Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was the 18th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 2 August. Games were played at the Herndon Stadium and the Panther Stadium, both located in Atlanta, United States.

Men's field hockey
at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Atlanta
Dates	20 July – 2 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Herndon Stadium Panther Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	173 (4.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Taco van den Honert Greg Nicol (7 goals)
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The Netherlands won the gold medal for the first time after defeating Spain 3–1 in the final. Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 3–2.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations, the previous Olympic and World champions and the host nation received an automatic berth. Alongside the teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			United States
26 July – 6 August 1992	1992 Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	Germany1
4–15 October 1994	1994 Asian Games	Hiroshima, Japan	South Korea
23 November – 4 December 1994	1994 Hockey World Cup	Sydney, Australia	Pakistan
12–25 March 1995	1995 Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Argentina
22–27 May 1995	1995 Oceania Qualifying Tournament	Auckland, New Zealand	Australia
August 1995	1995 EuroHockey Nations Championship	Dublin, Ireland	—1
13–23 September 1995	1995 All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe	South Africa
19–28 January 1996	Olympic Qualification Tournament	Barcelona, Spain	Netherlands India Great Britain Spain Malaysia

^1 – Germany qualified both as previous Olympic and continental champion, therefore that quota was added to the ones awarded by the Olympic Qualification Tournament to a total of 5.

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Umpires

• Amin Ayman (EGY)
• Santiago Deo (ESP)
• Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
• Steve Horgan (USA)
• Floris Idenburg (NED)
• Guillaume Langle (FRA)
• Craig Madden (GBR)
• Antonio Morales (ESP)
• Ray O'Connor (IRL)
• Yuri Platonov (RUS)
• Don Prior (AUS)
• Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
• Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
• Roger St. Rose (TRI)
• Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
• Sasidharan Vasutheven (MAS)
• Peter von Reth (NED)
• Richard Wolter (GER)

Results

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	10	3	+7	7
3	India	5	2	2	1	8	3	+5	6
4	Pakistan	5	2	1	2	11	8	+3	5
5	Argentina	5	2	0	3	9	13	−4	4
6	United States (H)	5	0	0	5	3	23	−20	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

20 July 1996
09:00

Spain 1–0 Germany Arnau  50' Report

Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Craig Madden (GBR)

20 July 1996
17:30

Pakistan 4–0 United States Shahbaz  10'
Ashraf  18', 25'
Zaman  62' Report

Umpires:
Sasidharan Vasutheven (MAS)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

20 July 1996
20:00

India 0–1 Argentina Report P. Lombi  45'

Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Amin Ayman (EGY)

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22 July 1996
09:00

Pakistan 0–3 Spain Report Arnau  22', 43'
Escarré  30'

Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Amin Ayman (EGY)

22 July 1996
17:30

Germany 1–1 India Saliger  66' Report Mukesh  62'

Umpires:
Roger St Rose (TRI)
Floris Idenburg (NED)

22 July 1996
20:00

United States 2–5 Argentina Mellor  39'
Jennings  48' Report J. Lombi  4', 12'
Ferrara  15', 26'
Capurro  32'

Umpires:
Yuri Platonov (RUS)
Don Prior (AUS)

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24 July 1996
09:00

United States 0–4 India Report Ramandeep  10'
Dhanraj  28', 46'
Sanjeev  69'

Umpires:
Craig Madden (GBR)
Guillaume Langle (FRA)

24 July 1996
17:30

Spain 2–1 Argentina Escarré  61'
Arnau  65' Report J. Lombi  20'

Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Floris Idenburg (NED)

24 July 1996
20:00

Germany 3–1 Pakistan Becker  6', 49'
Meinhardt  39' Report Khalid  62'

Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

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26 July 1996
09:00

Germany 3–0 Argentina Saliger  16'
Becker  19'
Bellenbaum  64' Report

Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Don Prior (AUS)

26 July 1996
17:30

Pakistan 0–0 India Report

Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Craig Madden (GBR)

26 July 1996
20:00

Spain 7–1 United States Amat  12', 14'
Escarré  25', 49'
Arnau  60'
Pujol  64'
Cobos  68' Report Butcher  37'

Umpires:
Yuri Platonov (RUS)
Roger St. Rose (TRI)

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28 July 1996
09:00

Pakistan 6–2 Argentina Ahmed  32', 45', 65'
Sarwar  51', 58'
Zaman  53' Report Pérez  24'
J. Lombi  68'

Umpires:
Amin Ayman (EGY)
Craig Madden (GBR)

28 July 1996
17:30

United States 0–3 Germany Report Fischer  11', 22'
Blunck  23'

Umpires:
Sasidharan Vasutheven (MAS)
Peter von Reth (NED)

28 July 1996
20:00

Spain 1–3 India Escudé  33' Report Ferreira  21', 41'
Sabu  59'

Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	14	6	+8	9	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	7
3	Great Britain	5	1	3	1	8	8	0	5
4	South Korea	5	1	2	2	12	13	−1	4
5	South Africa	5	0	3	2	7	12	−5	3
6	Malaysia	5	0	2	3	7	15	−8	2

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.

21 July 1996
09:00

Netherlands 2–0 Malaysia Klein  10'
Delissen  29' Report

Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

21 July 1996
17:30

Great Britain 2–2 South Korea Giles  31', 50' Report Kang  35'
Park  68'

Umpires:
Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

21 July 1996
20:00

South Africa 1–1 Australia Nicol  65' Report Hager  61'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Guillaume Langle (FRA)

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23 July 1996
09:00

Netherlands 2–2 Great Britain Bovelander  17'
Delissen  59' Report Garcia  27'
Giles  65'

Umpires:
Antonio Morales (ESP)
Richard Wolter (GER)

23 July 1996
17:30

Malaysia 2–2 South Africa Nawawi  38', 61' Report Nicol  26'
W. Fulton  64'

Umpires:
Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

23 July 1996
20:00

Australia 3–2 South Korea Davies  6'
Gaudoin  32'
Stacy  64' Report Park  9'
Shin  19'

Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

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25 July 1996
09:00

South Korea 3–3 South Africa Park  27'
Shin  51'
Kim You.  60' Report Nicol  55', 68'
G. Fulton  67'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Richard Wolter (GER)

25 July 1996
17:30

Malaysia 2–2 Great Britain Nasiruddin  4'
Chairil  69' Report Shaw  41'
Giles  63'

Umpires:
Antonio Morales (ESP)
Amin Ayman (EGY)

25 July 1996
20:00

Netherlands 3–2 Australia De Nooijer  12'
Bovelander  35'
Van den Honert  50' Report Sproule  10'
Hager  18'

Umpires:
Ray O'Connor (IRL)
Steve Horgan (USA)

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27 July 1996
09:00

Malaysia 1–5 Australia Nasiruddin  44' Report Davies  3'
Choppy  4', 6', 10'
Lewis  37'

Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

27 July 1996
17:30

South Africa 0–2 Great Britain Report Wyatt  14'
Giles  28'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

27 July 1996
20:00

Netherlands 3–1 South Korea Van den Honert  47', 55'
De Nooijer  58' Report Kim You.  19'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Roger St. Rose (TTO)

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29 July 1996
09:00

Great Britain 0–2 Australia Report Hager  5'
Stacy  28'

Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

29 July 1996
17:30

Malaysia 2–4 South Korea Nasiruddin  60'
Nawawi  64' Report Kang  16', 40'
Park  39'
Kim J.  49'

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

29 July 1996
20:00

Netherlands 4–1 South Africa Lomans  11', 26'
Delissen  13'
Van den Honert  54' Report Nicol  43'

Umpires:
Amin Ayman (EGY)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)

Classification round

Ninth- to twelfth-place classification

	Crossover				Ninth Place
	31 July 1996
	Argentina (pen.)	4 (3)
					2 August 1996
	Malaysia	4 (0)
					Argentina	3
	31 July 1996
					South Africa	2
	South Africa	3
	United States	0
					Eleventh Place
					2 August 1996
					Malaysia	4
					United States	1

Crossover

31 July 1996
08:30

Argentina 4–4 (a.e.t.) Malaysia Retegui  14', 55'
Ferrara  57'
J. Lombi  69' Report A. Singh  26'
Siva  38'
Nawawi  39'
Shamuganathan  59' Penalties   3–0  

Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Kiyoshi Sana (JPN)

31 July 1996
08:30

South Africa 3–0 United States Nicol  34'
G. Fulton  46'
C. Fulton  62' Report

Umpires:
Floris Idenburg (NED)
Amin Ayman (EGY)

Eleventh and twelfth place

1 August 1996
08:30

Malaysia 4–1 United States Lim Chiow Chuan  34', 44'
Nawawi  38'
Shanmuganathan  56' Report Butcher  68'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Antonio Morales (ESP)

Ninth and tenth place

1 August 1996
08:30

Argentina 3–2 South Africa Ferrara  30'
Capurro  36'
J. Lombi  45' Report Nicol  22'
Hallowes  38'

Umpires:
Guillaume Langle (FRA)
Craig Madden (GBR)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	31 July 1996
	India	3 (3)
					2 August 1996
	South Korea (pen.)	3 (5)
					South Korea	3
	31 July 1996
					Pakistan	1
	Great Britain	1
	Pakistan	2
					Seventh Place
					2 August 1996
					India	3
					Great Britain	4

Crossover

31 July 1996
11:00

India 3–3 (a.e.t.) South Korea R. Singh  14'
Ferreira  39'
Kumar  42' Report Shin Seok-kyo  22', 66'
Park Shin-heum  49' Penalties   3–5  

Umpires:
Steve Horgan (USA)
Guillaume Langle (FRA)

31 July 1996
11:00

Great Britain 1–2 Pakistan Giles  7' Report Sarwar  11'
R. Khan  65'

Umpires:
Henrik Ehlers (DEN)
Roger St. Rose (TRI)

Seventh and eighth place

2 August 1996
11:00

India 3–4 Great Britain Dhillon  2'
R. Singh  29'
Powar  70' Report Shaw  24'
Laslett  43'
Wyatt  53'
Mayer  56'

Umpires:
Roger St. Rose (TRI)
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)

Fifth and sixth place

2 August 1996
08:30

South Korea 3–1 Pakistan Jeon Jong-ha  6'
Shin Seok-kyo  35'
Song Seung-tae  68' Report Ashraf  7'

Umpires:
Richard Wolter (GER)
Craig Madden (GBR)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold-medal match
	31 July 1996
	Spain	2
					2 August 1996
	Australia	1
					Spain	1
	31 July 1996
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands	3
	Germany	1
					Bronze-medal match
					2 August 1996
					Australia	3
					Germany	2

Semi-finals

31 July 1996
17:30

Spain 2–1 Australia P. Amat  45'
Escarré  54' Report Gaudoin  63'

Umpires:
Peter von Reth (NED)
Richard Wolter (GER)

31 July 1996
20:00

Germany 1–3 Netherlands Meinhardt  60' Report Van den Honert  3', 45', 53'

Umpires:
Donald Prior (AUS)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)

Bronze-medal match

2 August 1996
17:00

Australia 3–2 Germany Stacy  14', 63'
Choppy  69' Report Meinhardt  40'
Domke  46'

Umpires:
Eduardo Ruiz (ARG)
Peter von Reth (NED)

Gold-medal match

2 August 1996
19:30

Spain 1–3 Netherlands Pujol  45' Report Bovelander  52', 55'
Lomans  67'

Umpires:
Don Prior (AUS)
Ray O'Connor (IRL)

Final rankings

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
	Netherlands	7	6	1	0	20	8	+12	19	Gold Medal
	Spain	7	5	0	2	17	9	+8	15	Silver Medal
	Australia	7	4	1	2	17	11	+6	13	Bronze Medal
4	Germany	7	3	1	3	13	9	+4	10	Fourth place
5	South Korea	7	2	3	2	18	17	+1	9	Eliminated in group stage
6	Pakistan	7	3	1	3	14	12	+2	10
7	Great Britain	7	2	3	2	13	13	0	9
8	India	7	2	3	2	14	10	+4	9
9	Argentina	7	3	1	3	16	19	−3	10
10	South Africa	7	1	3	3	12	15	−3	6
11	Malaysia	7	1	3	3	15	20	−5	6
12	United States (H)	7	0	0	7	4	30	−26	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 173 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 4.12 goals per match.

7 goals

• Taco van den Honert
• Greg Nicol

6 goals

• Jorge Lombi
• Calum Giles

5 goals

• Juan Escarré
• Park Shin-heum
• Mirnawan Nawawi

4 goals

• Fernando Ferrara
• Baeden Choppy
• Jay Stacy
• Javier Arnau
• Shin Seok-kyu
• Floris Jan Bovelander

3 goals

• Santiago Capurro
• Mark Hager
• Victor Pujol
• Andreas Becker
• Sven Meinhardt
• Gavin Ferreira
• Ramandeep Singh
• Kang Keon-wook
• Nor Saiful Nasiruddin
• Bram Lomans
• Marc Delissen
• Kamran Ashraf
• Muhammad Sarwar
• Shahbaz Ahmed
• Grant Fulton

2 goals

• Carlos Retegui
• Paul Gaudoin
• Stephen Davies
• Pol Amat
• John Shaw
• Jon Wyatt
• Carsten Fischer
• Stefan Saliger
• Dhanraj Pillay
• Mukesh Kumar
• Kim Young-kyu
• Lim Chiow Chuan
• Kuhan Shanmuganathan
• Teun de Nooijer
• Tahir Zaman
• Nick Butcher

1 goal

• Rodolfo Pérez
• Daniel Sproule
• Paul Lewis
• Ignacio Cobos
• Jordi Arnau
• Xavier Escudé
• Chris Mayer
• Jason Laslett
• Russell Garcia
• Christian Blunck
• Oliver Domke
• Patrick Bellenbaum
• Baljit Singh Dhillon
• Pargat Singh
• Sabu Varkey
• Sanjeev Kumar
• Jong Ho-jeon
• Kim Jong-yi
• Shin Seo-jyo
• Song Seung-tae
• Aphtar Singh
• Brian Siva
• Chairi Abdul Aziz
• Leo Klein Gebbink
• Muhammad Khalid
• Muhammad Shahbaz
• Rahim Khan
• Craig Fulton
• Matthew Hallowes
• Marq Mellor
• Steve Jennings

External links

• "Volume III – The Competition Results" (PDF). la84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2012.