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. 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: 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. Women's Qualification. The qualification route for the women's tournament is as follows. Men's competition. The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round. Women's competition. The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round. Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games The