Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	FIH
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; 2016; 2020;
	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.

Field hockey was removed from the Summer Olympic Games at the 1924 Paris Games because of 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 field hockey's omission. Men's field hockey became a permanent feature at the next Olympic Games, the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.

For a long time, India dominated the Olympics, winning the men's gold medal in seven out of eight Olympics from 1928 to 1964. Later, Pakistan was also dominant, winning three gold and three silver medals between 1956 and 1984.

Since 1968, various teams from around the world have seen gold-medal success at the Olympics. 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.

Spain has appeared in the most Olympic men's competitions without winning the men's gold medal, having won silver three times in 1980, 1996, 2008 and bronze once in 1960. Australia had competed in 11 Olympics without winning gold before breaking their streak in 2004.

The first women's Olympic field 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. Until 1988 Olympics the tournament was invitational but FIH introduced qualification system from 1992 games.

Before 2016 games were played in 35-minute halves; now they are played in 15-minute quarters.

Men

Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Bronze medal match
Year	Host	Gold medal	Score	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
1908 Details	London	Template:Fh-big (England)	8–1	Template:Fh-big (Ireland)	Template:Fh-big (Scotland) Template:Fh-big (Wales)	^[1]
1912	Stockholm	No hockey tournament			No hockey tournament
1920 Details	Antwerp	Template:Fh-big	^[2]	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	^[2]	Template:Fh-big
1924	Paris	No hockey tournament			No hockey tournament
1928 Details	Amsterdam	Template:Fh-big	3–0	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	3–0	Template:Fh-big
1932 Details	Los Angeles	Template:Fh-big	^[3]	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	^[3]
1936 Details	Berlin	Template:Fh-big	8–1	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	4–3	Template:Fh-big
1948 Details	London	Template:Fh-big	4–0	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	1–1 (4–1) Penalty strokes	Template:Fh-big
1952 Details	Helsinki	Template:Fh-big	6–1	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big
1956 Details	Melbourne	Template:Fh-big	1–0	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big^[4]	3–1	Template:Fh-big
1960 Details	Rome	Template:Fh-big	1–0	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big
1964 Details	Tokyo	Template:Fh-big	1–0	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	3–2 after extra time	Template:Fh-big
1968 Details	Mexico City	Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big
1972 Details	Munich	Template:Fh-big	1–0	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big
1976 Details	Montreal	Template:Fh-big	1–0	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	3–2	Template:Fh-big
1980 Details	Moscow	Template:Fh-big	4–3	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big
1984 Details	Los Angeles	Template:Fh-big	2–1 after extra time	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	3–2	Template:Fh-big
1988 Details	Seoul	Template:Fh-big	3–1	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big
1992 Details	Barcelona	Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	4–3	Template:Fh-big
1996 Details	Atlanta	Template:Fh-big	3–1	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	3–2	Template:Fh-big
2000 Details	Sydney	Template:Fh-big	3–3 (5–4) Penalty strokes	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	6–3	Template:Fh-big
2004 Details	Athens	Template:Fh-big	2–1 after extra time	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	4–3 after extra time	Template:Fh-big
2008 Details	Beijing	Template:Fh-big	1–0	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	6–2	Template:Fh-big
2012 Details	London	Template:Fh-big	2–1	Template:Fh-big	Template:Fh-big	3–1	Template:Fh-big
2016 Details	Rio de Janeiro
2020 Details	Tokyo

Team appearances

Team	1908	1920	1928	1932	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total
Afghanistan	–	–	–	–	6th	8th	–	11th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3
Argentina	–	–	–	–	–	5th	–	–	–	–	14th	14th	11th	–	–	8th	11th	9th	8th	11th	–	10th	Q		10
Australia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5th	6th	3rd	2nd	5th	2nd	–	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	Q		14
Austria	–	–	9th	–	–	8th	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3
Belgium	–	3rd	4th	–	9th	5th	9th	7th	11th	11th	9th	10th	9th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	5th	Q		13
Brazil	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q		1
Canada	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13th	–	–	10th	–	12th	11th	–	–	10th	–	10th	–	Q		7
China	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	–	–		1
CIS#	–																10th	–							1
Cuba	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Denmark	–	2nd	5th	–	10th	11th	–	–	16th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		5
East Germany	–										11th	–	–	–	–	–	–								1
Egypt	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12th	–	–	12th	–	–			2
England	1st	–																							1
Finland	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
France	6th	4th	5th	–	4th	8th	11th	–	10th	–	10th	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–			9
Great Britain	–	1st	–	–	–	2nd	3rd	4th	4th	9th	12th	6th	–	–	3rd	1st	6th	7th	6th	9th	5th	4th	Q		16
Germany	5th	–	3rd	–	2nd	–	5th	–									1st	4th	5th	3rd	1st	1st	Q		10
Hong Kong	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Hungary	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
India	–	–	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	3rd	7th	1st	5th	6th	7th	8th	7th	7th	–	12th	Q		20
Ireland	2nd	–																					Q		2
Italy	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	–	13th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2
Team	1908	1920	1928	1932	1936	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total
Japan	–	–	–	2nd	7th	–	–	–	14th	7th	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	6
Kenya	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	7th	6th	8th	13th	–	–	9th	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–			7
Malaysia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	–	9th	15th	8th	8th	–	10th	–	9th	11th	11th	–	–	–	–		9
Mexico	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16th	16th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2
Netherlands	–	–	2nd	–	3rd	3rd	2nd	–	9th	7th	5th	4th	4th	–	6th	3rd	4th	1st	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	Q		17
New Zealand	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	5th	13th	7th	9th	1st	–	7th	–	8th	–	–	6th	7th	9th			11
Pakistan	–	–	–	–	–	4th	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	–	1st	5th	3rd	6th	4th	5th	8th	7th	–		16
Poland	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	–	12th	–	–	11th	–	4th	–	–	–	–	12th	–	–	–	–		5
Scotland	3rd	–																							1
Singapore	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
South Africa	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	10th	12th	11th			4
South Korea	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	5th	2nd	8th	6th	8th	–		6
Soviet Union#	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	–	7th	–								2
Spain	–	–	7th	–	–	11th	–	–	3rd	4th	6th	7th	6th	2nd	8th	9th	5th	2nd	9th	4th	2nd	6th	Q		16
Switzerland	–	–	7th	–	5th	5th	7th	–	15th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		5
Tanzania	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–			1
Uganda	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–			1
Unified Team of Germany	–							3rd	7th	5th	–														3
United States	–	–	–	3rd	11th	11th	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	–	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–		6
Wales	3rd	–																							1
West Germany	–										4th	1st	5th	–	2nd	2nd	–								5
Zimbabwe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–			1
Total	6	4	9	3	11	13	12	12	16	15	16	16	11	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	270

# = states or teams that have since split into two or more independent nations

45 teams have competed in at least one Olympic Game.

Women

Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Bronze medal 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	South Korea	Netherlands	3–1	Great Britain
1992 Details	Barcelona	Spain	2–1 after extra time	Germany	Great Britain	4–3	South Korea
1996 Details	Atlanta	Australia	3–1	South Korea	Netherlands	0–0 (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	Netherlands	2–0	Argentina	Great Britain	3–1	New Zealand
2016 Details	Rio de Janeiro
2020 Details	Tokyo

Team appearances

Team	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total
Argentina	–	–	7th	–	7th	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	Q		7
Australia	–	4th	1st	5th	1st	1st	5th	5th	5th	Q		9
Austria	5th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Belgium	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th			1
Canada	–	5th	6th	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–		3
Czechoslovakia#	2nd	–	–	–	–							1
China	–	–	–	–	–	5th	4th	2nd	6th	Q		5
Germany	–			2nd	6th	7th	1st	4th	7th	Q		7
Great Britain	–	–	4th	3rd	4th	8th	–	6th	3rd	Q		7
India	4th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q		2
Japan	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	10th	9th	Q	Q	4
Netherlands	–	1st	3rd	6th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	Q		9
New Zealand	–	6th	–	8th	–	6th	6th	12th	4th	Q		7
Poland	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–			1
South Africa	–	–	–	–	–	10th	9th	11th	10th			4
South Korea	–	–	2nd	4th	2nd	9th	7th	9th	8th	Q		8
Soviet Union#	3rd	–	–	–								1
Spain	–	–	–	1st	8th	4th	10th	7th	–	Q		6
United States	–	3rd	8th	–	5th	–	–	8th	12th	Q		6
West Germany	–	2nd	5th	–								2
Zimbabwe	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–			1
Total	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	104

# = states that have since split into two or more independent nations

Australia and the Netherlands are the only teams to have competed at almost every Olympic Games, except for only one edition; 21 teams have competed in at least one Olympic Games.

Medal table

The Indian Hockey team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, later going on to defeat Germany 8–1 in the final

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)^*	8	1	2	11
2	Netherlands (NED)	5	5	6	16
3	Australia (AUS)	4	3	5	12
4	Germany (GER)	4	2	2	8
5	Pakistan (PAK)	3	3	2	8
6	Great Britain (GBR)	3	2	6	11
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	2	2	4
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	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	0	1	1
Total		31	31	32	94

^* Includes 3 gold medals as British India

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	12	Years
Afghanistan (AFG)										12	14		X															3
Argentina (ARG)											12					X	X	X			X	X	X	X	X		MW	10
Australia (AUS)													X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	MW	14
Austria (AUT)								16			12	11																3
Belgium (BEL)						14		18		12	13	11	X	X	X	X	X	X								X	MW	13
Canada (CAN)															X			X		X	X			X		X		6
China (CHN)																										X	W	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	MW	14
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	MW	17
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		M	13
Italy (ITA)												11		X														2
Japan (JPN)									11	11				X	X	X											W	6
South Korea (KOR)																					X		X	X	X	X	MW	6
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	MW	14
New Zealand (NZL)													X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X			X	X	MW	11
Pakistan (PAK)											19	16	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	X	X	M	15
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	M	16
Singapore (SIN)													X															1
Soviet Union (URS)																			X		X							2
South Africa (RSA)																							X		X	X	MW	4
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				W	7
Rhodesia (RHO)															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	12	21

* Four teams competed: England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Footnotes

↑ There was no bronze medal match for the 1908 Games in London.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The 1920 tournament was played in a round-robin format, so there were no gold medal or bronze medal matches. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "round" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Round-robin format play in 1980 for women's tournament Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "moscow" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Round Robin format use in 1984 women's tournament
↑ The final standings show both the United States and Australia were tied in points and had same margin in goal difference (both having scored 9 goals and conceded 7 goals), therefore a penalty stroke competition was played to decide the bronze medal winner, with the United States winning.

[1] There was no bronze medal match for the 1908 Games in London.

[round-2] 2.0 ^2.1 The 1920 tournament was played in a round-robin format, so there were no gold medal or bronze medal matches. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "round" defined multiple times with different content

[year-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Only three teams participated in the 1932 tournament, so they played a round-robin format.

[EUA-4] 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.

[moscow-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Round-robin format play in 1980 for women's tournament Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "moscow" defined multiple times with different content

[6] Round Robin format use in 1984 women's tournament

[7] The final standings show both the United States and Australia were tied in points and had same margin in goal difference (both having scored 9 goals and conceded 7 goals), therefore a penalty stroke competition was played to decide the bronze medal winner, with the United States winning.

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