# Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games

The field hockey tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in the Santo Domingo Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1–17, 2003. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. First place received a ticket for the Olympic tournament. The men competed for the tenth time at the Pan Americans, the women for the fifth time.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Argentina | Canada | Cuba |
| Women details | Argentina | United States | Uruguay |

## Qualification

A total of eight men's and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games. The eight quotas in both the men's and women's tournaments were the same, consisting of the following:
* Host nation.
* Defending champions.
* Top two placed teams at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
* Highest placed team at the men's and women's South American Championship, not already qualified.
* The three remaining quotas were awarded to the highest placed teams from the men's and women's Pan American Cups.
Each nation was entitled to enter 16 athletes per team, for a total of 256 athletes across both competitions.

### Men's Qualification

The qualification route for the men's tournament is as follows.
| Dates | Event | Location | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | Dominican Republic |
| 24 July – 4 August 1999 | 1999 Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | Canada |
| 22 June – 2 July 2000 | 2000 Pan American Cup | Havana, Cuba | Chile Cuba United States |
| 23 November – 3 December 2002 | 2002 CAC Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | Barbados Trinidad and Tobago |
| 16–23 March 2003 | 2003 South American Championship | Santiago, Chile | Argentina |

### Women's Qualification

The qualification route for the women's tournament is as follows.
| Dates | Event | Location | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | Dominican Republic |
| 24 July – 4 August 1999 | 1999 Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | Argentina |
| 8–18 March 2001 | 2001 Pan American Cup | Kingston, Jamaica | Canada United States Uruguay |
| 23 November – 3 December 2002 | 2002 CAC Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago |
| 16–23 March 2003 | 2003 South American Championship | Santiago, Chile | Chile |

## Men's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round.

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | +35 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 4 | |
| 4 | Dominican Republic (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 78 | −78 | 0 | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Barbados | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match |
| 9 August 2003 | 9 August 2003 |
| Argentina | 5 |
| Argentina | 5 | 13 August 2003 | 13 August 2003 |
| Cuba | 1 | 13 August 2003 | 13 August 2003 |
| Cuba | 1 | Argentina | 1 |
| 9 August 2003 | 9 August 2003 | | Argentina | 1 |
| 9 August 2003 | 9 August 2003 | Canada | 0 |
| Canada | 3 | Canada | 0 |
| Chile | 1 | | |
| Chile | 1 | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| | | 13 August 2003 | 13 August 2003 |
| | | Cuba | 6 |
| | | Chile | 2 |

## Women's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round.

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | +46 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Dominican Republic (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 51 | −50 | 0 | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match |
| 10 August 2003 | 10 August 2003 |
| Argentina | 7 |
| Argentina | 7 | 13 August 2003 | 13 August 2003 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 13 August 2003 | 13 August 2003 |
| Uruguay | 0 | Argentina | 3 |
| 10 August 2003 | 10 August 2003 | | Argentina | 3 |
| 10 August 2003 | 10 August 2003 | United States | 1 |
| United States | 6 | United States | 1 |
| Chile | 1 | | |
| Chile | 1 | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| | | 13 August 2003 | 13 August 2003 |
| | | Uruguay (pen.) | 2 (5) |
| | | Chile | 2 (4) |