Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament

The Women's Olympic Field Hockey Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was held in the Morris Brown College Stadium, and ran from Saturday July 20 to Thursday August 1, 1996.

Participating Nations

Three nations automatically qualified for the 5th edition of the Women's Olympic Field Hockey Tournament:
*#fhw|AUS – Winner of the 1994 Women's Hockey World Cup
*#fhw|ESP – Olympic Champion of the 1992 Summer Olympics
*#fhw|USA – Host country
The five remaining spots were taken by the first five countries of the 1995 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Cape Town, South Africa:
*#

fhw|KOR
*#fhw|GBR
*#fhw|GER
*#fhw|ARG
*#fhw|NED

quads

Umpires

*flagicon|AUS Peri Buckley
*flagicon|USA Renée Chatas
*flagicon|ENG Gill Clarke
*flagicon|NED Miriam van Gemert
*flagicon|ESP Angela Lario Ruiz
*flagicon|JPN Kazuko Yasueda
*flagicon|ARG Laura Crespo
*flagicon|JPN Naomi Kato
*flagicon|ITA Gina Spitaleri
*flagicon|GBR Janice McDonald
*flagicon|GER Carola Heinrichs
*flagicon|KOR Lee Mi-Ok
*flagicon|CAN Margaret Lanning

Preliminary Round

*Saturday July 20, 1996
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date = Match 1
09:00
team1 = fhw-rt|USA
goals1 = Marcia Pankratz 69' (pc)
score = 1 – 1
team2 = fhw|NED
goals2 = Ellen Kuipers 62'
umpires = Naomi Kato (JPN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
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date = Match 2
11:00
team1 = fhw-rt|AUS
goals1 = Michelle Andrews 32'
Lisa Powell 54'
Rechelle Hawkes 65'
Alyson Annan 69'
score = 4 – 0
team2 = fhw|ESP
goals2 =
umpires = Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
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date = Match 3
17:30
team1 = fhw-rt|GER
goals1 = Vanessa van Kooperen 17'
Heike Lätzsch 39'
score = 2 – 0
team2 = fhw|ARG
goals2 =
umpires = Janice McDonald (GBR)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
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date = Match 4
20:00
team1 = fhw-rt|KOR
goals1 = Eun Jung-Cho 22' (pc)
Choi Mi-Soon 43'
Chang Sook-Kwon 46' (pc)
Soon Hyun-Kwon 67' (pc)
Eun Jung-Cho 70' (pc)
score = 5 – 0
team2 = fhw|GBR
goals2 =
umpires = Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
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*Sunday July 21, 1996
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date = Match 5
17:30
team1 = fhw-rt|ESP
goals1 = Maider Telleria 31' (ps)
score = 1 – 2
team2 = fhw|GER
goals2 = Franziska Hentschel 15' (pc)
Vanessa van Kooperen 56'
umpires = Laura Crespo (ARG)
Gill Clarke (GBR)
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date = Match 6
20:00
team1 = fhw-rt|NED
goals1 = Jeannette Lewin 11'
score = 1 – 1
team2 = fhw|GBR
goals2 = Christine Cook 41' (ps)
umpires = Peri Buckley (AUS)
Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)
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*Monday July 22, 1996
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date = Match 7
09:00
team1 = fhw-rt|AUS
goals1 = Renita Farrell 9'
Katrina Powell 25'
Alyson Annan 34' (ps)
Alyson Annan 49' (ps)
Alyson Annan 50'
Danni Roche 61'
Lisa Powell 63'
score = 7 – 1
team2 = fhw|ARG
goals2 = Jorgelina Rimoldi 43'
umpires = Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
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date = Match 8
11:00
team1 = fhw-rt|USA
goals1 = Tracey Fuchs 5'
Marcia Pankratz 25'
Barbara Marois 70' (pc)
score = 3 – 2
team2 = fhw|KOR
goals2 = Eun Jung-Chang 49'
Lee Eun-Kyung 62'
umpires = Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Naomi Kato (JPN)
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*Tuesday July 23, 1996
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date = Match 9
09:00
team1 = fhw-rt|AUS
goals1 = Danni Roche 25'
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fhw|GER
goals2 =
umpires = Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
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date = Match 10
11:00
team1 = fhw-rt|ESP
goals1 =
score = 0 – 1
team2 = fhw|ARG
goals2 = Jorgelina Rimoldi 44'
umpires = Janice McDonald (GBR)
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
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date = Match 11
17:30
team1 = fhw-rt|NED
goals1 = Wietske de Ruiter 52' (pc)
score = 1 – 3
team2 = fhw|KOR
goals2 = Eun Jung-Chang 41'
Eun Jung-Cho 44' (pc)
Eun Jung-Chang 62' (pc)
umpires = Renée Chatas (USA)
Gill Clarke (GBR)
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date = Match 12
20:00
team1 = fhw-rt|USA
goals1 =
score = 0 – 1
team2 = fhw|GBR
goals2 = Rhona Simpson 57'
umpires = Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Laura Crespo (ARG)
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*Thursday July 25, 1996
hockeybox
date = Match 13
09:00
team1 = fhw-rt|GBR
goals1 = Susan Fraser 18' (pc)
Kathryn Johnson 66'
score = 2 – 2
team2 = fhw|ESP
goals2 = Natalia Dorado 22' (pc)
Nagore Gabellanes 55' (pc)
umpires = Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)
Renée Chatas (USA)
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date = Match 14
11:00
team1 = fhw-rt|NED
goals1 = Ellen Kuipers 3'
Wietske de Ruiter 21' (pc)
Mijntje Donners 52'
Mijntje Donners 63' (ps)
score = 4 – 3
team2 = fhw|GER
goals2 = Britta Becker 27' (ps)
Britta Becker 44' (ps)
Franziska Hentschel 55' (pc)
umpires = Laura Crespo (ARG)
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
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date = Match 15
17:30
team1 = fhw-rt|AUS
goals1 = Alyson Annan 32'
Jenny Morris 35' (pc)
Katrina Powell 70'
score = 3 – 3
team2 = fhw|KOR
goals2 = Eun Jung-Chang 39'
Eun Jung-Chang 47' (pc)
Eun Jung-Cho 60' (pc)
umpires = Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Gill Clarke (GBR)
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date = Match 16
20:00
team1 = fhw-rt|USA
goals1 = Barbara Marois 26' (pc)
score = 1 – 2
team2 = fhw|ARG
goals2 = Katrina Masotta 6'
Sofía MacKenzie 60' (pc)
umpires = Peri Buckley (AUS)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
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*Friday July 26, 1996
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date = Match 17
17:30
team1 = fhw-rt|USA
goals1 = Cindy Werley 54'
score = 1 – 1
team2 = fhw|GER
goals2 = Melanie Cremer 3'
umpires = Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Janice McDonald (GBR)
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date = Match 18
20:00
team1 = fhw-rt|AUS
goals1 = Michelle Andrews 29'
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fhw|GBR
goals2 =
umpires = Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Naomi Kato (JPN)
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*Saturday July 27, 1996
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date = Match 19
09:00
team1 = fhw-rt|ESP
goals1 =
score = 0 – 2
team2 = fhw|KOR
goals2 = Eun Jung-Chang 25' (pc)
Lee Eun-Young 48'
umpires = Carola Heinrichs (GER)
Peri Buckley (AUS)
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date = Match 20
11:00
team1 = fhw-rt|NED
goals1 = Mijntje Donners 5' (ps)
Wietske de Ruiter 14'
Wietske de Ruiter 45'
Wietske de Ruiter 48'
score = 4 – 1
team2 = fhw|ARG
goals2 = Karina Massotta 39' (ps)
umpires = Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
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*Sunday July 28, 1996
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date = Match 21
09:00
team1 = fhw-rt|GER
goals1 = Franziska Hentschel 29' (pc)
Britta Becker 38' (ps)
score = 2 – 3
team2 = fhw|GBR
goals2 = Jill Atkins 51' (pc)
Jane Sixsmith 61' (pc)
Jill Atkins 69'
umpires = Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Laura Crespo (ARG)
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date = Match 22
11:00
team1 = fhw-rt|AUS
goals1 = Jenny Morris 3' (pc)
Katrina Powell 9'
Lisa Powell 17'
Kate Starre 24' (pc)
score = 4 – 0
team2 = fhw|USA
goals2 =
umpires = Gill Clarke (GBR)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
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date = Match 23
17:30
team1 = fhw-rt|ESP
goals1 = Lucia Lopez 27'
Sonia Barrio 60' (pc)
score = 2 – 4
team2 = fhw|NED
goals2 = Wietske de Ruiter 7' (pc)
Wietske de Ruiter 11'
Carole Thate 29'
Mijntje Donners 51'
umpires = Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)
Naomi Kato (JPN)
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date = Match 24
20:00
team1 = fhw-rt|ARG
goals1 = Sofía MacKenzie 10' (pc)
Maria Paula Castelli 16' (pc)
score = 2 – 2
team2 = fhw|KOR
goals2 = Eung Jung-Cho 33' (pc)
Eung Jung-Chang 46' (pc)
umpires = Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Renée Chatas (USA)
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*Tuesday July 30, 1996
hockeybox
date = Match 25
09:00
team1 = fhw-rt|ARG
goals1 =
score = 0 – 5
team2 = fhw|GBR
goals2 = Mandy Nicholls 8'
Jane Sixsmith 13' (pc)
Jane Sixsmith 61'
Jane Sixsmith 68'
Mandy Nicholls 69'
umpires = Peri Buckley (AUS)
Renée Chatas (USA)
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date = Match 26
11:00
team1 = fhw-rt|GER
goals1 =
score = 0 – 1
team2 = fhw|KOR
goals2 = Eung Jung-Chang 31' (pc)
umpires = Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Naomi Kato (JPN)
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date = Match 27
17:30
team1 = fhw-rt|ESP
goals1 =
score = 0 – 2
team2 = fhw|USA
goals2 = Marcia Pankratz 17'
Liz Tchou 47'
umpires = Janice McDonald (GBR)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
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date = Match 28
20:00
team1 = fhw-rt|AUS
goals1 = Jenny Morris 45' (pc)
Danni Roche 60'
Michelle Andrews 63'
Alyson Annan 68' (pc)
score = 4 – 0
team2 = fhw|NED
goals2 =
umpires = Laura Crespo (ARG)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

tandings

Medal Winners

GOLD	---- Michelle Andrews, Alyson Annan, Louise Dobson, Renita Farrell, Juliet Haslam, Rechelle Hawkes, Clover Maitland, Karen Marsden, Jenny Morris, Nova Peris-Kneebone, Jackie Pereira, Katrina Powell, Lisa Powell, Danni Roche, Kate Starre, and Liane Tooth.
SILVER	---- Jae-Sook You, Jeong-Sook Lim, Seung-Shin Oh, Hyun-Jung Woo, Eun-Young Lee, Eun-Kyung Lee, Ji-Young Lee, Myung-Ok Kim, Chang-Sook Kwon, Soo-Hyun Kwon, Mi-Soon Choi, Young-Sun Jeon, Deok-San Jin, Eun-Jung Chang, Eun-Jung Cho, and Eun-Kyung Choi.
BRONZE	---- Suzanne Plesman, Dillianne van den Boogaard, Florentine Steenberghe, Willemijn Duyster, Mijntje Donners, Fleur van de Kieft, Nicole Koolen, Jeannette Lewin, Wietske de Ruiter, Ellen Kuipers, Margje Teeuwen, Carole Thate, Jacqueline Toxopeus, Stella de Heij, Noor Holsboer, and Suzan van der Wielen.

ee also

*Men's field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

* [http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Report]