Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Field hockey; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
	Field hockey at the 1968 Olympics
Venue	Municipal Stadium
Dates	13–26 October 1968
Competitors	253 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the 11th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a fourteen-day period beginning on 13 October, and culminated with the medal finals on 26 October. All games were played at the Municipal Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico.^[1]

Pakistan won the gold medal for the second time after defeating Australia 2–1 in the final.^[2] Defending champions India won the bronze medal by defeating the West Germany 2–1.^[3]

Competition ScheduleEdit

G	Group stage	C	Classification matches	SF	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Sun 13	Mon 14	Tue 15	Wed 16	Thu 17	Fri 18	Sat 19	Sun 20	Mon 21	Tue 22	Wed 23	Thu 24	Fri 25	Sat 26
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	C	SF	C	B	F

ResultsEdit

Preliminary RoundEdit

Pool AEdit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	7	6	0	1	20	4	+16	18	Semi-finals
2	West Germany	7	5	1	1	15	5	+10	16	Semi-finals
3	New Zealand	7	3	4	0	8	4	+4	13
4	Belgium	7	3	1	3	14	9	+5	10
5	Spain	7	2	3	2	7	5	+2	9
6	East Germany	7	2	2	3	7	10	−3	8
7	Japan	7	1	1	5	4	14	−10	4
8	Mexico (H)	7	0	0	7	2	26	−24	0

Source: FIH
(H) Host.

Pool BEdit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	7	7	0	0	23	4	+19	21	Semi-finals
2	Australia^[a]	8	5	1	2	15	7	+8	16	Semi-finals
3	Kenya^[a]	8	4	1	3	13	9	+4	13
4	Netherlands	7	4	0	3	11	11	0	12
5	Great Britain	7	2	1	4	6	8	−2	7
6	France	7	2	1	4	2	5	−3	7
7	Argentina	7	1	1	5	4	20	−16	4
8	Malaysia	7	0	3	4	2	12	−10	3

Source: FIH

^[a] – Australia and Kenya finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool.

Classification RoundEdit

Eighth to sixteenth place classificationEdit

Fifteenth and sixteenth placeEdit

23 October 1968

Mexico	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Malaysia
	Report

Thirteenth and fourteenth placeEdit

23 October 1968

Japan	2–0	Argentina
	Report

Eleventh and twelfth placeEdit

23 October 1968

East Germany	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Great Britain
	Report

Ninth and tenth placeEdit

23 October 1968

Belgium	3–0	France
	Report

Fifth to eighth place classificationEdit

Crossover		Fifth Place Match

23 October 1968

New Zealand	1
		25 October 1968
Netherlands	3
		Netherlands (a.e.t)	1
23 October 1968
		Spain	0
Kenya	1

Spain	2
		Seventh Place Match

		25 October 1968

		New Zealand	2

		Kenya	0

CrossoverEdit

23 October 1968

New Zealand	1–3	Netherlands
	Report

23 October 1968

Kenya	1–2	Spain
	Report

Seventh and eighth placeEdit

25 October 1968

New Zealand	2–0	Kenya
	Report

Fifth and sixth placeEdit

25 October 1968

Netherlands	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain
	Report

First to fourth place classificationEdit

Semi-finals		Gold Medal Match

24 October 1968

India	1
		26 October 1968
Australia (a.e.t)	2
		Australia	1
24 October 1968
		Pakistan	2
Pakistan	1

West Germany	0
		Bronze Medal Match

		26 October 1968

		India	2

		West Germany	1

Semi-finalsEdit

24 October 1968

Pakistan	1–0	West Germany
	Report

24 October 1968

India	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Australia
	Report

Bronze medal matchEdit

26 October 1968

India	2–1	West Germany
	Report

Gold medal matchEdit

26 October 1968

Australia	1–2	Pakistan
	Report

Final rankingsEdit

MedalistsEdit

Other team rostersEdit

West Germany^[7] Wolfgang Rott Günther Krauss Utz Aichinger Jürgen Wein Klaus Greinert Uli Vos Detlev Kittstein Norbert Schuler Fritz Schmidt Carsten Keller Michael Krause Wolfgang Müller Dirk Michel Eckardt Suhl Ulrich Sloma Hermann End Friedrich Josten Wolfgang Baumgart	Netherlands^[8] Joost Boks Aart Brederode Edo Buma Sebo Ebbens John Elffers Jan Piet Fokker Otto ter Haar Gerard Hijlkema Arie de Keyzer Ewald Kist Tippy de Lanoy Meijer Frans Spits Heiko van Staveren Theo Terlingen Kik Thole Theo van Vroonhoven Piet Weemers	Spain^[9] Carlos del Coso Antonio Nogués Julio Solaun José Sallés José Antonio Dinarés Narciso Ventalló Agustín Masaña Juan Quintana Francisco Amat Jorge Fábregas Jorge Vidal José Colomer Juan Amat Francisco Fábregas Juan José Alvear Rafael Camiña Pedro Amat	New Zealand^[10] John Anslow Jan Borren Roger Capey John Christensen John Hicks Bruce Judge Alan McIntyre Ross McPherson Barry Maister Selwyn Maister Alan Patterson Ted Salmon Keith Thomson
Kenya^[11] John Simonian Kirpal Singh Bhardwaj Avtar Singh Sohal Mohamed Ajmal Malik Surjeet Singh Panesar Silvester Fernandes Leo Fernandes Hilary Fernandes Davinder Singh Deegan Santokh Singh Matharu Alu Mendonca Harvinder Singh Marwa Egbert Fernandes Renny Pereira	Belgium^[12] Jean-Marie Buisset André Muschs Marc Legros Georges Vanderhulst Jean-Louis le Clerc Yves Bernaert Michel Deville Claude Ravinet Guy Miserque Jean-Louis Roersch Jean-François Gilles Daniel Dupont Armand Solie William Hansen Charly Bouvy	France^[13] Jean-Paul Sauthier Jean-Claude Merkes Patrick Burtschell Gilles Verrier Marc Chapon Georges Corbel Claude Windal Stéphane Joinau Charles Pous Richard Dodrieux Jean-Paul Capelle Philippe Vignon Georges Grain Alain Pascarel Albert Vanpoulle Bernard Arlin Jean-Paul Petit Michel Windal	East Germany^[14] Rainer Stephan Axel Thieme Eckhard Wallossek Klaus Bahner Horst Brennecke Dieter Klauß Lothar Lippert Dieter Ehrlich Karl-Heinz Freiberger Reinhart Sasse Hans-Dietrich Sasse Rolf Thieme Klaus Träumer Helmut Rabis
Great Britain^[15] Harry Cahill Roger Flood John Neill Jim Deegan Richard Oliver David Wilman Gerald Carr Tony Ekins Keith Sinclair Andrew Trentham Jeremy Barham Basil Christensen Charles Donald Timothy Lawson Stuart Morris Malcolm Read Colin Whalley Peter Wilson	Japan^[16] Norihiko Matsumoto Katsuhiro Yuzaki Akio Takashima Shigeo Kaoku Tsuneya Yuzaki Akio Kudo Kyoichi Nagaya Hiroshi Tanaka Shozo Nishimura Masashi Onda Minoru Yoshimura Akihito Wada Yukio Kamimura Kazuo Kawamura	Argentina^[17] Eduardo Guelfand Armando Cicognini Jorge Piccioli Osvaldo Monti Fernando Calp Jorge Tanuscio Eduardo Anderson Héctor Marinoni Gerardo Lorenzo Alberto Disera Rodolfo Monti Jorge Sabbione Gabriel Scally Daniel Portugués Alfredo Quaquarini Jorge Giannini Carlos Kenny Jorge Suárez	Malaysia^[18] Ho Koh Chye Francis Belavantheran Sri Shanmuganathan Michael Arulraj Kunaratnam Alagaratnam Ameen-ud-Din bin Mohamed Ibrahim Joseph Johnson Savinder Singh Arumugam Sabapathy Yang Siow Ming Koh Hock Seng Harnahal Singh Sewa Koh Chong Jin Shamuganathan Jeevajothy Rajaratnam Yogeswaran Kuldip Singh Uijeer Loong Whey Pyu
Mexico^[19] José Antonio Prud'homme David Sevilla Javier Varela Adrian Maycsell Zeno Fernández Orlando Ventura Héctor Bustamante Héctor Ventura Oscar Huacuja Juan Calderón Humberto Gutiérrez Robert Villaseñor Enrique Filoteo Jorge Bada Manuel Fernández Noel Gutiérrez Adán Noriega

SourcesEdit

Official Olympic Report
Mexico Organizing Committee (1968). The Games of the XIX Olympiad: Mexico 1968, vol. 2.

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pakistan^[4] Abdul Rashid Jahangir Butt Tanvir Dar Gulraiz Akhtar Khalid Mahmood Muhammad Asad Malik Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed Tariq Niazi Riaz Ahmed Riaz ud-Din Saeed Anwar Tariq Aziz Zakir Hussain	Australia^[5] Paul Dearing Raymond Evans Brian Glencross Robert Haigh Donald Martin James Mason Patrick Nilan Eric Pearce Gordon Pearce Julian Pearce Desmond Piper Fred Quine Ronald Riley Donald Smart Arthur Busch	India^[6] Rajendra Christy Krishnamurty Perumal John "V.J." Peter Inam-ur Rahman Munir Sait Ajitpal Singh Balbir Singh Kullar Balbir Singh Kular Balbir Singh Gurbux Singh Harbinder Singh Harmik Singh Inder "Gogi" Singh Prithipal Singh Tarsem Singh Jagjit Singh