Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

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

Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

Governing body	FIH
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
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Medalists

Hockey, or more specifically, field hockey, was introduced at the 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.

History

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 the 1988 Olympics the tournament was invitational but FIH introduced a qualification system since the 1992 games.

Men

Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Bronze medal 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	^[3]	Japan	United States	^[3]
1936 Details	Berlin	India	8–1	Germany	Netherlands	4–3	France
1948 Details	London	India	4–0	Great Britain	Netherlands	1–1 4–1 (Replay)	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 (5–4) Penalty strokes	South 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	Germany	2–1	Netherlands	Australia	3–1	Great Britain
2016 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Argentina	4–2	Belgium	Germany	1–1 (4–3) Penalty shootout	Netherlands
2020 Details	Tokyo

Team appearances

Team	08	20	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Total
Afghanistan	–	–	–	–	6th	8th	–	11th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3
Argentina	–	–	–	–	–	5th	–	–	–	–	14th	14th	11th	–	–	8th	11th	9th	8th	11th	–	10th	1st		11
Australia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5th	6th	3rd	2nd	5th	2nd	–	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	6th		14
Austria	–	–	9th	–	–	8th	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3
Belgium	–	3rd	4th	–	9th	5th	9th	7th	11th	11th	9th	10th	9th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9th	5th	2nd		14
Brazil	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12th		1
Canada	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13th	–	–	10th	–	12th	11th	–	–	10th	–	10th	–	11th		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	9th		16
Germany	5th	–	3rd	–	2nd	–	5th	–									1st	4th	5th	3rd	1st	1st	3rd		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	8th		20
Ireland	2nd	–																					10th		2
Italy	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	–	13th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2
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	4th		17
New Zealand	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	5th	13th	7th	9th	1st	–	7th	–	8th	–	–	6th	7th	9th	7th		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	5th		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.

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

Nations	–	–	–	3	–	4	–	9	3	11	13	12
Field hockey players	–	–	–	66	–	52	–	137	39	161	187	144

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

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	Great Britain	3–3 (2–0) Penalty shootout	Netherlands	Germany	2–1	New Zealand
2020 Details	Tokyo

Team appearances

Team	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Total
Argentina	–	–	7th	–	7th	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	7th		7
Australia	–	4th	1st	5th	1st	1st	5th	5th	5th	6th		9
Austria	5th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Belgium	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	–		1
Canada	–	5th	6th	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–		3
Czechoslovakia#	2nd	–	–	–	–							1
China	–	–	–	–	–	5th	4th	2nd	6th	9th		5
Germany	–			2nd	6th	7th	1st	4th	7th	3rd		7
Great Britain	–	–	4th	3rd	4th	8th	–	6th	3rd	1st		7
India	4th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12th		2
Japan	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	10th	9th	11th	Q	4
Netherlands	–	1st	3rd	6th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd		9
New Zealand	–	6th	–	8th	–	6th	6th	12th	4th	4th		7
Poland	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–			1
South Africa	–	–	–	–	–	10th	9th	11th	10th			4
South Korea	–	–	2nd	4th	2nd	9th	7th	9th	8th	10th		8
Soviet Union#	3rd	–	–	–								1
Spain	–	–	–	1st	8th	4th	10th	7th	–	8th		6
United States	–	3rd	8th	–	5th	–	–	8th	12th	5th		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

Total

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)^*	8	1	2	11
2	Netherlands (NED)	5	6	6	17
3	Germany (GER)	5	4	5	14
4	Australia (AUS)	4	3	5	12
5	Great Britain (GBR)	4	1	5	10
6	Pakistan (PAK)	3	3	2	8
7	Spain (ESP)	1	3	1	5
8	Argentina (ARG)	1	2	2	5
9	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
9	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	0	0	1
11	South Korea (KOR)	0	3	0	3
12	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	1	2
13	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
19	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	2	2
19	United States (USA)	0	0	2	2
Total		33	33	33	99

^* Includes 3 gold medals as British India

Men

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	Germany (GER)	4	3	4	11
3	Pakistan (PAK)	3	3	2	8
4	Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	3	7
5	Netherlands (NED)	2	4	3	9
6	Australia (AUS)	1	3	5	9
8	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
8	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
10	Spain (ESP)	0	3	1	4
11	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	1	2
12	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
16	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1
16	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Total		23	23	23	69

^* Includes 3 gold medals as British India

Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	3	2	3	8
2	Australia (AUS)	3	0	0	3
3	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	2	3
5	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
5	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	0	0	1
7	Argentina (ARG)	0	2	2	4
8	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	0	2
9	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
12	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1
12	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

Footnotes

↑ There was no bronze medal match for the 1908 Games in London.
1 2 The 1920 tournament was played in a round-robin format, so there were no gold medal or bronze medal matches.
1 2 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.
1 2 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 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.

Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

Tournaments

1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
- men
- women
1984
- men
- women
1988
- men
- women
1992
- men
- women
1996
- men
- women
2000
- men
- women
2004
- men
- women
2008
- men
- women
2012
- men
- women
2016
- men
- women

Qualifications

Men	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Squads

Men	1908 1920 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Sports at the Olympic Games

Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Beach volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

Future sports	Baseball Softball Karate Skateboarding Sport climbing Surfing

Past sports	Basque pelota Cricket Croquet Jeu de paume Lacrosse Military patrol Polo Rackets Roque Rugby union (15 a-side) Tug of war Water motorsports

Demonstration sports	American football Australian football Bandy Bowling Budo Disabled skiing Gliding Glima Ice stock sport Korfball La canne Pesäpallo Roller hockey Savate Skijoring Sled dog racing Speed skiing Water skiing Winter pentathlon

Unofficial sports	Angling Art competitions Ballooning Boules Cannon shooting Cycle polo Fire fighting Gaelic football Hurling Kaatsen Kite flying Life saving Longue paume Motor racing Motorcycle racing Pigeon racing Wushu

See also: Paralympic sports

International field hockey

FIH World Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior World League Champions Trophy Olympics Youth Olympics World Rankings Achievements by nation

Africa	AFHF – African Cup for Nations

Americas	PAHF – Pan American Cup Pan American Junior Championship

Asia	ASHF – Asia Cup Junior Asia Cup

Europe	EHF – Nations Championship EuroHockey Nations Challenge EuroHockey Nations Trophy

Oceania	OHF – Oceania Cup

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Friendship Games Pacific Games Pan American Games

Others	Pannonia Cup Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Champions Challenge I (defunct) Champions Challenge II (defunct)

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Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

History

Men

Summaries

Team appearances

Nations

Women

Summaries

Team appearances

Medal table

Total

Men

Women

See also

Footnotes