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Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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at the Games of the XVI Olympiad

Medal winners

Venues

Dates

23 November – 6 December 1956

Teams

12

Medalists

		India
		Pakistan
		United Team of Germany

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1960 →

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the eighth edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It was contested from 23 November to 6 December, with 12 participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games.

India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament. Pakistan won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
India Leslie Claudius Ranganathan Francis Haripal Kaushik Amir Kumar Raghbir Lal Shankar Lakshman O. P. Malhotra Govind Perumal Amit Singh Bakshi Raghbir Singh Bhola Balbir Singh Dosanjh Hardyal Singh Garchey Randhir Singh Gentle Balkishan Singh Grewal Gurdev Singh Kullar Udham Singh Kullar Bakshish Singh Charles Stephen	Pakistan Zakir Hussain Munir Ahmed Dar Ghulam Rasool Anwar Ahmed Khan Qazi Massarrat Hussain Noor Alam Abdul Hamid Habibur Rehman Ahmed Naseer Bunda Motiullah Latif-ur Rehman Akhtar Hussain Habib Ali Kiddie Manzoor Hussain Atif	United Team of Germany Günther Brennecke Hugo Budinger Werner Delmes Hugo Dollheiser Eberhard Ferstl Alfred Lücker Helmut Nonn Wolfgang Nonn Heinz Radzikowski Werner Rosenbaum Günther Ullerich

Participating nations

Twelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each. With the unbalanced seeding, the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi-finals, but only the top team in both Groups A and B advanced.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Squads

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	36	0	+36	6	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Singapore	3	2	0	1	11	7	+4	4
3	Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	5	20	−15	2
4	United States	3	0	0	3	2	27	−25	0

Source: LA84 Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points.

26 November 1956
11:30

6–1

Umpires:
L. La Mothe (AUS)
R. Moyse (AUS)

26 November 1956
14:30

14–0

Umpires:
A. Atkins (AUS)
Richard Hansen (AUS)

28 November 1956
11:30

0–5

20'
Pennefather

25', ?'

Umpires:
N. Symons (AUS)
K. Wilson (AUS)

28 November 1956
14:30

16–0

Umpires:
Mahan Singh (KEN)
W. Scott (NZL)

30 November 1956
11:30

0–6

26', 56'
H. Singh

33'
Stephen

46', 59'

Umpires:
L. La Mothe (AUS)
V. Duray (MAL)

30 November 1956
14:30

5–1

Umpires:
Alan Cowan (AUS)
R. Moyse (AUS)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	6	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Australia (H)	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	4
3	Malaya	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	Kenya	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

Source: LA84 Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points.
(H) Hosts

23 November 1956
11:30

2–2

55'
Conroy

61'

15'
Aman

66'

Umpires:
W. Scott (NZL)
Gian Singh (IND)

23 November 1956
14:30

2–0

64'

Umpires:
Ernst-Ludwig Nack (GER)
K. Hamilton (NZL)

24 November 1956
16:00

1–1

5'

34'

Umpires:
K. Hamilton (NZL)
Harbail Singh (IND)

26 November 1956
16:00

2–3

32', 63'

18', 51'

Umpires:
Birendra Ghosh (IND)
Gian Singh (IND)

28 November 1956
16:00

1–1

50'

11'

Umpires:
Fritz Staake (GER)
Ernst-Ludwig Nack (GER)

29 November 1956
16:00

1–2

60'

18', 50'

Umpires:
Gian Singh (IND)
Birendra Ghosh (IND)

Play–off match

At the conclusion of the pool stage, Australia and Great Britain finished equal on points, resulting in a play–off match to determine number one position in the pool.

1 December 1956
14:00

0–1

55'

Umpires:
Gian Singh (IND)
Birendra Ghosh (IND)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	United Team of Germany	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	4	Advanced to Semi-finals
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	2
4	Belgium	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: LA84 Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points.

23 November 1956
14:00

2–0

14'
Bunda

58'

Umpires:
Mark Cowlishaw (GBR)
James McDowell (AUS)

23 November 1956
14:30

United Team of Germany

5–4

29', 70'
Rosenbaum

33'
Nonn

46'

15', 21'
Johansson

27', 64'

Umpires:
Gian Singh (IND)
Birendra Ghosh (IND)

27 November 1956
14:30

5–1

2', 9'
Rehman

38'
Bunda

56'

59'

Umpires:
James McDowell (AUS)
Alan Cowell (AUS)

27 November 1956
16:00

0–0

United Team of Germany

Umpires:
A. Atkins (AUS)
Richard Hansen (AUS)

29 November 1956
14:30

United Team of Germany

0–0

Umpires:
James McDowell (AUS)
A. Atkins (AUS)

29 November 1956
16:00

0–3

22'
Remaining scorers unknown.

Umpires:
Birendra Ghosh (IND)
Gian Singh (IND)

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Malaya	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	6
10	Kenya	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	4
11	Afghanistan^[a]	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
12	United States^[a]	3	0	1	2	1	18	−17	1

Source: Sports Reference
Notes:

1 2 Afghanistan finished above the United States after beating them in Group A.

3 December 1956

8–0

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

3 December 1956

3–0

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

4 December 1956

3–0

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

4 December 1956

9–0

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

6 December 1956

3–2

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

6 December 1956

1–1

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Australia (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
6	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	16	3	+13	4
7	Belgium	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	3
8	Singapore	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23	0

Source: Sports Reference
(H) Hosts

3 December 1956

13–0

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

3 December 1956

2–2

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

4 December 1956

5–0

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

4 December 1956

1–0

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

6 December 1956

3–2

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

6 December 1956

5–0

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Medal round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match

	3 December

	India	1
					6 December
	United Team of Germany	0
					India	1
	3 December
					Pakistan	0
	Pakistan	3

	Great Britain	2
					Bronze medal match

					6 December

					United Team of Germany	3

					Great Britain	1

Semi-finals

3 December 1956
14:30

1–0

United Team of Germany

48'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires:
A. Atkins (AUS)
J. McDowell (AUS)

3 December 1956
16:00

3–2

?'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires:
V. T. Duray (MAL)
R. Hansen (AUS)

Bronze medal match

6 December 1956

United Team of Germany

3–1

24'
Radzikowski

51'

16'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires:
Gian Singh (IND)
B. N. Ghosh (IND)

Gold medal match

6 December 1956

1-0

38'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,000
Umpires:
M. G. Cowlinshaw (GBR)
J. McDowell (AUS)

Final standings

References

↑ "Hockey at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

External links

The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (PDF). Melbourne, Australia: W.M. Houston, Government Printer. 1958. pp. 500–511. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-01-28.

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