Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The field hockey tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the fifth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.

Field hockey at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Hockey Olympic Stadium
Dates	4–15 August 1936
Teams	11
Medalists
India Germany Netherlands

All games took place either in the Hockey Stadion or on the Hockey Stadion Field No.2. Both of the field hockey grounds were near the Olympic Stadium located on the Reichssportfeld. The competition was held from 4 August 1936 to 15 August 1936. The field hockey matches saw a total attendance of 184,103 and 157,531 tickets were sold. The Indian team scored 8 goals, but only 1 goal was scored against them. British India were the Gold medalists.

Only a men's competition occurred that year.

Medal summary

India's field hockey team, captained by hockey wizard Dhyan Chand (standing second from left), was the gold medal winner

Gold	Silver	Bronze
India (IND) Richard Allen Dhyan Chand Ali Dara Lionel Emmett Peter Fernandes Joseph Galibardy Earnest Goodsir-Cullen Mohammed Hussain Sayed Jaffar Ahmed Khan Ahsan Khan Mirza Masood Cyril Michie Baboo Nimal Joseph Phillips Shabban Shahab-ud-Din G.S. Garewal Roop Singh Carlyle Tapsell	Germany (GER) Hermann auf der Heide Ludwig Beisiegel Erich Cuntz Karl Dröse Alfred Gerdes Werner Hamel Harald Huffmann Erwin Keller Herbert Kemmer Werner Kubitzki Paul Mehlitz Karl Menke Fritz Messner Detlef Okrent Heinrich Peter Heinz Raack Carl Ruck Hans Scherbart Heinz Schmalix Tito Warnholtz Kurt Weiß Erich Zander	Netherlands (NED) Ernst van den Berg Piet Gunning Ru van der Haar Inge Heybroek Tonny van Lierop Henk de Looper Jan de Looper Aat de Roos Hans Schnitger René Sparenberg Rein de Waal Max Westerkamp

Note: The 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.

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Results

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	6	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	8	11	−3	4
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	2
4	United States	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: TheSports.org

5 August 1936 16:30 Japan 5–1 United States Takeo Ito  14'  ?  ?', ?', ?', ?' Report Horace Disston  ?' Umpires: J. Schenkmann (SUI) A. Lepètre (FRA)

5 August 1936 18:00 India 4–0 Hungary Tapsell  25' R. Singh  ?', ?' Shahab-ud-Din  45' Report Umpires: Jaap Quarles van Ufford (NED) Albert Demaurex (SUI)

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7 August 1936 16:30 India 7–0 United States Jaffar  28', 34' Chand  33', ?' R. Singh  55', ?' Goodsir-Cullen  ?' Report Umpires: R. Marsily (BEL) Helmut Rohrig (GER)

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8 August 1936 18:00 Japan 3–1 Hungary ?  ?', ?', ?' Report Háray  ?' Umpires: Paul Reinberg (GER) Yaqub (AFG)

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10 August 1936 16:30 India 9–0 Japan Fernandes  ?', ?' Tapsell  ?', ?' Chand  ?', ?', ?', ?' R. Singh  ?' Report Umpires: M. Furgeot (FRA) Theo Everkink (NED)

10 August 1936 18:00 Hungary 3–1 United States Cseri  ?' Márffy  ?' Háray  ?' Report Sheaffer  ?' Umpires: F. Thielemann (GER) Jehan Daubresse (FRA)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	4	Semi-finals
2	Afghanistan	2	0	1	1	7	10	−3	1
3	Denmark	2	0	1	1	6	12	−6	1

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

4 August 1936 18:00 Afghanistan 6–6 Denmark ?  ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Report Kirkegaard  ?' Prahm  ?' Busch  ?' Holst  ?', ?', ?' Umpires: René Jassoy (GER) A. Croset (SUI)

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6 August 1936 18:00 Germany 6–0 Denmark Beisiegel  21', ?' Mehlitz  26' Weiß  ?', ?', ?' Report Umpires: A. de la Bue (BEL) Theo van 't Lam (NED)

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8 August 1936 16:30 Germany 4–1 Afghanistan Cuntz  25', ?' Hamel  ?' Messner  ?' Report Sultan  68' Umpires: A. de la Bue (BEL) Albert Demaurex (SUI)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	5	Semi-finals
2	France	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Belgium	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2

Source: TheSports.org

4 August 1936 16:30 France 1–0 Switzerland Sartorius  63' Report Umpires: Bruce Turnbull (GBR) Theo Everkink (NED)

4 August 1936 18:00 Belgium 2–2 Netherlands Delaval  7' Delheid  ?' Report Schnitger  14', 26' Umpires: Paul Reinberg (GER) M. Furgeot (FRA)

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6 August 1936 16:30 Netherlands 4–1 Switzerland van den Berg  22', ?', 70' Schnitger  30' Report Annen  27' Umpires: Robert Liégeois (BEL) Hörmann (GER)

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7 August 1936 18:00 Belgium 2–2 France Rensburg  ?' Delaval  ?' Report Soulé  ?' Goubert  65' Umpires: Jagan Nath (IND) Hans Goerne (GER)

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9 August 1936 16:30 Switzerland 2–1 Belgium Scherrer  ?' Courvoisier  67' Report Delheid  45' Umpires: Hörmann (GER) Theo van 't Lam (NED)

9 August 1936 18:00 Netherlands 3–1 France van den Berg  12' de Roos  ?' Gunning  ?' Report Rouget  ?' Umpires: Bruce Turnbull (GBR) Charles Newham (GBR)

Classification round

11 August 1936 18:00 Afghanistan 4–1 Belgium Sultan  ?' Al-Zadah  ?' Shuja ud-Din  ?', ?' Report de Melen  ?' Umpires: Helmut Rohrig (GER) Bruce Turnbull (GBR)

11 August 1936 16:30 Switzerland 5–1 Denmark Courvoisier  ?' Scherrer  ?' Fehr  ?' Gilliéron  ?' Annen  ?' Report Holst  ?' Umpires: Pankaj Gupta (IND) R. Marsily (BEL)

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13 August 1936 18:00 Hungary 1–0 Belgium Kormos  ?' Report Umpires: René Jassoy (GER) Yaqub (AFG)

13 August 1936 16:30 Japan 4–1 Denmark ?  ?', ?', ?', ?' Report ?  ?' Umpires: Hans Goerne (GER) J. Schenkmann (SUI)

13 August 1936 18:00 Afghanistan 3–0 United States Sultan  15', 39' Shuja ud-Din  59' Report [1] Umpires: F. Thielemann (GER) Charles Newham (GBR)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	12 August
	India	10
					15 August
	France	0
					India	8
	12 August
					Germany	1
	Germany	3
	Netherlands	0
					Bronze medal match
					14 August
					Netherlands	4
					France	3

Semi-finals

12 August 1936 16:30 India 10–0 France Chand  ?', ?', ?', ?' Singh  ?', ?', ?' Dara  ?', ?' Tapsell  ?' Report [2] Umpires: Paul Reinberg (GER) A. de la Bue {BEL)

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12 August 1936 18:00 Germany 3–0 Netherlands Weiß  22', 60' Messner  45' Report Umpires: Jagan Nath (IND) M. Furgeot (FRA)

Bronze medal match

14 August 1936 16:30 Netherlands 4–3 France van den Berg  ?', ?' Schnitger  ?', ?' Report Soulé  ?', ?', 58' Umpires: Hörmann (GER) Jagan Nath (IND)

Gold medal match

15 August 1936 11:00 India 8–1 Germany Singh  33' Tapsell  42' Chand  ?', 47', 70' Jaffar  52' Dara  ?', ?' Report [3] Weiß  51' Umpires: Robert Liégeois (BEL) Theo van 't Lam (NED)

The final was originally scheduled also on 14 August, just after the bronze medal match. But due to incessant rain, the ground was unplayable and the match was postponed to the following morning.

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 22 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 214 field hockey players were entered.

A total of 161(*) field hockey players from 11 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

•  Afghanistan (12 - from a squad of 18)
•  Belgium (12 - from a squad of 22)
•  Denmark (13 - from a squad of 17)
•  France (18 - from a squad of 22)
•  Germany (22)
•  Hungary (15 - from a squad of 21)
•  India (19 - from a squad of 22)
•  Japan (11 - from a squad of 15)
•  Netherlands (12 - from a squad of 18)
•  Switzerland (13 - from a squad of 22)
•  United States (14 - from a squad of 15)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. The consolation rounds did not count.

There are only a few reserve players known. Five players from Belgium, three players from Denmark, and two players from Japan only competed in the consolation rounds, but not all their names are known.

Final standings

1. India
2. Germany
3. Netherlands
4. France
5. Switzerland
6. Afghanistan
7. Japan
8. Hungary
9. Belgium
10. Denmark
11. United States

Source:

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2008.