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Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The field hockey tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the 10th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 11 to 23 October 1964. All games were played at the Komazawa Hockey Field in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Field hockey
at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Japan
CityTokyo
Dates11–23 October 1964
Teams15 (from 5 confederations)
VenueKomazawa Hockey Field
Final positions
Champions India (7th title)
Runner-up Pakistan
Third place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored179 (3.2 per match)
Top scorerIndia Prithipal Singh (10 goals)
← 1960 (previous) (next) 1968 →

India defeated Pakistan, the defending champions, by 1–0 in the gold-medal match.

Australia won their first Olympic medal, claiming bronze in a 3–2 win over Spain in extra time.

Medalists

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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  Pakistan 6 6 0 0 17 3 +14 12 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Australia 6 4 0 2 16 5 +11 8
3  Kenya 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 7
4  Japan (H) 6 3 0 3 6 6 0 6
5  Great Britain 6 2 0 4 5 12 −7 4
6  Rhodesia 6 1 1 4 4 16 −12 3
7  New Zealand 6 1 0 5 6 10 −4 2
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.[2]
(H) Hosts

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 7 5 2 0 18 4 +14 12 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Spain 7 4 3 0 16 3 +13 11
3  Netherlands 7 4 1 2 20 4 +16 9
4  United Team of Germany 7 2 5 0 9 4 +5 9
5  Malaysia 7 2 2 3 11 13 −2 6
6  Belgium 7 2 2 3 10 13 −3 6
7  Canada 7 1 0 6 5 25 −20 2
8  Hong Kong 7 0 1 6 3 26 −23 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.[2]

Classification round

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CrossoverFifth Place
 
      
 
21 October 1964
 
 
 Kenya (a.e.t.)3
 
22 October 1964
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Kenya0
 
21 October 1964
 
 United Team of Germany3
 
 United Team of Germany5
 
 
 Japan1
 

Crossover

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Fifth and sixth place

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Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
21 October 1964
 
 
 Pakistan3
 
22 October 1964
 
 Spain0
 
 Pakistan0
 
21 October 1964
 
 India1
 
 India3
 
 
 Australia1
 
Bronze-medal match
 
 
22 October 1964
 
 
 Spain2
 
 
 Australia (a.e.t.)3

Semi-finals

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Bronze-medal match

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Gold-medal match

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India 9 7 2 0 22 5 +17 16 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan 8 7 0 1 20 4 +16 14 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 8 5 0 3 20 10 +10 10 Bronze Medal
4  Spain 9 4 3 2 18 9 +9 11 Fourth place
5  United Team of Germany 9 4 5 0 17 5 +12 13 Fifth place
6  Kenya 8 4 1 3 10 13 −3 9 Sixth place
7  Netherlands 8 4 1 3 21 7 +14 9 Eliminated in
crossovers
8  Japan (H) 7 3 0 4 7 11 −4 6
9  Malaysia 7 2 2 3 11 13 −2 6 Eliminated in
group stage
9  Great Britain 6 2 0 4 5 12 −7 4
11  Belgium 7 2 2 3 10 13 −3 6
11  Rhodesia 6 1 1 4 4 16 −12 3
13  New Zealand 6 1 0 5 6 10 −4 2
13  Canada 7 1 0 6 5 25 −20 2
15  Hong Kong 7 0 1 6 3 26 −23 1
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

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There were 179 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. ↑ "Hockey at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 Regulations

Sources

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  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
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