riley, Trevor Smith, and Terry Walsh.
BRONZE	---- Munawwaruz Zaman, Qamar Zia (gk), Shahnaz Sheikh, Saleem Sherwani (gk), Iftikhar Syed, Saleem Nazim, Abdul Rasheed Jr (captain), Hanif Khan, Samiullah Khan, Arshad Mahmood, Islahuddin (vice-captain), Manzoorul Hasan, Manzoor Hussain, Akhtar Rasool, Arshad Ali Chaudry, and Mudassar Asghar.

References

* [http://www.aafla.com/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/1976v3.pdf Official Report]