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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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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

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.

Classification round

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Ninth to sixteenth place classification

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Fifteenth and sixteenth place
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Thirteenth and fourteenth place
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Eleventh and twelfth place
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Ninth and tenth place
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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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Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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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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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)  West Germany (H) 9 8 1 0 21 5 +16 17 Gold Medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan 9 6 1 2 19 7 +12 13 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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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