Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The Men'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 Friday August 2, 1996.

Contents

Participating Nations

Seven nations automatically qualified for the 18th edition of the Men's Olympic Field Hockey Tournament:

The five remaining spots were taken by the first five countries of the 1996 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Barcelona, Spain:

Squads

Umpires

  • Steve Horgan
  • Eduardo Ruiz
  • Henrik Ehlers
  • Richard Wolter
  • Ayman Amin
  • Raymond O'Connor
  • Patrick van Beneden
  • Roger St. Rose
  • Guillaume Langle
  • Vasutheven Sasidharan
  • Peter von Reth
  • Yuri Platonov
  • Craig Madden
  • Floris Idenburg
  • Donald Prior
  • Kiyoshi Sana
  • Antonio Morales Lopez

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 8 5 4 0 1 14 5 +9
2.  Germany 7 5 3 1 1 10 3 +7
3.  India 5 5 2 2 1 8 3 +5
4.  Pakistan 5 5 2 1 2 11 8 +3
5.  Argentina 4 5 2 0 3 9 13 −4
6.  United States 0 5 0 0 5 3 23 −20
Match 1
09:00
Spain  1 – 0  Germany Umpires:
Donald Prior (AUS)
Craig Madden (GBR)
Jordi Arnau 51' (pc)
Match 2
17:30
Pakistan  4 – 0  United States Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
Mohammad Shahbaz 10'
Kamran Ashraf 18'
Kamran Ashraf 25'
Tahir Zaman 63'
Match 3
20:00
India  0 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Ayman Amin (EGY)
Santiago Capurro 65'
Match 7
09:00
Pakistan  0 – 3  Spain Umpires:
Ayman Amin (EGY)
Peter von Reth (NED)
Javier Arnau 22' (pc)
Juan Escarré 30'
Javier Arnau 43'
Match 8
17:30
Germany  1 – 1  India Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Stefan Saliger 66' Mukesh Kumar 62'
Match 9
20:00
United States  2 – 5  Argentina Umpires:
Youri Platonov (RUS)
Donald Prior (AUS)
Marq Mellor 39'
Steve Jennings 47'		 Jorge Lombi 4'
Jorge Lombi 11'
Fernando Ferrara 14'
Fernando Ferrara 25'
Santiago Capurro 31'
Match 13
09:00
United States  0 – 4  India Umpires:
Guillaume Langle (FRA)
Craig Madden (GBR)
Ramandeep Singh 10' (ps)
Dhanraj Pillay 28'
Dhanraj Pillay 46'
Sanjeev Kumar 69'
Match 14
17:30
Spain  2 – 1  Argentina Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Peter von Reth (NED)
Juan Escarré 61' (pc)
Javier Arnau 65'		 Jorge Lombi 20' (pc)
Match 15
20:00
Germany  3 – 1  Pakistan Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Donald Prior (AUS)
Andreas Becker 6' (ps)
Sven Meinhardt 39' (pc)
Andreas Becker 49' (ps)		 Muhammad Khalid 62' (pc)
Match 19
09:00
Germany  3 – 0  Argentina Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Donald Prior (AUS)
Stefan Saliger 16'
Andreas Becker 19'
Patrick Bellenbaum 64'
Match 20
17:30
Pakistan  0 – 0  India Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Craig Madden (GBR)
Match 21
20:00
Spain  7 – 1  United States Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TRI)
Youri Platonov (RUS)
Pablo Amat 12'
Pablo Amat 14'
Juan Escarré 25' (pc)
Juan Escarré 49'
Javier Arnau 60' (ps)
Victor Pujol 64'
Ignacio Cobos 68'		 Nick Butcher 37'
Match 25
09:00
Pakistan  6 – 2  Argentina Umpires:
Craig Madden (GBR)
Ayman Amin (EGY)
Shahbaz Ahmad 32'
Shahbaz Ahmad 45'
Muhammad Sarwar 51'
Tahir Zaman 53'
Muhammad Sarwar 58'
Shahbaz Ahmad 65'		 Rodolfo Pérez 24'
Jorge Lombi 68' (ps)
Match 26
17:30
United States  0 – 3  Germany Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Vasutheven Sasidharan (MAS)
Carsten Fischer 11' (pc)
Carsten Fischer 22' (pc)
Christian Blunck 23'
Match 27
20:00
India  3 – 1  Spain Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
Gavin Ferreira 21'
Gavin Ferreira 41'
Sabu Varkey 59'		 Xavier Escudé 33' (pc)

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 9 5 4 1 0 14 6 +8
2.  Australia 7 5 3 1 1 13 7 +6
3.  Great Britain 5 5 1 3 1 8 8 0
4.  Korea 4 5 1 2 2 12 13 −1
5.  South Africa 3 5 0 3 2 7 12 −5
6.  Malaysia 2 5 0 2 3 7 15 −8
Match 4
09:00
Netherlands  2 – 0  Malaysia Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Marc Delissen 10'
Leo Klein Gebbink 29'
Match 5
17:30
Great Britain  2 – 2  Korea Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
Calum Giles 32' (pc)
Calum Giles 50' (pc)		 Kang Keon-Wook 35'
Park Shin-Heum 68' (ps)
Match 6
20:00
South Africa  1 – 1  Australia Umpires:
Guillaume Langle (FRA)
Steve Horgan (USA)
Gregg Nichol 65' Mark Hager 61'
Match 10
09:00
Netherlands  2 – 2  Great Britain Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Antonio Morales (ESP)
Floris Jan Bovelander 17' (pc)
Marc Delissen 59' (ps)		 Russell Garcia 27' (ps)
Calum Giles 65' (pc)
Match 11
17:30
Malaysia  2 – 2  South Africa Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
Mirnawan Nawawi 38' (pc)
Mirnawan Nawawi 61'		 Gregg Nicholl 26' (pc)
William Fulton 64' (pc)
Match 12
20:00
Australia  3 – 2  Korea Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Stephen Davies 6'
Paul Gaudoin 32' (pc)
Jay Stacy 64'		 Park Shin-Heum 9' (ps)
Shin Seok-Kyu 19' (pc)
Match 16
09:00
Korea  3 – 3  South Africa Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Richard Wolter (GER)
Park Shin-Heum 27' (pc)
Shin Seo-Jyo 51' (pc)
Kim Young-Kyu 60'		 Gregg Nichol 55' (pc)
Grant Fulton 67' (ps)
Gregg Nichol 68' (pc)
Match 17
17:30
Malaysia  2 – 2  Great Britain Umpires:
Ayman Amin (EGY)
Antonio Morales (ESP)
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 4' (pc)
Chairi Abdul Aziz 69' (pc)		 John Shaw 41'
Calum Giles 63' (pc)
Match 18
20:00
Netherlands  3 – 2  Australia Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Steve Horgan (USA)
Teun de Nooijer 12'
Floris Jan Bovelander 34' (pc)
Taco van den Honert 50'		 Daniel Sproule 3' (pc)
Mark Hager 18'
Match 22
09:00
Malaysia  1 – 5  Australia Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 37' Stephen Davies 3' (ps)
Baeden Choppy 4'
Baeden Choppy 6'
Baeden Choppy 10'
Paul Lewis 37'
Match 23
17:30
South Africa  0 – 2  Great Britain Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Jon Wyatt 14' (pc)
Calum Giles 28' (pc)
Match 24
20:00
Netherlands  3 – 1  Korea Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TRI)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Taco van den Honert 50' (pc)
Taco van den Honert 55' (pc)
Teun de Nooijer 58'		 Kim Young-Kyu 19' (pc)
Match 28
09:00
Great Britain  0 – 2  Australia Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Mark Hager 5'
Jay Stacy 28'
Match 29
17:30
Malaysia  2 – 4  Korea Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Nor Saiful Nasiruddin 60' (pc)
Mirnawan Nawawi 65'		 Kang Keon-Wook 16'
Park Shin-Heum 39' (ps)
Kang Keon-Wook 41'
Kim Jong-Yi 42'
Match 30
20:00
Netherlands  4 – 1  South Africa Umpires:
Ayman Amin (EGY)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Bram Lomans 10' (pc)
Marc Delissen 13'
Bram Lomans 26' (pc)
Taco van den Honert 54'		 Greg Nicholl 43'

Classification Round

9th/12th place
Match 31
08:30
Argentina  4 – 4 (AET)
3 – 0 (PSO)		  Malaysia Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Kayoshi Sana (JPN)
Carlos Retegui 14'
Carlos Retegui 55' (ps)
Fernando Ferrara 57'
Jorge Lombi 69'		 Aphtar Singh 26'
Brian Siva 38'
Mirnawan Nawawi 39'
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 59' (pc)
9th/12th place
Match 32
08:30
United States  0 – 3  South Africa Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Ayman Amin (EGY)
Charles Teversham 34'
Grant Fulton 48' (pc)
Craig Fulton 62'


5th/8th place
Match 33
11:00
Great Britain  1 – 2  Pakistan Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Calum Giles 7' (pc) Muhammad Sarwar 11'
Rahim Khan 65'
5th/8th place
Match 34
11:00
India  3 – 3 (AET)
3 – 5 (PSO)		  Korea Umpires:
Guillaume Langle (FRA)
Steve Horgan (USA)
Ramandeep Singh 14' (ps)
Gavin Ferreira 34'
Mukesh Kumar 42'		 Shin Seok-Kyu 22' (pc)
Park Shin-Heum 49' (pc)
Shin Seok-Kyu 66' (pc)

Semi finals

1st/4th place
Match 35
17:30
Spain  2 – 1  Australia Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Peter von Reth (NED)
Victor Pujol 43'
Juan Escarré 54' (ps)		 Paul Gaudoin 63' (pc)
1st/4th place
Match 36
20:00
Netherlands  3 – 1  Germany Umpires:
Donald Prior (AUS)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Taco van den Honert 3'
Taco van den Honert 45' (pc)
Taco van den Honert 53' (pc)		 Sven Meinhardt 60' (pc)

Finals

Eleventh Place
Match 37
08:30
United States  1 – 4  Malaysia Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Antonio Morales (ESP)
Nick Butcher 62' Chiow Chun Lim 34' (ps)
Mirnawan Nawawi 38'
Chiow Chun Lim 44' (ps)
Kuhan Shanmuganathan 56'
Ninth Place
Match 38
08:30
South Africa  2 – 3  Argentina Umpires:
Craig Madden (GBR)
Guillaume Langle (FRA)
Gregg Nichol 22' (pc)
Matthew Hallowes 38'		 Fernando Ferrara 30'
Santiago Capurro 36'
Jorge Lombi 45' (pc)
Seventh Place
Match 39
11:00
India  3 – 4  Great Britain Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Baljit Singh Dhillon 2'
Ramandeep Singh 29' (ps)
Pargat Singh 70' (pc)		 John Shaw 24'
Jason Laslett 43'
Jon Wyatt 53' (pc)
Chris Mayer 56'
Fifth Place
Match 40
08:30
Pakistan  1 – 3  Korea Umpires:
Craig Madden (GBR)
Richard Wolter (GER)
Kamran Ashraf 7' Jong Ho-Jeon 6' (pc)
Seok Kyo-Shin 35' (pc)
Song Seung-Tae 68'
Bronze Medal
Match 41
17:00
Australia  3 – 2  Germany Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Peter von Reth (NED)
Jay Stacy 14' (pc)
Jay Stacy 63' (pc)
Baeden Choppy 69' (pc)		 Sven Meinhardt 40' (pc)
Oliver Domke 44'
Gold Medal
Match 42
19:30
Netherlands  3 – 1  Spain Umpires:
Donald Prior (AUS)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Floris Jan Bovelander 52' (pc)
Floris Jan Bovelander 55' (pc)
Bram Lomans 67' (pc)		 Victor Pujol 45'

Final ranking

RANK TEAM
1.  Netherlands
2.  Spain
3.  Australia
4.  Germany
5.  Korea
6.  Pakistan
7.  Great Britain
8.  India
9.  Argentina
10.  South Africa
11.  Malaysia
12.  United States

Awards

 1996 Men's Hockey Olympic Champions 

Netherlands
First title

Topscorers

Medal winners

GOLD Netherlands

Jacques Brinkman, Floris Jan Bovelander, Maurits Crucq, Marc Delissen, Jeroen Delmee, Taco van den Honert, Erik Jazet, Ronald Jansen, Leo Klein Gebbink, Bram Lomans, Teun de Nooijer, Wouter van Pelt, Stephan Veen, Guus Vogels, Tycho van Meer, and Remco van Wijk.
SILVER Spain

Jaime Amat, Pablo Amat, Javier Arnau, Jordi Arnau, Oscar Barrena, Ignacio Cobos, Juan Dinarés, Juan Escarré, Xavier Escudé, Juantxo García-Mauriño, Antonio González, Ramón Jufresa, Joaquín Malgosa, Victor Pujol, Ramón Sala, and Pablo Usoz.
BRONZE Australia

Mark Hager, Stephen Davies, Baeden Choppy, Lachlan Elmer, Stuart Carruthers, Grant Smith, Damon Diletti, Lachlan Dreher, Brendan Garard, Paul Gaudoin, Paul Lewis, Matthew Smith, Jay Stacy, Daniel Sproule, Ken Wark, Michael York.

See also

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