Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The field hockey tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.[1]

Field hockey
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueHockeyanlage
Dates27 August – 10 September 1972 (1972-09-10)
Teams16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  India
← 1968
1976 →

The West German victory was the first title by a European nation since 1920, but this was marred by the behavior of Pakistani players, fans, and officials: during the last ten minutes of the gold-medal match, the umpires had to stop play twice so that Pakistani fans who had invaded the pitch could be removed, while Pakistani players and officials repeatedly remonstrated with the umpires throughout that time.

At the final whistle, Pakistani fans and officials invaded the pitch and assaulted West German police and stadium security before storming the tournament officials' table and pouring a bucket of water over International Hockey Federation president Rene Frank, while the players stormed their locker room before proceeding to destroy it.

At the medal ceremony, the Pakistani players refused to wear their silver medals or face the West German flag as it was raised, and turned their backs as the West German national anthem was played.[2]

The eleven Pakistani players were banned for life from their national team, but after a high-level apology, the ban was reduced to two years, and eight of them played at the 1976 Olympics.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  West Germany (FRG)
Wolfgang Baumgart
Horst Drose
Dieter Freise
Werner Kaessmann
Carsten Keller
Detlev Kittstein
Ulrich Klaes
Peter Kraus
Michael Krause
Michael Peter
Wolfgang Rott
Fritz Schmidt
Rainer Seifert
Wolfgang Strodter
Eckart Suhl
Eduard Thelen
Peter Trump
Ulrich Vos
  Pakistan (PAK)
Rashid Abdul
Akhtar Rasool
Ul Akhtar
Jahangir Butt
Fazalur Rehman
Islahuddin Siddiquee
Muhammad Asad Malik
Shahnaz Sheikh
Munawwaruz Zaman
Ahmad Riaz
Saeed Anwar
Saleem Sherwani
Iftikar Syed
Mudassar Syed
Zahid Sheikh
  India (IND)
B. P. Govinda
Charles Cornelius
Manuel Frederick
Michael Kindo
V.J. Philips
Ashok Kumar
M. P. Ganesh
Krishnamurty Perumal
Ajitpal Singh
Harbinder Singh
Harcharan Singh
Harmik Singh
Kulwant Singh
Mukhbain Singh
Virinder Singh
Vece Paes

Umpires

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On 25 October 1971, 13 umpires were appointed by the FIH. It was reported that 12 more umpires would be selected in February 1972.[3]

  • Charan Singh (KEN)
  • Peter Lake (GBR)
  • A. F. Lathouwers (NED)
  • Sarosh Nagarwala (IND)
  • Naqi (PAK)
  • Andre Schittecalte (BEL)
  • Fritz Seegers (FRG)
  • Horacio Servetto (ARG)
  • Vijayanathan (MAS)
  • J. Richard Jewell (AUT)
  • Luigi Tinti (ITA)
  • Aziz Iskanbar (EGY)
  • John Martens (SIN)

Squads

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Results

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Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   West Germany (H) 7 6 1 0 17 5 +12 13 Advanced to Semi-finals
2   Pakistan 7 5 1 1 17 6 +11 11
3   Malaysia 7 4 1 2 9 7 +2 9
4   Spain 7 2 4 1 9 8 +1 8
5   Belgium 7 2 1 4 8 14 −6 5
6   France 7 2 0 5 6 13 −7 4
7   Argentina 7 0 3 4 4 9 −5 3
8   Uganda 7 0 3 4 6 14 −8 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
27 August 1972
10:30
West Germany   5–1   Belgium
Krause   13'29'59'
Klaes   32'
Droese   63'
Report Miserque   33'
Umpires:
Luigi Tinti (ITA)
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
27 August 1972
10:30
Pakistan   3–0   France
Anwar   29'61'
Rashid   51'
Report
Umpires:
Leonard Elsgeshuysen (NED)
A.W. Petrus Roef (NED)
27 August 1972
13:30
Uganda   1–3   Malaysia
Adiga   60' Report Harnahal   10'
Ramalingam   47'
Murugesan   57'
Umpires:
Peter Lake (GBR)
Randolph Hillary Selman (GBR)
27 August 1972
13:30
Argentina   1–1   Spain
Quaquarini   28' Report Ju. Amat   40'
Umpires:
Sarosh Nagarwala (IND)
Sundaram Mudaliar (IND)

28 August 1972
15:00
Malaysia   0–1   West Germany
Report Kittstein   29'
Umpires:
J. Richard Jewell (AUS)
Sheik Dawood (KEN)
28 August 1972
15:00
Belgium   1–1   Argentina
Vanderborght   20' Report Quaquarini   19'
Umpires:
Nemi Chand Agarwal (IND)
Charan Singh (KEN)
28 August 1972
16:30
Spain   1–1   Pakistan
J. Fábregas   41' Report Zaman   5'
Umpires:
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
Luigi Tinti (ITA)
28 August 1972
16:30
France   3–1   Uganda
Burtschell   21'
Coutou   40'
Pous   44'
Report Kuldip   68'
Umpires:
Cho Myong-Yul (KOR)
Kasuo Oki (JPN)

29 August 1972
13:30
Uganda   1–3   Pakistan
Amarjit   38' Report Akhtarul   14'
Mudassar   23'
Shahnaz   38'
Umpires:
Kasuo Oki (JPN)
Cho Myong-Yul (KOR)
29 August 1972
15:00
Spain   0–0   Malaysia
Report
Umpires:
Aziz Iskandar (EGY)
A.W. Petrus Roef (NED)
29 August 1972
15:00
France   0–1   Belgium
Report Gilles   33'
Umpires:
Sarosh Nagarwala (IND)
J. Richard Jewell (AUS)
29 August 1972
16:30
West Germany   2–1   Argentina
Seifert   12'18' Report Quaquarini   61'
Umpires:
Sheik Dawood (KEN)
Randolph Hillary Selman (GBR)

31 August 1972
14:00
Pakistan   1–2   West Germany
Zaman   58' Report Baumgart   38'
Krause   57'
Umpires:
Horacio Servetto (ARG)
J. Richard Jewell (AUS)
31 August 1972
14:00
Argentina   0–0   Uganda
Report
Umpires:
A.W. Petrus Roef (NED)
Kasuo Oki (JPN)
31 August 1972
15:30
Belgium   0–1   Spain
Report Ju. Amat   55'
Umpires:
Charan Singh (KEN)
Sundaram Mudaliar (IND)
31 August 1972
15:30
Malaysia   1–0   France
Murugesan   18' Report
Umpires:
Leonard Elsgeshuysen (NED)
Peter Lake (GBR)

1 September 1972
10:00
Spain   3–2   France
J. Fábregas   11'17'
Sallés   14'
Report Pitau   32'
Pous   58'
Umpires:
Aziz Iskandar (EGY)
Charan Singh (KEN)
1 September 1972
10:00
Argentina   1–3   Pakistan
J. Sabbione   45' Report Rashid   17'53'
Asad   48'
Umpires:
Leonard Elsgeshuysen (NED)
Marten John Rowsing (SGP)
1 September 1972
11:30
West Germany   1–1   Uganda
Krause   10' Report Kuldip   26'
Umpires:
Nemi Chand Agarwal (IND)
Peter Lake (GBR)
1 September 1972
11:30
Malaysia   4–2   Belgium
Ramalingam   6'
Sri   26'
De Cruz   30'
Murugesan   58'
Report Miserque   12'
Vanderborght   52'
Umpires:
Sarosh Nagarwala (IND)
Sheik Dawood (KEN)

3 September 1972
10:30
Spain   1–2   West Germany
F. Amat   20' Report Krause   41'
Kaessmann   64'
Umpires:
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
Luigi Tinti (ITA)
3 September 1972
10:30
Pakistan   3–0   Malaysia
Zaman   28'
Rashid   61'
Anwar   67'
Report
Umpires:
André Schittecatte (ITA)
J. Richard Jewell (AUS)
3 September 1972
14:30
France   1–0   Argentina
Darfeuille   26' Report
Umpires:
Sarosh Nagarwala (IND)
Sheik Dawood (KEN)
3 September 1972
14:30
Belgium   2–0   Uganda
Gillard   61'
Gilles   67'
Report
Umpires:
A.W. Petrus Roef (NED)
Aziz Iskandar (EGY)

4 September 1972
10:00
Uganda   2–2   Spain
Kuldip   26'
Lobo   28'
Report J. Fábregas   5'
Sallés   8'
Umpires:
Randolph Hillary Selman (GBR)
Sarosh Nagarwala (IND)
4 September 1972
10:00
Pakistan   3–1   Belgium
Zaman   20'
Rashid   44'46'
Report Gillard   16'
Umpires:
Bernard Valette (FRA)
J. Richard Jewell (AUS)
4 September 1972
11:30
West Germany   4–0   France
Krause   20'33'
Keller   24'
Kaessmann   46'
Report
Umpires:
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
Kasuo Oki (JPN)
4 September 1972
11:30
Malaysia   1–0   Argentina
Belavantheran   69' Report
Umpires:
Luigi Tinti (ITA)
Aziz Iskandar (EGY)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   India 7 5 2 0 25 8 +17 12 Advanced to Semi-finals
2   Netherlands 7 5 1 1 20 9 +11 11
3   Great Britain 7 4 1 2 15 10 +5 9
4   Australia 7 3 2 2 18 8 +10 8
5   New Zealand 7 2 3 2 16 11 +5 7
6   Poland 7 2 2 3 12 12 0 6
7   Kenya 7 1 1 5 8 17 −9 3
8   Mexico 7 0 0 7 1 40 −39 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) games won; 3) head-to-head result; 4) goal difference.
27 August 1972
15:00
India   1–1   Netherlands
Kumar   29' Report Zweerts   1'
Umpires:
Horacio Servetto (ARG)
Aziz Iskandar (EGY)
27 August 1972
15:00
Poland   1–0   Kenya
Matuszyński   11' Report
Umpires:
Fritz Seegers (GER)
Fritz Möhr (GER)
27 August 1972
16:30
Australia   0–0   New Zealand
Report
Umpires:
Ahmed Abrar (PAK)
Khurshid Ahmad Sheik (PAK)
27 August 1972
16:30
Great Britain   6–0   Mexico
Svehlik   16'
Marsh   45'48'
Corby   53'
Saldanha   64'67'
Report
Umpires:
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)
Martens John Rowsing (SGP)

28 August 1972
10:00
Australia   3–1   Kenya
Nilan   30'60'
Riley   56'
Report Surjit   40'
Umpires:
André Schittecatte (BEL)
Francis Steurs (BEL)
28 August 1972
10:00
New Zealand   7–0   Mexico
Maister   14'18'19'
Borren   52'57'58'
Archibald   68'
Report
Umpires:
Saifi (PAK)
Ahmed Abrar (PAK)
28 August 1972
11:30
Great Britain   0–5   India
Report Mukhbain   15'30'32'
Kindo   19'
Harmik   67'
Umpires:
Jacky Manneback (BEL)
Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)
28 August 1972
11:30
Netherlands   4–2   Poland
Kruize   5'12'26'64' Report Kaźmierczak   39'
Grotowski   60'
Umpires:
Jaime Salvatella (ESP)
Bernard Valette (FRA)

30 August 1972
13:30
Mexico   0–3   Poland
Report Ziaja   21'
Grotowski   38'
Otulakowski   41'
Umpires:
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)
Jacky Manneback (BEL)
30 August 1972
15:00
Kenya   1–5   Netherlands
Surjit   70' Report Kruize   2'11'49'51'
F. Spits   56'
Umpires:
Horacio Servetto (ARG)
Bernard Valette (FRA)
30 August 1972
15:00
New Zealand   2–1   Great Britain
Dayman   24'
Maister   26'
Report French   40'
Umpires:
Jaime Salvatella (ESP)
André Schittecatte (BEL)
30 August 1972
16:30
India   3–1   Australia
Mukhbain   7'16'61' Report Mason   26'
Umpires:
Francis Steurs (FRA)
Fritz Seegers (GER)

31 August 1972
10:00
Kenya   0–2   Great Britain
Report Corby   29'
Crowe   65'
Umpires:
Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)
Fritz Möhr (GER)
31 August 1972
10:00
Poland   2–2   India
Ziaja   36'40' Report Harmik   7'
Billimoga   50'
Umpires:
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)
31 August 1972
11:30
Netherlands   2–0   New Zealand
Kruize   9'67' Report
Umpires:
Saifi (PAK)
Luigi Tinti (ITA)
31 August 1972
11:30
Australia   10–0   Mexico
Riley   16'22'31'47'63'
Mason   24'30'
Charlesworth   35'
Browning   51'
Smart   55'
Report
Umpires:
Willy Arber (SUI)
Khurshid Ahmad Sheik (PAK)

2 September 1972
10:00
India   3–2   Kenya
Mukhbain   36'57'
Harmik   48'
Report Davinder   25'45'
Umpires:
Jacky Manneback (BEL)
André Schittecatte (BEL)
2 September 1972
10:00
Poland   3–3   New Zealand
Otulakowski   17'
Matuszyński   26'
Grotowski   36'
Report Dayman   11'48'53'
Umpires:
Bernard Valette (FRA)
Fritz Seegers (GER)
2 September 1972
11:30
Great Britain   1–1   Australia
Svehlik   22' Report Riley   21'
Umpires:
Jaime Salvatella (ESP)
Saifi (PAK)
2 September 1972
11:30
Mexico   0–4   Netherlands
Report Kruize   8'22'
F. Spits   34'
N. Spits   44'
Umpires:
Khurshid Ahmad Sheik (PAK)
Ahmed Abrar (PAK)

3 September 1972
14:30
Netherlands   1–3   Great Britain
Kruize   34' Report Mamood   1'
Corby   43'
Svehlik   47'
Umpires:
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)
Jaime Salvatella (ESP)
3 September 1972
14:30
Australia   1–0   Poland
Glencross   16' Report
Umpires:
Horacio Servetto (ARG)
Fritz Seegers (GER)
3 September 1972
16:00
Mexico   0–8   India
Report Harmik   6'
Kumar   9'61'
Kulwant   22'50'56'
Kindo   35'
Billimoga   63'
Umpires:
Fritz Möhr (GER)
Hans Joachim Dröz (GER)
3 September 1972
16:00
New Zealand   2–2   Kenya
Dayman   2'11' Report Panesar   21'24'
Umpires:
Bernard Valette (FRA)
Francis Steurs (BEL)

4 September 1972
14:00
Netherlands   3–2   Australia
Kruize   9'15'34' Report Glencross   32'
Mason   39'
Umpires:
André Schittecatte (BEL)
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)
4 September 1972
14:00
Kenya   2–1   Mexico
Tarlochan   16'
Brajinder   39'
Report Mascaro   59'
Umpires:
Fritz Möhr (GER)
Khurshid Ahmad Sheik (PAK)
4 September 1972
15:30
India   3–2   New Zealand
Kulwant   28'
Mullera   51'
Kindo   61'
Report Maister   6'
Dayman   58'
Umpires:
Jaime Salvatella (ESP)
Horacio Servetto (ARG)
4 September 1972
15:30
Great Britain   2–1   Poland
Langhorne   17'
Gregg   51'
Report Grotowski   33'
Umpires:
Fritz Seegers (GER)
Francis Steurs (BEL)

Classification round

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Ninth to sixteenth place classification

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Fifteenth and sixteenth place
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7 September 1972
10:00
Uganda   4–1   Mexico
Rajinder   30'
Jagdish   52'
Ajit   53'
Kuldip   55'
Report Huacuja   11'
Umpires:
Ahmed Abrar (PAK)
Willy Arber (SUI)
Thirteenth and fourteenth place
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7 September 1972
11:30
Argentina   0–1 (a.e.t.)   Kenya
Report Avtar   72'
Umpires:
A.W. Petrus Roef (NED)
Leonard Elsgeshuysen (NED)
Eleventh and twelfth place
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8 September 1972
10:00
France   4–4 (a.e.t.)   Poland
Burtschell   29'
Coutou   31'
Pous   41'
Grain   46'
Report Wybieralski   18'
Wrona   45'
Grotowski   48'
Otulakowski   67'
Penalties
 
 
 
0–3   Otulakowski
  Grotowski
  Kasprzyk
Umpires:
Saifi (PAK)
Luigi Tinti (ITA)
Ninth and tenth place
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8 September 1972
11:30
Belgium   1–2   New Zealand
Collin   39' Report Borren   47'
Maister   49'
Umpires:
Sarosh Narerwala (IND)
Jaime Salvatella (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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CrossoverFifth Place
 
      
 
7 September 1972
 
 
  Malaysia1
 
9 September 1972
 
  Australia (a.e.t)2
 
  Australia (a.e.t)2
 
7 September 1972
 
  Great Britain1
 
  Great Britain2
 
 
  Spain0
 
Seventh Place
 
 
9 September 1972
 
 
  Malaysia1
 
 
  Spain2
Crossover
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7 September 1972
14:00
Malaysia   1–2 (a.e.t.)   Australia
Murugesan   6' Report Charlesworth   58'87'
Umpires:
Francis Steurs (BEL)
Jacky Manneback (BEL)

7 September 1972
16:00
Great Britain   2–0   Spain
Svehlik   14'59' Report
Umpires:
Fritz Seegers (GER)
Fritz Möhr (GER)
Seventh and eighth place
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9 September 1972
10:00
Malaysia   1–2   Spain
Sri   54' Report Alustiza   29'
F. Amat   31'
Umpires:
A.W. Petrus Roef (NED)
Fritz Seegers (GER)
Fifth and sixth place
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9 September 1972
11:30
Australia   2–1 (a.e.t.)   Great Britain
Glencross   43'
Riley   82'
Report Gregg   44'
Umpires:
Jaime Salvatella (ESP)
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)

Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
8 September 1972
 
 
  West Germany3
 
10 September 1972
 
  Netherlands0
 
  West Germany1
 
8 September 1972
 
  Pakistan0
 
  India0
 
 
  Pakistan2
 
Bronze-medal match
 
 
10 September 1972
 
 
  Netherlands1
 
 
  India2

Semi-finals

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8 September 1972
14:00
West Germany   3–0   Netherlands
Vos   20'
Krause   53'
Droese   69'
Report
Umpires:
G. Vijayanathan (MAS)
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)

8 September 1972
16:00
India   0–2   Pakistan
Report Rehman   11'
Shahnaz   34'
Umpires:
Horacio Servetto (ARG)
J. Richard Jewell (AUS)

Bronze-medal match

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10 September 1972
10:00
Netherlands   1–2   India
Kruize   6' Report Billimoga   15'
Mukhbain   70'
Umpires:
Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)
Bernard Valette (FRA)

Gold-medal match

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10 September 1972
12:00
West Germany   1–0   Pakistan
Krause   60' Report
Umpires:
J. Richard Jewell (AUS)
Horacio Servetto (ARG)

Final rankings

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As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    West Germany (H) 9 8 1 0 21 5 +16 17 Gold Medal
    Pakistan 9 6 1 2 19 7 +12 13 Silver Medal
    India 9 6 2 1 27 11 +16 14 Bronze Medal
4   Netherlands 9 5 1 3 21 14 +7 11 Fourth place
5   Australia 9 5 2 2 22 10 +12 12 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Great Britain 9 5 1 3 18 12 +6 11
7   Spain 9 3 4 2 11 11 0 10
8   Malaysia 9 4 1 4 11 11 0 9
9   New Zealand 8 3 3 2 18 12 +6 9
10   Belgium 8 2 1 5 9 16 −7 5
11   Poland 8 2 3 3 16 16 0 7
12   France 8 2 1 5 10 17 −7 5
13   Kenya 8 2 1 5 9 17 −8 5
14   Argentina 8 0 3 5 4 10 −6 3
15   Uganda 8 1 3 4 10 15 −5 5
16   Mexico 8 0 0 8 2 44 −42 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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17 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Olympedia

References

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  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Pakistan's Olympic medals: Hockey team's domination is clear". Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "IHF select S'pore umpire for Olympic Games". The Straits Times. 26 October 1971. p. 22.
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