1. Home
  2. Games
  3. 1996 Summer Olympics
  4. Hockey
  5. Hockey, Men
|
| Event type

Hockey, Men

Date20 July – 2 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationAlonzo Herndon Stadium, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia / Panther Stadium, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants192 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification round matches.

The Dutch had been a force in field hockey since the 1928 Olympics, winning the World Championships on two occasions. However, by 1996 they had never won an Olympic title had lost their last four Olympic semi-finals, having to settle for 3rd or 4th. In recent years, they had bad luck in major events, giving away leads in the finals of the 1994 World Championships and 1995 European Championships. In Atlanta, the Dutch reached their first Olympic final in 44 years, beating archrivals Germany thanks to three goals by Taco van den Honert. The other contender for the gold medal turned out to be Spain. This was a major surprise as they had only placed 9th at the 1994 World Championships. Wins over Germany and Australia made them deserved finalists.

Spain even took the lead in the final through star player Víctor Pujol. This unleashed the Dutch, and specialist Floris Jan Bovelander pushed two penalty corners behind the Spanish goalkeeper. The victory was sealed shortly before full time, with a third penalty corner goal by Bram Lomans. The medals were presented by IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, himself a former roller hockey player, who had hoped to award the gold to his countrymen. Dutch prime minister Wim Kok, in attendance, commented “we’ll gladly leave the silver fleet to the Spanish”, referring to the 1628 capture of a Spanish treasure fleet by Dutch privateer Piet Hein.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoals
1NetherlandsNED6101920–8Gold
2SpainESP5021517–9Silver
3AustraliaAUS4121317–11Bronze
4GermanyGER3131013–9
5Republic of KoreaKOR3221118–17
6PakistanPAK3131014–12
7Great BritainGBR232913–13
8IndiaIND223814–10
9ArgentinaARG4031216–19
10South AfricaRSA133612–15
11MalaysiaMAS124515–20
12United StatesUSA00704–30

Preliminary Round (20 – 29 July 1996)

Group A (20 – 28 July 1996)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1ESP4011214–5Q
2GER3111010–3Q
3IND22188–3
4PAK212711–8
5ARG20369–13
6USA00503–23

Match #1 20 Jul 9:00ESP 1 – 0GER
Match #2 20 Jul 17:30PAK 4 – 0USA
Match #3 20 Jul 20:00ARG 1 – 0IND
Match #4 22 Jul 9:00ESP 3 – 0PAK
Match #5 22 Jul 17:30GER 1 – 1IND
Match #6 22 Jul 20:00ARG 5 – 2USA
Match #7 24 Jul 9:00IND 4 – 0USA
Match #8 24 Jul 17:30ESP 2 – 1ARG
Match #9 24 Jul 20:00GER 3 – 1PAK
Match #10 26 Jul 9:00GER 3 – 0ARG
Match #11 26 Jul 17:30IND 0 – 0PAK
Match #12 26 Jul 20:00ESP 7 – 1USA
Match #13 28 Jul 9:00PAK 6 – 2ARG
Match #14 28 Jul 17:30GER 3 – 0USA
Match #15 28 Jul 20:00IND 3 – 1ESP

Group B (21 – 29 July 1996)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1NED4101314–6Q
2AUS3111013–7Q
3GBR13168–8
4KOR122512–13
5RSA03237–12
6MAS02327–15

Match #1 21 Jul 9:00NED 2 – 0MAS
Match #2 21 Jul 17:30GBR 2 – 2KOR
Match #3 21 Jul 20:00AUS 1 – 1RSA
Match #4 23 Jul 9:00GBR 2 – 2NED
Match #5 23 Jul 17:30MAS 2 – 2RSA
Match #6 23 Jul 20:00AUS 3 – 2KOR
Match #7 25 Jul 9:00KOR 3 – 3RSA
Match #8 25 Jul 17:30GBR 2 – 2MAS
Match #9 25 Jul 20:00NED 3 – 2AUS
Match #10 27 Jul 9:00AUS 5 – 1MAS
Match #11 27 Jul 17:30GBR 2 – 0RSA
Match #12 27 Jul 20:00NED 3 – 1KOR
Match #13 29 Jul 9:00AUS 2 – 0GBR
Match #14 29 Jul 17:30KOR 4 – 2MAS
Match #15 29 Jul 20:00NED 4 – 1RSA

Classification Round 5-8 (31 July 1996)

Classification matches.

Match #1 31 Jul 11:00KOR 3 – 3
5-3 PS
IND
Match #2 31 Jul 11:00PAK 2 – 1GBR

Classification Round 9-12 (31 July 1996)

Classification matches.

Match #1 31 Jul 8:30ARG 4 – 4
3-0 PS
MAS
Match #2 31 Jul 8:30RSA 3 – 0USA

Semi-Finals (31 July 1996)

Single-elimination.

Match #1 31 Jul 17:30ESP 2 – 1AUS
Match #2 31 Jul 20:00NED 3 – 1GER

Final Round (1 – 2 August 1996)

Medal round.

Match 1/2 02 Aug 19:30NED 3 – 1ESP
Match 3/4 02 Aug 17:00AUS 3 – 2GER
Match 5/6 02 Aug 8:30KOR 3 – 1PAK
Match 7/8 01 Aug 11:00GBR 4 – 3IND
Match 9/10 01 Aug 8:30ARG 3 – 2RSA
Match 11/12 01 Aug 8:30MAS 4 – 1USA

Rankings

Goals
Field Goals
Penalty Corner Goals
Penalty Stroke Goals
Green Cards
Yellow Cards
Red Cards