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.
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| Host country | United States | ||
| City | Atlanta | ||
| Dates | 20 July – 2 August | ||
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Venue(s) | Herndon Stadium Panther Stadium | ||
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| Champions |  Netherlands (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Spain | ||
| Third place | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 42 | ||
| Goals scored | 173 (4.12 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Taco van den Honert Greg Nicol (7 goals) | ||
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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.[1]
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) |
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| Host nation |  United States | ||
| 26 July – 6 August 1992 | 1992 Summer Olympics | Barcelona, Spain |  Germany1 |
| 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 | —1 |
| 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.
Squads
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)
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Spain |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 8 |
| Germany |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 |
| India |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| Pakistan |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 5 |
| Argentina |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 |
| United States |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 0 |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Netherlands |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 |
| Australia |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 |
| Great Britain |
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| South Korea |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 4 |
| South Africa |
5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 |
| Malaysia |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 2 |
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Fifth and sixth place
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Statistics
Final standings
Goldscorers
There were 173 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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
References
- "Hockey at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
External links
- "Volume III – The Competition Results" (PDF). la84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
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