# Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a ten-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating on 29 July 1980. Games were played across two venues in Moscow, at the Minor Arena at Dynamo Stadium and Young Pioneers Stadium.
India won the gold medal for the eighth time, defeating Spain 4–3 in the gold-medal match. Soviet Union won the bronze medal after defeating Poland 2–1 in the bronze-medal match.

## Qualification

The original plan was for a twelve-team tournament, divided into two round-robin groups of six, with the top two of each qualifying for the semi-finals.
However, nine of the twelve teams withdrew as part of the U.S.-led boycott in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Argentina, Kenya, Pakistan, Malaysia, and West Germany boycotted completely, and while Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand competed in some sports, their hockey governing bodies pulled out.
The organising committee subsequently reduced the competition to six teams, the minimum required to hold a competition, with Cuba and Tanzania representing the Americas and Africa in place of Argentina and Kenya respectively, while Poland were invited as the next best team from the 1978 World Cup.

## Results
### Preliminary

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 9 | Gold-medal match |
| 2 | India | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | +33 | 8 | Gold-medal match |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 6 | Bronze-medal match |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 5 | Bronze-medal match |
| 5 | Cuba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 42 | −35 | 2 | |
| 6 | Tanzania | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 54 | −51 | 0 | |
* 20 July 1980 11:00
| Poland | 7–1 | Cuba |
| Rachwalski 8' Horwat 27', 48' Hensler 33' Torz 42' Bak 63' Mysliwiec 69' | Report | Izquierdo 49' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 20 July 1980 12:45
| India | 18–0 | Tanzania |
| Deavinder 4', 21', 25', 27' Baskaran 15', 29', 57', 63' Shahid 17' Surinder 23', 30', 31', 34', 58' Fernandes 27' Iqbal 52', 55' Kaushik 61' | Report | |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 20 July 1980 17:00
| Soviet Union | 1–2 | Spain |
| Lampeev 18' | Report | Coghen 32' Amat 57' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 21 July 1980 11:00
| Soviet Union | 11–2 | Cuba |
| Klevtsov 2', 44' Pleshakov 4' Pavlovski 10' Belyakov 17' Gusev 34' Zagorodnev 41', 54' Nichepurenko 42', 56' Lampeev 59' | Report | Izquierdo 29', 52' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 21 July 1980 12:45
| Spain | 12–0 | Tanzania |
| Garralda 2' Coghen 7', 24', 28', 30', 43' Monsalve 31' Malgosa 34', 41' Chaves 44' Amat 65', 68' | Report | |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 21 July 1980 17:00
| India | 2–2 | Poland |
| Deavinder 31' Fernandes 69' | Report | Stanislawski 39' Wybieralski 65' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 23 July 1980 11:00
| Tanzania | 0–4 | Cuba |
| | Report | Mico 6' Izquierdo 29', 45', 50' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 23 July 1980 12:45
| Spain | 2–2 | India |
| Amat 21' Cabot 43' | Report | Surinder 15', 65' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 23 July 1980 17:00
| Soviet Union | 5–1 | Poland |
| Belyakov 24' Pleshakov 26' Klevtsov 41' Gusev 42', 49' | Report | Torz 60' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 24 July 1980 11:00
| India | 13–0 | Cuba |
| Surinder 3', 11', 43', 64' Shahid 8', 40' Rajinder 12', 19' Amarjit 18', 35' Baskaran 22' Deavinder 30', 63' | Report | |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 24 July 1980 12:45
| Spain | 6–0 | Poland |
| Amat 10' Fábregas 12' Malgosa 15' Roca 17' Chaves 18' Pellón 69' | Report | |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 24 July 1980 17:00
| Soviet Union | 11–2 | Tanzania |
| Lampeev 6', 20', 22', 41', 47' Zagorodnev 9' Zigangirov 17', 26' Klevtsov 27' Goncharov 55', 61' | Report | Manwar 32', 58' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 26 July 1980 11:00
| Poland | 9–1 | Tanzania |
| Mysliwiec 5' Wybieralski 29', 49', 57' Stanislawski 33' Torz 36', 42' Horwat 52' Mielniczak 61' | Report | D'Silva 12' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 26 July 1980 12:45
| Soviet Union | 2–4 | India |
| Gusev 36' Zigangirov 66' | Report | Deavinder 3' Surinder 34' Shahid 41' Kaushik 64' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
* 26 July 1980 17:00
| Cuba | 0–11 | Spain |
| | Report | Chaves 5', 54' Amat 11', 13', 20', 26', 30', 33', 36', 50' Roca 55' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

### Classification
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 29 July 1980 11:00
| Cuba | 4–1 | Tanzania |
| Pedroso 30' Vazquez 36' Izquierdo 37' Hernandez 55' | Report | Sykes 51' |
* Young Pioneers Stadium

#### Bronze-medal match

* 29 July 1980 15:00
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | Poland |
| Lampeev 10', 32' | Report | Torz 67' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

#### Gold-medal match

* 29 July 1980 17:00
| India | 4–3 | Spain |
| S. Singh 24', 30' Kaushik 42' Shahid 58' | Report | Amat 53', 54', 65' |
* Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

## Final standings

* India
* Spain
* Soviet Union
* Poland
* Cuba
* Tanzania

## Goalscorers

There were 146 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 8.11 goals per match.
16 goals
* Juan Amat
15 goals
* Surinder Singh Sodhi
9 goals
* Vyacheslav Lampeed
8 goals
* Deavinder Singh
7 goals
* Bernabé Izquierdo
6 goals
* Juan Coghen
5 goals
* Vasudevan Baskaran
* Mohamed Shahid
* Leszek Tórz
4 goals
* Jerzy Wybieralski
* Aleksandr Gusev
* Sergei Klevtsov
* Miguel Chaves
3 goals
* Maharaj Krishon Kaushik
* Henryk Horwat
* Oleg Zagorodnev
* Farit Zigangirov
* Santiago Malgosa
2 goals
* Mervyn Fernandis
* Zafar Iqbal
* Amarjit Singh Rana
* Rajinder Singh
* Andrzej Mysliwiec
* Wlodzimierz Stanislawski
* Valeri Belyakov
* Aleksandr Goncharov
* Mikhail Nichepurenko
* Sergei Pleshakov
* Carlos Roca
* Yusuf Manwar
1 goal
* Lazaro Hernández
* Jorge Mico
* Héctor Pedroso
* Edgardo Vázquez
* Krystian Bąk
* Leszek Hensler
* Jan Mielniczak
* Zbigniew Rachwalski
* Leonid Pavlovsky
* Ricardo Cabot
* Francisco Fábregas
* Rafael Garralda
* Paulino Monsalve
* Juan Pellón
* Stephen D'Silva
* Abraham Sykes
Source: FIH