# Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the 4th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a twelve-day period beginning on 27 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 7 August. All games were played at the Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa in Terrassa, Spain, located 30 kilometers from Barcelona.
Spain won the gold medal for the first time after defeating Germany 2–1 in the final with a golden goal. Great Britain won the bronze medal by defeating South Korea 4–3.

## Qualification

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| — | Hosts | — | 1 | Spain |
| 21–30 September 1988 | 1988 Summer Olympics | Seoul, South Korea | 1 | Australia |
| 2–13 May 1990 | 1990 World Cup | Sydney, Australia | 1 | Netherlands |
| 27 July – 7 August 1991 | 1991 Olympic Qualifier | Auckland, New Zealand | 5 | Canada Germany Great Britain New Zealand South Korea |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
* 27 July 1992 16:00
| Australia | 2–0 | Canada |
| Tooth 40' Haslam 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
* 27 July 1992 17:30
| Spain | 2–2 | Germany |
| Motos 35+', 47' | Report | Hentschel 17', 27' |
* Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) Jolanda Mohlmann (NED)
* 29 July 1992 17:30
| Australia | 0–1 | Germany |
| | Report | Becker 65' |
* Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Dominique Ache (BEL)
* 29 July 1992 18:00
| Spain | 2–1 | Canada |
| Motos 5', 47' | Report | Covey 63' |
* Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) Jane Robertson (GBR)
* 2 August 1992 18:00
| Canada | 0–4 | Germany |
| | Report | Dickenscheid 12' Hentschel 16', 57' Becker 22' |
* Umpires: Renee Chatas (USA) Dominique Ache (BEL)
* 2 August 1992 20:00
| Spain | 1–0 | Australia |
| Manrique 4' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jolanda Mohlmann (NED) Jane Robertson (GBR)

#### Group B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
* 27 July 1992 18:00
| New Zealand | 0–5 | South Korea |
| | Report | Lee Kyoung-hei 25', 44' Kwon Chang-sook 42' Chang Eun-jung 47', 55' |
* Umpires: Christianne Asselman (BEL) Laura Crespo (ARG)
* 27 July 1992 20:00
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Great Britain |
| Lejeune 33' De Ruiter 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Virginnia Davilla (ESP)
* 29 July 1992 16:00
| South Korea | 1–3 | Great Britain |
| Chang Eun-jung 49' | Report | Sixsmith 17', 54' S. Fraser 32' |
* Umpires: Virginnia Davilla (ESP) Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
* 29 July 1992 20:00
| Netherlands | 2–0 | New Zealand |
| Lejeune 12', 28' | Report | |
* Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) Renee Chatas (USA)
* 2 August 1992 16:00
| South Korea | 2–0 | Netherlands |
| Lee Kyoung-hei 8' Yang Hea-sook 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
* 2 August 1992 17:30
| New Zealand | 2–3 | Great Britain |
| Bell-Kake 21' Clinton 61' | Report | Johnson 10', 57' Ramsay 50' |
* Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) Christianne Asselman (BEL)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 4 August | 4 August |
| Australia | 5 |
| Australia | 5 | 6 August | 6 August |
| New Zealand | 1 | 6 August | 6 August |
| New Zealand | 1 | Australia | 2 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Australia | 2 |
| 4 August | 4 August | Netherlands | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | Netherlands | 0 |
| Canada | 0 | | |
| Canada | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 6 August | 6 August |
| | | New Zealand | 0 |
| | | Canada | 2 |

#### Crossover

* 4 August 1992 09:30
| Australia | 5–1 | New Zealand |
| Pereira 2', 12', 44' Hager 14' Hawkes 57' | Report | Clinton 53' |
* Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Salobrar Hernandez (ESP)
* 4 August 1992 17:30
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Canada |
| Lejeune 55' Steenberghe 61' | Report | |
* Umpires: Virginnia Davilla (ESP) Gill Clarke (GBR)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 6 August 1992 09:30
| New Zealand | 0–2 | Canada |
| | Report | Covey 45' Gaiga 58' |
* Umpires: Christianne Asselman (BEL) Renee Chatas (USA)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 6 August 1992 17:30
| Australia | 2–0 | Netherlands |
| Powell 49' Annan 50' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jane Robertson (GBR) Margaret Lanning (CAN)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 4 August 1992 | 4 August 1992 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Great Britain | 1 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Great Britain | 1 | Germany | 1 |
| 4 August 1992 | 4 August 1992 | | Germany | 1 |
| 4 August 1992 | 4 August 1992 | Spain | 2 |
| South Korea | 1 | Spain | 2 |
| Spain | 2 | | |
| Spain | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 7 August | 7 August |
| | | Great Britain | 4 |
| | | South Korea | 3 |

#### Semi-finals

* 4 August 1992 17:00
| Germany | 2–1 | Great Britain |
| Ernsting-Krienke 12' Lätzsch 59' | Report | Sixsmith 32' |
* Umpires: Jolanda Mohlmann (NED) Laura Crespo (ARG)
* 4 August 1992 19:30
| South Korea | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
| Kwon Chang-sook 29' | Report | Dorado 9' Carmen Barea 98' |
* Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Peri Buckley (AUS)

#### Bronze medal match

* 7 August 1992 17:00
| Great Britain | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
| Sixsmith 7', 82' Johnson 44' S. Fraser 48' | Report | Ro Young-mi 3' Chang Eun-jung 17' Lim Kye-sook 56' |
* Umpires: Jolanda Mohlmann (NED) Solabrar Hernandez (ESP)

#### Gold medal match

* 7 August 1992 19:30
| Germany | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
| Hentschel 12' | Report | Carmen Barea 8' Maragall 83' |
* Umpires: Dominique Ache (BEL) Peri Buckley (AUS)

## Final standings

* Spain
* Germany
* Great Britain
* South Korea
* Australia
* Netherlands
* Canada
* New Zealand