# Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 29 July to 11 August 1984 at the Weingart Stadium, in Monterey Park.

## Men's tournament
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | West Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | India | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 7 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 4 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 5 | Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 2 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
| 6 | United States (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0 | 9–12th place semi-finals |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 7 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 5 | Kenya | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 1 | 9–12th place semi-finals |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 9 August | 9 August |
| West Germany | 1 |
| West Germany | 1 | 11 August | 11 August |
| Great Britain | 0 | 11 August | 11 August |
| Great Britain | 0 | West Germany | 1 |
| 9 August | 9 August | | West Germany | 1 |
| 9 August | 9 August | Pakistan | 2 |
| Australia | 0 | Pakistan | 2 |
| Pakistan | 1 | | |
| Pakistan | 1 | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| | | 11 August | 11 August |
| | | Great Britain | 3 |
| | | Australia | 2 |

### Final standings

* Pakistan
* West Germany
* Great Britain
* Australia
* India
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Spain
* Kenya
* Canada
* Malaysia
* United States

## Women's tournament

The United States and Australia played out a penalty shoot-out for the bronze medal after finishing equal on points and goal difference in the round robin stage, which the United States won 10–5.

### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 |
| | West Germany | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| | United States (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 5 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |

### Final standings

* Netherlands
* West Germany
* United States
* Australia
* Canada
* New Zealand

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | West Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | United States* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | Pakistan (PAK) Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Qasim Zia Nasir Ali Abdul Rashid Al-Hasan Ayaz Mahmood Naeem Akhtar Kalimullah Khan Manzoor Hussain Hassan Sardar Hanif Khan Khalid Hamid Shahid Ali Khan Tauqeer Dar Ishtiaq Ahmed Saleem Sherwani Mushtaq Ahmad | West Germany (FRG) Christian Bassemir Stefan Blöcher Dirk Brinkmann Heiner Dopp Carsten Fischer Tobias Frank Volker Fried Thomas Gunst Horst-Ulrich Hänel Karl-Joachim Hürter Andreas Keller Reinhard Krull Michael Peter Thomas Reck Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper Markku Slawyk | Great Britain (GBR) Paul Barber Stephen Batchelor Kulbir Bhaura Robert Cattrall Richard Dodds James Duthie Norman Hughes Sean Kerly Richard Leman Stephen Martin Billy McConnell Veryan Pappin Jon Potter Mark Precious Ian Taylor David Westcott |
| Women's tournament details | Netherlands (NED) Carina Benninga Fieke Boekhorst Marjolein Eijsvogel Det de Beus Irene Hendriks Elsemiek Hillen Sandra Le Poole Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen Martine Ohr Alette Pos Lisette Sevens Marieke van Doorn Aletta van Manen Sophie von Weiler Laurien Willemse Margriet Zegers | West Germany (FRG) Gabriele Appel Dagmar Breiken Beate Deininger Elke Drüll Birgit Hagen Birgit Hahn Martina Koch Sigrid Landgraf Corinna Lingnau Christina Moser Patricia Ott Hella Roth Gabriela Schley Susanne Schmid Ursula Thielemann Andrea Weiermann-Lietz | United States (USA) Beth Anders Beth Beglin Regina Buggy Gwen Cheeseman Sheryl Johnson Christine Larson-Mason Kathleen McGahey Anita Miller Leslie Milne Charlene Morett Diane Moyer Marcella Place Karen Shelton Brenda Stauffer Julie Staver Judy Strong |
* Penalty stroke competition for the bronze medal: United States defeated Australia 10–5.
* Both teams had a 2–2–1 record and 9 goals for and 7 goals against. Canada also had a 2–2–1 record but had 9 goals for and 11 goals against.
* West Germany finished just ahead of the tied teams with a 2–1–2 record to claim silver.