Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Field hockey

| games = 1948 Summer

| image = Field hockey pictogram.svg

| caption =

| venues = 4

| dates = 31 July – 13 August 1948

| num_events = 1

| competitors = 187

| nations = 13

| teams = 13

| gold = {{fh|India}}

| silver = {{fh|Great Britain}}

| bronze = {{fh|Netherlands}}

| prev = 1936

| next = 1952

}}

The field hockey tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/HOK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/HOK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Hockey at the 1948 London Summer Games |access-date=13 September 2019}}

In five Olympic hockey tournaments, there had only been two different winners, but Britain and India had never competed together at the Olympics. There was no question the UK would again be absent at their home Olympics, although there were some organizational difficulties. First of all, the four British nations were independently affiliated with the international federation FIH and were not very keen on cooperating. Also, there were no hockey grounds to train on, as these were used by cricketers during the summer. Still, they managed to put together a team, the first real British hockey team at the Olympics (the 1908 and 1920 champions had been composed entirely of English players). Their captain was the versatile Norman Borrett, a first-class cricketer and national squash champion who once qualified for Wimbledon but didn't have time to compete.

The fixtures were announced on 19 June 1948.{{cite news |title=OLYMPIC HOCKEY FIXTURES |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19480621-1.2.77 |newspaper=Malaya Tribune |date=21 June 1948 |page=7}} Revised fixtures were announced on 28 July.{{cite news |title=HOCKEY DRAW |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19480729-1.2.92 |newspaper=Malaya Tribune |date=29 July 1948 |page=8}} Britain and India were seeded, along with Pakistan and the Netherlands. Pakistan had only separated from India the previous year and made their first Olympic appearance in London. One of the team members, Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara, who had been on the golden Indian team of 1936, captained the Pakistan team in that country's inaugural appearance at the Olympics.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-14 |title=Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara: a shared India-Pakistan legacy |url=https://thefridaytimes.com/14-Sep-2018/ali-iqtidar-shah-dara-a-shared-india-pakistan-legacy |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Friday Times |language=en}} All four ranked teams made the semis, although the Brits were held to a goalless draw by Switzerland, and Pakistan crushed the Dutch 6–1 in their group match. The semi-finals were close, and British observers considered the Indians to be lucky to get away with a 2–1 win against the Dutch. With Britain beating Pakistan, the gold medal match would finally see India play the Britons. Completely focused on its defense, Britain was unable to keep up with the fast-paced Indians, and lost the final 4–0. The bronze went to the Netherlands, beating Pakistan 4–2 in a replay of the first 3rd place match, which had ended in a 1–1 draw.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021049/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/HOK/mens-hockey.html Mens Hockey at Sports Reference]

Participating nations

{{flagIOC|AFG|1948 Summer|14}}
{{flagIOC|ARG|1948 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|AUT|1948 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer|13}}
{{flagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer|16}}
{{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer|14}}
{{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer|12}} (H)
{{flagIOC|IND|1948 Summer|20}}
{{flagIOC|NED|1948 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|PAK|1948 Summer|19}}
{{flagIOC|ESP|1948 Summer|14}}
{{flagIOC|SUI|1948 Summer|15}}
{{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer|14}}

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.

(H) Host

Squads

A total of 187(*) field hockey players from 13 nations competed at the London Games {{main|Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads}}

Results

=Group stage=

The top team from each group and also the second-placed team of Group C qualified for the semi-finals.

File:Normal - Copy.png

==Group A==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|team1=IND |team2=ARG |team3=AUT |team4=ESP

|name_IND={{fh|IND}}

|name_ARG={{fh|ARG}}

|name_AUT={{fh|AUT}}

|name_ESP={{fh|ESP|1945}}

|winpoints=2

|result1=SF

|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/6/reports/poolstandings FIH]

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semi-finals

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=31 July 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|India}}

|score=8–0

|team2={{fh|Austria}}

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35588 Report] [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p9I-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=k0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6770%2C3037345]

|goals1=Jansen {{fhgoal||?||?||?||?}}
Singh Babu {{fhgoal||?||?}}
Lal {{fhgoal||?}}
Rodrigues {{fhgoal||?}}

|stadium=John Lyons' Sports Ground

|umpires=Erik Husted (DEN)
René Lombaert (BEL)

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=2 August 1948

|time=18:00

|team1={{fh-rt|Argentina}}

|score=3–2

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35589 Report] [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qtI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=k0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1188%2C3328818]

|team2={{fh|Spain|1945}}

|goals1=Márquez {{fhgoal|FG|5|PC|15|FG|32}}

|goals2=Gasset {{fhgoal|FG|?}}
Pratsmasó {{fhgoal|PC|?}}

|stadium=Polytechnic Sports Ground

|umpires=Chanu (FRA)
Basir Ali Sheikh (PAK)

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=4 August 1948

|time=18:00

|team1={{fh-rt|India}}

|score=9–1

|team2={{fh|Argentina}}

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35590 Report] [https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19480805-1.2.119]

|goals1=Lal {{fhgoal||?}}
Jansen {{fhgoal||?||?}}
Balbir Singh Sr. {{fhgoal||?||?||?||?||?||?}}

|goals2=Márquez {{fhgoal|FG|?}}

|stadium=Guinness Sports Ground

|umpires=Abraham van Donselaar (NED)
Chanu (FRA)

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=4 August 1948

|time=19:30

|team1={{fh-rt|Austria}}

|score=1–1

|team2={{fh|Spain|1945}}

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35591 Report]

|goals1=Holzapfel {{fhgoal||?}}

|goals2=Gasset {{fhgoal||?}}

|stadium=Guinness Sports Ground

|umpires=Rogge (NED)
Oswald Nazareth (PAK)

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=6 August 1948

|time=18:00

|team1={{fh-rt|Argentina}}

|score=1–1

|team2={{fh|Austria}}

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35592 Report]

|goals1=Scally {{fhgoal|FG|55}}

|goals2=Nowak {{fhgoal|FG|15}}

|stadium=Polytechnic Sports Ground

|umpires=Molhuysen (NED)
Rogge (NED)

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=6 August 1948

|time=19:30

|team1={{fh-rt|India}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fh|Spain|1945}}

|report=[https://www.olympedia.org/results/35593 Report] [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rdI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=k0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4025%2C3611066]

|goals1=Trilochan Singh {{fhgoal|PC|10}}
Singh Babu {{fhgoal|FG|15}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Polytechnic Sports Ground

|umpires=Abraham van Donselaar (NED)
Willy Whitelaw (GBR)

}}

==Group B==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|team1=GBR |team2=SUI |team3=AFG |team4=USA

|name_GBR={{fh|GBR}}

|name_SUI={{fh|SUI}}

|name_AFG={{fh|AFG|1930}}

|name_USA={{fh|USA|1912}}

|winpoints=2

|result1=SF

|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/6/reports/poolstandings FIH]

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semi-finals

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=31 July 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Great Britain}}

|score=0–0

|team2={{fh|Switzerland}}

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=3 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Afghanistan|1930}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fh|United States|1912}}

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=5 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Great Britain}}

|score=11–0

|team2={{fh|United States|1912}}

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=5 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Afghanistan|1930}}

|score=1–1

|team2={{fh|Switzerland}}

|report=[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19480807-1.2.43 Report]

|goals1=Mangal {{fhgoal|FG|}}

|goals2=Grolimund {{fhgoal|FG|70}}

|stadium=Lyons Sports Ground

|umpires=Ali Shaikh (PAK)
Husted (DEN)

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=7 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Switzerland}}

|score=3–1

|team2={{fh|United States|1912}}

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=7 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Great Britain}}

|score=8–0

|team2={{fh|Afghanistan|1930}}

|stadium=Lyons Sports Ground

|umpires=Basir Ali Shaikh (PAK)
Rogge (NED)

}}

==Group C==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|name_PAK={{fh|PAK}}

|name_NED={{fh|NED}}

|name_BEL={{fh|BEL}}

|name_FRA={{fh|FRA|1830}}

|name_DEN={{fh|DEN}}

|winpoints=2

|result1=SF |result2=SF

|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/6/reports/poolstandings FIH]

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semi-finals

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=31 July 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Denmark}}

|score=2–2

|team2={{fh|France|1830}}

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=31 July 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Netherlands}}

|score=4–1

|team2={{fh|Belgium}}

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=2 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Netherlands}}

|score=4–1

|team2={{fh|Denmark}}

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=2 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Pakistan}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fh|Belgium}}

|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qtI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=k0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1175%2C3324686 Report]

|goals1=Dara {{fhgoal|FG|}}
MA Khan {{fhgoal|FG|}}

|goals2=H. Delaval {{fhgoal|FG|10}}

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=3 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Pakistan}}

|score=9–0

|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qtI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=k0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1235%2C3327383 Report]

|team2={{fh|Denmark}}

|goals1=Aziz {{fhgoal|FG|5||?||?||?||?||?||?||?}}
Dara {{fhgoal|FG|}}

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=3 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Netherlands}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fh|France|1830}}

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=5 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Belgium}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fh|Denmark}}

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=5 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Pakistan}}

|score=3–1

|report=[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19480806-1.2.93 Report]

|team2={{fh|France|1830}}

|goals1=Malik {{fhgoal||33}}
Dara {{fhgoal|FG|38|FG|53}}

|goals2=Lacroix {{fhgoal||?}}

|stadium=Lyons Sports Ground

|umpires=Cowlishaw (GBR) and Allen (GBR)

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=7 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Pakistan}}

|score=6–1

|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rtI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=k0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5005%2C3704993 Report]

|team2={{fh|Netherlands}}

|goals1=Dara {{fhgoal|FG|3||?||?||?}}
Hamid {{fhgoal|FG|3}}
Razzaq {{fhgoal|FG|}}

|goals2=Kruize {{fhgoal|FG|}}

}}

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=7 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Belgium}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fh|France|1830}}

}}

Medal round

File:Hockey Final—India v. Great Britain at the Empire Stadium, Wembley, Thursday, August 12th. India scoring her third goal.png

=Bracket=

{{Round4-with third

|RD1=Semi-finals

|RD2=Gold medal match

|RD3=Bronze medal match

|bold_winner=high |widescore=yes

|9 August|{{fh|India}}|2|{{fh|Netherlands}}|1

|9 August|{{fh|Great Britain}}|2|{{fh|Pakistan}}|0

|12 August|{{fh|India}}|4|{{fh|Great Britain}}|0

|12 August / 13 August|{{fh|Netherlands}} (replay)|1 / 4|{{fh|Pakistan}}|1 / 1

}}

= Semi-finals =

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=9 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Great Britain}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}

|report=[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19480810-1.2.109 Report]

|goals1=White {{fhgoal|FG|55}}
Adlard {{fhgoal|FG|60}}

|stadium=Wembley Stadium

|umpires=Jean Weymann (SUI)
Erik Husted (DEN)

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=9 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|India}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fh|Netherlands}}

|report=[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19480810-1.2.41.2 Report]

|goals1=Jansen {{fhgoal|FG|15}}
Babu {{fhgoal|FG|25}}

|goals2=Bromberg {{fhgoal|PC|60}}

|stadium=Wembley Stadium

|umpires=Alec Allen (GBR)
Reginald Gyles (GBR)

}}

= Bronze medal match =

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=12 August 1948

|time=16:30

|team1={{fh-rt|Netherlands}}

|score=1–1

|report=[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s9I-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=k0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5483%2C4180396 Report]

|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}

|aet=yes

|goals1=Kruize {{fhgoal|FG|37}}

|goals2=Hamid {{fhgoal|FG|12}}

|stadium=Wembley Stadium

|umpires= Cowlishaw (GBR)
Allen (GBR)

}}

----

{{Fieldhockeybox

|date=13 August 1948

|team1={{fh-rt|Netherlands}}

|score=4–1

|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}

|report=[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19480814-1.2.34.15 Report]

|goals1=Boerstra {{fhgoal|FG|32}}
Bromberg {{fhgoal|FG|38}}
Kruize {{fhgoal||}}
Esser {{fhgoal||}}

|goals2=MA Khan {{fhgoal|FG|31}}

|stadium=Lyons Sports Ground

|umpires= Cowlishaw (GBR)
Allen (GBR)

}}

= Gold medal match =

{{fieldhockeybox

|date={{Start date|1948|08|12|df=y}}

|time=18:00

|team1={{fh-rt|Great Britain}}

|score=0–4

|team2={{fh|india}}

|report=[https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/india-beat-great-britain-hockey-gold-medal-after-independence-1948-london-olympics/article32331814.ece Report]

|goals1=

|goals2=Singh Sr. {{fhgoal|FG|3||55}}
Jansen {{fhgoal|FG|10}}
T. Singh {{fhgoal|PC|66}}

|stadium=Empire Stadium

|umpires=Rogge (NED)
René Lombaert (BEL)

}}

Final standings

File:Hockey Nederland India. Elftal India, Bestanddeelnr 902-9315.jpg

File:Hockey Nederland India. Nederlands elftal, Bestanddeelnr 902-9314.jpg

class="wikitable" ! Rank	Team
align=center \| 16px	align=left \| {{fh\|IND}}
align=center \| 16px	align=left \| {{fh\|GBR}}
align=center \| 16px	align=left \| {{fh\|NED}}
align=center \| 4	align=left \| {{fh\|PAK}}
align=center \|rowspan=3\| 5	align=left \| {{fh\|ARG}}
align=left \| {{fh\|SUI}}
align=left \| {{fh\|BEL}}
align=center \|rowspan=3\| 8	align=left \| {{fh\|AUT}}
align=left \| {{fh\|AFG\|1930}}
align=left \| {{fh\|FRA\|1830}}
align=center \|rowspan=3\| 11	align=left \| {{fh\|ESP\|1945}}
align=left \| {{fh\|USA\|1912}}
align=left \| {{fh\|DEN}}

Medal summary

valign=top

| width=150 | {{flagIOCteam|IND|1948 Summer}}

Leslie Claudius
Keshav Dutt
Walter D'Souza
Lawrie Fernandes
Ranganathan Francis
Gerry Glackan
Akhtar Hussain
Patrick Jansen
Amir Kumar
Kishan Lal (c)
Leo Pinto
Jaswant Singh Rajput
Latif-ur-Rehman
Reginald Rodrigues
Balbir Singh Sr.
Randhir Singh Gentle
Grahanandan Singh
K. D. Singh (vc)
Trilochan Singh
Maxie Vaz

| width=150 | {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1948 Summer}}

Robert Adlard
Norman Borrett
David Brodie
Ronald Davis
W O Greene
William Griffiths
Edgar Hitchman
Frederick Lindsay
William Lindsay
John Peake
Frank Reynolds
George Sime (c)
David Brynmor Thomas
Michael Walford
Peter Whitbread
William White
A H Young{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS33900263&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Our Hockey Correspondent. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 7 July 1948|work=The Times}}

| width=150 | {{flagIOCteam|NED|1948 Summer}}

André Boerstra
Henk Bouwman
Piet Bromberg
Harry Derckx
Han Drijver
Dick Esser
Roepie Kruize
Jenne Langhout
Dick Loggere
Ton Richter
Eddy Tiel
Wim van Heel

Note: The [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee medal database] shows also only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament. The reserve players are not listed as medalists.

References

Category:Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

Category:Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948

Category:1948 in field hockey

class="wikitable" ! Rank	Team
align=center \| 16px	align=left \| {{fh\|IND}}
align=center \| 16px	align=left \| {{fh\|GBR}}
align=center \| 16px	align=left \| {{fh\|NED}}
align=center \| 4	align=left \| {{fh\|PAK}}
align=center \|rowspan=3\| 5	align=left \| {{fh\|ARG}}
align=left \| {{fh\|SUI}}
align=left \| {{fh\|BEL}}
align=center \|rowspan=3\| 8	align=left \| {{fh\|AUT}}
align=left \| {{fh\|AFG\|1930}}
align=left \| {{fh\|FRA\|1830}}
align=center \|rowspan=3\| 11	align=left \| {{fh\|ESP\|1945}}
align=left \| {{fh\|USA\|1912}}
align=left \| {{fh\|DEN}}

Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Participating nations

Squads

Results

=Group stage=

==Group A==

==Group B==

==Group C==

Medal round

=Bracket=

= Semi-finals =

= Bronze medal match =

= Gold medal match =

Final standings

Medal summary

See also

References