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Field hockey made its debut at the Modern Olympic Games as a men's competition in the 1908 Games in London. It was removed from the Olympic schedule of the Summer Olympic Games for the 1924 Paris Games and was reintroduced in the 1928 Amsterdam Games. The Women's field hockey was introduced into the Olympic programme at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) was founded in 1924 and governs the field hockey events. Until the 1988 Summer Olympics, the tournaments were invitational, but a qualification system was introduced since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The last edition at Paris was the 25th occurrence of the men's event and 12th consecutive occurrence of women's event in the Olympics.

India holds the record for the most appearances in the Olympic men's competitions (22) while Australia and Netherlands hold the same record in women's competitions (11). India leads the medal tally for the men's events with 13 medals while the Netherlands heads the women's events with 10 medals.

Great Britain won the first two editions of the men's event in 1908 and 1920. India won the gold medal in seven out of eight Olympics from 1928 to 1964 with Pakistan winning three gold and silver medals each between the 1956 and 1984 Games. The matches are played on artificial turf since 1976. Since the late 1980s, European nations have dominated the field hockey events with Germany and Netherlands having won three gold medals each in the men's event. In the women's event, Netherlands and Australia have been dominant, having won five and three gold medals respectively since its introduction in 1980.

History

Field hockey was introduced at the Modern Olympic Games as a men's competition at the 1908 Games in London. Great Britain won the first two editions in 1908 (as England) and 1920.[1] It was removed from the Olympic schedule of the Summer Olympic Games for the 1924 Paris Games because of the lack of an international sporting structure. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) was founded in Paris that year as a response to the same.[2] Men's field hockey was added to the Olympics for the next Olympic Games in 1928 Games held at Amsterdam.[1][3]

Indian team that won the gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Starting in 1928, India won the gold medal in seven out of eight Olympics till 1964 including six consecutive gold medals from the 1928 Olympics to 1956.[4][5] Pakistan won its first gold medal in 1960 and won three gold and silver medals each in a run lasting from 1956 to 1984.[6] West Germany won the gold medal in the 1972 Munich Olympics, for the first gold medal by a non-Asian country since 1928. Olympic field hockey games were first played on artificial turf at the 1976 Montreal Games and was won by New Zealand.[1][7] The domination of both the Asian countries came to an end in the late 1980s with India winning its last gold medal in the competition in 1980 and Pakistan in 1984.[5][6]

Though the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) was founded way back in 1927, Women's field hockey made its debut at the Summer Olympics only at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and was won by Zimbabwe. On 23 April 1983, women’s hockey programme was taken over by FIH and the IFWHA was dissolved.[3] Great Britain won its first gold medal in the men's event since 1920 in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.[1]

Netherlands women's team after winning gold at the 2012 Olympics

Until the 1988 Olympics, the tournament was invitational but FIH introduced a qualification system starting from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Since the 1990s, European countries have been dominant in the men's sport with the only exceptions being the wins by Australia in 2004 and Argentina in 2016. Both Germany and Netherlands have won three gold medals each, with the only other European winner being Belgium in 2020.[1] In the women's events, Netherlands and Australia have been dominant, having won five and three gold medals respectively since its introduction to the Olympic programme in 1980. The only other winners of the women's event were Spain in 1992, Germany in 2004, and Great Britain in 2016.[1]

The last edition of both the men's and women's events were held as a part of the 2024 Paris Olympics with Netherlands winning both the events.[8][9] India holds the record for the most appearances in the Olympic men's competitions (22) and Spain has appeared in the most Olympic men's competitions (19) without winning the men's gold medal with the best place finishes being the silver medal won in 1980, 1996, and 2008.[5][10] Australia and Netherlands hold the record for the most appearances in the Olympic women's competitions (11).[3] India leads the medal tally for the men's events with 13 medals including eight gold medals. Netherlands heads the women's events with 10 medals including five gold medals and also leads the overall medal tally with 20 medals (eight gold, six silver and six bronze).[11][3]

Men

Results

Year Host Gold medal match Bronze medal match Number of teams
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
1908
Details
London, Great Britain Template:Fh-big 8–1 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big
Template:Fh-big
Template:Efn 6
1912 Stockholm, Sweden No tournament No tournament
1920
Details
Antwerp, Belgium Template:Fh-big 5–1 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 3–2 Template:Fh-big 4
1924 Paris, France No tournament No tournament
1928
Details
Amsterdam, Netherlands Template:Fh-big 3–0 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 3–0 Template:Fh-big 9
1932
Details
Los Angeles, United States Template:Fh-big Template:Efn Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big Template:Efn 3
1936
Details
Berlin, Germany Template:Fh-big 8–1 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 4–3 Template:Fh-big 11
1948
Details
London, Great Britain Template:Fh-big 4–0 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 1–1
4–1
(Replay)
Template:Fh-big 13
1952
Details
Helsinki, Finland Template:Fh-big 6–1 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big 12
1956
Details
Melbourne, Australia Template:Fh-big 1–0 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-bigTemplate:Efn 3–1 Template:Fh-big 12
1960
Details
Rome, Italy Template:Fh-big 1–0 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big 16
1964
Details
Tokyo, Japan Template:Fh-big 1–0 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 3–2
(a.e.t.)
Template:Fh-big 15
1968
Details
Mexico City, Mexico Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big 16
1972
Details
Munich, West Germany Template:Fh-big 1–0 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big 16
1976
Details
Montreal, Canada Template:Fh-big 1–0 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 3–2 Template:Fh-big 11
1980
Details
Moscow, Soviet Union Template:Fh-big 4–3 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big 6
1984
Details
Los Angeles, United States Template:Fh-big 2–1
(a.e.t.)
Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 3–2 Template:Fh-big 12
1988
Details
Seoul, South Korea Template:Fh-big 3–1 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big 12
1992
Details
Barcelona, Spain Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 4–3 Template:Fh-big 12
1996
Details
Atlanta, United States Template:Fh-big 3–1 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 3–2 Template:Fh-big 12
2000
Details
Sydney, Australia Template:Fh-big 3–3
(5–4)
Penalty strokes
Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 6–3 Template:Fh-big 12
2004
Details
Athens, Greece Template:Fh-big 2–1
(a.e.t.)
Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 4–3
(a.e.t.)
Template:Fh-big 12
2008
Details
Beijing, China Template:Fh-big 1–0 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 6–2 Template:Fh-big 12
2012
Details
London, Great Britain Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 3–1 Template:Fh-big 12
2016
Details
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Template:Fh-big 4–2 Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 1–1
(4–3)
Penalty shootout
Template:Fh-big 12
2020
Details
Tokyo, Japan Template:Fh-big 1–1
(3–2)
Penalty shootout
Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 5–4 Template:Fh-big 12
2024
Details
Paris, France Template:Fh-big 1–1
(3–1)
Penalty shootout
Template:Fh-big Template:Fh-big 2–1 Template:Fh-big 12
2028
Details
Los Angeles, United States 12
2032
Details
Brisbane, Australia 12

Men's medal table

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Top four statistics

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Template:FhTemplate:Efn 8 (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980) 1 (1960) 4 (1968, 1972, 2020, 2024)
Template:FhTemplate:Efn 4 (1972*, 1992, 2008, 2012) 4 (1936*, 1984, 1988, 2024) 4 (1928, 1956, 2004, 2016) 3 (1968, 1996, 2020)
Template:Fh 3 (1996, 2000, 2024) 4 (1928*, 1952, 2004, 2012) 3 (1936, 1948, 1988) 5 (1972, 1976, 1992, 2008, 2016)
Template:Fh 3 (1960, 1968, 1984) 3 (1956, 1964, 1972) 2 (1976, 1992) 3 (1948, 1952, 2000)
Template:Fh 3 (1908*, 1920, 1988) 2 (1908*, 1948*) 4 (1908*, 1908*, 1952, 1984) 3 (1956, 1960, 2012*)
Template:Fh 1 (2004) 4 (1968, 1976, 1992, 2020) 5 (1964, 1996, 2000*, 2008, 2012) 2 (1984, 1988)
Template:Fh 1 (2020) 1 (2016) 1 (1920*) 1 (1928)
Template:Fh 1 (1976)
Template:Fh 1 (2016)
Template:Fh 3 (1980, 1996, 2008) 1 (1960) 3 (1964, 2004, 2024)
Template:Fh 1 (1920)
Template:Fh 1 (1932)
Template:Fh 1 (2000)
Template:Fh 1 (1932*)
Template:Fh 1 (1980*)
Template:Fh 2 (1920, 1936)
Template:Fh 1 (1980)
* = host nation

Team appearances

Since the debut of the field hockey on the sports programme in 1908, 45 teams have competed in at least one Olympic Games.

Team Template:Flagicon
1908
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1920
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1928
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1932
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1936
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1948
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1952
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1956
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1960
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1964
Template:Flagicon
1968
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1972
Template:Flagicon
1976
Template:Flagicon
1980
Template:Flagicon
1984
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1988
Template:Flagicon
1992
Template:Flagicon
1996
Template:Flagicon
2000
Template:Flagicon
2004
Template:Flagicon
2008
Template:Flagicon
2012
Template:Flagicon
2016
Template:Flagicon
2020
Template:Flagicon
2024
Template:Flagicon
2028
Total
Template:Fh 6th 8th 11th 3
Template:Fh 5th 14th 14th 11th 8th 11th 9th 8th 11th 10th 1st 7th 8th 13
Template:Fh 5th 6th 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 6th 2nd 6th 17
Template:Fh 9th 8th 7th 3
Template:Fh 3rd 4th 9th 5th 9th 7th 11th 11th 9th 10th 9th 9th 5th 2nd 1st 5th 16
Template:Fh 12th 1
Template:Fh 13th 10th 12th 11th 10th 10th 11th 12th 8
Template:Fh 11th 1
Template:Fh 10th Defunct 1
Template:Fh 5th 1
Template:Fh 2nd 5th 10th 11th 16th 5
Template:Fh 11th Defunct 1
Template:Fh 12th 12th 2
Template:Fh 1st Part of Great Britain 1
Template:Fh 9th 1
Template:Fh 6th 4th 5th 4th 8th 11th 10th 10th 12th 11th 10
Template:Fh 5th 3rd 2nd 5th 1st 4th 5th 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 4th 2nd 13
Template:Fh 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 9th 12th 6th 3rd 1st 6th 7th 6th 9th 5th 4th 9th 5th 7th 19
Template:Fh 15th 1
Template:Fh 8th 1
Template:Fh 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 7th 1st 5th 6th 7th 8th 7th 7th 12th 8th 3rd 3rd 22
Template:Fh 2nd 10th 10th 3
Template:Fh 11th 13th 2
Template:Fh 2nd 7th 14th 7th 13th 11th 6
Template:Fh 10th 7th 6th 8th 13th 9th 12th 7
Template:Fh 9th 9th 15th 8th 8th 10th 9th 11th 11th 9
Template:Fh 16th 16th 2
Template:Fh 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 9th 7th 5th 4th 4th 6th 3rd 4th 1st 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 4th 6th 1st 20
Template:Fh 6th 5th 13th 7th 9th 1st 7th 8th 6th 7th 9th 7th 9th 12th 14
Template:Fh 4th 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 5th 3rd 6th 4th 5th 8th 7th 16
Template:Fh 6th 12th 11th 4th 12th 5
Template:Fh 11th Defunct 1
Template:Fh 3rd Part of Great Britain 1
Template:Fh 8th 1
Template:Fh 10th 10th 12th 11th 10th 9th 6
Template:Fh 10th 5th 2nd 8th 6th 8th 6
Template:Fh# 3rd 7th Defunct 2
Template:Fh 7th 11th 3rd 4th 6th 7th 6th 2nd 8th 9th 5th 2nd 9th 4th 2nd 6th 5th 8th 4th 19
Template:Fh 7th 5th 5th 7th 15th 5
Template:Fh 6th 1
Template:Fh 15th 1
Template:Fh 3rd 11th 11th 12th 12th 12th Q 7
Template:Fh 3rd 7th 5th Defunct 3
Template:Fh 3rd Part of Great Britain 1
Template:Fh 4th 1st 5th 2nd 2nd Defunct 5
Total 6 4 9 3 11 13 12 12 16 15 16 16 11 6 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
# = states or teams that have since split into two or more independent teams

Debut of teams

Year Debuting teams Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Successor or
renamed teams
1908 Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh 6 6
1920 Template:Fh, Template:Fh 2 8 Template:Fh
1928 Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh 5 13
1932 Template:Fh, Template:Fh 2 15
1936 Template:Fh, Template:Fh 2 17
1948 Template:Fh, Template:Fh 2 19
1952 Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh 3 22
1956 Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh 5 27 Template:Fh
1960 No debut 0 27
1964 Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh 3 30 Template:Fh
1968 Template:Fh, Template:Fh 2 32 Template:Fh
1972 Template:Fh 1 33
1976 None 0 33
1980 Template:Fh, Template:Fh, Template:Fh 3 36
1984 None 0 36
1988 Template:Fh 1 37
1992 Template:Fh 1 38 Template:Fh, Template:Flagdeco CIS
1996 Template:Fh 1 39
2000 None 0 39
2004 None 0 39
2008 Template:Fh 1 40
2012 None 0 40
2016 Template:Fh 1 41
2020 None 0 41
2024 None 0 41

Women

Results

Year Host Gold medal match Bronze medal match Number of teams
Gold medal Score Silver medal Bronze medal Score Fourth place
1980
Details
Moscow, Soviet Union Template:Fhw-big Template:Efn Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big Template:Efn Template:Fhw-big 6
1984
Details
Los Angeles, United States Template:Fhw-big Template:Efn Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big (10–5)
Penalty strokesTemplate:Efn
Template:Fhw-big 6
1988
Details
Seoul, South Korea Template:Fhw-big 2–0 Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 3–1 Template:Fhw-big 8
1992
Details
Barcelona, Spain Template:Fhw-big 2–1
after extra time
Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 4–3 Template:Fhw-big 8
1996
Details
Atlanta, United States Template:Fhw-big 3–1 Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 0–0
after extra time
(4–3)
Penalty strokes
Template:Fhw-big 8
2000
Details
Sydney, Australia Template:Fhw-big 3–1 Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 2–0 Template:Fhw-big 10
2004
Details
Athens, Greece Template:Fhw-big 2–1 Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 1–0 Template:Fhw-big 10
2008
Details
Beijing, China Template:Fhw-big 2–0 Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 3–1 Template:Fhw-big 12
2012
Details
London, Great Britain Template:Fhw-big 2–0 Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 3–1 Template:Fhw-big 12
2016
Details
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Template:Fhw-big 3–3
(2–0)
Penalty shootout
Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 2–1 Template:Fhw-big 12
2020
Details
Tokyo, Japan Template:Fhw-big 3–1 Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 4–3 Template:Fhw-big 12
2024
Details
Paris, France Template:Fhw-big 1–1
(3–1)
Penalty shootout
Template:Fhw-big Template:Fhw-big 2–2
(3–1)
Penalty shootout
Template:Fhw-big 12
2028
Details
Los Angeles, United States 12
2032
Details
Brisbane, Australia 12

Women's medal table

Template:Medals table

Top four statistics

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Template:Fhw 5 (1984, 2008, 2012, 2020, 2024) 2 (2004, 2016) 3 (1988, 1996, 2000)
Template:Fhw 3 (1988, 1996, 2000*) 1 (1984)
Template:FhwTemplate:Efn 1 (2004) 2 (1984, 1992) 1 (2016) 1 (2008)
Template:Fhw 1 (2016) 3 (1992, 2012*, 2020) 2 (1988, 1996)
Template:Fhw 1 (1992*) 1 (2000)
Template:Fhw 1 (1980)
Template:Fhw 3 (2000, 2012, 2020) 3 (2004, 2008, 2024)
Template:Fhw 2 (1988*, 1996) 1 (1992)
Template:Fhw 2 (2008*, 2024) 1 (2004)
Template:Fhw 1 (1980)
Template:Fhw 1 (1980*)
Template:Fhw 1 (1984*)
Template:Fhw 2 (1980, 2020)
Template:Fhw 2 (2012, 2016)
Template:Fhw 1 (2024)
* = host nation

Team appearances

Since its debut at the 1980 Games, 23 teams have competed in at least one Olympic Games.

Team Template:Flagicon
1980
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1984
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1988
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1992
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1996
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2000
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2004
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2008
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2012
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2016
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2020
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2024
Template:Flagicon
2028
Total
Template:Fhw 7th 7th 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 7th 2nd 3rd 9
Template:Fhw 4th 1st 5th 1st 1st 5th 5th 5th 6th 5th 5th 11
Template:Fhw 5th 1
Template:Fhw 11th 4th 2
Template:Fhw 5th 6th 7th 3
Template:Fhw 5th 4th 2nd 6th 9th 9th 2nd 7
Template:Nobr 2nd Defunct 1
Template:Fhw 12th 1
Template:Fhw 2nd 6th 7th 1st 4th 7th 3rd 6th 6th 9
Template:Fhw 4th 3rd 4th 8th 6th 3rd 1st 3rd 8th 9
Template:Fhw 4th 12th 4th 3
Template:Fhw 10th 1
Template:Fhw 8th 10th 9th 10th 11th 10th 6
Template:Fhw 1st 3rd 6th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 11
Template:Fhw 6th 8th 6th 6th 12th 4th 4th 8th 8
Template:Fhw 6th 1
Template:Fhw 10th 9th 11th 10th 12th 11th 6
Template:Fhw 2nd 4th 2nd 9th 7th 9th 8th 11th 8
Template:Fhw# 3rd Defunct 1
Template:Fhw 1st 8th 4th 10th 7th 8th 7th 7th 8
Template:Fhw 3rd 8th 5th 8th 12th 5th 9th Q 8
Template:Fhw 2nd 5th Defunct 2
Template:Fhw 1st 1
Total 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12
# = states or teams that have since split into two or more independent teams

Debut of teams

Year Debuting teams Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Successor or
renamed teams
1980 Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw *, Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw *, Template:Fhw 6 6
1984 Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw * 6 12
1988 Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw 3 15
1992 Template:Fhw 1 16 Template:Fhw
1996 No debuts 0 16
2000 Template:Fhw, Template:Fhw 2 18
2004 No debuts 0 18
2008 Template:Fhw 1 19
2012 Template:Fhw 1 20
2016 No debuts 0 20
2020 Template:Fhw 1 21
2024 Template:Fhw 1 22
* = Defunct Team

Overall medal table

The medal ceremony of the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy

Source:[12]

Template:Medals table

* = Defunct Team

Olympic records

India against Great Britain in the final of the 1948 Olympics

Men

Women

See also

Notes

Template:Notelist

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