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Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the 2nd edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from July 31 – August 10, 1984.[1]

Women's field hockey
at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
CityLos Angeles
Dates31 July – 10 August
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)Weingart Stadium
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up West Germany
Third place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored52 (3.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Beth Anders (8 goals)
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Six teams competed in a single round-robin tournament. The Netherlands won the tournament, finishing top of the pool at the culmination of the tournament, West Germany won the silver medal finishing second. The United States and Australia played out a penalty shoot-out for the bronze medal after finishing equal on points and goal difference in the round robin stage, which the United States won 10–5.[2]

Participating nations edit

Squads edit

Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Results edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Netherlands 5 4 1 0 14 6 +8 9
    West Germany 5 2 2 1 9 9 0 6
    United States (H) 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 5
4   Australia 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 5
5   Canada 5 2 1 2 9 11 −2 5
6   New Zealand 5 0 0 5 2 12 −10 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Fixtures edit

31 July 1984
14:30
New Zealand   1–2   Netherlands
McDonald   47' Report Von Weiler   9'
Boekhorst   66'
Umpires:
Jan Adams (AUS)
Mary Barr (GBR)
1 August 1984
09:45
West Germany   2–2   Australia
Koch   22'
Lingnau   25' 		Report Buchanan-Patmore   42'
Pisani   69'
Umpires:
Ruth Tong-Trachsler (SUI)
Brigitte de Vries-Scheeren (NED)
1 August 1984
17:15
United States   4–1   Canada
Anders   7', 18', 64'
Beglin   49' 		Report Stoyka   55'
Umpires:
Bärbel Aichinger (FRG)
Loekie Roeg-Rogge (NED)
2 August 1984
14:30
Australia   3–0   New Zealand
Buchanan-Patmore   4'
Heberle   7'
Sunderland   57' 		Report
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
F. Westerbring (SUI)
3 August 1984
08:00
Netherlands   2–1   United States
Boekhorst   7'
Van Doorn   65' 		Report Anders   55'
Umpires:
Ruth Tong-Trachsler (SUI)
Robyn Davis (AUS)
3 August 1984
17:15
Canada   0–3   West Germany
Report Lingnau   7'
Appel   45'
Moser   56'
Umpires:
Christiane Asselman (BEL)
F. Westerbring (SUI)
4 August 1984
16:15
New Zealand   0–2   United States
Report Anders   23', 42'
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Jan Adams (AUS)
5 August 1984
09:45
West Germany   2–6   Netherlands
Koch   5', 18' Report Eijsvogel   3'
Boekhorst   15', 24'
Van Doorn   45'
Von Weiler   64', 67'
Umpires:
Robyn Davis (AUS)
Christiane Asselman (BEL)
5 August 1984
17:15
Australia   1–2   Canada
Watkins   25' Report Branchaud   10'
Forshaw   54'
Umpires:
Mary Barr (GBR)
Bärbel Aichinger (FRG)
6 August 1984
16:45
West Germany   1–0   New Zealand
Ott   39' Report
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Brigitte de Vries-Scheeren (NED)
7 August 1984
09:45
Netherlands   2–2   Canada
Von Weiler   15'
Willemse   65' 		Report Stoyka   37'
Forshaw   54'
Umpires:
Christiane Asselman (BEL)
Mary Barr (GBR)
7 August 1984
13:45
Australia   3–1   United States
Heberle   5', 53'
Sunderland   16' 		Report Anders   14'
Umpires:
Loekie Roeg-Rogge (NED)
Brigitte de Vries-Scheeren (NED)
9 August 1984
13:15
United States   1–1   West Germany
Anders   12' Report Hahn   57'
Umpires:
F. Westerbring (SUI)
Jan Adams (AUS)
10 August 1984
09:45
Canada   4–1   New Zealand
Forshaw   1'
Stoyka   19'
Wheatley   21'
Branchaud   68' 		Report Clinton   65'
Umpires:
Bärbel Aichinger (GER)
Loekie Roeg-Rogge (NED)
10 August 1984
16:45
Netherlands   2–0   Australia
Von Weiler   39'
Boekhorst   67' 		Report
Umpires:
Christiane Asselman (BEL)
Ruth Tong-Trachsler (SUI)

Play–off edit

  • As Australia and the United States finished on equal points, a shoot-out was contested to determine third place.
10 August 1984
19:00
Australia   shoot-out   United States
Report
Penalties
Leggatt  
Pisani  
Pearce  
Buchanan-Patmore  
Gray  
Leggatt  
Pisani  
Pearce  
Buchanan-Patmore  
Gray   		5–10   Johnson
  Anders
  Strong
  Larson-Mason
  Staver
  Johnson
  Anders
  Strong
  Larson-Mason
  Staver
Umpires:
Brigitte de Vries-Scheeren (NED)
Loekie Roeg-Rogge (NED)

Final standings edit

  1.   Netherlands
  2.   West Germany
  3.   United States
  4.   Australia
  5.   Canada
  6.   New Zealand

Goalscorers edit

There were 52 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984". FIH. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

External links edit

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