Field hockey at the Summer Olympics#Men's tournament

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Field hockey made its debut at the Modern Olympic Games as a men's competition in the 1908 Games in London. It was removed from the Olympic schedule of the Summer Olympic Games for the 1924 Paris Games and was reintroduced in the 1928 Amsterdam Games. The Women's field hockey was introduced into the Olympic programme at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) was founded in 1924 and governs the hockey events. Until the 1988 Summer Olympics, the tournaments were invitational, but a qualification system was introduced since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The last edition at Paris was the 25th occurrence of the men's event and 12th consecutive occurrence of women's event in the Olympics.

India holds the record for the most appearances in the Olympic men's competitions (22) while Australia and Netherlands hold the same record in women's competitions (11). India leads the medal tally for the men's events with 13 medals while the Netherlands heads the women's events with 10 medals.

Great Britain won the first two editions of the men's event in 1908 and 1920. India won the gold medal in seven out of eight Olympics from 1928 to 1964 with Pakistan winning three gold and silver medals each between the 1956 and 1984 Games. The matches are played on artificial turf since 1976. Since the late 1980s, European nations have dominated the hockey events with Germany and Netherlands having won three gold medals each in the men's event. In the women's event, Netherlands and Australia have been dominant, having won five and three gold medals respectively since its introduction in 1980.

History

Field hockey was introduced at the Modern Olympic Games as a men's competition at the 1908 Games in London. Great Britain won the first two editions in 1908 (as England) and 1920.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/field-hockey-101-olympic-history-records-and-results|title=Field hockey Olympic records and results|work=NBC Olympics|access-date=1 June 2024}} It was removed from the Olympic schedule of the Summer Olympic Games for the 1924 Paris Games because of the lack of an international sporting structure. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) was founded in Paris that year as a response to the same.{{cite web |title=History {{!}} FIH |url=https://www.fih.hockey/about-fih/history |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=International Hockey Federation |archive-date=2 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202110108/https://www.fih.hockey/about-fih/history |url-status=live }} Men's field hockey was added to the Olympics for the next Olympic Games in 1928 Games held at Amsterdam.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/sports/HOC|title=Hockey at the Olympics|work=Olympedia|access-date=1 August 2024|archive-date=15 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215190142/https://www.olympedia.org/sports/HOC|url-status=live}}

File:Indian-Hockey-Team-Berlin-1936.jpg that won the gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics]]

Starting in 1928, India won the gold medal in seven out of eight Olympics till 1964 including six consecutive gold medals from the 1928 Olympics to 1956.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/india-hockey-team-won-first-olympic-games-gold-medal-1928-amsterdam|title=How Indian hockey cast a spell to win the 1928 Olympics gold|date=3 April 2021|access-date=1 June 2024|work=Olympics.com|archive-date=21 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821103744/https://olympics.com/en/news/india-hockey-team-won-first-olympic-games-gold-medal-1928-amsterdam|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/how-indian-hockey-team-olympic-games-gold-medals|title=Indian hockey men at the Olympics: A gold-laden history|date=20 March 2020|access-date=1 June 2024|work=Olympics.com|archive-date=21 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821103758/https://olympics.com/en/news/how-indian-hockey-team-olympic-games-gold-medals|url-status=live}} Pakistan won its first gold medal in 1960 and won three gold and silver medals each in a run lasting from 1956 to 1984.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/how-many-pakistan-olympic-medals-won|title=How many Olympic medals have Pakistan won|access-date=1 June 2024|work=Olympics.com|archive-date=3 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403121251/https://olympics.com/en/news/how-many-pakistan-olympic-medals-won|url-status=live}} West Germany won the gold medal in the 1972 Munich Olympics, for the first gold medal by a non-Asian country since 1928. Olympic field hockey games were first played on artificial turf at the 1976 Montreal Games and was won by New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/sports/olympics/olympic-history-how-artificial-surfaces-altered-the-balance-of-power-in-world-hockey-article-12779064.html|title=Olympic history: How artificial surfaces altered the balance of power in world hockey|date=27 July 2024|access-date=1 August 2024|work=Money Control|archive-date=30 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730161200/https://www.moneycontrol.com/sports/olympics/olympic-history-how-artificial-surfaces-altered-the-balance-of-power-in-world-hockey-article-12779064.html|url-status=live}} The domination of both the Asian countries came to an end in the late 1980s with India winning its last gold medal in the competition in 1980 and Pakistan in 1984.

Though the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) was founded way back in 1927, Women's field hockey made its debut at the Summer Olympics only at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and was won by Zimbabwe. On 23 April 1983, women’s hockey programme was taken over by FIH and the IFWHA was dissolved. Great Britain won its first gold medal in the men's event since 1920 in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

File:Netherlands_womens_hockey_celebrate_-_2012_Olympics.jpg after winning gold at the 2012 Olympics]]

Until the 1988 Olympics, the tournament was invitational but FIH introduced a qualification system starting from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Since the 1990s, European countries have been dominant in the men's sport with the only exceptions being the wins by Australia in 2004 and Argentina in 2016. Both Germany and Netherlands have won three gold medals each, with the only other European winner being Belgium in 2020. In the women's events, Netherlands and Australia have been dominant, having won five and three gold medals respectively since its introduction to the Olympic programme in 1980. The only other winners of the women's event were Spain in 1992, Germany in 2004, and Great Britain in 2016.

The last edition of both the men's and women's events were held as a part of the 2024 Paris Olympics with Netherlands winning both the events.{{cite news|url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/photos/netherlands-women-secure-olympic-gold|title=Netherlands women secure Olympic gold|date=9 August 2024|work=International Hockey Federation|access-date=10 August 2024|archive-date=26 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826055645/https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/photos/netherlands-women-secure-olympic-gold|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/photos/netherlands-mens-team-strikes-gold-at-the-olympics|title=Netherlands men's team strike Olympic gold|date=10 August 2024|work=International Hockey Federation|access-date=10 August 2024|archive-date=26 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826055644/https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/photos/netherlands-mens-team-strikes-gold-at-the-olympics|url-status=live}} India holds the record for the most appearances in the Olympic men's competitions (22) and Spain has appeared in the most Olympic men's competitions (19) without winning the men's gold medal with the best place finishes being the silver medal won in 1980, 1996, and 2008.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-08-19/spanish-on-course-to-realise-olympic-dream/482492|title=Spanish on course to realise Olympic dream|date=19 August 2008|access-date=1 June 2024|work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|archive-date=26 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826051758/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-08-19/spanish-on-course-to-realise-olympic-dream/482492|url-status=live}} Australia and Netherlands hold the record for the most appearances in the Olympic women's competitions (11). India leads the medal tally for the men's events with 13 medals including eight gold medals. Netherlands heads the women's events with 10 medals including five gold medals and also leads the overall medal tally with 20 medals (eight gold, six silver and six bronze).{{cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/olympic-sports/top-five-records-of-indian-mens-hockey-team|title=Indian field hockey records|work=Khel Now|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814144944/https://khelnow.com/olympic-sports/top-five-records-of-indian-mens-hockey-team}}

Men

= Results =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%; font-size:90%;"

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host

!width=1% rowspan=29|

!colspan=3|Gold medal match

!width=1% rowspan=29|

!colspan=3|Bronze medal match

!width=1% rowspan=29|

!width=6% rowspan=2|Number of teams

width=14%|Gold medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=14%|Silver medal

!width=14%|Bronze medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=14%|Fourth place

1908
Details

|London, Great Britain

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}
(England)

|8–1

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}
(Ireland)

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}
(Scotland)
{{fh-big|Great Britain}}
(Wales)

|{{efn|There was no bronze medal match for the 1908 Games in London.}}

|

|6

1912

|Stockholm, Sweden

|colspan=3|No tournament

|colspan=3|No tournament

|

1920
Details

|Antwerp, Belgium

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}

|{{efn|name=round|The 1920 tournament was played in a round-robin format, so there were no gold medal or bronze medal matches.}}

|{{fh-big|Denmark}}

|{{fh-big|Belgium}}

|{{efn|name=round}}

|{{fh-big|France|1794}}

|4

1924

|Paris, France

|colspan=3|No tournament

|colspan=3|No tournament

|

1928
Details

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|{{fh-big|India|British}}

|3–0

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|{{fh-big|Germany|1919}}

|3–0

|{{fh-big|Belgium}}

|9

1932
Details

|Los Angeles, United States

|{{fh-big|India|British}}

|{{efn|name=year|Three teams participated in the 1932 tournament, so they played a round-robin format.}}

|{{fh-big|Japan|1870}}

|{{fh-big|USA|1912}}

|{{efn|name="year"}}

|

|3

1936
Details

|Berlin, Germany

|{{fh-big|India|British}}

|8–1

|{{fh-big|Germany|Nazi}}

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|4–3

|{{fh-big|France|1794}}

|11

1948
Details

|London, Great Britain

|{{fh-big|India}}

|4–0

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|1–1
4–1
(Replay)

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|13

1952
Details

|Helsinki, Finland

|{{fh-big|India}}

|6–1

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|12

1956
Details

|Melbourne, Australia

|{{fh-big|India}}

|1–0

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|{{fh-big|Germany|EUA|name=United Team of Germany}}{{efn|name=EUA|The United Team of Germany was the combined team from West Germany and East Germany that competed together at the Olympic Games from 1956 to 1964. Then each country sent independent teams from 1968 to 1988.}}

|3–1

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}

|12

1960
Details

|Rome, Italy

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|1–0

|{{fh-big|India}}

|{{fh-big|Spain|1945}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}

|16

1964
Details

|Tokyo, Japan

|{{fh-big|India}}

|1–0

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|3–2
after extra time

|{{fh-big|Spain|1945}}

|15

1968
Details

|Mexico City, Mexico

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|{{fh-big|India}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|West Germany}}

|16

1972
Details

|Munich, West Germany

|{{fh-big|West Germany}}

|1–0

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|{{fh-big|India}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|16

1976
Details

|Montreal, Canada

|{{fh-big|New Zealand}}

|1–0

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|3–2

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|11

1980
Details

|Moscow, Soviet Union

|{{fh-big|India}}

|4–3

|{{fh-big|Spain|1977}}

|{{fh-big|Soviet Union}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|Poland}}

|6

1984
Details

|Los Angeles, United States

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|2–1
after extra time

|{{fh-big|West Germany}}

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}

|3–2

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|12

1988
Details

|Seoul, South Korea

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}

|3–1

|{{fh-big|West Germany}}

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|12

1992
Details

|Barcelona, Spain

|{{fh-big|Germany}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|4–3

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|12

1996
Details

|Atlanta, United States

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|3–1

|{{fh-big|Spain}}

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|3–2

|{{fh-big|Germany}}

|12

2000
Details

|Sydney, Australia

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|3–3
after extra time
(5–4)
Penalty strokes

|{{fh-big|South Korea|1997}}

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|6–3

|{{fh-big|Pakistan}}

|12

2004
Details

|Athens, Greece

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|2–1
after extra time

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|{{fh-big|Germany}}

|4–3
after extra time

|{{fh-big|Spain}}

|12

2008
Details

|Beijing, China

|{{fh-big|Germany}}

|1–0

|{{fh-big|Spain}}

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|6–2

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|12

2012
Details

|London, Great Britain

|{{fh-big|Germany}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|3–1

|{{fh-big|Great Britain}}

|12

2016
Details

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|{{fh-big|Argentina}}

|4–2

|{{fh-big|Belgium}}

|{{fh-big|Germany}}

|1–1
(4–3)
Penalty shootout

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|12

2020
Details

|Tokyo, Japan

|{{fh-big|Belgium}}

|1–1
(3–2)
Penalty shootout

|{{fh-big|Australia}}

|{{fh-big|India}}

|5–4

|{{fh-big|Germany}}

|12

2024
Details

|Paris, France

|{{fh-big|Netherlands}}

|1–1
(3–1)
Penalty shootout

|{{fh-big|Germany}}

|{{fh-big|India}}

|2–1

|{{fh-big|Spain}}

|12

=Men's medal table =

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| gold_NED = 3 | silver_NED = 4 | bronze_NED = 3

| gold_PAK = 3 | silver_PAK = 3 | bronze_PAK = 2

| gold_GBR = 3 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 4

| gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 3

| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 4 | bronze_AUS = 5

| gold_FRG = 1 | silver_FRG = 2 | bronze_FRG = 0 | name_FRG = {{fh|FRG}}

| gold_ARG = 1 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 0

| gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 0

| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 3 | bronze_ESP = 1

| gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 1

| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 0

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0

| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 0

| gold_URS = 0 | silver_URS = 0 | bronze_URS = 1 | name_URS = {{fh|URS}}

| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1

| gold_EUA = 0 | silver_EUA = 0 | bronze_EUA = 1 | name_EUA = {{fh|Germany|EUA|name=United Team of Germany}}

}}

= Top four statistics =

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!Team

!Winners

!Runners-up

!Third place

!Fourth place

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|IND}}{{efn|name=India}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|8 (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980)

|1 (1960)

|4 (1968, 1972, 2020, 2024)

|

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|GER}}{{efn|Includes results representing the United Team of Germany from 1956 to 1964 and West Germany from 1968 to 1988}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|4 (1972*, 1992, 2008, 2012)

|4 (1936*, 1984, 1988, 2024)

|4 (1928, 1956, 2004, 2016)

|3 (1968, 1996, 2020)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|NED}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|3 (1996, 2000, 2024)

|4 (1928*, 1952, 2004, 2012)

|3 (1936, 1948, 1988)

|5 (1972, 1976, 1992, 2008, 2016)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|PAK}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|3 (1960, 1968, 1984)

|3 (1956, 1964, 1972)

|2 (1976, 1992)

|3 (1948, 1952, 2000)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|GBR}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|3 (1908*, 1920, 1988)

|2 (1908*, 1948*)

|4 (1908*, 1908*, 1952, 1984)

|3 (1956, 1960, 2012*)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|AUS}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2004)

|4 (1968, 1976, 1992, 2020)

|5 (1964, 1996, 2000*, 2008, 2012)

|2 (1984, 1988)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|BEL}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2020)

|1 (2016)

|1 (1920*)

|1 (1928)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|NZL}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (1976)

|

|

|

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|ARG}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2016)

|

|

|

{{fh|ESP}}

|

|3 (1980, 1996, 2008)

|1 (1960)

|3 (1964, 2004, 2024)

{{fh|DEN}}

|

|1 (1920)

|

|

{{fh|JPN}}

|

|1 (1932)

|

|

{{fh|KOR}}

|

|1 (2000)

|

|

{{fh|USA}}

|

|

|1 (1932*)

|

{{fh|URS}}

|

|

|1 (1980*)

|

{{fh|FRA}}

|

|

|

|2 (1920, 1936)

{{fh|POL}}

|

|

|

|1 (1980)

:* = host nation

= Team appearances =

Since the debut of the hockey programme in 1908, 45 teams have competed in at least one Olympic Games.

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!Team

!{{flagicon|Great Britain}}
1908

!{{flagicon|Belgium}}
1920

!{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
1928

!{{flagicon|United States|1912}}
1932

!{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}}
1936

!{{flagicon|Great Britain}}
1948

!{{flagicon|Finland}}
1952

!{{flagicon|Australia}}
1956

!{{flagicon|Italy}}
1960

!{{flagicon|Japan}}
1964

!{{flagicon|Mexico}}
1968

!{{flagicon|West Germany}}
1972

!{{flagicon|Canada}}
1976

!{{flagicon|Soviet Union}}
1980

!{{flagicon|United States}}
1984

!{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}}
1988

!{{flagicon|Spain}}
1992

!{{flagicon|United States}}
1996

!{{flagicon|Australia}}
2000

!{{flagicon|Greece}}
2004

!{{flagicon|China}}
2008

!{{flagicon|Great Britain}}
2012

!{{flagicon|Brazil}}
2016

!{{flagicon|Japan}}
2020

!{{flagicon|FRA}}
2024

!Total

align=left|{{fh|Afghanistan|2013}}

| –

6th8th11th3
align=left|{{fh|Argentina}}

| –

5th14th14th11th8th11th9th8th11th10thbgcolor=gold|1st7th8th13
align=left|{{fh|Australia}}

|–

5th6thbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2nd5thbgcolor=silver|2nd4th4thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=cc9966|3rd6thbgcolor=silver|2nd6th17
align=left|{{fh|Austria}}

| –

9th8th7th3
align=left|{{fh|Belgium}}

| –

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd4th9th5th9th7th11th11th9th10th9th9th5thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1st5th16
align=left|{{fh|Brazil}}

| –

12th1
align=left|{{fh|Canada}}

| –

13th10th12th11th10th10th11th12th8
align=left|{{fh|China}}

| –

11th1
align=left|{{fh|CIS}}

|colspan=16| –

10thcolspan=8|Defunct1
align=left|{{fh|Cuba}}

| –

5th1
align=left|{{fh|Denmark}}

| –

bgcolor=silver|2nd5th10th11th16th5
align=left|{{fh|East Germany}}

|colspan="10"| –

11thcolspan="9"|Defunct1
align=left|{{fh|Egypt}}

| –

12th12th2
align=left|{{fh|England}}

|bgcolor=gold|1st

colspan="24"|Part of Great Britain1
align=left|{{fh|Finland}}

| –

9th1
align=left|{{fh|France}}

|6th

4th5th4th8th11th10th10th12th11th10
align=left|{{fh|Germany}}

|5th

bgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2nd5thcolspan="9"| –bgcolor=gold|1st4th5thbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=cc9966|3rd4thbgcolor=silver|2nd13
align=left|{{fh|Great Britain}}

| –

bgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=cc9966|3rd4th4th9th12th6thbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1st6th7th6th9th5th4th9th5th7th19
align=left|{{fh|Hong Kong}}

| –

15th1
align=left|{{fh|Hungary}}

| –

8th1
align=left|{{fh|India}}

|–

bgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=cc9966|3rd7thbgcolor=gold|1st5th6th7th8th7th7th12th8thbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=cc9966|3rd22
align=left|{{fh|IRL}}

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

10th10th3
align=left|{{fh|Italy}}

| –

11th13th2
align=left|{{fh|Japan}}

| –

bgcolor=silver|2nd7th14th7th13th11th6
align=left|{{fh|Kenya}}

| –

10th7th6th8th13th9th12th7
align=left|{{fh|Malaysia}}

| –

9th9th15th8th8th10th9th11th11th9
align=left|{{fh|Mexico}}

| –

16th16th2
align=left|{{fh|Netherlands}}

|–

bgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2nd9th7th5th4th4th6thbgcolor=cc9966|3rd4thbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2nd4thbgcolor=silver|2nd4th6thbgcolor=gold|1st20
align=left|{{fh|New Zealand}}

| –

6th5th13th7th9thbgcolor=gold|1st7th8th6th7th9th7th9th12th14
align=left|{{fh|Pakistan}}

| –

4th4thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1st5thbgcolor=cc9966|3rd6th4th5th8th7th16
align=left|{{fh|Poland}}

| –

6th12th11th4th12th5
align=left|{{fh|RHO|1964}}

| –

11thcolspan=15|Defunct1
align=left|{{fh|Scotland}}

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

colspan="24"|Part of Great Britain1
align=left|{{fh|Singapore}}

| –

8th1
align=left|{{fh|South Africa}}

| –

10th10th12th11th10th9th6
align=left|{{fh|South Korea}}

| –

10th5thbgcolor=silver|2nd8th6th8th6
align=left|{{fh|Soviet Union}}#

| –

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd7thcolspan="9"|Defunct2
align=left|{{fh|Spain}}

| –

7th11thbgcolor=cc9966|3rd4th6th7th6thbgcolor=silver|2nd8th9th5thbgcolor=silver|2nd9th4thbgcolor=silver|2nd6th5th8th4th19
align=left|{{fh|Switzerland}}

| –

7th5th5th7th15th5
align=left|{{fh|Tanzania}}

| –

6th1
align=left|{{fh|Uganda}}

| –

15th1
align=left|{{fh|United States}}

| –

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd11th11th12th12th12th6
align=left|{{fh|Germany|EUA|name= United Team of Germany}}

|colspan="7"| –

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd7th5thcolspan="15"|Defunct3
align=left|{{fh|Wales}}

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

colspan="24"|Part of Great Britain1
align=left|{{fh|West Germany}}

|colspan="10"| –

4thbgcolor=gold|1st5thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=silver|2ndcolspan="9"|Defunct5
Total || 6 || 4 || 9 || 3 || 11 || 13 || 12 || 12 || 16 || 15 || 16 || 16 || 11 || 6 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 ||

:# = states or teams that have since split into two or more independent teams

= Debut of teams =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
Year

!Debuting teams

!{{abbr|No.|Number}}

!{{abbr|CT|Cumulative total}}

!Successor or
renamed teams

1908

|align=left|{{fh|ENG}}, {{fh|FRA|1830}}, {{fh|GER|1866}}, {{fh|IRE|1783}}, {{fh|SCO}}, {{fh|WAL|1807}}

|6

|6

|

1920

|align=left|{{fh|BEL}}, {{fh|DEN}}

|2

|8

|align=left|{{fh|GBR}}

1928

|align=left|{{fh|AUT}}, {{fh|IND|British}}, {{fh|NED}}, {{fh|ESP|1874}}, {{fh|SUI}}

|5

|13

|

1932

|align=left|{{fh|JPN|1870}}, {{fh|USA|1912}}

|2

|15

|

1936

|align=left|{{fh|AFG|1930}}, {{fh|HUN|1920}}

|2

|17

|

1948

|align=left|{{fh|ARG}}, {{fh|PAK}}

|2

|19

|

1952

|align=left|{{fh|FIN}}, {{fh|ITA}}, {{fh|POL|1928}}

|3

|22

|

1956

|align=left|{{fh|AUS}}, {{fh|KEN|colonial}}, {{fh|Malaya}}, {{fh|NZL}}, {{fh|SGP|colonial-1952}}

|5

|27

|{{fh|GER|EUA|name=United Team of Germany}}

1960

|align=left|No debut

|0

|27

|

1964

|align=left|{{fh|CAN|1957}}, {{fh|HKG|1959}}, {{fh|RHO|1964}}

|3

|30

|align=left|{{fh|MAS}}

1968

|align=left|{{fh|GDR}}, {{fh|MEX|1934}}

|2

|32

|align=left|{{fh|FRG}}

1972

|align=left|{{fh|UGA}}

|1

|33

|

1976

|align=left|None

|0

|33

|

1980

|align=left|{{fh|CUB}}, {{fh|URS}}, {{fh|TAN}}

|3

|36

|

1984

|align=left|None

|0

|36

|

1988

|align=left|{{fh|KOR|1984}}

|1

|37

|

1992

|align=left|{{fh|EGY}}

|1

|38

|align=left|{{fh|Germany}}, {{flagdeco|Commonwealth of Independent States|1992}} CIS

1996

|align=left|{{fh|RSA}}

|1

|39

|

2000

|align=left|None

|0

|39

|

2004

|align=left|None

|0

|39

|

2008

|align=left|{{fh|CHN}}

|1

|40

|

2012

|align=left|None

|0

|40

|

2016

|align=left|{{fh|BRA}}

|1

|41

|

2020

|align=left|None

|0

|41

|

2024

|align=left|None

|0

|41

|

Women

= Results =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%; font-size:90%;"

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host

!width=1% rowspan=14|

!colspan=3|Gold medal match

!width=1% rowspan=14|

!colspan=3|Bronze medal match

!width=1% rowspan=14|

!width=6% rowspan=2|Number of teams

width=14%|Gold medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=14%|Silver medal

!width=14%|Bronze medal

!width=10%|Score

!width=14%|Fourth place

1980
Details

|Moscow, Soviet Union

|{{fhw-big|Zimbabwe}}

|{{efn|name=moscow|Round-robin format play in 1980 for women's tournament}}

|{{fhw-big|Czechoslovakia}}

|{{fhw-big|Soviet Union}}

|{{efn|name=moscow}}

|{{fhw-big|India}}

|6

1984
Details

|Los Angeles, United States

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

|{{efn|Round Robin format use in 1984 women's tournament}}

|{{fhw-big|West Germany}}

|{{fhw-big|USA}}

|(10–5)
Penalty strokes{{efn|The final standings show both the United States and Australia were tied in points and had same margin in goal difference (both having scored 9 goals and conceded 7 goals), therefore a penalty stroke competition was played to decide the bronze medal winner, with the United States winning.}}

|{{fhw-big|Australia}}

|6

1988
Details

|Seoul, South Korea

|{{fhw-big|Australia}}

|2–0

|{{fhw-big|South Korea|1984}}

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

|3–1

|{{fhw-big|Great Britain}}

|8

1992
Details

|Barcelona, Spain

|{{fhw-big|Spain}}

|2–1
after extra time

|{{fhw-big|Germany}}

|{{fhw-big|Great Britain}}

|4–3

|{{fhw-big|South Korea|1984}}

|8

1996
Details

|Atlanta, United States

|{{fhw-big|Australia}}

|3–1

|{{fhw-big|South Korea|1984}}

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

|0–0
after extra time
(4–3)
Penalty strokes

|{{fhw-big|Great Britain}}

|8

2000
Details

|Sydney, Australia

|{{fhw-big|Australia}}

|3–1

|{{fhw-big|Argentina}}

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

|2–0

|{{fhw-big|Spain}}

|10

2004
Details

|Athens, Greece

|{{fhw-big|Germany}}

|2–1

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

|{{fhw-big|Argentina}}

|1–0

|{{fhw-big|China}}

|10

2008
Details

|Beijing, China

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

|2–0

|{{fhw-big|China}}

|{{fhw-big|Argentina}}

|3–1

|{{fhw-big|Germany}}

|12

2012
Details

|London, Great Britain

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

|2–0

|{{fhw-big|Argentina}}

|{{fhw-big|Great Britain}}

|3–1

|{{fhw-big|New Zealand}}

|12

2016
Details

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|{{fhw-big|Great Britain}}

|3–3
(2–0)
Penalty shootout

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

|{{fhw-big|Germany}}

|2–1

|{{fhw-big|New Zealand}}

|12

2020
Details

|Tokyo, Japan

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

|3–1

|{{fhw-big|Argentina}}

|{{fhw-big|Great Britain}}

|4–3

|{{fhw-big|India}}

|12

2024
Details

|Paris, France

|{{fhw-big|Netherlands}}

| 1–1
(3–1)
Penalty shootout

|{{fhw-big|China}}

|{{fhw-big|Argentina}}

|2–2
(3–1)
Penalty shootout

|{{fhw-big|Belgium}}

|12

= Women's medal table =

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = fhw

| event =

| team =

| gold_NED = 5 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 3

| gold_AUS = 3 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 0

| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1

| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 3

| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 0

| gold_ZIM = 1 | silver_ZIM = 0 | bronze_ZIM = 0

| gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 3 | bronze_ARG = 3

| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 0

| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 0

| gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 0 | name_FRG = {{fhw|FRG}}

| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 0 | name_TCH = {{fhw|TCH}}

| gold_URS = 0 | silver_URS = 0 | bronze_URS = 1 | name_URS = {{fhw|URS}}

| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1

}}

= Top four statistics =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"

!Team

!Winners

!Runners-up

!Third place

!Fourth place

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|NED}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|5 (1984, 2008, 2012, 2020, 2024)

|2 (2004, 2016)

|3 (1988, 1996, 2000)

|

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|AUS}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|3 (1988, 1996, 2000*)

|

|

|1 (1984)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|GER}}{{efn|Includes representing West Germany from 1984 to 1988}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2004)

|2 (1984, 1992)

|1 (2016)

|1 (2008)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|GBR}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2016)

|

|3 (1992, 2012*, 2020)

|2 (1988, 1996)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|ESP}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (1992*)

|

|

|1 (2000)

style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|ZIM}}

|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (1980)

|

|

|

{{fhw|ARG}}

|

|3 (2000, 2012, 2020)

|3 (2004, 2008, 2024)

|

{{fhw|KOR}}

|

|2 (1988*, 1996)

|

|1 (1992)

{{fhw|CHN}}

|

|2 (2008*, 2024)

|

|1 (2004)

{{fhw|TCH}}

|

|1 (1980)

|

|

{{fhw|URS}}

|

|

|1 (1980*)

|

{{fhw|USA}}

|

|

|1 (1984*)

|

{{fhw|IND}}

|

|

|

|2 (1980, 2020)

{{fhw|NZL}}

|

|

|

|2 (2012, 2016)

{{fhw|BEL}}

|

|

|

|1 (2024)

:* = host nation

= Team appearances =

Since its debut at the 1980 Games, 23 teams have competed in at least one Olympic Games.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%; font-size:85%;"

!Team

!{{flagicon|Soviet Union}}
1980

!{{flagicon|United States}}
1984

!{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}}
1988

!{{flagicon|Spain}}
1992

!{{flagicon|United States}}
1996

!{{flagicon|Australia}}
2000

!{{flagicon|Greece}}
2004

!{{flagicon|China}}
2008

!{{flagicon|Great Britain}}
2012

!{{flagicon|Brazil}}
2016

!{{flagicon|Japan}}
2020

!{{flagicon|FRA}}
2024

!Total

align=left|{{fhw|Argentina}}

| –

7th7thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2nd7thbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd9
align=left|{{fhw|Australia}}

| –

4thbgcolor=gold|1st5thbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1st5th5th5th6th5th5th11
align=left|{{fhw|Austria}}

|5th

1
align=left|{{fhw|Belgium}}

| –

11th4th2
align=left|{{fhw|Canada}}

| –

5th6th7th3
align=left|{{fhw|China}}

| –

5th4thbgcolor=silver|2nd6th9th9thbgcolor=silver|2nd7
align=left|{{fhw|Czechoslovakia}}#

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

colspan="8"| Defunct1
align=left|{{fhw|FRA}}

| –

12th1
align=left|{{fhw|Germany}}

|colspan="3"| –

bgcolor=silver|2nd6th7thbgcolor=gold|1st4th7thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd6th6th9
align=left|{{fhw|Great Britain}}

| –

4thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd4th8th6thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd8th9
align=left|{{fhw|India}}

|4th

12th4th3
align=left|{{fhw|IRL}}

| –

10th1
align=left|{{fhw|Japan}}

| –

8th10th9th10th11th10th6
align=left|{{fhw|Netherlands}}

|–

bgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=#cc9966|3rd6thbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=#cc9966|3rdbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=silver|2ndbgcolor=gold|1stbgcolor=gold|1st11
align=left|{{fhw|New Zealand}}

| –

6th8th6th6th12th4th4th8th8
align=left|{{fhw|Poland}}

|6th

1
align=left|{{fhw|South Africa}}

| –

10th9th11th10th12th11th6
align=left|{{fhw|South Korea}}

| –

bgcolor=silver|2nd4thbgcolor=silver|2nd9th7th9th8th11th8
align=left|{{fhw|Soviet Union}}#

|bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd

colspan="9"| Defunct1
align=left|{{fhw|Spain}}

| –

bgcolor=gold|1st8th4th10th7th8th7th7th8
align=left|{{fhw|United States}}

| –

bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd8th5th8th12th5th9th7
align=left|{{fhw|West Germany}}

| –

bgcolor=silver|2nd5thcolspan="9"| Defunct2
align=left|{{fhw|Zimbabwe}}

|bgcolor=gold|1st

1
Total || 6 || 6 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 10 || 10 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 ||

:# = states or teams that have since split into two or more independent teams

= Debut of teams =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
Year

!Debuting teams

!{{abbr|No.|Number}}

!{{abbr|CT|Cumulative total}}

!Successor or
renamed teams

1980

|align=left|{{fhw|Austria}}, {{fhw|Czechoslovakia}} *, {{fhw|India}}, {{fhw|Poland}}, {{fhw|Soviet Union}} *, {{fhw|Zimbabwe}}

|6

|6

|

1984

|align=left|{{fhw|Australia}}, {{fhw|Canada}}, {{fhw|Netherlands}}, {{fhw|New Zealand}}, {{fhw|United States}}, {{fhw|West Germany}} *

|6

|12

|

1988

|align=left|{{fhw|Argentina}}, {{fhw|Great Britain}}, {{fhw|South Korea}}

|3

|15

|

1992

|align=left| {{fhw|Spain}}

|1

|16

|align=left|{{fhw|Germany}}

1996

|align=left|No debuts

|0

|16

|

2000

|align=left|{{fhw|China}}, {{fhw|South Africa}}

|2

|18

|

2004

|align=left|No debuts

|0

|18

|

2008

|align=left|{{fhw|Japan}}

|1

|19

|

2012

|align=left|{{fhw|Belgium}}

|1

|20

|

2016

|align=left|No debuts

|0

|20

|

2020

|align=left|{{fhw|IRL}}

|1

|21

|

2024

|align=left|{{fhw|FRA}}

|1

|22

|

:* = Defunct Team

Medal table

File:Hockey su prato Olimpiadi 1960 premiazione.jpg in Rome]]

Source:{{cite web |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries¶m_dbversion=¶m_country=¶m_games=ALL¶m_sport=Hockey |title=Olympic Analytics – Medals by Countries |website=Olympanalyt.com |access-date=31 January 2022 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204145219/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries¶m_dbversion=¶m_country=¶m_games=ALL¶m_sport=Hockey |url-status=live }}

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event =

| team =

| gold_IND = 8 | silver_IND = 1 | bronze_IND = 4 |note_IND = {{efn|name=India|Includes three gold medals as British India}}

| gold_NED = 8 | silver_NED = 6 | bronze_NED = 6

| gold_AUS = 4 | silver_AUS = 4 | bronze_AUS = 5

| gold_GBR = 4 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 7

| gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 4

| gold_PAK = 3 | silver_PAK = 3 | bronze_PAK = 2

| gold_ARG = 1 | silver_ARG = 3 | bronze_ARG = 3

| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 3 | bronze_ESP = 1

| gold_FRG = 1 | silver_FRG = 3 | bronze_FRG = 0 | name_FRG =

{{flagIOCteam|FRG}}*

| gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 0

| gold_ZIM = 1 | silver_ZIM = 0 | bronze_ZIM = 0

| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 3 | bronze_KOR = 0

| gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 1

| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 0

| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 0

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0

| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 0 | name_TCH = {{flagIOCteam|TCH}}*

| gold_URS = 0 | silver_URS = 0 | bronze_URS = 2 | name_URS = {{flagIOCteam|URS}}*

| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 2

| gold_EUA = 0 | silver_EUA = 0 | bronze_EUA = 1 | name_EUA = {{flagIOCteam|EUA}}*

}}

:* = Defunct Team

Olympic records

= Men =

  • Most appearances : India (22){{cite web|url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/news/mens-hockey-at-the-olympic-games-a-statistical-rewind|title=Men’s Hockey at the Olympic Games: A statistical rewind|work=International Hockey Federation|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=14 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614012227/https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/news/mens-hockey-at-the-olympic-games-a-statistical-rewind|url-status=live}}
  • Most consecutive appearances : India (18, {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} – {{GamesName|SOG|2004}})
  • Most medals : India (13)
  • Most titles : India (8)
  • Longest winning streak : 30 matches (India, {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} – {{GamesName|SOG|1960}})
  • Most goals scored in a single tournament : India (43, {{GamesName|SOG|1980}}){{cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/olympic-sports/top-five-records-of-indian-mens-hockey-team|title=Indian field hockey records|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814144944/https://khelnow.com/olympic-sports/top-five-records-of-indian-mens-hockey-team|url-status=live|work=Khelnow}}
  • Fewest goals conceded in a single tournament: India (nil, ({{GamesName|SOG|1928}}, {{GamesName|SOG|1956}})
  • Biggest margin of victory : India 24–1 United States ({{GamesName|SOG|1932}})
  • Biggest margin of victory at an Olympic final : India 8–1 Germany ({{GamesName|SOG|1936}})
  • Most appearances by a player: Teun de Nooijer (Netherlands), Ric Charlesworth (Australia), David Alegre and Pol Amat (Spain) (5 appearances)
  • Most goals scored by a player in a match : Roop Singh (India, 10 goals vs United States at {{GamesName|SOG|1932}})
  • Most goals scored by a player in an Olympic final : Balbir Singh Sr. (India, 5 goals vs Netherlands at {{GamesName|SOG|1952}}){{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-goals-scored-by-an-individual-in-an-olympic-hockey-final-(male)|title=Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=26 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826063927/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-goals-scored-by-an-individual-in-an-olympic-hockey-final-(male)|url-status=live}}

= Women =

  • Most appearances : Australia and Netherlands (11){{cite web|url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/news/womens-hockey-at-the-olympic-games-a-statistical-rewind|title=Women’s Hockey at the Olympic Games: A statistical rewind|work=International Hockey Federation|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=26 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826064739/https://www.fih.hockey/events/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/news/womens-hockey-at-the-olympic-games-a-statistical-rewind|url-status=live}}
  • Most consecutive appearances : Australia and Netherlands (11, {{GamesName|SOG|1980}} – {{GamesName|SOG|2024}})
  • Most medals : Netherlands (10)
  • Most titles : Netherlands (5)
  • Most goals scored : Netherlands (192)
  • Most goals scored in a single tournament : Netherlands (29, {{GamesName|SOG|2020}})
  • Most appearances by a player: Natascha Keller (Germany, 5 appearances)
  • Most goals by a player: Maartje Paumen (Netherlands, 19 goals)
  • Most goals scored by a player in a single tournament: Maartje Paumen (Netherlands, 11 goals at {{GamesName|SOG|2008}})

See also

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{Summer Olympic Games field hockey men's tournament winners}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Field hockey - Women's tournament}}

{{Field hockey at the Summer Olympics}}

{{Sports at the Olympics}}

{{International field hockey}}

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Category:Sports at the Summer Olympics

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