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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.

PosTeamNOC
1NetherlandsNEDGold
Ronald Jansen
Bram Lomans
Leo Klein Gebbink
Erik Jazet
Tycho van Meer
Wouter van Pelt
Marc Delissen
Jacques Brinkman
Maurits Crucq
Stephan Veen
Floris Jan Bovelander
Jeroen Delmée
Guus Vogels
Teun de Nooijer
Remco van Wijk
Taco van den Honert
CoachRoelant Oltmans
2SpainESPSilver
Ramón Jufresa
Óscar Barrena
Quim Malgosa
Jordi Arnau
Juantxo García-Mauriño
Jaime Amat
Juan Escarré
Víctor Pujol
Ignacio Cobos
Xavier Escudé
Xavi Arnau
Ramón Sala
Juan Antonio Dinarés
Pol Amat
Pablo Usoz
Antonio González
CoachToni Forrellat
3AustraliaAUSBronze
Mark Hager
Stephen Davies
Baeden Choppy
Lachlan Elmer
Stuart Carruthers
Grant Smith
Damon Diletti
Lachlan Dreher
Brendan Garard
Paul Gaudoin
Paul Lewis
Matthew Smith
Jay Stacy
Daniel Sproule
Ken Wark
Michael York
CoachFrank Murray
4GermanyGER
Christopher Reitz
Michael Knauth
Jan Peter Tewes
Carsten Fischer
Büdi Blunck
Stefan Saliger
Björn Emmerling
Patrick Bellenbaum
Sven Meinhardt
Christoph Bechmann
Oliver Domke
Andreas Becker
Michael Green
Klaus Michler
Volker Fried
Christian Mayerhöfer
CoachPaul Lissek
5Republic of KoreaKOR
Gu Jin-Su
Sin Seok-Gyo
Han Byeong-Guk
Yu Myeong-Gun
Jo Myeong-Jun
Jeon Jong-Ha
Yu Seung-Jin
Park Sin-Heung
Gang Geon-Uk
Kim Jong-Lee
Jeong Yong-Gyun
Song Seong-Tae
Kim Yong-Bae
Hong Gyeong-Seop
Kim Yeong-Gwi
Kim Yun
CoachJeon Jae-Hong
6PakistanPAK
Mansoor Ahmed
Danish Kalim
Naveed Alam
Muhammad Usman
Muhammad Khalid
Muhammad Shafqat Malik
Muhammad Sarwar
Tahir Zaman
Kamran Ashraf
Muhammad Shahbaz
Shahbaz Ahmed
Khalid Mahmood
Mujahid Ali Rana
Irfan Mahmood
Aleem Raza
Rahim Khan
CoachJahangir Butt
7Great BritainGBR
Simon Mason
David Luckes
Jon Wyatt
Julian Halls
Soma Singh
Simon Hazlitt
Jason Laslett
Kalbir Singh Takher
Jason Lee
Nicky Thompson
Chris Mayer
Phillip McGuire
Russell Garcia
John Shaw
Calum Giles
Danny Hall
CoachJon Copp
8IndiaIND
Subbaiah Anjaparavanda
Harpreet Singh
Riaz Nabi Muhammad
Sanjeev Kumar
Baljit Singh Saini
Sabu Varkey
Mukesh Kumar Nandanoori
Rahul Singh
Dhanraj Pillay
Pargat Singh
Baljit Singh Dhillon
Alloysius Edwards
Anil Alexander Aldrin
Gavin Ferreira
Ramandeep Singh Grewal
Dilip Kumar Tirkey
CoachCedric D'Souza
9ArgentinaARG
Pablo Moreira
Jorge Querejeta
Edgardo Pailos
Diego Chiodo
Alejandro Doherty
Fernando Moresi
Rodolfo Pérez
Carlos Retegui
Jorge Lombi
Gabriel Minadeo
Fernando Ferrara
Leandro Baccaro
Rodolfo Schmitt
Santiago Capurro
Max Caldas
Pablo Lombi
CoachMiguel MacCormik
10South AfricaRSA
Brian Myburgh
Brad Milne
Shaun Cooke
Craig Jackson
Craig Fulton
Brad Michalaro
Gregg Clark
Gary Boddington
Allistar Fredericks
Wayne Graham
Kevin Chree
Charles Teversham
Greg Nicol
Matthew Hallowes
Grant Fulton
Murray Anderson
CoachGavin Featherstone
11MalaysiaMAS
Mohamed Nasihin Nubli Ibrahim
Maninderjit Singh Magmar
Lailin Abu Hassan
Brian Jaya Siva
Lim Chiow Chuan
Charles David
Chairil Anwar Abdul Aziz
Lam Mun Fatt
Shankar Ramu
Nor Saiful Zaini Nasir-ud-Din
Kaliswaran Muniandy
Aphthar Singh Piara
Mirnawan Nawawi
Calvin Fernandez
Kuhan Shanmuganathan
Hamdan Hamzah
CoachVolker Knapp
12United StatesUSA
Tom Vano
Steve Danielson
Larry Amar
Marq Mellor
Scott Williams
Steve Jennings
Steven van Randwijck
Mark Wentges
John O'Neill
Eelco Wassenaar
Nick Butcher
Ahmed Elmaghraby
Phil Sykes
Otto Steffers
Ben Maruquin
Steve Wagner
CoachJonathan Clark

Preliminary Round

Date20 – 29 July 1996

Group A

Date20 – 28 July 1996
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SpainESP4011214-5Q
2GermanyGER3111010-3Q
3IndiaIND22188-3
4PakistanPAK212711-8
5ArgentinaARG20369-13
6United StatesUSA00503-23
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #120 Jul 9:00SpainESP1 – 0GermanyGER
Match #220 Jul 17:30PakistanPAK4 – 0United StatesUSA
Match #320 Jul 20:00ArgentinaARG1 – 0IndiaIND
Match #422 Jul 9:00SpainESP3 – 0PakistanPAK
Match #522 Jul 17:30GermanyGER1 – 1IndiaIND
Match #622 Jul 20:00ArgentinaARG5 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #724 Jul 9:00IndiaIND4 – 0United StatesUSA
Match #824 Jul 17:30SpainESP2 – 1ArgentinaARG
Match #924 Jul 20:00GermanyGER3 – 1PakistanPAK
Match #1026 Jul 9:00GermanyGER3 – 0ArgentinaARG
Match #1126 Jul 17:30IndiaIND0 – 0PakistanPAK
Match #1226 Jul 20:00SpainESP7 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #1328 Jul 9:00PakistanPAK6 – 2ArgentinaARG
Match #1428 Jul 17:30GermanyGER3 – 0United StatesUSA
Match #1528 Jul 20:00IndiaIND3 – 1SpainESP

Group B

Date21 – 29 July 1996
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1NetherlandsNED4101314-6Q
2AustraliaAUS3111013-7Q
3Great BritainGBR13168-8
4Republic of KoreaKOR122512-13
5South AfricaRSA03237-12
6MalaysiaMAS02327-15
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #121 Jul 9:00NetherlandsNED2 – 0MalaysiaMAS
Match #221 Jul 17:30Great BritainGBR2 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #321 Jul 20:00AustraliaAUS1 – 1South AfricaRSA
Match #423 Jul 9:00Great BritainGBR2 – 2NetherlandsNED
Match #523 Jul 17:30MalaysiaMAS2 – 2South AfricaRSA
Match #623 Jul 20:00AustraliaAUS3 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #725 Jul 9:00Republic of KoreaKOR3 – 3South AfricaRSA
Match #825 Jul 17:30Great BritainGBR2 – 2MalaysiaMAS
Match #925 Jul 20:00NetherlandsNED3 – 2AustraliaAUS
Match #1027 Jul 9:00AustraliaAUS5 – 1MalaysiaMAS
Match #1127 Jul 17:30Great BritainGBR2 – 0South AfricaRSA
Match #1227 Jul 20:00NetherlandsNED3 – 1Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1329 Jul 9:00AustraliaAUS2 – 0Great BritainGBR
Match #1429 Jul 17:30Republic of KoreaKOR4 – 2MalaysiaMAS
Match #1529 Jul 20:00NetherlandsNED4 – 1South AfricaRSA

Classification Round 5-8

Date31 July 1996
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #131 Jul 11:00Republic of KoreaKOR3 – 3IndiaIND5-3 PS
Match #231 Jul 11:00PakistanPAK2 – 1Great BritainGBR

Classification Round 9-12

Date31 July 1996
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #131 Jul 8:30ArgentinaARG4 – 4MalaysiaMAS3-0 PS
Match #231 Jul 8:30South AfricaRSA3 – 0United StatesUSA

Semi-Finals

Date31 July 1996
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #131 Jul 17:30SpainESP2 – 1AustraliaAUS
Match #231 Jul 20:00NetherlandsNED3 – 1GermanyGER

Final Round

Date1 – 2 August 1996
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/202 Aug 19:30NetherlandsNED3 – 1SpainESP
Match 3/402 Aug 17:00AustraliaAUS3 – 2GermanyGER
Match 5/602 Aug 8:30Republic of KoreaKOR3 – 1PakistanPAK
Match 7/801 Aug 11:00Great BritainGBR4 – 3IndiaIND
Match 9/1001 Aug 8:30ArgentinaARG3 – 2South AfricaRSA
Match 11/1201 Aug 8:30MalaysiaMAS4 – 1United StatesUSA