Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

For Olympic ice hockey, see Ice hockey at the Olympic Games.

Governing body

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.

1 Medalists
- 1.1 Men
- 1.2 Women
2 Medal table
3 Nations
4 See also
5 Footnotes

Medalists

Men

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1908 Details	London	Great Britain (England)	8–1	Great Britain (Ireland)	Great Britain (Scotland) Great Britain (Wales)	^[1]
1912	Stockholm	No hockey tournament			No hockey tournament
1920 Details	Antwerp	Great Britain	^[2]	Denmark	Belgium	^[2]	France
1924	Paris	No hockey tournament			No hockey tournament
1928 Details	Amsterdam	India	3–0	Netherlands	Germany	3–0	Belgium
1932 Details	Los Angeles	India	24–1	United States	Japan	^[3]
1936 Details	Berlin	India	8–1	Germany	Netherlands	4–3	France
1948 Details	London	India	4–0	Great Britain	Netherlands	1–1 after extra time (4–1) Penalty strokes	Pakistan
1952 Details	Helsinki	India	6–1	Netherlands	Great Britain	2–1	Pakistan
1956 Details	Melbourne	India	1–0	Pakistan	Unified Team of Germany^[4]	3–1	Great Britain
1960 Details	Rome	Pakistan	1–0	India	Spain	2–1	Great Britain
1964 Details	Tokyo	India	1–0	Pakistan	Australia	3–2 after extra time	Spain
1968 Details	Mexico City	Pakistan	2–1	Australia	India	2–1	West Germany
1972 Details	Munich	West Germany	1–0	Pakistan	India	2–1	Netherlands
1976 Details	Montreal	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Pakistan	3–2	Netherlands
1980 Details	Moscow	India	4–3	Spain	Soviet Union	2–1	Poland
1984 Details	Los Angeles	Pakistan	2–1 after extra time	West Germany	Great Britain	3–2	Australia
1988 Details	Seoul	Great Britain	3–1	West Germany	Netherlands	2–1	Australia
1992 Details	Barcelona	Germany	2–1	Australia	Pakistan	4–3	Netherlands
1996 Details	Atlanta	Netherlands	3–1	Spain	Australia	3–2	Germany
2000 Details	Sydney	Netherlands	3–3 after extra time (5–4) Penalty strokes	Korea	Australia	6–3	Pakistan
2004 Details	Athens	Australia	2–1 after extra time	Netherlands	Germany	4–3 after extra time	Spain
2008 Details	Beijing	Germany	1–0	Spain	Australia	6–2	Netherlands
2012 Details	London		–			–

Women

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1980 Details	Moscow	Zimbabwe	^[5]	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	^[5]	India
1984 Details	Los Angeles	Netherlands	^[6]	West Germany	United States	(10–5) Penalty strokes ^[7]	Australia
1988 Details	Seoul	Australia	2–0	Korea	Netherlands	3–1	Great Britain
1992 Details	Barcelona	Spain	2–1 after extra time	Germany	Great Britain	4–3	Korea
1996 Details	Atlanta	Australia	3–1	Korea	Netherlands	0–0 after extra time (4–3) Penalty strokes	Great Britain
2000 Details	Sydney	Australia	3–1	Argentina	Netherlands	2–0	Spain
2004 Details	Athens	Germany	2–1	Netherlands	Argentina	1–0	China
2008 Details	Beijing	Netherlands	2–0	China	Argentina	3–1	Germany
2012 Details	London		–			–

Medal table

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
9	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
17	United States (USA)	0	0	2	2
19	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
19	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.

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.

International field hockey

FIH Men's World Cup Women's World Cup Men's Junior World Cup Women's Junior World Cup Champions Trophy Champions Challenge I Champions Challenge II Olympics Teams

Asia	ASHF – Asia Cup

Africa	AFHF – African Cup for Nations

Americas	PAHF – Pan American Cup

Oceania	OHF – Oceania Cup

Europe	EHF – Nations Championship

Regional Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Pan American Games

Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

	1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012

List of medalists • List of venues

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Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Men

Women

Medal table

Nations

See also

Footnotes