# Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was the 18th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 2 August. Games were played at the Herndon Stadium and the Panther Stadium, both located in Atlanta, United States.
The Netherlands won the gold medal for the first time after defeating Spain 3–1 in the final. Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 3–2.

## Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations, the previous Olympic and World champions and the host nation received an automatic berth. Alongside the teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | Host nation | Host nation | United States |
| 26 July – 6 August 1992 | 1992 Summer Olympics | Barcelona, Spain | Germany |
| 4–15 October 1994 | 1994 Asian Games | Hiroshima, Japan | South Korea |
| 23 November – 4 December 1994 | 1994 Hockey World Cup | Sydney, Australia | Pakistan |
| 12–25 March 1995 | 1995 Pan American Games | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Argentina |
| 22–27 May 1995 | 1995 Oceania Qualifying Tournament | Auckland, New Zealand | Australia |
| August 1995 | 1995 EuroHockey Nations Championship | Dublin, Ireland | — |
| 13–23 September 1995 | 1995 All-Africa Games | Harare, Zimbabwe | South Africa |
| 19–28 January 1996 | Olympic Qualification Tournament | Barcelona, Spain | Netherlands India Great Britain Spain Malaysia |
    ^1 – Germany qualified both as previous Olympic and continental champion, therefore that quota was added to the ones awarded by the Olympic Qualification Tournament to a total of 5.

## Umpires

* Amin Ayman (EGY)
* Santiago Deo (ESP)
* Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* Steve Horgan (USA)
* Floris Idenburg (NED)
* Guillaume Langle (FRA)
* Craig Madden (GBR)
* Antonio Morales (ESP)
* Ray O'Connor (IRL)
* Yuri Platonov (RUS)
* Don Prior (AUS)
* Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
* Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
* Roger St. Rose (TRI)
* Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
* Sasidharan Vasutheven (MAS)
* Peter von Reth (NED)
* Richard Wolter (GER)

## Results

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 8 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | India | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 5 | |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 | |
| 6 | United States (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 0 | |
* 20 July 1996 09:00
| Spain | 1–0 | Germany |
| Arnau 50' | Report | |
* Umpires: Don Prior (AUS) Craig Madden (GBR)
* 20 July 1996 17:30
| Pakistan | 4–0 | United States |
| Shahbaz 10' Ashraf 18', 25' Zaman 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: Sasidharan Vasutheven (MAS) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
* 20 July 1996 20:00
| India | 0–1 | Argentina |
| | Report | P. Lombi 45' |
* Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Amin Ayman (EGY)
* 22 July 1996 09:00
| Pakistan | 0–3 | Spain |
| | Report | Arnau 22', 43' Escarré 30' |
* Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Amin Ayman (EGY)
* 22 July 1996 17:30
| Germany | 1–1 | India |
| Saliger 66' | Report | Mukesh 62' |
* Umpires: Roger St Rose (TRI) Floris Idenburg (NED)
* 22 July 1996 20:00
| United States | 2–5 | Argentina |
| Mellor 39' Jennings 48' | Report | J. Lombi 4', 12' Ferrara 15', 26' Capurro 32' |
* Umpires: Yuri Platonov (RUS) Don Prior (AUS)
* 24 July 1996 09:00
| United States | 0–4 | India |
| | Report | Ramandeep 10' Dhanraj 28', 46' Sanjeev 69' |
* Umpires: Craig Madden (GBR) Guillaume Langle (FRA)
* 24 July 1996 17:30
| Spain | 2–1 | Argentina |
| Escarré 61' Arnau 65' | Report | J. Lombi 20' |
* Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Floris Idenburg (NED)
* 24 July 1996 20:00
| Germany | 3–1 | Pakistan |
| Becker 6', 49' Meinhardt 39' | Report | Khalid 62' |
* Umpires: Don Prior (AUS) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
* 26 July 1996 09:00
| Germany | 3–0 | Argentina |
| Saliger 16' Becker 19' Bellenbaum 64' | Report | |
* Umpires: Floris Idenburg (NED) Don Prior (AUS)
* 26 July 1996 17:30
| Pakistan | 0–0 | India |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Craig Madden (GBR)
* 26 July 1996 20:00
| Spain | 7–1 | United States |
| Amat 12', 14' Escarré 25', 49' Arnau 60' Pujol 64' Cobos 68' | Report | Butcher 37' |
* Umpires: Yuri Platonov (RUS) Roger St. Rose (TRI)
* 28 July 1996 09:00
| Pakistan | 6–2 | Argentina |
| Ahmed 32', 45', 65' Sarwar 51', 58' Zaman 53' | Report | Pérez 24' J. Lombi 68' |
* Umpires: Amin Ayman (EGY) Craig Madden (GBR)
* 28 July 1996 17:30
| United States | 0–3 | Germany |
| | Report | Fischer 11', 22' Blunck 23' |
* Umpires: Sasidharan Vasutheven (MAS) Peter von Reth (NED)
* 28 July 1996 20:00
| Spain | 1–3 | India |
| Escudé 33' | Report | Ferreira 21', 41' Sabu 59' |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | |
| 6 | Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 2 | |
* 21 July 1996 09:00
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Malaysia |
| Klein 10' Delissen 29' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
* 21 July 1996 17:30
| Great Britain | 2–2 | South Korea |
| Giles 31', 50' | Report | Kang 35' Park 68' |
* Umpires: Kiyoshi Sana (JPN) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 21 July 1996 20:00
| South Africa | 1–1 | Australia |
| Nicol 65' | Report | Hager 61' |
* Umpires: Steve Horgan (USA) Guillaume Langle (FRA)
* 23 July 1996 09:00
| Netherlands | 2–2 | Great Britain |
| Bovelander 17' Delissen 59' | Report | Garcia 27' Giles 65' |
* Umpires: Antonio Morales (ESP) Richard Wolter (GER)
* 23 July 1996 17:30
| Malaysia | 2–2 | South Africa |
| Nawawi 38', 61' | Report | Nicol 26' W. Fulton 64' |
* Umpires: Kiyoshi Sana (JPN) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 23 July 1996 20:00
| Australia | 3–2 | South Korea |
| Davies 6' Gaudoin 32' Stacy 64' | Report | Park 9' Shin 19' |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
* 25 July 1996 09:00
| South Korea | 3–3 | South Africa |
| Park 27' Shin 51' Kim You. 60' | Report | Nicol 55', 68' G. Fulton 67' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Richard Wolter (GER)
* 25 July 1996 17:30
| Malaysia | 2–2 | Great Britain |
| Nasiruddin 4' Chairil 69' | Report | Shaw 41' Giles 63' |
* Umpires: Antonio Morales (ESP) Amin Ayman (EGY)
* 25 July 1996 20:00
| Netherlands | 3–2 | Australia |
| De Nooijer 12' Bovelander 35' Van den Honert 50' | Report | Sproule 10' Hager 18' |
* Umpires: Ray O'Connor (IRL) Steve Horgan (USA)
* 27 July 1996 09:00
| Malaysia | 1–5 | Australia |
| Nasiruddin 44' | Report | Davies 3' Choppy 4', 6', 10' Lewis 37' |
* Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
* 27 July 1996 17:30
| South Africa | 0–2 | Great Britain |
| | Report | Wyatt 14' Giles 28' |
* Umpires: Steve Horgan (USA) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
* 27 July 1996 20:00
| Netherlands | 3–1 | South Korea |
| Van den Honert 47', 55' De Nooijer 58' | Report | Kim You. 19' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Roger St. Rose (TTO)
* 29 July 1996 09:00
| Great Britain | 0–2 | Australia |
| | Report | Hager 5' Stacy 28' |
* Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
* 29 July 1996 17:30
| Malaysia | 2–4 | South Korea |
| Nasiruddin 60' Nawawi 64' | Report | Kang 16', 40' Park 39' Kim J. 49' |
* Umpires: Steve Horgan (USA) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
* 29 July 1996 20:00
| Netherlands | 4–1 | South Africa |
| Lomans 11', 26' Delissen 13' Van den Honert 54' | Report | Nicol 43' |
* Umpires: Amin Ayman (EGY) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

### Classification round
#### Ninth- to twelfth-place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Ninth Place | Ninth Place |
| 31 July 1996 | 31 July 1996 |
| Argentina (pen.) | 4 (3) |
| Argentina (pen.) | 4 (3) | 2 August 1996 | 2 August 1996 |
| Malaysia | 4 (0) | 2 August 1996 | 2 August 1996 |
| Malaysia | 4 (0) | Argentina | 3 |
| 31 July 1996 | 31 July 1996 | | Argentina | 3 |
| 31 July 1996 | 31 July 1996 | South Africa | 2 |
| South Africa | 3 | South Africa | 2 |
| United States | 0 | | |
| United States | 0 | Eleventh Place | Eleventh Place |
| | | 2 August 1996 | 2 August 1996 |
| | | Malaysia | 4 |
| | | United States | 1 |

##### Crossover

* 31 July 1996 08:30
| Argentina | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | Malaysia |
| Retegui 14', 55' Ferrara 57' J. Lombi 69' | Report | A. Singh 26' Siva 38' Nawawi 39' Shamuganathan 59' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–0 | |
* Umpires: Patrick van Beneden (BEL) Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
* 31 July 1996 08:30
| South Africa | 3–0 | United States |
| Nicol 34' G. Fulton 46' C. Fulton 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: Floris Idenburg (NED) Amin Ayman (EGY)

##### Eleventh and twelfth place

* 1 August 1996 08:30
| Malaysia | 4–1 | United States |
| Lim Chiow Chuan 34', 44' Nawawi 38' Shanmuganathan 56' | Report | Butcher 68' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Antonio Morales (ESP)

##### Ninth and tenth place

* 1 August 1996 08:30
| Argentina | 3–2 | South Africa |
| Ferrara 30' Capurro 36' J. Lombi 45' | Report | Nicol 22' Hallowes 38' |
* Umpires: Guillaume Langle (FRA) Craig Madden (GBR)

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 31 July 1996 | 31 July 1996 |
| India | 3 (3) |
| India | 3 (3) | 2 August 1996 | 2 August 1996 |
| South Korea (pen.) | 3 (5) | 2 August 1996 | 2 August 1996 |
| South Korea (pen.) | 3 (5) | South Korea | 3 |
| 31 July 1996 | 31 July 1996 | | South Korea | 3 |
| 31 July 1996 | 31 July 1996 | Pakistan | 1 |
| Great Britain | 1 | Pakistan | 1 |
| Pakistan | 2 | | |
| Pakistan | 2 | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| | | 2 August 1996 | 2 August 1996 |
| | | India | 3 |
| | | Great Britain | 4 |

##### Crossover

* 31 July 1996 11:00
| India | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
| R. Singh 14' Ferreira 39' Kumar 42' | Report | Shin Seok-kyo 22', 66' Park Shin-heum 49' |
| Penalties |||
| | 3–5 | |
* Umpires: Steve Horgan (USA) Guillaume Langle (FRA)
* 31 July 1996 11:00
| Great Britain | 1–2 | Pakistan |
| Giles 7' | Report | Sarwar 11' R. Khan 65' |
* Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Roger St. Rose (TRI)

##### Seventh and eighth place

* 2 August 1996 11:00
| India | 3–4 | Great Britain |
| Dhillon 2' R. Singh 29' Powar 70' | Report | Shaw 24' Laslett 43' Wyatt 53' Mayer 56' |
* Umpires: Roger St. Rose (TRI) Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

##### Fifth and sixth place

* 2 August 1996 08:30
| South Korea | 3–1 | Pakistan |
| Jeon Jong-ha 6' Shin Seok-kyo 35' Song Seung-tae 68' | Report | Ashraf 7' |
* Umpires: Richard Wolter (GER) Craig Madden (GBR)

#### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 31 July 1996 | 31 July 1996 |
| Spain | 2 |
| Spain | 2 | 2 August 1996 | 2 August 1996 |
| Australia | 1 | 2 August 1996 | 2 August 1996 |
| Australia | 1 | Spain | 1 |
| 31 July 1996 | 31 July 1996 | | Spain | 1 |
| 31 July 1996 | 31 July 1996 | Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 3 |
| Germany | 1 | | |
| Germany | 1 | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| | | 2 August 1996 | 2 August 1996 |
| | | Australia | 3 |
| | | Germany | 2 |

##### Semi-finals

* 31 July 1996 17:30
| Spain | 2–1 | Australia |
| P. Amat 45' Escarré 54' | Report | Gaudoin 63' |
* Umpires: Peter von Reth (NED) Richard Wolter (GER)
* 31 July 1996 20:00
| Germany | 1–3 | Netherlands |
| Meinhardt 60' | Report | Van den Honert 3', 45', 53' |
* Umpires: Donald Prior (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

##### Bronze-medal match

* 2 August 1996 17:00
| Australia | 3–2 | Germany |
| Stacy 14', 63' Choppy 69' | Report | Meinhardt 40' Domke 46' |
* Umpires: Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) Peter von Reth (NED)

##### Gold-medal match

* 2 August 1996 19:30
| Spain | 1–3 | Netherlands |
| Pujol 45' | Report | Bovelander 52', 55' Lomans 67' |
* Umpires: Don Prior (AUS) Ray O'Connor (IRL)

## Final rankings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 19 | Gold Medal |
| | Spain | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 15 | Silver Medal |
| | Australia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 13 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Germany | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | South Korea | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Pakistan | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 10 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Great Britain | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | India | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 9 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 9 | Argentina | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 10 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | South Africa | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | Malaysia | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | United States (H) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Goalscorers

There were 173 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.
7 goals
* Taco van den Honert
* Greg Nicol
6 goals
* Jorge Lombi
* Calum Giles
5 goals
* Juan Escarré
* Park Shin-heum
* Mirnawan Nawawi
4 goals
* Fernando Ferrara
* Baeden Choppy
* Jay Stacy
* Javier Arnau
* Shin Seok-kyu
* Floris Jan Bovelander
3 goals
* Santiago Capurro
* Mark Hager
* Victor Pujol
* Andreas Becker
* Sven Meinhardt
* Gavin Ferreira
* Ramandeep Singh
* Kang Keon-wook
* Nor Saiful Nasiruddin
* Bram Lomans
* Marc Delissen
* Kamran Ashraf
* Muhammad Sarwar
* Shahbaz Ahmed
* Grant Fulton
2 goals
* Carlos Retegui
* Paul Gaudoin
* Stephen Davies
* Pol Amat
* John Shaw
* Jon Wyatt
* Carsten Fischer
* Stefan Saliger
* Dhanraj Pillay
* Mukesh Kumar
* Kim Young-kyu
* Lim Chiow Chuan
* Kuhan Shanmuganathan
* Teun de Nooijer
* Tahir Zaman
* Nick Butcher
1 goal
* Rodolfo Pérez
* Daniel Sproule
* Paul Lewis
* Ignacio Cobos
* Jordi Arnau
* Xavier Escudé
* Chris Mayer
* Jason Laslett
* Russell Garcia
* Christian Blunck
* Oliver Domke
* Patrick Bellenbaum
* Baljit Singh Dhillon
* Pargat Singh
* Sabu Varkey
* Sanjeev Kumar
* Jong Ho-jeon
* Kim Jong-yi
* Shin Seo-jyo
* Song Seung-tae
* Aphtar Singh
* Brian Siva
* Chairi Abdul Aziz
* Leo Klein Gebbink
* Muhammad Khalid
* Muhammad Shahbaz
* Rahim Khan
* Craig Fulton
* Matthew Hallowes
* Marq Mellor
* Steve Jennings