# Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the seventh edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics.

## Medal summary

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| India (IND) K. D. Singh Leslie Claudius Meldric Daluz Keshav Dutt Chinadorai Deshmutu Ranganathan Francis Raghbir Lal Govind Perumal Muniswamy Rajgopal Balbir Singh Sr. Randhir Singh Gentle C. S. Dubey Udham Singh Dharam Singh Grahanandan Singh Chaman Singh Gurung Jaswant Rai | Netherlands (NED) Jules Ancion André Boerstra Harry Derckx Han Drijver Dick Esser Roepie Kruize Dick Loggere Lau Mulder Eddy Tiel Wim van Heel Leonard Wery | Great Britain (GBR) Denys Carnill (capt) John Cockett John Conroy Graham Dadds Derek Day Dennis Eagan Robin Fletcher W A Lindsay-Smith Roger Midgley Richard Norris Neil Nugent Anthony Nunn Anthony John Robinson P D R Smith John Paskin Taylor S T Theobald Eric Claude Newby |

## Results
### Bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| | | 17 July | 17 July | | | | |
| | | India | 4 | | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | | India | 4 | | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | Austria | 0 | | | |
| Austria | 2 | Austria | 0 | | | |
| Austria | 2 | | | | 20 July | 20 July | |
| Switzerland | 1 | | | | 20 July | 20 July |
| Switzerland | 1 | | | | India | 3 |
| | | | | | Great Britain | 1 |
| | | 17 July | 17 July | | | | |
| | | Great Britain | 1 | | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | | Great Britain | 1 | | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | Belgium | 0 | | | |
| Belgium | 6 | Belgium | 0 | | | |
| Belgium | 6 | | | | | | 24 July | 24 July |
| Finland | 0 | | | | | | 24 July | 24 July |
| Finland | 0 | | | | | | India | 6 |
| | | | | | | | Netherlands | 1 |
| | | 18 July | 18 July | | | | | |
| | | Netherlands | 1 | | | | | |
| 16 July | 16 July | | Netherlands | 1 | | | | | |
| 16 July | 16 July | Germany | 0 | | | | | |
| Germany | 7 | Germany | 0 | | | | | |
| Germany | 7 | | | | 20 July | 20 July | | | |
| Poland | 2 | | | | 20 July | 20 July | | |
| Poland | 2 | | | | Netherlands | 1 | | |
| | | | | | Pakistan | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 18 July | 18 July | | | | 22 July | 22 July |
| | | Pakistan | 6 | | | | Great Britain | 2 |
| 16 July | 16 July | | Pakistan | 6 | | | | Great Britain | 2 |
| 16 July | 16 July | France | 0 | | | | Pakistan | 1 |
| France | 5 | France | 0 | | | | Pakistan | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | | | | | | | |

### Preliminary round

* 15 July 1952 (1952-7-15) 18:00
| Austria | 2–1 | Switzerland |
| | OR p. 694 | |
* Umpires: M.G. Cowlishaw (GBR) Mario Zovato (ITA)
* 15 July 1952 (1952-7-15) 19:30
| Belgium | 6–0 | Finland |
| | OR p. 694 | |
* Umpires: C.E. Newham (NGR) Zafar Ali (PAK)
* 16 July 1952 (1952-7-16) 18:00
| Germany | 7–2 | Poland |
| | OR p. 694 | |
* Umpires: A.L. Allen (GBR) K.H. Ingledew (GBR)
* 16 July 1952 (1952-7-16) 19:30
| France | 5–0 | Italy |
| | OR p. 694 | |
* Umpires: A. van der Heyden (BEL) J.J. Kwist (NED)

### Quarter-finals

* 17 July 1952 (1952-7-17) 18:00
| India | 4–0 | Austria |
| Lal 32' Gentle 39' KD Singh 55' Singh Sr. 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: J.J. Kwist (NED) S. Zelinsky (POL)
* 17 July 1952 (1952-7-17) 19:30
| Great Britain | 1–0 | Belgium |
| | OR p. 695 | |
* Umpires: B.H.F. Isselmann (NED) S.M. Ayub (PAK)
* 18 July 1952 (1952-7-18) 18:00
| Netherlands | 1–0 | Germany |
| | OR p. 695 | |
* Umpires: C.E. Newham (NGR) A. van der Heyden (BEL)
* 18 July 1952 (1952-7-18) 19:30
| Pakistan | 6–0 | France |
| | OR p. 695 | |
* Umpires: A.L. Allen (GBR) W. Klee (AUT)

### Semi-finals

* 20 July 1952 (1952-7-20) 18:00
| India | 3–1 | Great Britain |
| | OR p. 695 | |
* Umpires: A. van der Heyden (BEL) J.J. Kwist (NED)
* 20 July 1952 (1952-7-20) 19:30
| Netherlands | 1–0 | Pakistan |
| | OR p. 695 | |
* Umpires: A. van der Heyden (BEL) J.J. Kwist (NED)

### Bronze medal match

* 22 July 1952 (1952-7-22) 19:00
| Great Britain | 2–1 | Pakistan |
| | OR p. 696 | |
* Umpires: A. van der Heyden (BEL) W. Klee (AUT)

### Gold medal match

* 24 July 1952 (1952-7-24) 17:00
| India | 6–1 | Netherlands |
| Singh Sr. 14', 16', 34', 43', 65' KD Singh 25' | Report | Esser 55' |
* Umpires: A.L. Allen (GBR) K.H. Ingledew (GBR)

### Consolation round

There was also a consolation tournament played by the teams which were eliminated before the semi-finals. It is unknown if this part of the tournament was official and part of the Olympic Games because the official report did not cover these matches.
| 5th–12th place quarter-finals | 5th–12th place quarter-finals | 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Germany | 7 | | |
| Finland | 0 | | |
| Finland | 0 | Germany | 2 |
| | | Austria | 1 |
| Austria | 2 | Austria | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | | | | |
| Italy | 0 | | | Germany | 4 |
| | | | | Poland | 0 |
| Belgium | 2 / 0 | | | Poland | 0 |
| Poland (replay) | 2 / 1 | | | | |
| Poland (replay) | 2 / 1 | Poland | 1 | | |
| | | Switzerland | 0 |
| France | 1 | Switzerland | 0 |
| Switzerland | 2 | | |

#### 5th–12th place quarter-finals

* 21 July 1952 (1952-7-21)
| Germany | 7–0 | Finland |
* 21 July 1952 (1952-7-21)
| Austria | 2–0 | Italy |
* 21 July 1952 (1952-7-21)
| Belgium | 2–2 | Poland |
* 22 July 1952 (1952-7-22)
| Belgium | 0–1 | Poland |
* 21 July 1952 (1952-7-21)
| France | 1–3 | Switzerland |

#### 5th–8th place semi-finals

* 23 July 1952 (1952-7-23)
| Germany | 2–1 | Austria |
* 23 July 1952 (1952-7-23)
| Poland | 1–0 | Switzerland |

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 23 July 1952 (1952-7-23)
| Germany | 4–0 | Poland |

## Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 18 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 191 players were entered, however only the 144 participants and six more players are known up to now. The official report for this Games also shows 144 competitors, but in the "Index of competitors" there are 147 players listed. The Austrian Hermann Knoll, the Belgian Jean-Jacques Moucq and the Polish Tadeusz Adamski did, according to the report itself, not compete in the main tournament. The Austrian player is not even shown as a competitor by the Austrian Olympic Committee database.
A total of 144(*) field hockey players from 12 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:
* Austria (11)
* Belgium (11)
* Finland (11)
* France (13)
* Germany (15)
* Great Britain (13)
* India (14)
* Italy (11)
* Netherlands (11)
* Pakistan (12)
* Poland (11)
* Switzerland (11)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in the main tournament in one game at least.

## Summary

There was also a consolation tournament played by the teams which were eliminated before the semi-finals. It is unknown if this part of the tournament was official and part of the Olympic Games because the official report did not show these matches in any kind. However, the teams are listed in order of the results of this consolation round.
| Place | Nation |
| 1 | India (IND) |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) |
| 4 | Pakistan (PAK)Manzoor Hussain Atif Jack Britto Abdul Hamid Mahmoodul Hassan Asghar Ali Khan Muhammad Niaz Khan Habib Ali Kiddie Malik Aziz Latif Mir Habibur Rehman Latif-ur-Rehman Qazi Abdul Waheed |
| 5 | Germany (GER)Günther Brennecke Hugo Budinger Hugo Dollheiser Hans-Jürgen Dollheiser Wilfried Grube Friedrich Hidding Alfred Lücker Carl-Ludwig Peters Werner Rosenbaum Heinz Schmitz Heinz Schütz Rolf Stoltenberg Wilhelm Suhren Heino Thielemann Günther Ullerich |
| 6 | Poland (POL)Antoni Adamski Eugeniusz Czajka Alfons Flinik Henryk Flinik Jan Flinik Narcyz Maciaszczyk Jan Małkowiak Maksymilian Małkowiak Ryszard Marzec Bronisław Pawlicki Zdzisław WojdylakTadeusz Adamski Jerzy Siankiewicz Zdzisław Starzyński |
| 7 | Austria (AUT)Kurt Dvorak Karl Holzapfel Walter Kaitna Alfred Knoll Johann Koller Josef Matz Josef Pecanka Robert Pecanka Ernst Schala Josef Schimmer Franz StrachotaHermann Knoll |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI)Jean-Pierre Bolomey Kurt Goldschmid Jean Grüner Rudolf Keller Fridolin Kurmann Kurt Müller Gilbert Recordon Jean-Pierre Roche Fritz Stuhlinger Hugo Vonlanthen Roger Zanetti Karl Hofstetter |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL)Pierre Bousmanne José Delaval Jean Dubois Jean Enderle Roger Goossens Harold Mechelynck Roger Morlet Paul Toussaint Jean Van Leer Lucien van Weydeveld Jacques VanderstappenJacky Moucq Léo Rooman |
| 9 | Finland (FIN)Veijo-Lassi Holopainen Erkki Heikkilä Tauno Timoska Reino Lindroos Kaarlo Einiö Toivo Salminen Keijo Kuusela Esko Silvennoinen Esko Salminen Risto Lamppu Pentti Elo |
| 11 | France (FRA)Bernard Boone Roger Capelle Jean-François Dubessay Claude Hauet Jean Hauet Michel Lacroix Robert Lucas Diran Manoukian Florio Martel André Meyer Philippe Reynaud Jacques Thieffry Jean Zizine Jean Desmasures |
| 11 | Italy (ITA)Amedeo Banci Egidio Cosentino Vittorio Stellin Castellani Luigi Lanfranchi Sergio Formenti Umberto Micco Piervittorio Pampuro Gastone Puccioni Primo Meozzi Sergio Morra Giorgio Ravalli Piero Baglia-Bamberghi Luigi Piacentini Giampaolo Medda Mario Marchiori |