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

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Women's field hockey
at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Dates20 July – 1 August
Teams8
Venue(s)Herndon Stadium
Panther Stadium
Final positions
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored103 (3.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Alyson Annan
South Korea Chang Eun-jung (8 goals)
1992 (previous) (next) 2000

The women's field hockey tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was the 5th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 1 August. Games were played at the Herndon Stadium and the Panther Stadium, both located in Atlanta, United States.

Australia won the gold medal for the second time after defeating Korea 3–1 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 0–0 draw.[1]

Qualification

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The previous Olympic and World champions and the host nation received an automatic berth. Along with the five teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, eight teams competed in this tournament.

Dates Event Location Qualifier(s)
Host nation  United States
27 July – 7 August 1992 1992 Summer Olympics Spain Barcelona, Spain  Spain
13–23 July 1994 1994 Hockey World Cup Republic of Ireland Dublin, Ireland  Australia
15–26 November 1995 Olympic Qualification Tournament South Africa Cape Town, South Africa  South Korea
 Great Britain
 Germany
 Argentina
 Netherlands

Squads

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Umpires

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  •  Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
  •  Carola Heinrichs (GER)
  •  Gill Clarke (ENG)
  •  Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
  •  Janice McDonald (GBR)
  •  Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
  •  Laura Crespo (ARG)
  •  Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
  •  Margaret Lanning (CAN)
  •  Miriam van Gemert (NED)
  •  Naomi Kato (JPN)
  •  Peri Buckley (AUS)
  •  Renée Chatas (USA)

Results

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

Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 7 6 1 0 24 4 +20 13 Gold medal match
2  South Korea 7 4 2 1 18 9 +9 10
3  Great Britain 7 3 2 2 12 11 +1 8 Bronze medal match
4  Netherlands 7 3 2 2 15 15 0 8
5  United States (H) 7 2 2 3 8 11 −3 6
6  Germany 7 2 1 4 10 11 −1 5
7  Argentina 7 2 1 4 7 21 −14 5
8  Spain 7 0 1 6 5 17 −12 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]
(H) Hosts


20 July 1996
09:00
United States  1–1  Netherlands
Pankratz field hockey ball 69' Report Dubbeldam field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Naomi Kato (JPN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
20 July 1996
11:00
Australia  4–0  Spain
Andrews field hockey ball 32'
L. Powell field hockey ball 54'
Hawkes field hockey ball 65'
Annan field hockey ball 69'
Report
Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
20 July 1996
17:30
Argentina  0–2  Germany
Report van Kooperan field hockey ball 17'
Lätzsch field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
Janice McDonald (GBR)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
20 July 1996
20:00
South Korea  5–0  Great Britain
Cho Eun-jung field hockey ball 22'70'
Choi Mi-soon field hockey ball 43'
Kwon Chang-sook field hockey ball 46'
Kwon Soo-hyun field hockey ball 67'
Report
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)

21 July 1996
17:30
Spain  1–2  Germany
Tellería field hockey ball 31' Report Hentschel field hockey ball 15'
van Kooperen field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Gill Clarke (GBR)
21 July 1996
20:00
Netherlands  1–1  Great Britain
Lewin field hockey ball 11' Report Cook field hockey ball 41'
Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)

22 July 1996
09:00
Australia  7–1  Argentina
Farrell field hockey ball 9'
K. Powell field hockey ball 25'
Annan field hockey ball 30'49'50'
Roche field hockey ball 61'
L. Powell field hockey ball 63'
Report Rimoldi field hockey ball 43'
Umpires:
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
22 July 1996
11:00
United States  3–2  South Korea
Fuchs field hockey ball 5'
Pankratz field hockey ball 25'
Marois field hockey ball 70'
Report Chang Eun-jung field hockey ball 49'
Lee Eun-kyung field hockey ball 62'
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Naomi Kato (JPN)

23 July 1996
09:00
Australia  1–0  Germany
Roche field hockey ball 25' Report
Umpires:
Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
23 July 1996
11:00
Spain  0–1  Argentina
Report Rimoldi field hockey ball 44'
Umpires:
Janice McDonald (GBR)
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
23 July 1996
17:30
Netherlands  1–3  South Korea
de Ruiter field hockey ball 52' Report Chang Eun-jung field hockey ball 40'63'
Cho Eun-jung field hockey ball 44'
Umpires:
Renée Chatas (USA)
Gill Clarke (GBR)
23 July 1996
20:00
United States  0–1  Great Britain
Report Simpson field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Laura Crespo (ARG)

25 July 1996
09:00
Spain  2–2  Great Britain
Dorado field hockey ball 22'
Gabellanes field hockey ball 55'
Report Fraser field hockey ball 18'
Johnson field hockey ball 66'
Umpires:
Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
Renée Chatas (USA)
25 July 1996
11:00
Netherlands  4–3  Germany
Dubbeldam field hockey ball 3'
de Ruiter field hockey ball 21'
Donners field hockey ball 52'63'
Report Becker field hockey ball 27'43'
Cremer field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
25 July 1996
17:30
Australia  3–3  South Korea
Annan field hockey ball 32'
Morris field hockey ball 35'
K. Powell field hockey ball 70'
Report Chang Eun-jung field hockey ball 39'47'
Cho Eun-jung field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Gill Clarke (GBR)
25 July 1996
20:00
United States  1–2  Argentina
Marois field hockey ball 26' Report Masotta field hockey ball 5'
MacKenzie field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)

26 July 1996
17:30
United States  1–1  Germany
Werley field hockey ball 54' Report Cremer field hockey ball 3'
Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Janice McDonald (GBR)
26 July 1996
20:00
Australia  1–0  Great Britain
Andrews field hockey ball 29' Report
Umpires:
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Naomi Kato (JPN)

27 July 1996
09:00
Spain  0–2  South Korea
Report Chang Eun-jung field hockey ball 25'
Lee Eun-young field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
Peri Buckley (AUS)
27 July 1996
11:00
Netherlands  4–1  Argentina
Donners field hockey ball 5'
de Ruiter field hockey ball 14'45'48'
Report Masotta field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

28 July 1996
09:00
Germany  2–3  Great Britain
Hentschel field hockey ball 29'
Becker field hockey ball 38'
Report Atkins field hockey ball 51'69'
Sixsmith field hockey ball 61'
Umpires:
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Laura Crespo (ARG)
28 July 1996
11:00
Australia  4–0  United States
Morris field hockey ball 3'
K. Powell field hockey ball 9'
L. Powell field hockey ball 17'
Kate Starre field hockey ball 24'
Report
Umpires:
Gill Clarke (GBR)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
28 July 1996
17:30
Spain  2–4  Netherlands
López field hockey ball 27'
Barrio field hockey ball 60'
Report de Ruiter field hockey ball 7'11'
Thate field hockey ball 29'
Donners field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)
Naomi Kato (JPN)
28 July 1996
20:00
Argentina  2–2  South Korea
MacKenzie field hockey ball 10'
Castelli field hockey ball 16'
Report Cho Eun-jung field hockey ball 33'
Chang Eun-jung field hockey ball 46'
Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Renée Chatas (USA)

30 July 1996
09:00
Argentina  0–5  Great Britain
Report Nicholls field hockey ball 8'68'
Sixsmith field hockey ball 13'61'67'
Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Renée Chatas (USA)
30 July 1996
11:00
Germany  0–1  South Korea
Report Chang Eun-jung field hockey ball 31'
Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Naomi Kato (JPN)
30 July 1996
17:30
Spain  0–2  United States
Report Pankratz field hockey ball 18'
Tchou field hockey ball 48'
Umpires:
Janice McDonald (GBR)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
30 July 1996
20:00
Australia  4–0  Netherlands
Morris field hockey ball 45'
Roche field hockey ball 60'
Andrews field hockey ball 63'
Annan field hockey ball 68'
Report
Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

Medal round

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Bronze medal match

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1 August 1996
17:00
Great Britain  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Report
Penalties
Cook Penalty shoot-out scored
Brown Penalty shoot-out missed
Fraser Penalty shoot-out scored
Robertson Penalty shoot-out scored
Johnson Penalty shoot-out missed
3–4 Penalty shoot-out scored Donners
Penalty shoot-out missed van den Boogaard
Penalty shoot-out scored Thate
Penalty shoot-out scored Lewin
Penalty shoot-out scored van der Wielen
Umpires:
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Gold medal match

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1 August 1996
19:30
1st place, gold medalist(s) Australia  3–1  South Korea 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Annan field hockey ball 14'44'
Powell field hockey ball 63'
Report Cho Eun-jung field hockey ball 30'
Umpires:
Miram van Gemert (NED)
Gill Clarke (GBR)

Statistics

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Final ranking

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  1.  Australia
  2.  South Korea
  3.  Netherlands
  4.  Great Britain
  5.  United States
  6.  Germany
  7.  Argentina
  8.  Spain

Scorers

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References

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  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ Regulations
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