# Field hockey at the 1971 Pan American Games

The field hockey tournament at the 1971 Pan American Games was the second edition of the field hockey event at the Pan American Games. It took place in Cali, Colombia from 1 to 12 August 1971.
The defending champions Argentina won their second title in a row by defeating Mexico 1–0 in the final. Canada took the bronze medal by defeating Chile 1–0.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's field hockey | Argentina | Mexico | Canada |

## Results
### Round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Canada | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | Chile | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | United States | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 7 | |
| 6 | Jamaica | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | |
| 8 | Guyana | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Chile and the United States finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in an extra match to determine fourth place in the pool, which Chile won 2–1.
* 1 August 1971
| Jamaica | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* 1 August 1971
| Mexico | 2–1 | United States |
* 1 August 1971
| Argentina | 3–1 | Chile |
* 1 August 1971
| Canada | 5–0 | Guyana |
* 2 August 1971
| United States | 0–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* 2 August 1971
| Jamaica | 1–0 | Chile |
* 2 August 1971
| Canada | 1–0 | Mexico |
* 2 August 1971
| Argentina | 4–0 | Guyana |
* 3 August 1971
| Argentina | 0–0 | Jamaica |
* 3 August 1971
| Chile | 2–0 | Mexico |
* 3 August 1971
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5–2 | Guyana |
* 3 August 1971
| Canada | 5–1 | United States |
* 5 August 1971
| Mexico | 1–0 | Guyana |
* 5 August 1971
| Canada | 1–0 | Jamaica |
* 5 August 1971
| Chile | 1–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* 5 August 1971
| Argentina | 5–0 | United States |
* 6 August 1971
| Argentina | 1–0 | Canada |
* 6 August 1971
| Chile | 1–1 | Guyana |
* 6 August 1971
| Mexico | 2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* 6 August 1971
| United States | 3–1 | Jamaica |
* 7 August 1971
| Chile | 1–0 | Canada |
* 7 August 1971
| United States | 3–1 | Guyana |
* 7 August 1971
| Argentina | 4–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* 7 August 1971
| Mexico | 0–0 | Jamaica |
* 8 August 1971
| Argentina | 0–0 | Mexico |
* 8 August 1971
| Guyana | 1–0 | Jamaica |
* 8 August 1971
| United States | 2–1 | Chile |
* 8 August 1971
| Canada | 2–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |

#### Fourth place play-off

* 9 August 1971
| Chile | 2–1 | United States |

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 10 August | 10 August |
| Argentina | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 12 August | 12 August |
| Chile | 0 | 12 August | 12 August |
| Chile | 0 | Argentina | 1 |
| 10 August | 10 August | | Argentina | 1 |
| 10 August | 10 August | Mexico | 0 |
| Mexico | 2 | Mexico | 0 |
| Canada | 1 | | |
| Canada | 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 12 August | 12 August |
| | | Canada | 1 |
| | | Chile | 0 |

#### Semi-finals

* 10 August 1971
| Argentina | 3–0 | Chile |
* 10 August 1971
| Mexico | 2–1 | Canada |

#### Bronze medal match

* 12 August 1971
| Canada | 1–0 | Chile |

#### Gold medal match

* 12 August 1971
| Argentina | 1–0 | Mexico |

## Final standings

* Argentina
* Mexico
* Canada
* Chile
* United States
* Jamaica
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Guyana