Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Final results for the field hockey competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics:
Only a men's competition occurred that year.
Medal summary
Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows also only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament. The reserve players are not listed as medalists.
Results
The first of each group and also the second of Group C qualified for the Semi-finals.
Group A
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |
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| 1. | India (IND) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | X | 9:1 | 8:0 | 2:0 | |
| 2. | Argentina (ARG) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1:9 | X | 1:1 | 3:2 | |
| 3. | Austria (AUT) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0:8 | 1:1 | X | 1:1 | |
| 4. | Spain (ESP) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0:2 | 2:3 | 1:1 | X |
Group B
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |
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| 1. | Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | X | 0:0 | 8:0 | 11:0 | |
| 2. | Switzerland (SUI) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0:0 | X | 1:1 | 3:1 | |
| 3. | Afghanistan (AFG) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0:8 | 1:1 | X | 2:0 | |
| 4. | United States (USA) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0:11 | 1:3 | 0:2 | X |
Group C
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |
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| 1. | Pakistan (PAK) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | X | 6:1 | 2:1 | 3:1 | 9:0 | |
| 2. | Netherlands (NED) |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1:6 | X | 4:1 | 2:0 | 4:1 | |
| 3. | Belgium (BEL) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1:2 | 1:4 | X | 2:1 | 2:1 | |
| 4. | France (FRA) |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1:3 | 0:2 | 1:2 | X | 2:2 | |
| 5. | Denmark (DEN) |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0:9 | 1:4 | 1:2 | 2:2 | X |
Semi-finals
| Great Britain (GBR) | 2 – 0 | Pakistan (PAK) |
| India (IND) | 2 – 1 | Netherlands (NED) |
Bronze medal match
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 – 1 | Pakistan (PAK) |
| Netherlands (NED) | 4 – 1 | Pakistan (PAK) |
Final
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Participating nations
A total of 187(*) field hockey players from 13 nations competed at the London Games:
- Afghanistan (14)
- Argentina (12)
- Austria (12)
- Belgium (13)
- Denmark (16)
- France (14)
- Great Britain (12)
- India (20)
- Netherlands (12)
- Pakistan (19)
- Spain (14)
- Switzerland (15)
- United States (14)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Summary
| Place | Nation |
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| 1 | India (IND) |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) |
| 4 | Pakistan (PAK) Masood Ahmed Khan M Anwar Beg Moghal Mukhtar Bhatti Hamidullah Burki Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara (captain) Milton D'Mello Abdul Hamid Mahmoodul Hassan Abdul Ghafoor Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan Niaz Khan Shahzada Khurram Aziz Malik Abdul Razzaq Azizur Rehman Sheikh Rehmat Ullah Syed Muhammad Salim Shahzada Muhammad Shah-Rukh (vice-captain) Khawaja Muhammad Taqi |
| - | Argentina (ARG) Roberto Anderson Luis Bianchi Juan Brigo Roberto Márquez Carlos Mercali Tomas Quinn Valerio Sánchez Luis Scally Tomas Scally Tomas Wade Jorge Wilson Antonio Zucchi Oscar Arata Guillermo Dolan Oscar Vinnue |
| - | Switzerland (SUI) Roland Eger Otto Grolimund Emil Grub Jean Gruner Roger Jenzer Fritz Kehrer Fridolin Kurmann Pierre Pasche Jean Rippstein Jean-Pierre Roche Alois Schlee Eugen Siegrist Fritz Stuhlinger Karl Vogt Hans Walser |
| - | Belgium (BEL) Lucien Boekmans Robert Cayman Henri Delaval José Delaval Jean Dubois Jean Enderle Roger Goossens Jacques Kielbaye Harold Mechelynck Henri Niemegeerts Joseph van Muylders Lucien van Weydeveld André Waterkeyn Jean-Marie Jadoul Jean-Jacques Moucq Paul Toussaint |
| - | Austria (AUT) Adam Bischof Karl Brandl Karl Holzapfel Johann Koller Franz Lovato Walter Niederle Oskar Nowak Karl Ördögh Franz Raule Friedrich Rückert Ernst Schala Franz Strachota Siegfried Egger Wolfgang Klee Josef Pecanka |
| - | Afghanistan (AFG) Mohammad Attai G.Jagi Mohammad Khogaini Bakhteyar Gulam Mangal Abdul Kadir Nuristani Ahmed Jahan Nuristani Din Mohammad Nuristani Jahan Gulam Nuristani Mohammad Jahan Nuristani Mohammad Kadir Nuristani Mohammad Amin Nuristani Ahmad Tajik Khan Nasrullah Totakhail Ahmad Yusufzai |
| - | France (FRA) Bernard Boone Jacques Butin Guy Chevalier Jean-François Dubessay Claude Hauet Jean Hauet Michel Lacroix Robert Lucas Diran Manoukian André Meyer Philippe Reynaud Jean Rouget Jacques Thieffry Pierre Vandame |
| - | Spain (ESP) Manuel Agustín Jaime Allende Ricardo Cabot Boix Juan del Campo Enrique Estébanos Vela Pedro Farreras Valenti Pedro Gasset Eduardo Jardón Ron Fernando Jardón Ron Francisco Jardón Ron Luis Pratsmasó Manuel Royes Bohigas Rafael Ruiz Enrique Sáinz Ortueta |
| - | United States (USA) Donald Buck Claus Gerson Henry Goode Frederick Hewitt William Kurtz Hendrick Lubbers Harry Marcoplos Kurt Orban John Renwick Sanders Sims John Slade Walter Stude Felix Ucko William Wilson David Cuffmann Phillip Schoettle |
| - | Denmark (DEN) Preben Blach Ernest Bohr Otto Busch Eigil Hansen Jørgen Robert Hansen Vagn Hansen Johannes Robert Jensen Egon Johansen Svend Jørgensen Vagn Loft Erling Nielsen Jørgen Boye Nielsen Poul Moll Nielsen Henrik Sørensen Thormod Thomsen Mogens Venge |
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