# Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The field hockey tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the fifth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.
All games took place either in the Hockey Stadion or on the Hockey Stadion Field No.2. Both of the field hockey grounds were near the Olympic Stadium located on the Reichssportfeld. The competition was held from 4 August 1936 to 15 August 1936. The field hockey matches saw a total attendance of 184,103 and 157,531 tickets were sold. The Indian team scored 38 goals, but only 1 goal was scored against them. British India were the Gold medalists.
Only a men's competition occurred that year.

## Medal summary

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| India (IND) Richard Allen Dhyan Chand Ali Dara Lionel Emmett Peter Fernandes Joseph Galibardy Earnest Goodsir-Cullen Mohammed Hussain Sayed Jaffar Ahmed Khan Ahsan Khan Mirza Masood Cyril Michie Baboo Nimal Joseph Phillips Shahab-ud-Din Shabban G.S. Garewal Roop Singh Carlyle Tapsell | Germany (GER)Hermann auf der Heide Ludwig Beisiegel Erich Cuntz Karl Dröse Alfred Gerdes Werner Hamel Harald Huffmann Erwin Keller Herbert Kemmer Werner Kubitzki Paul Mehlitz Karl Menke Fritz Messner Detlef Okrent Heinrich Peter Heinz Raack Carl Ruck Hans Scherbart Heinz Schmalix Tito Warnholtz Kurt Weiß Erich Zander | Netherlands (NED)Ernst van den Berg Piet Gunning Ru van der Haar Inge Heybroek Tonny van Lierop Henk de Looper Jan de Looper Aat de Roos Hans Schnitger René Sparenberg Rein de Waal Max Westerkamp |
Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows also only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament. The reserve players are not listed as medalists.

## Results
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | |
* 5 August 1936 16:30
| Japan | 5–1 | United States |
| Takeo Ito 14' ? ?', ?', ?', ?' | Report | Horace Disston ?' |
* Umpires: J. Schenkmann (SUI) A. Lepètre (FRA)
* 5 August 1936 18:00
| India | 4–0 | Hungary |
| Tapsell 25' R. Singh ?', ?' Shahab-ud-Din 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jaap Quarles van Ufford (NED) Albert Demaurex (SUI)
* 7 August 1936 16:30
| India | 7–0 | United States |
| Jaffar 28', 34' Chand 33', ?' R. Singh 55', ?' Goodsir-Cullen ?' | Report | |
* Umpires: R. Marsily (BEL) Helmut Rohrig (GER)
* 8 August 1936 18:00
| Japan | 3–1 | Hungary |
| ? ?', ?', ?' | Report | Háray ?' |
* Umpires: Paul Reinberg (GER) Yaqub (AFG)
* 10 August 1936 16:30
| India | 9–0 | Japan |
| Fernandes ?', ?' Tapsell ?', ?' Chand ?', ?', ?', ?' R. Singh ?' | Report | |
* Umpires: M. Furgeot (FRA) Theo Everkink (NED)
* 10 August 1936 18:00
| Hungary | 3–1 | United States |
| Cseri ?' Márffy ?' Háray ?' | Report | Sheaffer ?' |
* Umpires: F. Thielemann (GER) Jehan Daubresse (FRA)

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 1 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 1 | |
* 4 August 1936 18:00
| Afghanistan | 6–6 | Denmark |
| ? ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' | Report | Kirkegaard ?' Prahm ?' Busch ?' Holst ?', ?', ?' |
* Umpires: René Jassoy (GER) A. Croset (SUI)
* 6 August 1936 18:00
| Germany | 6–0 | Denmark |
| Beisiegel 21', ?' Mehlitz 26' Weiß ?', ?', ?' | Report | |
* Umpires: A. de la Bue (BEL) Theo van 't Lam (NED)
* 8 August 1936 16:30
| Germany | 4–1 | Afghanistan |
| Cuntz 25', ?' Hamel ?' Messner ?' | Report | Sultan 68' |
* Umpires: A. de la Bue (BEL) Albert Demaurex (SUI)

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
* 4 August 1936 16:30
| France | 1–0 | Switzerland |
| Sartorius 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Bruce Turnbull (GBR) Theo Everkink (NED)
* 4 August 1936 18:00
| Belgium | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Delaval 7' Delheid ?' | Report | Schnitger 14', 26' |
* Umpires: Paul Reinberg (GER) M. Furgeot (FRA)
* 6 August 1936 16:30
| Netherlands | 4–1 | Switzerland |
| van den Berg 22', ?', 70' Schnitger 30' | Report | Annen 27' |
* Umpires: Robert Liégeois (BEL) Hörmann (GER)
* 7 August 1936 18:00
| Belgium | 2–2 | France |
| Rensburg ?' Delaval ?' | Report | Soulé ?' Goubert 65' |
* Umpires: Jagan Nath (IND) Hans Goerne (GER)
* 9 August 1936 16:30
| Switzerland | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Scherrer ?' Courvoisier 67' | Report | Delheid 45' |
* Umpires: Hörmann (GER) Theo van 't Lam (NED)
* 9 August 1936 18:00
| Netherlands | 3–1 | France |
| van den Berg 12' de Roos ?' Gunning ?' | Report | Rouget ?' |
* Umpires: Bruce Turnbull (GBR) Charles Newham (GBR)

### Classification round

* 11 August 1936 18:00
| Afghanistan | 4–1 | Belgium |
| Sultan ?' Al-Zadah ?' Shuja ud-Din ?', ?' | Report | de Melen ?' |
* Umpires: Helmut Rohrig (GER) Bruce Turnbull (GBR)
* 11 August 1936 16:30
| Switzerland | 5–1 | Denmark |
| Courvoisier ?' Scherrer ?' Fehr ?' Gilliéron ?' Annen ?' | Report | Holst ?' |
* Umpires: Pankaj Gupta (IND) R. Marsily (BEL)
* 13 August 1936 18:00
| Hungary | 1–0 | Belgium |
| Kormos ?' | Report | |
* Umpires: René Jassoy (GER) Yaqub (AFG)
* 13 August 1936 16:30
| Japan | 4–1 | Denmark |
| ? ?', ?', ?', ?' | Report | ? ?' |
* Umpires: Hans Goerne (GER) J. Schenkmann (SUI)
* 13 August 1936 18:00
| Afghanistan | 3–0 | United States |
| Sultan 15', 39' Shuja ud-Din 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: F. Thielemann (GER) Charles Newham (GBR)

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 12 August | 12 August |
| India | 10 |
| India | 10 | 15 August | 15 August |
| France | 0 | 15 August | 15 August |
| France | 0 | India | 8 |
| 12 August | 12 August | | India | 8 |
| 12 August | 12 August | Germany | 1 |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | | |
| Netherlands | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 14 August | 14 August |
| | | Netherlands | 4 |
| | | France | 3 |

#### Semi-finals

* 12 August 1936 16:30
| India | 10–0 | France |
| Chand ?', ?', ?', ?' Singh ?', ?', ?' Dara ?', ?' Tapsell ?' | Report | |
* Umpires: Paul Reinberg (GER) A. de la Bue {BEL)
* 12 August 1936 18:00
| Germany | 3–0 | Netherlands |
| Weiß 22', 60' Messner 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jagan Nath (IND) M. Furgeot (FRA)

#### Bronze medal match

* 14 August 1936 16:30
| Netherlands | 4–3 | France |
| van den Berg ?', ?' Schnitger ?', ?' | Report | Soulé ?', ?', 58' |
* Umpires: Hörmann (GER) Jagan Nath (IND)

#### Gold medal match

* 15 August 1936 11:00
| India | 8–1 | Germany |
| Singh 33' Tapsell 42' Chand ?', 47', 70' Jaffar 52' Dara ?', ?' | Report | Weiß 51' |
* Umpires: Robert Liégeois (BEL) Theo van 't Lam (NED)
The final was originally scheduled also on 14 August, just after the bronze medal match. But due to incessant rain, the ground was unplayable and the match was postponed to the following morning.

## Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 22 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 214 field hockey players were entered.
A total of 161(*) field hockey players from 11 nations competed at the Berlin Games:
* Afghanistan (12 - from a squad of 18)
* Belgium (12 - from a squad of 22)
* Denmark (13 - from a squad of 17)
* France (18 - from a squad of 22)
* Germany (22)
* Hungary (15 - from a squad of 21)
* India (19 - from a squad of 22)
* Japan (11 - from a squad of 15)
* Netherlands (12 - from a squad of 18)
* Switzerland (13 - from a squad of 22)
* United States (14 - from a squad of 15)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. The consolation rounds did not count.
There are only a few reserve players known. Five players from Belgium, three players from Denmark, and two players from Japan only competed in the consolation rounds, but not all their names are known.

## Final standings

* India
* Germany
* Netherlands
* France
* Switzerland
* Afghanistan
* Japan
* Hungary
* Belgium
* Denmark
* United States
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