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Men’s Hockey in Olympics
Men’s field hockey was first time introduced in the 1908 London Summer Olympics. Field hockey’s in-out was continued until 1928 when it becomes the permanent event of the Olympics. included in 1908 but not included in the next Olympic 1912 again included in 1920 and remove again in 1924.
1908 – London-England
The men’s field hockey first time was included in the summer Olympics in 1908 London. Only six teams participated in the event. Four teams were from Great Britain and two other teams are France and Germany
| England | Ireland | Scottland | Wales | Germany | France |
The final was played between England and Ireland. England won by 8-1.
1912 – Stockholm-Sweden
No Tournament of Hockey in this Olympics
1920 – Antwerp – Belgium
The 2nd edition wasiIn Antwerp Olympics, only four teams took part in the event. All teams are in one pool and play against each other. The top of the team will declare the winner of the men’s field hockey
| Great Britain | Denmark | Belgium | France |
Great Britain tops the pool and won the Gold Medel.
1924-Paris – France
No Tournament of hockey in the Olympics
1928 – Amsterdam – Netherlands
The 3rd edition was in the Summer Olympics 1928 total of nine teams participated in the event and were placed into two groups. The top team of each group will play for the gold medal while the second team of each group will play for the Bronze medal
| POOL A | India | Belgium | Denmark | Switzerland | Austria |
| POOL B | Netherlands | Germany | France | Spain |
India and Netherlands played for the Gold Medal and India won the match 3-0
1932 – Los Angeles – USA
The 4th edition was in Los Angeles Olympics only three teams took part in the event and were placed in one group. The top-of-the-table team will be entitled to the gold medal.
| India | Japan | USA |
India top the table and won the gold medal
1936 Berlin – Germany
This is the 5th edition of men’s field hockey. In this event, eleven teams participated and were divided into three groups
| Group A | India | Japan | Hungary | USA |
| Group B | Germany | Afghanistan | Denmark | |
| Group C | Netherlands | France | Belgium | Switzerland |
The gold medal match was played between India and Germany. India won the gold beating Germany by 8-1
1948 London – Great Britain
This is the sixth edition of men’s field hockey in the Olympics. A total of thirteen teams take part in the event and were placed into three groups
| Group A | India | Argentina | Austria | Spain | |
| Group B | Great Britain | Switzerland | Afghanistan | USA | |
| Group C | Pakistan | Netherlands | Belgium | France | Denmark |
The final and gold medal match was played between India and Great Britain. India won the gold medal beating Great Britain by 4-0
1952 Helsinki – Finland
This is the seventh edition of men’s field hockey in the Olympics. A total of twelve teams participated in the event. The tournament was played in four rounds called Preliminary round quarter-final round, semi-final, and final. The participating teams were.
| Austria | Belgium | Finland | France | Germany | Great Britain |
| India | Italy | Netherlands | Pakistan | Poland | Switzerland |
The gold medal match was played between the India and Netherlands. India won the match and gold medal beating the Netherlands by 6-1
1956 Melbourne – Australia
This is the eighth edition of men’s field hockey. Twelve teams take part in the tournament. were placed into three groups.
| Group A | India | Singapore | Afghanistan | USA |
| Group B | Great Britain | Australia | Malaya | Kenya |
| Group C | Pakistan | Germany | Belgium | New Zealand |
The gold medal match was played between India and Pakistan. India won the gold medal beating Pakistan by 1-0
1960 Rome – Italy
Rome Olympics was the ninth edition of men’s field hockey. Sixteen teams participated in the event and were placed into four groups. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarterfinal
| Group A | India | New Zealand | Netherlands | Denmark |
| Group B | Pakistan | Australia | Poland | Japan |
| Group C | Kenya | Germany | France | Italy |
| Group D | Spain | Great Britain | Belgium | Switzerland |
The gold medal match again was played between India and Pakistan. This time Pakistan won the match and gold medal with the same score 1-0 as in the Melbourne Olympics
1964 Tokyo – Japan
The 10th edition of men’s field hockey was played in Tokyo. A total of fifteen teams took part in the event and were placed into two groups. The top two teams in the group will qualify for the semi-final.
| POOL A | Pakistan | Australia | Kenya | Japan | Great Britain | Rhodesia | New Zealand | |
| POOL B | India | Spain | Netherlands | Germany | Malaysia | Belgium | Canada | Hong Kong |
The gold medal match was played between India and Pakistan. India won the gold beating Pakistan by 1-0. This is the third consecutive Olympics final were played between these two nations. Interestingly in the last three gold medal matches their score were also the same. One time in Pakistan’s favor and two times in India.s favor.
1968 Mexico City – Mexico
The 11th edition of men’s field hockey was hosted by Mexico. A total of sixteen teams took part in the event and were placed into two groups. Two leading teams of each group will play the semi-final.
| POOL A | India | West Germany | New Zealand | Spain | Belgium | East Germany | Japan | Mexico |
| POOL B | Pakistan | Australia | Kenya | Netherlands | Great Britain | France | Argentina | Malaysia |
The gold medal match was played between Pakistan and Australia. Pakistan won the gold beating Australia by 2-1
1972 Munich – West Germany
This is the 12th edition of Olympics hockey played in West Germany. The Sixteen teams were participated in the event and divided into two groups. The top two teams of each group will go through to the semi-finals.
| POOL A | West Germany | Pakistan | Malaysia | Spain | Belgium | France | Argentina | Uganda |
| POOL B | India | Netherlands | Great Britain | Australia | New Zealand | Poland | Kenya | Mexico |
The gold medal match was played between West Germany and Pakistan. West Germany won the gold beating Pakistan by 1-0
1976 Montreal – Canada
The 13th edition of the men’s field hockey Olympics was hosted by Canada and a total of eleven teams took part in the event. Kenya withdrew from the tournament. The teams were placed into two groups and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.
| Group A | Netherlands | Australia | India | Malaysia | Canada | Argentina |
| Group B | Pakistan | New Zealand | Spain | West Germany | Belgium |
The gold medal match was played between New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand won the match and the gold medal beating Australia by 1-0. This is New Zealand’s first Olympics win.
1980 Moscow – Soviet Union
The Soviet Union hosts the 14th edition of hockey in the summer Olympics. The twelve teams were supposed to take part in the event but due to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. The original teams qualified for the Olympics were
| Group A | Argentina | Great Britain | India | Kenya | Netherlands | Pakistan |
| Group B | Australia | Malaysia | New Zealand | Soviet Union | Spain | West Germany |
Due to the boycott of Argentina, Great Britain, Kenya, Netherlands, Pakistan, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and West Germany. Three new teams were invited to take part in the event these are Cuba, Tanzania, and Poland. The revised team’s table was
| India | Spain | Soviet Union | Poland | Cuba | Tanzania |
The gold medal match was played between India and Spain. India won the match by 4-3 and won the Olympics hockey title record eight-times
1984 Los Angles – USA
The 15th edition of men’s field hockey in the Olympics was hosted by the USA. The twelve teams participated in the event and were placed into two groups. The top two of each group will play in the semi-finals.
| Group A | Australia | West Germany | India | Spain | Malaysia | USA |
| Group B | Great Britain | Pakistan | Netherlands | New Zealand | Kenya | Canada |
The gold medal match was played between Pakistan and West Germany. Pakistan won the gold beating by 2-1
1988 Seoul – South Korea
The 16th edition was played in South Korea. The twelve teams take part in the event and were divided into two groups. The two leading teams from each group will contest the semi-finals.
| Group A | Australia | Netherlands | Pakistan | Argentina | Spain | Kenya |
| Group B | West Germany | Great Britain | India | Soviet Union | South Korea | Canada |
The gold medal match was played between West Germany and Great Britain. Great Britain won the match by 3-1.
1992 Barcelona – Spain
The 17th edition of men’s field hockey was played in Spain. A total of twelve teams participated in the tournament and were divided into two groups, top two teams will play in the semi-finals
| Group A | Australia | Germany | Great Britain | India | Argentina | Egypt |
| Group B | Pakistan | Netherlands | Spain | New Zealand | Unified Ex-Soviet union | Malaysia |
The gold medal match was played between Australia and Germany. Germany won the gold beating Australia by 2-1
1996 Atlanta – USA
The 18th edition of the Olympic hockey was held in the USA. Twelve teams participated in the tournament and were placed into two groups. The top two teams from each group will play for the semi-finals.
| Group A | Spain | Germany | India | Pakistan | Argentina | USA |
| Group B | Netherlands | Australia | Great Britain | South Korea | South Africa | Malaysia |
The gold medal match was played between Spain and Netherland. Netherland won the match by 3-1
2000 Sydney – Australia
The 19th edition was hosted by Australia. Twelve teams took part in the event and were divided into two groups. The two leading teams will be in the semi-finals.
| POOL A | Pakistan | Netherlands | Germany | Great Britain | Malaysia | Canada |
| POOL B | Australia | South Korea | India | Argentina | Poland | Spain |
The gold medal match was played between South Korea and the Netherlands. The Netherlands won the match by 5-4 on penalty strokes. The match was drawn 3-3 at the end of the normal and extra time.
2004 Athens – Greece
The 20th edition of the was hosted by Greece. A total of twelve teams participated in the tournament and were placed into two groups. The top two teams from each group will meet in the semi-finals
| POOL A | Spain | Germany | Pakistan | South Korea | Great Britain | Egypt |
| POOL B | Netherlands | Australia | New Zealand | India | South Africa | Argentina |
The gold medal match was played between the Netherland and Australia. Australia beats the Netherlands by 2-1
All Times Winners of Men’s Hockey World cup
2008 Beijing – China
The 21st edition of men’s field hockey was played in China. Twelve teams took part in the event and were divided into two groups. Two top teams from each group will be in the semi-finals.
| POOL A | Spain | Germany | South Korea | New Zealand | Belgium | China |
| POOL B | Netherlands | Australia | Great Britain | Pakistan | Canada | South Africa |
The gold medal match was played between Germany and Spain. Germany won the match by 1-0
2012 London – Great Britain
The 22nd edition of the hockey Olympics was hosted by Great Britain. A total of twelve teams took part in the tournament and were placed into two groups. The leading two teams from each group will meet in the semi-finals.
| POOL A | Australia | Great Britain | Spain | Pakistan | Argentina | South Africa |
| POOL B | Netherlands | Germany | Belgium | South Korea | New Zealand | India |
The final and gold medal match was played between Germany and the Netherlands. Germany won the gold beating the Netherlands by 2-1
2016 Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
The 23rd edition of the hockey Olympics was hosted by Brazil. A total of twelve teams took part in the event and were divided into two groups. four leading teams of each group will be in the quarter-finals.
| Group A | Belgium | Spain | Australia | New Zealand | Great Britain | Brazil |
| Group B | Germany | Netherlands | Argentina | India | Ireland | Canada |
The gold medal match was played between Belgium and Argentina. Argentina won by 4-2
2020 Tokoyo – Japan
The 24th edition of men’s hockey was hosted by Japan. The number of teams taking part in the tournament was twelve and divided into two groups. The top four teams of each group will qualify for the quarter-final.
| Group A | Australia | India | Argentina | Spain | New Zealand | Japan |
| Group B | Belgium | Germany | Great Britain | Netherlands | South Africa | Canada |
The final and gold medal match was played between Australia and Belgium. Belgium won the match in penalty strokes by 3-2 as the match was drawn 1-1 at the end of normal and extra time.
2024 Paris – France
The 25th edition of the Olympics hockey will be hosted by France in July-August 2024.
Most Titles (Medals) Wins of Hockey Summer Olympics by a Country
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| India | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Germany | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Australia | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Spain | – | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Denmark | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Japan | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| South Korea | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| USA | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Soviet Union | – | – | 1 | 1 |
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