# Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Pakistan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 9 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 8 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 3 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 0 | 9–12th place semi-finals |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 15 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 9 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 4 | India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 4 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 3 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 2 | 9–12th place semi-finals |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 25 August | 25 August |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 27 August | 27 August |
| Germany | 2 | 27 August | 27 August |
| Germany | 2 | Netherlands | 1 |
| 25 August | 25 August | | Netherlands | 1 |
| 25 August | 25 August | Australia (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Spain | 3 | Australia (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Australia | 6 | | |
| Australia | 6 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 27 August | 27 August |
| | | Germany (a.e.t.) | 4 |
| | | Spain | 3 |

### Final standings

* Australia
* Netherlands
* Germany
* Spain
* Pakistan
* New Zealand
* India
* South Korea
* Great Britain
* South Africa
* Argentina
* Egypt

## Women's tournament
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 5 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 24 August | 24 August |
| Netherlands (pen.) | 2 (4) |
| Netherlands (pen.) | 2 (4) | 26 August | 26 August |
| Argentina | 2 (2) | 26 August | 26 August |
| Argentina | 2 (2) | Netherlands | 1 |
| 24 August | 24 August | | Netherlands | 1 |
| 24 August | 24 August | Germany | 2 |
| China | 0 (3) | Germany | 2 |
| Germany (pen.) | 0 (4) | | |
| Germany (pen.) | 0 (4) | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 26 August | 26 August |
| | | Argentina | 1 |
| | | China | 0 |

### Final standings

* Germany
* Netherlands
* Argentina
* China
* Australia
* New Zealand
* South Korea
* Japan
* South Africa
* Spain

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Australia (AUS) Michael Brennan Travis Brooks Dean Butler Liam de Young Jamie Dwyer Nathan Eglington Troy Elder Bevan George Robert Hammond Mark Hickman Mark Knowles Brent Livermore Michael McCann Stephen Mowlam Grant Schubert Matthew Wells | Netherlands (NED) Matthijs Brouwer Ronald Brouwer Jeroen Delmee Teun de Nooijer Geert-Jan Derikx Rob Derikx Marten Eikelboom Floris Evers Erik Jazet Karel Klaver Jesse Mahieu Rob Reckers Taeke Taekema Sander van der Weide Klaas Veering Guus Vogels | Germany (GER) Clemens Arnold Christoph Bechmann Sebastian Biederlack Philipp Crone Eike Duckwitz Christoph Eimer Björn Emmerling Florian Kunz Björn Michel Sascha Reinelt Justus Scharowsky Christian Schulte Timo Weß Tibor Weißenborn Matthias Witthaus Christopher Zeller |
| Women details | Germany (GER) Tina Bachmann Caroline Casaretto Nadine Ernsting-Krienke Franziska Gude Mandy Haase Natascha Keller Denise Klecker Anke Kühn Badri Latif Heike Lätzsch Sonja Lehmann Silke Müller Fanny Rinne Marion Rodewald Louisa Walter Julia Zwehl | Netherlands (NED) Minke Booij Ageeth Boomgaardt Chantal de Bruijn Lisanne de Roever Mijntje Donners Sylvia Karres Fatima Moreira de Melo Eefke Mulder Maartje Scheepstra Janneke Schopman Clarinda Sinnige Minke Smabers Jiske Snoeks Macha van der Vaart Miek van Geenhuizen Lieve van Kessel | Argentina (ARG) Paola Vukojicic Cecilia Rognoni Mariné Russo Ayelén Stepnik María de la Paz Hernández Mercedes Margalot Vanina Oneto Soledad García Mariana González Alejandra Gulla Luciana Aymar Claudia Burkart Marina di Giacomo Magdalena Aicega Mariela Antoniska Inés Arrondo |