Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was contested from November 23 to December 6, with twelve participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games. India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament. Pakistan won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze.

Participating nations

Twelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each. With the unbalanced seeding, the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi-finals, but only the top team in both Groups A and B advanced.

Group A
  1.  India
  2.  Singapore
  3.  Afghanistan
  4.  United States

Group B
  1.  Great Britain
  2.  Australia
  3.  Malaya
  4.  Kenya

Group C
  1.  Pakistan
  2.  Germany
  3.  Belgium
  4.  New Zealand

Preliminary round

Group A

November 26, 11:30
Singapore  6–1 (3–1)  United States
November 26, 14:30
India  14–0 (3–0)  Afghanistan
November 28, 11:30
Singapore  5–0 (4–0)  Afghanistan
November 28, 14:30
India  16–0 (6–0)  United States
November 30, 11:30
India  6–0 (3–0)  Singapore
November 30, 14:30
Afghanistan  5–1 (2–1)  United States
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 India 33003606
 Singapore 32011174
 Afghanistan 31025202
 United States 30032270

Group B

November 23, 11:30
Great Britain  2–2 (1–1)  Malaya
November 23, 14:30
Australia  2–0 (1–0)  Kenya
November 24, 16:00
Great Britain  1–1 (1–1)  Kenya
November 26, 16:00
Australia  3–2 (2–1)  Malaya
November 28, 16:00
Malaya  1–1 (0–1)  Kenya
November 30, 16:00
Great Britain  2–1 (1–0)  Australia
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Great Britain 3120544
 Australia 3201644
 Malaya 3021562
 Kenya 3021242
December 1, 14:00
Great Britain  1–0 (0–0)  Australia

Group C

November 23, 16:00
Pakistan  2–0 (1–0)  Belgium
November 24, 14:30
Germany  5–4 (3–3)  New Zealand
November 27, 14:30
Pakistan  5–1 (2–0)  New Zealand
November 27, 16:00
Germany  0–0 (0–0)  Belgium
November 29, 14:30
Pakistan  0–0 (0–0)  Germany
November 29, 16:00
New Zealand  3–0 (1–0)  Belgium
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Pakistan 3210715
 Germany 3120544
 New Zealand 31028102
 Belgium 3012051

Playoffs

Semi-finals Final
December 3
  India  1  
  Germany  0  
 
December 6
      India  1
    Pakistan  0
Third place
December 3 December 6
  Pakistan  3   Germany  3
  Great Britain  2     Great Britain  1
Semi-finals
December 3, 14:30
India  1–0 (0–0)  Germany
December 3, 16:00
Pakistan  3–2 (3–1)  Great Britain
Bronze medal match
December 6, 14:30
Germany  3–1 (2–1)  Great Britain
Gold medal match
6 December 1956
India  1 - 0  Pakistan
Gentle  38' Report
Umpires:
M. G. Cowlinshaw (GBR)
J. McDowell (AUS)

Medalists

 Gold  India


 Silver  Pakistan


 Bronze  Germany

References

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