Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was the 5th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 1 August. Games were played at the Herndon Stadium and the Panther Stadium, both located in Atlanta, United States.

Australia won the gold medal for the second time after defeating Korea 3–1 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 0–0 draw.

Qualification

The previous Olympic and World champions and the host nation received an automatic berth. Along with the five teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, eight teams competed in this tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			United States
27 July – 7 August 1992	1992 Summer Olympics	Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain	Spain
13–23 July 1994	1994 Hockey World Cup	Template:Flagicon Dublin, Ireland	Australia
15–26 November 1995	Olympic Qualification Tournament	Template:Flagicon Cape Town, South Africa	South Korea Great Britain Germany Argentina Netherlands

Umpires

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Results

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)

Preliminary round

20 July 1996 09:00 United States 1–1 Netherlands Pankratz Template:Fhgoal Report Dubbeldam Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Naomi Kato (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

20 July 1996 11:00 Australia 4–0 Spain Andrews Template:Fhgoal L. Powell Template:Fhgoal Hawkes Template:Fhgoal Annan Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

20 July 1996 17:30 Argentina 0–2 Germany Report van Kooperan Template:Fhgoal Lätzsch Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Janice McDonald (GBR) Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

20 July 1996 20:00 South Korea 5–0 Great Britain Cho Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Choi Mi-soon Template:Fhgoal Kwon Chang-sook Template:Fhgoal Kwon Soo-hyun Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) Carola Heinrichs (GER)

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21 July 1996 17:30 Spain 1–2 Germany Tellería Template:Fhgoal Report Hentschel Template:Fhgoal van Kooperen Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Gill Clarke (GBR)

21 July 1996 20:00 Netherlands 1–1 Great Britain Lewin Template:Fhgoal Report Cook Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)

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22 July 1996 09:00 Australia 7–1 Argentina Farrell Template:Fhgoal K. Powell Template:Fhgoal Annan Template:Fhgoal Roche Template:Fhgoal L. Powell Template:Fhgoal Report Rimoldi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP) Carola Heinrichs (GER)

22 July 1996 11:00 United States 3–2 South Korea Fuchs Template:Fhgoal Pankratz Template:Fhgoal Marois Template:Fhgoal Report Chang Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Lee Eun-kyung Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) Naomi Kato (JPN)

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23 July 1996 09:00 Australia 1–0 Germany Roche Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

23 July 1996 11:00 Spain 0–1 Argentina Report Rimoldi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Janice McDonald (GBR) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

23 July 1996 17:30 Netherlands 1–3 South Korea de Ruiter Template:Fhgoal Report Chang Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Cho Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Gill Clarke (GBR)

23 July 1996 20:00 United States 0–1 Great Britain Report Simpson Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Laura Crespo (ARG)

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25 July 1996 09:00 Spain 2–2 Great Britain Dorado Template:Fhgoal Gabellanes Template:Fhgoal Report Fraser Template:Fhgoal Johnson Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Renée Chatas (USA)

25 July 1996 11:00 Netherlands 4–3 Germany Dubbeldam Template:Fhgoal de Ruiter Template:Fhgoal Donners Template:Fhgoal Report Becker Template:Fhgoal Cremer Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Margaret Lanning (CAN)

25 July 1996 17:30 Australia 3–3 South Korea Annan Template:Fhgoal Morris Template:Fhgoal K. Powell Template:Fhgoal Report Chang Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Cho Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP) Gill Clarke (GBR)

25 July 1996 20:00 United States 1–2 Argentina Marois Template:Fhgoal Report Masotta Template:Fhgoal MacKenzie Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Carola Heinrichs (GER)

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26 July 1996 17:30 United States 1–1 Germany Werley Template:Fhgoal Report Cremer Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Janice McDonald (GBR)

26 July 1996 20:00 Australia 1–0 Great Britain Andrews Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Naomi Kato (JPN)

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27 July 1996 09:00 Spain 0–2 South Korea Report Chang Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Lee Eun-young Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Carola Heinrichs (GER) Peri Buckley (AUS)

27 July 1996 11:00 Netherlands 4–1 Argentina Donners Template:Fhgoal de Ruiter Template:Fhgoal Report Masotta Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

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28 July 1996 09:00 Germany 2–3 Great Britain Hentschel Template:Fhgoal Becker Template:Fhgoal Report Atkins Template:Fhgoal Sixsmith Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Laura Crespo (ARG)

28 July 1996 11:00 Australia 4–0 United States Morris Template:Fhgoal K. Powell Template:Fhgoal L. Powell Template:Fhgoal Kate Starre Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

28 July 1996 17:30 Spain 2–4 Netherlands López Template:Fhgoal Barrio Template:Fhgoal Report de Ruiter Template:Fhgoal Thate Template:Fhgoal Donners Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) Naomi Kato (JPN)

28 July 1996 20:00 Argentina 2–2 South Korea MacKenzie Template:Fhgoal Castelli Template:Fhgoal Report Cho Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Chang Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) Renée Chatas (USA)

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30 July 1996 09:00 Argentina 0–5 Great Britain Report Nicholls Template:Fhgoal Sixsmith Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Renée Chatas (USA)

30 July 1996 11:00 Germany 0–1 South Korea Report Chang Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Naomi Kato (JPN)

30 July 1996 17:30 Spain 0–2 United States Report Pankratz Template:Fhgoal Tchou Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Janice McDonald (GBR) Carola Heinrichs (GER)

30 July 1996 20:00 Australia 4–0 Netherlands Morris Template:Fhgoal Roche Template:Fhgoal Andrews Template:Fhgoal Annan Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

Medal round

Bronze medal match

1 August 1996 17:00 Great Britain 0–0 (a.e.t.) Netherlands Report Penalties Cook Penalty shoot-out scored Brown Penalty shoot-out missed Fraser Penalty shoot-out scored Robertson Penalty shoot-out scored Johnson Penalty shoot-out missed 3–4 Penalty shoot-out scored Donners Penalty shoot-out missed van den Boogaard Penalty shoot-out scored Thate Penalty shoot-out scored Lewin Penalty shoot-out scored van der Wielen Umpires: Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Gold medal match

1 August 1996 19:30 Australia 3–1 South Korea Annan Template:Fhgoal Powell Template:Fhgoal Report Cho Eun-jung Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Miram van Gemert (NED) Gill Clarke (GBR)

Statistics

Final ranking

1. Australia
2. South Korea
3. Netherlands
4. Great Britain
5. United States
6. Germany
7. Argentina
8. Spain

Scorers

8 goals

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• Template:Flagicon Chang Eun-jung

7 goals

• Template:Flagicon Wietske de Ruiter

6 goals

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4 goals

• Template:Flagicon Katrina Powell
• Template:Flagicon Jane Sixsmith
• Template:Flagicon Mijntje Donners

3 goals

• Template:Flagicon Danielle Roche
• Template:Flagicon Jenn Morris
• Template:Flagicon Lisa Powell
• Template:Flagicon Michelle Andrews
• Template:Flagicon Britta Becker
• Template:Flagicon Franziska Hentschel
• Template:Flagicon Marcia Pankratz

2 goals

• Template:Flagicon Jorgelina Rimoldi
• Template:Flagicon Karina Masotta
• Template:Flagicon Sofía MacKenzie
• Template:Flagicon Jill Atkins
• Template:Flagicon Mandy Nicholls
• Template:Flagicon Vanessa van Kooperen
• Template:Flagicon Ellen Kuipers
• Template:Flagicon Barbara Marois

1 goal

• Template:Flagicon María Castelli
• Template:Flagicon Kate Starre
• Template:Flagicon Rechelle Hawkes
• Template:Flagicon Renita Farrell
• Template:Flagicon Lucía López
• Template:Flagicon Maider Tellería
• Template:Flagicon Nagore Gabellanes
• Template:Flagicon Natalia Dorado
• Template:Flagicon Sonia Barrio
• Template:Flagicon Christine Cook
• Template:Flagicon Kathryn Johnson
• Template:Flagicon Rhona Simpson
• Template:Flagicon Susan Fraser
• Template:Flagicon Heike Lätzsch
• Template:Flagicon Melanie Cremer
• Template:Flagicon Choi Mi-soon
• Template:Flagicon Kwon Chang-sook
• Template:Flagicon Kwon Soo-hyun
• Template:Flagicon Lee Eun-kyung
• Template:Flagicon Lee Eun-young
• Template:Flagicon Carole Thate
• Template:Flagicon Jeannette Lewin
• Template:Flagicon Cindy Werley
• Template:Flagicon Liz Tchou
• Template:Flagicon Tracey Fuchs