Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The field hockey tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the fifth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.

All games took place either in the Hockey Stadion or on the Hockey Stadion Field No.2. Both of the field hockey grounds were near the Olympic Stadium located on the Reichssportfeld. The competition was held from 4 August 1936 to 15 August 1936. The field hockey matches saw a total attendance of 184,103 and 157,531 tickets were sold. The Indian team scored 38 goals, but only 1 goal was scored against them. British India were the Gold medalists.

Only a men's competition occurred that year.

Medal summary

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India's field hockey team, captained by hockey wizard Dhyan Chand (standing second from left), was the gold medal winner

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows also only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament. The reserve players are not listed as medalists.

Results

Group stage

Group A

5 August 1936 16:30 Japan 5–1 Template:Fh Takeo Ito Template:Fhgoal  ? Template:Fhgoal Report Horace Disston Template:Fhgoal Umpires: J. Schenkmann (SUI) A. Lepètre (FRA)

5 August 1936 18:00 India 4–0 Template:Fh Tapsell Template:Fhgoal R. Singh Template:Fhgoal Shahab-ud-Din Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Jaap Quarles van Ufford (NED) Albert Demaurex (SUI)

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7 August 1936 16:30 India 7–0 Template:Fh Jaffar Template:Fhgoal Chand Template:Fhgoal R. Singh Template:Fhgoal Goodsir-Cullen Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: R. Marsily (BEL) Helmut Rohrig (GER)

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8 August 1936 18:00 Japan 3–1 Template:Fh ? Template:Fhgoal Report Háray Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Paul Reinberg (GER) Yaqub (AFG)

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10 August 1936 16:30 India 9–0 Template:Fh Fernandes Template:Fhgoal Tapsell Template:Fhgoal Chand Template:Fhgoal R. Singh Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: M. Furgeot (FRA) Theo Everkink (NED)

10 August 1936 18:00 Hungary 3–1 Template:Fh Cseri Template:Fhgoal Márffy Template:Fhgoal Háray Template:Fhgoal Report Sheaffer Template:Fhgoal Umpires: F. Thielemann (GER) Jehan Daubresse (FRA)

Group B

4 August 1936 18:00 Afghanistan 6–6 Template:Fh ? Template:Fhgoal Report Kirkegaard Template:Fhgoal Prahm Template:Fhgoal Busch Template:Fhgoal Holst Template:Fhgoal Umpires: René Jassoy (GER) A. Croset (SUI)

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6 August 1936 18:00 Germany 6–0 Template:Fh Beisiegel Template:Fhgoal Mehlitz Template:Fhgoal Weiß Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: A. de la Bue (BEL) Theo van 't Lam (NED)

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8 August 1936 16:30 Germany 4–1 Template:Fh Cuntz Template:Fhgoal Hamel Template:Fhgoal Messner Template:Fhgoal Report Sultan Template:Fhgoal Umpires: A. de la Bue (BEL) Albert Demaurex (SUI)

Group C

4 August 1936 16:30 France 1–0 Template:Fh Sartorius Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Bruce Turnbull (GBR) Theo Everkink (NED)

4 August 1936 18:00 Belgium 2–2 Template:Fh Delaval Template:Fhgoal Delheid Template:Fhgoal Report Schnitger Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Paul Reinberg (GER) M. Furgeot (FRA)

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6 August 1936 16:30 Netherlands 4–1 Template:Fh van den Berg Template:Fhgoal Schnitger Template:Fhgoal Report Annen Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Robert Liégeois (BEL) Hörmann (GER)

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7 August 1936 18:00 Belgium 2–2 Template:Fh Rensburg Template:Fhgoal Delaval Template:Fhgoal Report Soulé Template:Fhgoal Goubert Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Jagan Nath (IND) Hans Goerne (GER)

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9 August 1936 16:30 Switzerland 2–1 Template:Fh Scherrer Template:Fhgoal Courvoisier Template:Fhgoal Report Delheid Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hörmann (GER) Theo van 't Lam (NED)

9 August 1936 18:00 Netherlands 3–1 Template:Fh van den Berg Template:Fhgoal de Roos Template:Fhgoal Gunning Template:Fhgoal Report Rouget Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Bruce Turnbull (GBR) Charles Newham (GBR)

Classification round

11 August 1936 18:00 Afghanistan 4–1 Template:Fh Sultan Template:Fhgoal Al-Zadah Template:Fhgoal Shuja ud-Din Template:Fhgoal Report de Melen Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Helmut Rohrig (GER) Bruce Turnbull (GBR)

11 August 1936 16:30 Switzerland 5–1 Template:Fh Courvoisier Template:Fhgoal Scherrer Template:Fhgoal Fehr Template:Fhgoal Gilliéron Template:Fhgoal Annen Template:Fhgoal Report Holst Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Pankaj Gupta (IND) R. Marsily (BEL)

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13 August 1936 18:00 Hungary 1–0 Template:Fh Kormos Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: René Jassoy (GER) Yaqub (AFG)

13 August 1936 16:30 Japan 4–1 Template:Fh ? Template:Fhgoal Report ? Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hans Goerne (GER) J. Schenkmann (SUI)

13 August 1936 18:00 Afghanistan 3–0 Template:Fh Sultan Template:Fhgoal Shuja ud-Din Template:Fhgoal Report [1] Umpires: F. Thielemann (GER) Charles Newham (GBR)

Medal round

Semi-finals

12 August 1936 16:30 India 10–0 Template:Fh Chand Template:Fhgoal Singh Template:Fhgoal Dara Template:Fhgoal Tapsell Template:Fhgoal Report [2] Umpires: Paul Reinberg (GER) A. de la Bue {BEL)

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12 August 1936 18:00 Germany 3–0 Template:Fh Weiß Template:Fhgoal Messner Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Jagan Nath (IND) M. Furgeot (FRA)

Bronze medal match

14 August 1936 16:30 Netherlands 4–3 Template:Fh van den Berg Template:Fhgoal Schnitger Template:Fhgoal Report Soulé Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Hörmann (GER) Jagan Nath (IND)

Gold medal match

15 August 1936 11:00 India 8–1 Template:Fh Singh Template:Fhgoal Tapsell Template:Fhgoal Chand Template:Fhgoal Jaffar Template:Fhgoal Dara Template:Fhgoal Report [3] Weiß Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Robert Liégeois (BEL) Theo van 't Lam (NED)

The final was originally scheduled also on 14 August, just after the bronze medal match. But due to incessant rain, the ground was unplayable and the match was postponed to the following morning.

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 22 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 214 field hockey players were entered.

A total of 161(*) field hockey players from 11 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

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(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. The consolation rounds did not count.

There are only a few reserve players known. Five players from Belgium, three players from Denmark, and two players from Japan only competed in the consolation rounds, but not all their names are known.

Final standings

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External links

• Olympic Report