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Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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]

Field hockey
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueMunicipal Stadium
Dates13–26 October 1968
Teams16
Medalists
← 1964
1972 →

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

Competition schedule edit

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

Squads edit

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   India 7 6 0 1 20 4 +16 12 Semi-finals
2   West Germany 7 5 1 1 15 5 +10 11
3   New Zealand 7 3 4 0 8 4 +4 10
4   Spain 7 2 3 2 7 5 +2 7
5   Belgium 7 3 1 3 14 9 +5 7
6   East Germany 7 2 2 3 7 10 −3 6
7   Japan 7 1 1 5 4 14 −10 3
8   Mexico (H) 7 0 0 7 2 26 −24 0
Source:
(H) Hosts
13 October 1968
New Zealand   2–1   India
13 October 1968
Japan   2–1   Mexico
13 October 1968
Spain   1–1   East Germany
13 October 1968
West Germany   2–0   Belgium

14 October 1968
India   2–1   West Germany
14 October 1968
Belgium   4–0   East Germany
14 October 1968
Spain   0–0   Japan
14 October 1968
New Zealand   2–0   Mexico

15 October 1968
West Germany   2–0   Japan
15 October 1968
India   8–0   Mexico
15 October 1968
Spain   2–0   Belgium
15 October 1968
East Germany   1–1   New Zealand

17 October 1968
India   1–0   Spain
17 October 1968
West Germany   3–2   East Germany
17 October 1968
Belgium   4–0   Mexico
17 October 1968
New Zealand   1–0   Japan

18 October 1968
India   2–1   Belgium
18 October 1968
East Germany   1–0   Japan
18 October 1968
Spain   3–0   Mexico
18 October 1968
West Germany   0–0   New Zealand

20 October 1968
India   5–0 1   Japan
20 October 1968
New Zealand   1–1   Belgium
20 October 1968
West Germany   2–0   Spain
20 October 1968
East Germany   2–0   Mexico

1 The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with the score 0-0 after the Japanese team laid down their sticks and walked off the pitch to protest the awarding of a penalty stroke to India. India were awarded the match 5-0.


21 October 1968
India   1–0   East Germany
21 October 1968
Belgium   4–2   Japan
21 October 1968
New Zealand   1–1   Spain
21 October 1968
West Germany   5–1   Mexico

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Pakistan 7 7 0 0 23 4 +19 14 Semi-finals
2   Australia[a] 8 5 1 2 15 7 +8 11
3   Kenya[a] 8 4 1 3 13 9 +4 9
4   Netherlands 7 4 0 3 11 11 0 8
5   Great Britain 7 2 1 4 6 8 −2 5
6   France 7 2 1 4 2 5 −3 5
7   Argentina 7 1 1 5 4 20 −16 3
8   Malaysia 7 0 3 4 2 12 −10 3
Source:
^[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.
13 October 1968
Great Britain   2–0   Argentina
13 October 1968
Australia   2–0   Kenya
13 October 1968
Pakistan   6–0   Netherlands
13 October 1968
France   0–0   Malaysia

14 October 1968
Pakistan   1–0   France
14 October 1968
Australia   0–0   Great Britain
14 October 1968
Kenya   1–1   Malaysia
14 October 1968
Netherlands   7–0   Argentina

16 October 1968
Malaysia   1–1   Argentina
16 October 1968
Pakistan   3–2   Australia
16 October 1968
Netherlands   2–1   Great Britain
16 October 1968
Kenya   2–0   France

17 October 1968
Australia   3–0   Malaysia
17 October 1968
Pakistan   5–0   Argentina
17 October 1968
France   1–0   Great Britain
17 October 1968
Kenya   2–0   Netherlands

19 October 1968
France   1–0   Australia
19 October 1968
Kenya   2–1   Argentina
19 October 1968
Netherlands   1–0   Malaysia
19 October 1968
Pakistan   2–1   Great Britain

20 October 1968
Kenya   3–0   Great Britain
20 October 1968
Netherlands   1–0   France
20 October 1968
Pakistan   4–0   Malaysia
20 October 1968
Australia   3–1   Argentina

21 October 1968
Pakistan   2–1   Kenya
21 October 1968
Australia   2–0   Netherlands
21 October 1968
Argentina   1–0   France
21 October 1968
Great Britain   2–0   Malaysia

Second place play-off edit

22 October 1968
Australia   3–2   Kenya

Classification round edit

Eighth to sixteenth place classification edit

Fifteenth place game edit
23 October 1968
Mexico   0–1 (a.e.t.)   Malaysia
Report
Thirteenth place game edit
23 October 1968
Japan   2–0   Argentina
Report
Eleventh place game edit
23 October 1968
East Germany   2–1 (a.e.t.)   Great Britain
Report
Ninth place game edit
23 October 1968
Belgium   3–0   France
Report

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

 
5–8th place semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
23 October
 
 
  New Zealand1
 
25 October
 
  Netherlands3
 
  Netherlands (a.e.t)1
 
23 October
 
  Spain0
 
  Kenya1
 
 
  Spain2
 
Seventh place
 
 
25 October
 
 
  New Zealand2
 
 
  Kenya0
5–8th place-semifinals edit
23 October 1968
New Zealand   1–3   Netherlands
Report

23 October 1968
Kenya   1–2   Spain
Report
Seventh place game edit
25 October 1968
New Zealand   2–0   Kenya
Report
Fifth place game edit
25 October 1968
Netherlands   1–0 (a.e.t.)   Spain
Report

Medal round edit

 
Semi-finalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
24 October
 
 
  India1
 
26 October
 
  Australia (a.e.t)2
 
  Australia1
 
24 October
 
  Pakistan2
 
  Pakistan1
 
 
  West Germany0
 
Bronze-medal match
 
 
26 October
 
 
  India2
 
 
  West Germany1

Semi-finals edit

24 October 1968
Pakistan   1–0   West Germany
Report

24 October 1968
India   1–2 (a.e.t.)   Australia
Report

Bronze-medal match edit

26 October 1968
India   2–1   West Germany
Report

Gold-medal match edit

26 October 1968
12:45
Pakistan   2–1   Australia
Rashid   15'
Malik   56'
Report Glencross   46'
Umpires:
Guust Lathouwers (NED)
Luigi Tinti (ITA)

Final standings edit

  1.   Pakistan
  2.   Australia
  3.   India
  4.   West Germany
  5.   Netherlands
  6.   Spain
  7.   New Zealand
  8.   Kenya
  9.   Belgium
  10.   France
  11.   East Germany
  12.   Great Britain
  13.   Japan
  14.   Argentina
  15.   Malaysia
  16.   Mexico

Medalists edit

Sources edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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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 Field hockeyat the Games of the XIX OlympiadVenueMunicipal StadiumDates13 26 October 1968Teams16Medalists Pakistan Australia India 19641972 Pakistan won the gold medal for the second time after defeating Australia 2 1 in the final Defending champions India won the bronze medal after defeating West Germany 2 1 Contents 1 Competition schedule 2 Squads 3 Results 3 1 Preliminary round 3 1 1 Pool A 3 1 2 Pool B 3 1 3 Second place play off 3 2 Classification round 3 2 1 Eighth to sixteenth place classification 3 2 1 1 Fifteenth place game 3 2 1 2 Thirteenth place game 3 2 1 3 Eleventh place game 3 2 1 4 Ninth place game 3 2 2 Fifth to eighth place classification 3 2 2 1 5 8th place semifinals 3 2 2 2 Seventh place game 3 2 2 3 Fifth place game 4 Medal round 4 1 Semi finals 4 2 Bronze medal match 4 3 Gold medal match 5 Final standings 6 Medalists 7 Sources 8 ReferencesCompetition schedule editG Group stage C Classification matches SF Semi finals B Bronze medal match F FinalSun 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 26G G G G G G G G G G C SF C B FSquads editMain article Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics Men s team squadsResults editPreliminary round edit Pool A edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp India 7 6 0 1 20 4 16 12 Semi finals2 nbsp West Germany 7 5 1 1 15 5 10 113 nbsp New Zealand 7 3 4 0 8 4 4 104 nbsp Spain 7 2 3 2 7 5 2 75 nbsp Belgium 7 3 1 3 14 9 5 76 nbsp East Germany 7 2 2 3 7 10 3 67 nbsp Japan 7 1 1 5 4 14 10 38 nbsp Mexico H 7 0 0 7 2 26 24 0Source Sports Reference H Hosts 13 October 1968New Zealand nbsp 2 1 nbsp India13 October 1968Japan nbsp 2 1 nbsp Mexico13 October 1968Spain nbsp 1 1 nbsp East Germany13 October 1968West Germany nbsp 2 0 nbsp Belgium14 October 1968India nbsp 2 1 nbsp West Germany14 October 1968Belgium nbsp 4 0 nbsp East Germany14 October 1968Spain nbsp 0 0 nbsp Japan14 October 1968New Zealand nbsp 2 0 nbsp Mexico15 October 1968West Germany nbsp 2 0 nbsp Japan15 October 1968India nbsp 8 0 nbsp Mexico15 October 1968Spain nbsp 2 0 nbsp Belgium15 October 1968East Germany nbsp 1 1 nbsp New Zealand17 October 1968India nbsp 1 0 nbsp Spain17 October 1968West Germany nbsp 3 2 nbsp East Germany17 October 1968Belgium nbsp 4 0 nbsp Mexico17 October 1968New Zealand nbsp 1 0 nbsp Japan18 October 1968India nbsp 2 1 nbsp Belgium18 October 1968East Germany nbsp 1 0 nbsp Japan18 October 1968Spain nbsp 3 0 nbsp Mexico18 October 1968West Germany nbsp 0 0 nbsp New Zealand20 October 1968India nbsp 5 0 1 nbsp Japan20 October 1968New Zealand nbsp 1 1 nbsp Belgium20 October 1968West Germany nbsp 2 0 nbsp Spain20 October 1968East Germany nbsp 2 0 nbsp Mexico1 The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with the score 0 0 after the Japanese team laid down their sticks and walked off the pitch to protest the awarding of a penalty stroke to India India were awarded the match 5 0 21 October 1968India nbsp 1 0 nbsp East Germany21 October 1968Belgium nbsp 4 2 nbsp Japan21 October 1968New Zealand nbsp 1 1 nbsp Spain21 October 1968West Germany nbsp 5 1 nbsp MexicoPool B edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Pakistan 7 7 0 0 23 4 19 14 Semi finals2 nbsp Australia a 8 5 1 2 15 7 8 113 nbsp Kenya a 8 4 1 3 13 9 4 94 nbsp Netherlands 7 4 0 3 11 11 0 85 nbsp Great Britain 7 2 1 4 6 8 2 56 nbsp France 7 2 1 4 2 5 3 57 nbsp Argentina 7 1 1 5 4 20 16 38 nbsp Malaysia 7 0 3 4 2 12 10 3Source Sports References 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 13 October 1968Great Britain nbsp 2 0 nbsp Argentina13 October 1968Australia nbsp 2 0 nbsp Kenya13 October 1968Pakistan nbsp 6 0 nbsp Netherlands13 October 1968France nbsp 0 0 nbsp Malaysia14 October 1968Pakistan nbsp 1 0 nbsp France14 October 1968Australia nbsp 0 0 nbsp Great Britain14 October 1968Kenya nbsp 1 1 nbsp Malaysia14 October 1968Netherlands nbsp 7 0 nbsp Argentina16 October 1968Malaysia nbsp 1 1 nbsp Argentina16 October 1968Pakistan nbsp 3 2 nbsp Australia16 October 1968Netherlands nbsp 2 1 nbsp Great Britain16 October 1968Kenya nbsp 2 0 nbsp France17 October 1968Australia nbsp 3 0 nbsp Malaysia17 October 1968Pakistan nbsp 5 0 nbsp Argentina17 October 1968France nbsp 1 0 nbsp Great Britain17 October 1968Kenya nbsp 2 0 nbsp Netherlands19 October 1968France nbsp 1 0 nbsp Australia19 October 1968Kenya nbsp 2 1 nbsp Argentina19 October 1968Netherlands nbsp 1 0 nbsp Malaysia19 October 1968Pakistan nbsp 2 1 nbsp Great Britain20 October 1968Kenya nbsp 3 0 nbsp Great Britain20 October 1968Netherlands nbsp 1 0 nbsp France20 October 1968Pakistan nbsp 4 0 nbsp Malaysia20 October 1968Australia nbsp 3 1 nbsp Argentina21 October 1968Pakistan nbsp 2 1 nbsp Kenya21 October 1968Australia nbsp 2 0 nbsp Netherlands21 October 1968Argentina nbsp 1 0 nbsp France21 October 1968Great Britain nbsp 2 0 nbsp MalaysiaSecond place play off edit 22 October 1968Australia nbsp 3 2 nbsp KenyaClassification round edit Eighth to sixteenth place classification edit Fifteenth place game edit 23 October 1968Mexico nbsp 0 1 a e t nbsp MalaysiaReportThirteenth place game edit 23 October 1968Japan nbsp 2 0 nbsp ArgentinaReportEleventh place game edit 23 October 1968East Germany nbsp 2 1 a e t nbsp Great BritainReportNinth place game edit 23 October 1968Belgium nbsp 3 0 nbsp FranceReportFifth to eighth place classification edit 5 8th place semi finalsFifth place 23 October nbsp New Zealand1 25 October nbsp Netherlands3 nbsp Netherlands a e t 1 23 October nbsp Spain0 nbsp Kenya1 nbsp Spain2 Seventh place 25 October nbsp New Zealand2 nbsp Kenya05 8th place semifinals edit 23 October 1968New Zealand nbsp 1 3 nbsp NetherlandsReport23 October 1968Kenya nbsp 1 2 nbsp SpainReportSeventh place game edit 25 October 1968New Zealand nbsp 2 0 nbsp KenyaReportFifth place game edit 25 October 1968Netherlands nbsp 1 0 a e t nbsp SpainReportMedal round edit Semi finalsGold medal match 24 October nbsp India1 26 October nbsp Australia a e t 2 nbsp Australia1 24 October nbsp Pakistan2 nbsp Pakistan1 nbsp West Germany0 Bronze medal match 26 October nbsp India2 nbsp West Germany1Semi finals edit 24 October 1968Pakistan nbsp 1 0 nbsp West GermanyReport24 October 1968India nbsp 1 2 a e t nbsp AustraliaReportBronze medal match edit 26 October 1968India nbsp 2 1 nbsp West GermanyReportGold medal match edit 26 October 1968 12 45Pakistan nbsp 2 1 nbsp AustraliaRashid nbsp 15 Malik nbsp 56 Report Glencross nbsp 46 Umpires Guust Lathouwers NED Luigi Tinti ITA Final standings edit nbsp Pakistan nbsp Australia nbsp India nbsp West Germany nbsp Netherlands nbsp Spain nbsp New Zealand nbsp Kenya nbsp Belgium nbsp France nbsp East Germany nbsp Great Britain nbsp Japan nbsp Argentina nbsp Malaysia nbsp MexicoMedalists editGold Silver Bronze nbsp Pakistan 2 Abdul RashidJahangir ButtTanvir DarGulraiz AkhtarKhalid MahmoodMuhammad Asad MalikMuhammad Ashfaq AhmedTariq NiaziRiaz AhmedRiaz ud DinSaeed AnwarTariq AzizZakir Hussain nbsp Australia 3 Paul DearingRaymond EvansBrian GlencrossRobert HaighDonald MartinJames MasonPatrick NilanEric PearceGordon PearceJulian PearceDesmond PiperFred QuineRonald RileyDonald SmartArthur Busch nbsp India 4 Rajendra ChristyKrishnamurty PerumalJohn V J PeterInam ur RahmanMunir SaitAjitpal SinghBalbir Singh KullarBalbir Singh KularBalbir SinghGurbux SinghHarbinder SinghHarmik SinghInder Gogi SinghPrithipal SinghTarsem SinghJagjit SinghSources editOfficial Olympic Report Mexico Organizing Committee 1968 The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 vol 2 References edit Hockey at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games Sports Reference 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