Field hockey at the Summer Olympics - wikipedia 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 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 2020 Medalists 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. Contents 1 History 2 Men 2.1 Summaries 2.2 Team appearances 2.3 Nations 3 Women 3.1 Summaries 3.2 Team appearances 4 Medal table 4.1 Total 4.2 Men 4.3 Women 5 See also 6 Footnotes 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 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 ) 1912 Stockholm No hockey tournament No hockey tournament 1920 Details Antwerp Great Britain Denmark Belgium 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 Japan United States 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 United Team of Germany 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 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 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 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Belgium -- 3rd 4th -- 9th 5th 9th 7th 11th 11th 9th 10th 9th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9th 5th 2nd 14 Brazil -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12th Canada -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13th -- -- 10th -- 12th 11th -- -- 10th -- 10th -- 11th 7 China -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11th -- -- Unified Team -- 10th -- Cuba -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Denmark -- 2nd 5th -- 10th 11th -- -- 16th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 East Germany -- 11th -- -- -- -- -- -- Egypt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12th -- -- 12th -- -- -- England 1st -- Finland -- -- -- -- -- -- 9th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Hungary -- -- -- -- 8th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 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 Italy -- -- -- -- -- -- 11th -- 13th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 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 -- Singapore -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- South Africa -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10th -- 10th 12th 11th South Korea -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10th -- 5th 2nd 8th 6th 8th -- 6 Soviet Union # -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3rd -- 7th -- 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Uganda -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- United Team of Germany -- 3rd 7th 5th -- United States -- -- -- 3rd 11th 11th -- 12th -- -- -- -- -- -- 11th -- -- 12th -- -- -- -- -- 6 Wales 3rd -- West Germany -- 4th 1st 5th -- 2nd 2nd -- 5 Zimbabwe -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Total 6 9 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 Games. 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 16 Years Afghanistan ( AFG ) 12 14 X 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 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 Cuba ( CUB ) X Denmark ( DEN ) 12 13 13 16 X 5 Egypt ( EGY ) X X Finland ( FIN ) 11 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 West Germany ( FRG ) X X X X 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 Hungary ( HUN ) 15 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 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 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 X 16 Poland ( POL ) 11 X X X X 5 Rhodesia ( RHO ) X Spain ( ESP ) 15 14 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16 Singapore ( SIN ) X Soviet Union ( URS ) X X South Africa ( RSA ) X X X X Switzerland ( SUI ) 16 13 15 11 X 5 Tanzania ( TAN ) X Unified Team ( EUN ) X Uganda ( UGA ) X United States ( USA ) 13 14 14 X X X X 7 Rhodesia ( RHO ) X Nations -- -- -- -- -- 9 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 16 * Four teams competed : England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Women Summaries Year Host Final Bronze medal match Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place 1980 Details Moscow Zimbabwe Czechoslovakia Soviet Union India 1984 Details Los Angeles Netherlands West Germany United States ( 10 -- 5 ) Penalty strokes 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 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 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 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Belgium -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11th -- Canada -- 5th 6th 7th -- -- -- -- -- -- Czechoslovakia # 2nd -- -- -- -- 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 Japan -- -- -- -- -- -- 8th 10th 9th 10th Q Netherlands -- 1st 3rd 6th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 9 New Zealand -- 6th -- 8th -- 6th 6th 12th 4th 4th 7 Poland 6th -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- South Africa -- -- -- -- -- 10th 9th 11th 10th South Korea -- -- 2nd 4th 2nd 9th 7th 9th 8th 11th 8 Soviet Union # 3rd -- -- -- Spain -- -- -- 1st 8th 4th 10th 7th -- 8th 6 United States -- 3rd 8th -- 5th -- -- 8th 12th 5th 6 West Germany -- 2nd 5th -- Zimbabwe 1st -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 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 India ( IND ) 8 11 Netherlands ( NED ) 5 6 6 17 Australia ( AUS ) 5 12 Great Britain ( GBR ) 6 12 5 Germany ( GER ) 10 6 Pakistan ( PAK ) 8 7 Spain ( ESP ) 5 8 Argentina ( ARG ) 5 9 West Germany ( FRG ) 0 10 New Zealand ( NZL ) 0 0 Zimbabwe ( ZIM ) 0 0 12 South Korea ( KOR ) 0 0 13 Belgium ( BEL ) 0 14 China ( CHN ) 0 0 Denmark ( DEN ) 0 0 Japan ( JPN ) 0 0 Czechoslovakia ( TCH ) 0 0 18 Soviet Union ( URS ) 0 0 United States ( USA ) 0 0 20 United Team of Germany ( EUA ) 0 0 Total 33 33 34 100 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 India ( IND ) 8 11 Pakistan ( PAK ) 8 Great Britain ( GBR ) 9 Germany ( GER ) 7 5 Netherlands ( NED ) 9 6 Australia ( AUS ) 5 9 7 West Germany ( FRG ) 0 8 Argentina ( ARG ) 0 0 New Zealand ( NZL ) 0 0 10 Spain ( ESP ) 0 11 Belgium ( BEL ) 0 12 Denmark ( DEN ) 0 0 Japan ( JPN ) 0 0 South Korea ( KOR ) 0 0 15 Soviet Union ( URS ) 0 0 United States ( USA ) 0 0 United Team of Germany ( EUA ) 0 0 Total 23 23 24 70 Includes 3 gold medals as British India Women Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Netherlands ( NED ) 8 Australia ( AUS ) 0 0 Germany ( GER ) Great Britain ( GBR ) 0 5 Spain ( ESP ) 0 0 Zimbabwe ( ZIM ) 0 0 7 Argentina ( ARG ) 0 8 South Korea ( KOR ) 0 0 9 China ( CHN ) 0 0 West Germany ( FRG ) 0 0 Czechoslovakia ( TCH ) 0 0 12 Soviet Union ( URS ) 0 0 United States ( USA ) 0 0 Total 10 10 10 30 See also List of Olympic venues in field hockey Footnotes Jump up ^ There was no bronze medal match for the 1908 Games in London. ^ Jump up to : The 1920 tournament was played in a round - robin format, so there were no gold medal or bronze medal matches. ^ Jump up to : Only three teams participated in the 1932 tournament, so they played a round - robin format. Jump up ^ The United 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. ^ Jump up to : Round - robin format play in 1980 for women 's tournament Jump up ^ Round Robin format use in 1984 women 's tournament Jump up ^ 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 men women 2000 men women men women 2008 men women 2012 men women 2016 men women 2020 men women Qualifications Men 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 2020 Women 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 2020 Squads Men 1908 1920 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Women 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 List of medalists List of venues 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 ( 2020 ) Baseball Softball Karate Skateboarding Sport climbing Surfing Past sports Aeronautics Alpinism 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 Pro League Hockey Series 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 Pan American Challenge Indoor Pan American Cup Asia AHF -- Asia Cup Asian Champions Trophy Junior Asia Cup Indoor Asia Cup Europe EHF -- Nations Championship EuroHockey Nations Challenge EuroHockey Nations Championship II Oceania OHF -- Oceania Cup Games All - Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Friendship Games Pacific Games Pan American Games South American Games Universiade Others Pannonia Cup Sultan Azlan Shah Cup World League ( defunct ) Champions Challenge I ( defunct ) Champions Challenge II ( defunct ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Field_hockey_at_the_Summer_Olympics&oldid=850077673 '' Categories : Field hockey at the Summer Olympics International field hockey competitions Sports at the Summer Olympics Field hockey at multi-sport events Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from June 2014 Talk Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা Català Čeština Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Français Frysk 한국어 Հայերեն हिन्दी Hrvatski Italiano עברית Lietuvių Magyar Македонски मराठी Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Slovenčina Српски / srpski Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська اردو Tiếng Việt 中文 27 more Edit links This page was last edited on 13 July 2018, at 12 : 55 ( UTC ). 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Question: since when has hockey been a regular feature in the olympic games
Answer: 1908 Games