The men's field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the eighth edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It was contested from 23 November to 6 December, with twelve participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games.
India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament. Pakistan won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze.[1]
Twelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each. With the unbalanced seeding, the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi-finals, but only the top team in both Groups A and B advanced.
At the conclusion of the pool stage, Australia and Great Britain finished equal on points, resulting in a play–off match to determine number one position in the pool.
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
External linksedit
The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956(PDF). Melbourne, Australia: W.M. Houston, Government Printer. 1958. pp. 500–511. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
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The men s field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the eighth edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics It was contested from 23 November to 6 December with twelve participating teams Only men competed in field hockey at these Games Field hockeyat the Games of the XVI OlympiadMedal winnersVenuesMelbourne Cricket GroundOlympic Park StadiumDates23 November 6 December 1956Teams12Medalists India Pakistan United Team of Germany 19521960 India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament Pakistan won the silver medal and Germany won the bronze 1 Contents 1 Medalists 2 Participating nations 3 Squads 4 Results 4 1 Preliminary round 4 1 1 Pool A 4 1 2 Pool B 4 1 2 1 Play off match 4 1 3 Pool C 5 Classification round 5 1 Ninth to twelfth place classification 5 2 Fifth to eighth place classification 6 Medal round 6 1 Bracket 6 2 Semi finals 6 3 Bronze medal match 6 4 Gold medal match 7 Final standings 8 References 9 External linksMedalists editGold Silver Bronze nbsp India IND Leslie ClaudiusRanganathan FrancisHaripal KaushikAmir KumarRaghbir LalShankar LakshmanO P MalhotraGovind PerumalAmit Singh BakshiRaghbir Singh BholaBalbir Singh DosanjhHardyal Singh GarcheyRandhir Singh GentleBalkishan Singh GrewalGurdev Singh KullarUdham Singh KullarBakshish SinghCharles Stephen nbsp Pakistan PAK Zakir HussainMunir Ahmed DarGhulam RasoolAnwar Ahmed KhanQazi Massarrat HussainNoor AlamAbdul HamidHabibur RehmanAhmed Naseer BundaMotiullahLatif ur RehmanAkhtar HussainHabib Ali KiddieManzoor Hussain Atif nbsp United Team of Germany EUA Gunther BrenneckeHugo BudingerWerner DelmesHugo DollheiserEberhard FerstlAlfred LuckerHelmut NonnWolfgang NonnHeinz RadzikowskiWerner RosenbaumGunther UllerichParticipating nations editTwelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each With the unbalanced seeding the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi finals but only the top team in both Groups A and B advanced Group A nbsp India nbsp Singapore nbsp Afghanistan nbsp United States Group B nbsp Great Britain nbsp Australia nbsp Malaya nbsp Kenya Group C nbsp Pakistan nbsp Germany nbsp Belgium nbsp New ZealandSquads editMain article Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men s team squadsResults editPreliminary round edit Pool A edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp India 3 3 0 0 36 0 36 6 Advanced to Semi finals 2 nbsp Singapore 3 2 0 1 11 7 4 4 3 nbsp Afghanistan 3 1 0 2 5 20 15 2 4 nbsp United States 3 0 0 3 2 27 25 0Source LA84 FoundationRules for classification 1 points 26 November 1956 11 30 Singapore nbsp 6 1 nbsp United States Report Umpires L La Mothe AUS R Moyse AUS 26 November 1956 14 30 India nbsp 14 0 nbsp Afghanistan Report Umpires A Atkins AUS Richard Hansen AUS 28 November 1956 11 30 Afghanistan nbsp 0 5 nbsp Singapore Report Yam nbsp 8 de Rozario nbsp Fernandez nbsp 20 Pennefather nbsp 25 Umpires N Symons AUS K Wilson AUS 28 November 1956 14 30 India nbsp 16 0 nbsp United States Report Umpires Mahan Singh KEN W Scott NZL 30 November 1956 11 30 Singapore nbsp 0 6 nbsp India Report Gentle nbsp 23 U Singh nbsp 26 56 H Singh nbsp 33 Stephen nbsp 46 59 Umpires L La Mothe AUS V Duray MAL 30 November 1956 14 30 Afghanistan nbsp 5 1 nbsp United States Report Umpires Alan Cowan AUS R Moyse AUS Pool B edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Great Britain 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 6 Advanced to Semi finals 2 nbsp Australia H 4 2 0 2 6 5 1 4 3 nbsp Malaya 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 2 4 nbsp Kenya 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 2Source LA84 FoundationRules for classification 1 points H Hosts 23 November 1956 11 30 Great Britain nbsp 2 2 nbsp Malaya Thomas nbsp 55 Conroy nbsp 61 Report Lawrence nbsp 15 Aman nbsp 66 Umpires W Scott NZL Gian Singh IND 23 November 1956 14 30 Australia nbsp 2 0 nbsp Kenya Dick nbsp 5 E Pearce nbsp 64 Report Umpires Ernst Ludwig Nack GER K Hamilton NZL 24 November 1956 16 00 Great Britain nbsp 1 1 nbsp Kenya Conroy nbsp 5 Report Plenderleith nbsp 34 Umpires K Hamilton NZL Harbail Singh IND 26 November 1956 16 00 Malaya nbsp 2 3 nbsp Australia Aman nbsp 32 63 Report Spackman nbsp 12 E Pearce nbsp 18 51 Umpires Birendra Ghosh IND Gian Singh IND 28 November 1956 16 00 Malaya nbsp 1 1 nbsp Kenya Chua nbsp 50 Report Plenderleith nbsp 11 Umpires Fritz Staake GER Ernst Ludwig Nack GER 29 November 1956 16 00 Australia nbsp 1 2 nbsp Great Britain E Pearce nbsp 60 Report Forster nbsp 18 50 Umpires Gian Singh IND Birendra Ghosh IND Play off match edit At the conclusion of the pool stage Australia and Great Britain finished equal on points resulting in a play off match to determine number one position in the pool 1 December 1956 14 00 Australia nbsp 0 1 nbsp Great Britain Report Conroy nbsp 55 Umpires Gian Singh IND Birendra Ghosh IND Pool C edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Pakistan 3 2 1 0 7 1 6 5 Advanced to Semi finals 2 nbsp United Team of Germany 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 4 3 nbsp New Zealand 3 1 0 2 8 10 2 2 4 nbsp Belgium 3 0 1 2 0 5 5 1Source LA84 FoundationRules for classification 1 points 23 November 1956 14 00 Pakistan nbsp 2 0 nbsp Belgium Hamid nbsp 14 Bunda nbsp 58 Report Umpires Mark Cowlishaw GBR James McDowell AUS 23 November 1956 14 30 United Team of Germany nbsp 5 4 nbsp New Zealand Dollheiser nbsp 29 70 Rosenbaum nbsp 33 Nonn nbsp 34 Budinger nbsp 46 Report Armstrong nbsp 15 21 Johansson nbsp 27 64 Umpires Gian Singh IND Birendra Ghosh IND 27 November 1956 14 30 Pakistan nbsp 5 1 nbsp New Zealand Hamid nbsp 2 9 Rehman nbsp 38 Bunda nbsp 41 Motiullah nbsp 56 Report Johansson nbsp 59 Umpires James McDowell AUS Alan Cowell AUS 27 November 1956 16 00 Belgium nbsp 0 0 nbsp United Team of Germany Report Umpires A Atkins AUS Richard Hansen AUS 29 November 1956 14 30 United Team of Germany nbsp 0 0 nbsp Pakistan Report Umpires James McDowell AUS A Atkins AUS 29 November 1956 16 00 Belgium nbsp 0 3 nbsp New Zealand Report McGregor nbsp 22 Remaining scorers unknown Umpires Birendra Ghosh IND Gian Singh IND Classification round editNinth to twelfth place classification edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 9 nbsp Malaya 3 3 0 0 14 2 12 6 10 nbsp Kenya 3 2 0 1 14 3 11 4 11 nbsp Afghanistan a 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 1 12 nbsp United States a 3 0 1 2 1 18 17 1Source Sports ReferenceNotes a b Afghanistan finished above the United States after beating them in Group A 3 December 1956 Malaya nbsp 8 0 nbsp Afghanistan Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 3 December 1956 Kenya nbsp 3 0 nbsp United States Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 4 December 1956 Malaya nbsp 3 0 nbsp United States Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 4 December 1956 Kenya nbsp 9 0 nbsp Afghanistan Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 6 December 1956 Malaya nbsp 3 2 nbsp Kenya Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 6 December 1956 United States nbsp 1 1 nbsp Afghanistan Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne Fifth to eighth place classification edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 5 nbsp Australia H 3 2 1 0 8 2 6 5 6 nbsp New Zealand 3 2 0 1 16 3 13 4 7 nbsp Belgium 3 1 1 1 9 5 4 3 8 nbsp Singapore 3 0 0 3 0 23 23 0Source Sports Reference H Hosts 3 December 1956 New Zealand nbsp 13 0 nbsp Singapore Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 3 December 1956 Belgium nbsp 2 2 nbsp Australia Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 4 December 1956 Belgium nbsp 5 0 nbsp Singapore Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 4 December 1956 Australia nbsp 1 0 nbsp New Zealand Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 6 December 1956 New Zealand nbsp 3 2 nbsp Belgium Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 6 December 1956 Australia nbsp 5 0 nbsp Singapore Olympic Park Stadium MelbourneMedal round editBracket edit Semi finalsGold medal match 3 December nbsp India1 6 December nbsp United Team of Germany0 nbsp India1 3 December nbsp Pakistan0 nbsp Pakistan3 nbsp Great Britain2 Bronze medal match 6 December nbsp United Team of Germany3 nbsp Great Britain1 Semi finals edit 3 December 1956 14 30 India nbsp 1 0 nbsp United Team of Germany U SIngh nbsp 48 Report Melbourne Cricket Ground MelbourneUmpires A Atkins AUS J McDowell AUS 3 December 1956 16 00 Pakistan nbsp 3 2 nbsp Great Britain Atif nbsp Report Doughty nbsp Conroy nbsp Melbourne Cricket Ground MelbourneUmpires V T Duray MAL R Hansen AUS Bronze medal match edit 6 December 1956 United Team of Germany nbsp 3 1 nbsp Great Britain Nonn nbsp 2 Budinger nbsp 24 Radzikowski nbsp 51 Report Conroy nbsp 16 Melbourne Cricket Ground MelbourneUmpires Gian Singh IND B N Ghosh IND Gold medal match edit 6 December 1956 India nbsp 1 0 nbsp Pakistan Gentle nbsp 38 Report Melbourne Cricket Ground MelbourneAttendance 10 000Umpires M G Cowlinshaw GBR J McDowell AUS Final standings edit nbsp India nbsp Pakistan nbsp United Team of Germany nbsp Great Britain nbsp Australia nbsp New Zealand nbsp Belgium nbsp Singapore nbsp Malaya nbsp Kenya nbsp Afghanistan nbsp United StatesReferences edit Hockey at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 18 September 2019 External links editThe Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 PDF Melbourne Australia W M Houston Government Printer 1958 pp 500 511 Retrieved 2008 01 29 Olympic Medal Winners International Olympic Committee Retrieved 2008 01 28 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1089691095, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
