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Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the eighth edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It was contested from 23 November to 6 December, with twelve participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games.

Field hockey
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Medal winners
Venues
Dates23 November – 6 December 1956
Teams12
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pakistan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United Team of Germany
← 1952
1960 →

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]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  India (IND)
Leslie Claudius
Ranganathan Francis
Haripal Kaushik
Amir Kumar
Raghbir Lal
Shankar Lakshman
O. P. Malhotra
Govind Perumal
Amit Singh Bakshi
Raghbir Singh Bhola
Balbir Singh Dosanjh
Hardyal Singh Garchey
Randhir Singh Gentle
Balkishan Singh Grewal
Gurdev Singh Kullar
Udham Singh Kullar
Bakshish Singh
Charles Stephen 		  Pakistan (PAK)
Zakir Hussain
Munir Ahmed Dar
Ghulam Rasool
Anwar Ahmed Khan
Qazi Massarrat Hussain
Noor Alam
Abdul Hamid
Habibur Rehman
Ahmed Naseer Bunda
Motiullah
Latif-ur Rehman
Akhtar Hussain
Habib Ali Kiddie
Manzoor Hussain Atif 		  United Team of Germany (EUA)
Günther Brennecke
Hugo Budinger
Werner Delmes
Hugo Dollheiser
Eberhard Ferstl
Alfred Lücker
Helmut Nonn
Wolfgang Nonn
Heinz Radzikowski
Werner Rosenbaum
Günther Ullerich

Participating nations

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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.

Squads

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Results

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Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   India 3 3 0 0 36 0 +36 6 Advanced to Semi-finals
2   Singapore 3 2 0 1 11 7 +4 4
3   Afghanistan 3 1 0 2 5 20 −15 2
4   United States 3 0 0 3 2 27 −25 0
Source: LA84 Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points.
26 November 1956
11:30
Singapore   6–1   United States
Report
Umpires:
L. La Mothe (AUS)
R. Moyse (AUS)
26 November 1956
14:30
India   14–0   Afghanistan
Report
Umpires:
A. Atkins (AUS)
Richard Hansen (AUS)
28 November 1956
11:30
Afghanistan   0–5   Singapore
Report Yam   8'
de Rozario   ?'
Fernandez   20'
Pennefather   25', ?'
Umpires:
N. Symons (AUS)
K. Wilson (AUS)
28 November 1956
14:30
India   16–0   United States
Report
Umpires:
Mahan Singh (KEN)
W. Scott (NZL)
30 November 1956
11:30
Singapore   0–6   India
Report Gentle   23'
U. Singh   26', 56'
H. Singh   33'
Stephen   46', 59'
Umpires:
L. La Mothe (AUS)
V. Duray (MAL)
30 November 1956
14:30
Afghanistan   5–1   United States
Report
Umpires:
Alan Cowan (AUS)
R. Moyse (AUS)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Great Britain 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 6 Advanced to Semi-finals
2   Australia (H) 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 4
3   Malaya 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
4   Kenya 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source: LA84 Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points.
(H) Hosts
23 November 1956
11:30
Great Britain   2–2   Malaya
Thomas   55'
Conroy   61' 		Report Lawrence   15'
Aman   66'
Umpires:
W. Scott (NZL)
Gian Singh (IND)
23 November 1956
14:30
Australia   2–0   Kenya
Dick   5'
E. Pearce   64' 		Report
Umpires:
Ernst-Ludwig Nack (GER)
K. Hamilton (NZL)
24 November 1956
16:00
Great Britain   1–1   Kenya
Conroy   5' Report Plenderleith   34'
Umpires:
K. Hamilton (NZL)
Harbail Singh (IND)
26 November 1956
16:00
Malaya   2–3   Australia
Aman   32', 63' Report Spackman   12'
E. Pearce   18', 51'
Umpires:
Birendra Ghosh (IND)
Gian Singh (IND)
28 November 1956
16:00
Malaya   1–1   Kenya
Chua   50' Report Plenderleith   11'
Umpires:
Fritz Staake (GER)
Ernst-Ludwig Nack (GER)
29 November 1956
16:00
Australia   1–2   Great Britain
E. Pearce   60' Report Forster   18', 50'
Umpires:
Gian Singh (IND)
Birendra Ghosh (IND)
Play–off match
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  • At the conclusion of the pool stage, Australia and Great Britain finished equal on points, resulting in a play–off match to determine number one position in the pool.
1 December 1956
14:00
Australia   0–1   Great Britain
Report Conroy   55'
Umpires:
Gian Singh (IND)
Birendra Ghosh (IND)

Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Pakistan 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 5 Advanced to Semi-finals
2   United Team of Germany 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4
3   New Zealand 3 1 0 2 8 10 −2 2
4   Belgium 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Source: LA84 Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points.
23 November 1956
14:00
Pakistan   2–0   Belgium
Hamid   14'
Bunda   58' 		Report
Umpires:
Mark Cowlishaw (GBR)
James McDowell (AUS)
23 November 1956
14:30
United Team of Germany   5–4   New Zealand
Dollheiser   29', 70'
Rosenbaum   33'
Nonn   34'
Budinger   46' 		Report Armstrong   15', 21'
Johansson   27', 64'
Umpires:
Gian Singh (IND)
Birendra Ghosh (IND)
27 November 1956
14:30
Pakistan   5–1   New Zealand
Hamid   2', 9'
Rehman   38'
Bunda   41'
Motiullah   56' 		Report Johansson   59'
Umpires:
James McDowell (AUS)
Alan Cowell (AUS)
27 November 1956
16:00
Belgium   0–0   United Team of Germany
Report
Umpires:
A. Atkins (AUS)
Richard Hansen (AUS)
29 November 1956
14:30
United Team of Germany   0–0   Pakistan
Report
Umpires:
James McDowell (AUS)
A. Atkins (AUS)
29 November 1956
16:00
Belgium   0–3   New Zealand
Report McGregor   22'
Remaining scorers unknown.
Umpires:
Birendra Ghosh (IND)
Gian Singh (IND)

Classification round

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Ninth to twelfth place classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9   Malaya 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 6
10   Kenya 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 4
11   Afghanistan[a] 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
12   United States[a] 3 0 1 2 1 18 −17 1
Source: Sports Reference
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Afghanistan finished above the United States after beating them in Group A.
3 December 1956
Malaya   8–0   Afghanistan
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
3 December 1956
Kenya   3–0   United States
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
4 December 1956
Malaya   3–0   United States
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
4 December 1956
Kenya   9–0   Afghanistan
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
6 December 1956
Malaya   3–2   Kenya
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
6 December 1956
United States   1–1   Afghanistan
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Fifth to eighth place classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5   Australia (H) 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5
6   New Zealand 3 2 0 1 16 3 +13 4
7   Belgium 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 3
8   Singapore 3 0 0 3 0 23 −23 0
Source: Sports Reference
(H) Hosts
3 December 1956
New Zealand   13–0   Singapore
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
3 December 1956
Belgium   2–2   Australia
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
4 December 1956
Belgium   5–0   Singapore
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
4 December 1956
Australia   1–0   New Zealand
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
6 December 1956
New Zealand   3–2   Belgium
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
6 December 1956
Australia   5–0   Singapore
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Medal round

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
3 December
 
 
  India1
 
6 December
 
  United Team of Germany0
 
  India1
 
3 December
 
  Pakistan0
 
  Pakistan3
 
 
  Great Britain2
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
6 December
 
 
  United Team of Germany3
 
 
  Great Britain 1

Semi-finals

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3 December 1956
14:30
India   1–0   United Team of Germany
U. SIngh   48' Report
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires:
A. Atkins (AUS)
J. McDowell (AUS)
3 December 1956
16:00
Pakistan   3–2   Great Britain
Atif   Report Doughty  
Conroy   ?'
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires:
V. T. Duray (MAL)
R. Hansen (AUS)

Bronze medal match

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6 December 1956
United Team of Germany   3–1   Great Britain
Nonn   2'
Budinger   24'
Radzikowski   51' 		Report Conroy   16'
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires:
Gian Singh (IND)
B. N. Ghosh (IND)

Gold medal match

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6 December 1956
India   1-0   Pakistan
Gentle   38' Report
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,000
Umpires:
M. G. Cowlinshaw (GBR)
J. McDowell (AUS)

Final standings

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  1.   India
  2.   Pakistan
  3.   United Team of Germany
  4.   Great Britain
  5.   Australia
  6.   New Zealand
  7.   Belgium
  8.   Singapore
  9.   Malaya
  10.   Kenya
  11.   Afghanistan
  12.   United States

References

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  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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