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Field hockey
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne Cricket Ground
Olympic Park Stadium
DatesNovember 23 – December 6, 1956
Competitors173 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany
← 1952
1960 →

The field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was contested from November 23 to December 6, with twelve participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games. India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament. Pakistan won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze.[1]

Participating nations

Twelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each. With the unbalanced seeding, the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi-finals, but only the top team in both Groups A and B advanced.

Preliminary round

Group A

November 26, 11:30
Singapore  6–1 (3–1)  United States
November 26, 14:30
India  14–0 (3–0)  Afghanistan
November 28, 11:30
Singapore  5–0 (4–0)  Afghanistan
November 28, 14:30
India  16–0 (6–0)  United States
November 30, 11:30
India  6–0 (3–0)  Singapore
November 30, 14:30
Afghanistan  5–1 (2–1)  United States
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 India 3 3 0 0 36 0 6
 Singapore 3 2 0 1 11 7 4
 Afghanistan 3 1 0 2 5 20 2
 United States 3 0 0 3 2 27 0
  • India advanced to the semi-finals.

Group B

November 23, 11:30
Great Britain  2–2 (1–1)  Malaya
November 23, 14:30
Australia  2–0 (1–0)  Kenya
November 24, 16:00
Great Britain  1–1 (1–1)  Kenya
November 26, 16:00
Australia  3–2 (2–1)  Malaya
November 28, 16:00
Malaya  1–1 (0–1)  Kenya
November 30, 16:00
Great Britain  2–1 (1–0)  Australia
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Great Britain 3 1 2 0 5 4 4
 Australia 3 2 0 1 6 4 4
 Malaya 3 0 2 1 5 6 2
 Kenya 3 0 2 1 2 4 2
  • Great Britain and Australia played an additional tie-breaker match to determine the group winner.
December 1, 14:00
Great Britain  1–0 (0–0)  Australia
  • Great Britain advanced to the semi-finals.

Group C

November 23, 16:00
Pakistan  2–0 (1–0)  Belgium
November 24, 14:30
Germany  5–4 (3–3)  New Zealand
November 27, 14:30
Pakistan  5–1 (2–0)  New Zealand
November 27, 16:00
Germany  0–0 (0–0)  Belgium
November 29, 14:30
Pakistan  0–0 (0–0)  Germany
November 29, 16:00
New Zealand  3–0 (1–0)  Belgium
Group standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Pakistan 3 2 1 0 7 1 5
 Germany 3 1 2 0 5 4 4
 New Zealand 3 1 0 2 8 10 2
 Belgium 3 0 1 2 0 5 1
  • Pakistan and Germany advanced to the semi-finals.

Playoffs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 December 3
 
 
 India1
 
 December 6
 
 Germany0
 
 India1
 
 December 3
 
 Pakistan0
 
 Pakistan3
 
 
 Great Britain2
 
Third place
 
 
 December 6
 
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Great Britain 1
Semi-finals
December 3, 14:30
India  1–0 (0–0)  Germany
December 3, 16:00
Pakistan  3–2 (3–1)  Great Britain
Bronze medal match
December 6, 14:30
Germany  3–1 (2–1)  Great Britain
Gold medal match
6 December 1956
India  1 – 0  Pakistan
Gentle field hockey ball 38' Report
Umpires:
M. G. Cowlinshaw (GBR)
J. McDowell (AUS)

Medalists

 Gold  India
 Silver  Pakistan
 Bronze  Germany

Participants

Fourth Place  Great Britain [2]


References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hockey at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  2. ^ ""Test For British Hockey." Times [London, England] 17 Oct. 1956". The Times Digital Archive.
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