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Field Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. There a test competition involving four each men's and women's teams was held in February, with Spain taking the honours for the men and South Africa for the women. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals.
[edit] Men's Competition
The men's event was contested by twelve teams with Sydney gold medallists Netherlands trying to make it a Hat trick of Olympic titles:
[edit] Participating Nations
Five nations automatically qualified for the 20th edition of the Men's Olympic Field Hockey Tournament:
The seven remaining spots were taken by the first seven countries of the 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, held in Madrid, Spain:
[edit] Greece's Plea Rejected
On May 20, 2004 the International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed the participation of the South Africa's Men's Team in the Athens Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport turned down Greece's appeal to be allowed a berth in the tournament as hosts. South Africa thus becomes the 12th and final team to qualify for the mega event.
The FIH's decision came almost three months after the Hellenic Hockey Federation of Greece moved the CAS claiming a berth in the Olympics on grounds that they are the host country. The hosts had failed to win a berth in the mega event despite being given two chances by the FIH. The first option for Greece to gain a place at the Olympics was by qualifying for the 2003 European Nations Cup, held in Barcelona. Greece did not qualify for this tournament, but there was a second opportunity, which required Greece to beat Canada, the lowest ranked in the Olympic qualifier, in a best of three play-off competition. Greece participated under protest, but lost the series 2-0.
[edit] Men's Team Squads
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[edit] Men's Pool A
[edit] Men's Pool B
[edit] Men's Hockey Final Stages
[edit] Men's Classification Matches 9th-12th place
[edit] Men's Classification Matches 5th-8th place
[edit] Men's Semifinals
[edit] Men's Classification Match 11th-12th place
[edit] Men's Classification Match 9th-10th place
| August 27 |
11:30 |
South Africa |
1(3) |
- |
1(4) |
Great Britain |
[edit] Men's Classification Match 7th-8th place
[edit] Men's Classification Match 5th-6th place
[edit] Men's Bronze Medal Match
[edit] Men's Gold Medal Match
| August 27 |
20:30 |
Netherlands |
1(1) |
- |
1(2) |
Australia |
[edit] Men's Medal Winners
| GOLD |
 Australia
Michael Brennan, Travis Brooks, Dean Butler, Liam De Young, Jamie Dwyer, Nathan Eglington, Troy Elder, Bevan George, Robert Hammond, Mark Hickman, Mark Knowles, Brent Livermore, Michael McCann, Stephen Mowlam, Grant Schubert, and Matthew Wells. Head Coach: Barry Dancer.
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| SILVER |
 Netherlands
Matthijs Brouwer, Ronald Brouwer, Jeroen Delmee, Teun de Nooijer, Geert-Jan Derikx, Rob Derikx, Marten Eikelboom, Floris Evers, Erik Jazet, Karel Klaver, Jesse Mahieu, Rob Reckers, Taeke Taekema, Sander van der Weide, Klaas Veering, and Guus Vogels. Head Coach: Terry Walsh.
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| BRONZE |
 Germany
Clemens Arnold, Christoph Bechmann, Sebastian Biederlack, Philipp Crone, Eike Duckwitz, Christoph Eimer, Björn Emmerling, Florian Kunz, Björn Michel, Sascha Reinelt, Justus Scharowsky, Christian Schulte, Timo Weß, Tibor Weißenborn, Matthias Witthaus, and Christopher Zeller. Head Coach: Bernhard Peters.
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[edit] Women's Event
Ten teams competed in the women's event with Australia, winners of three of the last four Olympic Games gold medals, looking to keep their remarkable run going.
[edit] Women's Pool A
[edit] Women's Pool B
[edit] Women's Hockey Final Stages
[edit] Women's Classification Match 9th-10th place
[edit] Women's Classification Matches 5th-8th place
[edit] Women's Classification Match 7th-8th place
[edit] Women's Classification Match 5th-6th place
[edit] Women's Semi Finals
[edit] Women's Bronze Medal Match
[edit] Women's Gold Medal Match
[edit] Women's Medal Winners
| GOLD |
Germany
Tina Bachmann, Caroline Casaretto, Nadine Ernsting-Krienke, Franziska Gude, Mandy Haase, Natascha Keller, Denise Klecker, Anke Kühn, Badri Latif, Heike Lätzsch, Sonja Lehmann, Silke Müller, Fanny Rinne, Marion Rodewald, Louisa Walter, and Julia Zwehl. Head Coach: Markus Weise.
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| SILVER |
Netherlands
Minke Booij, Ageeth Boomgaardt, Chantal de Bruijn, Lisanne de Roever, Mijntje Donners, Sylvia Karres, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Eefke Mulder, Maartje Scheepstra, Janneke Schopman, Clarinda Sinnige, Minke Smabers, Jiske Snoeks, Macha van der Vaart, Miek van Geenhuizen, and Lieve van Kessel. Head Coach: Marc Lammers.
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| BRONZE |
 Argentina
Paola Vukojicic, Cecilia Rognoni, Marine Russo, Ayelen Stepnik, Maria de la Paz Hernandez, Mercedes Margalot, Vanina Oneto, Agustina Garcia, Mariana Gonzalez, Alejandra Gulla, Luciana Aymar, Claudia Burkart, Marina di Giacomo, Magadalena Aicega, Mariela Antoniska, and Ines Arrondo. Head Coach: Sergio Vigil.
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| Olympic Games |
Sports • Medal counts • NOCs
Medalists • Symbols |
Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 19061, 1908, 1912, (1916)2, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940)2, (1944)2, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
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| Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940)2, (1944)2, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 |
Recent and Upcoming Games
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 |
Argentina – Winner of the 2003 Pan American Games
Australia – Winner of the Oceania Cup
Egypt – Winner of the 2003 All-Africa Games
Germany – Winner of the 2003 Men's Hockey European Nations Cup
South Korea – Winner of the 2002 Asian Games
Netherlands
Spain
Pakistan
India
Great Britain
New Zealand
South Africa
China
Argentina
Japan
New Zealand
Spain
Netherlands
Germany
Korea
Australia
South Africa
