Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics


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The men's field hockey tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the 11th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a fourteen-day period beginning on 13 October, and culminated with the medal finals on 26 October. All games were played at the Municipal Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico.[1]

Field hockey

at the Games of the XIX Olympiad

VenueMunicipal Stadium
Dates13–26 October 1968
Teams16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Pakistan
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  India

← 1964

1972 →

Pakistan won the gold medal for the second time after defeating Australia 2–1 in the final. Defending champions India won the bronze medal after defeating West Germany 2–1.

Competition schedule

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G Group stage C Classification matches SF Semi-finals B Bronze-medal match F Final
Sun 13 Mon 14 Tue 15 Wed 16 Thu 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 21 Tue 22 Wed 23 Thu 24 Fri 25 Sat 26
G G G G G G G G G G C SF C B F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   India 7 6 0 1 20 4 +16 12 Semi-finals
2   West Germany 7 5 1 1 15 5 +10 11
3   New Zealand 7 3 4 0 8 4 +4 10
4   Spain 7 2 3 2 7 5 +2 7
5   Belgium 7 3 1 3 14 9 +5 7
6   East Germany 7 2 2 3 7 10 −3 6
7   Japan 7 1 1 5 4 14 −10 3
8   Mexico (H) 7 0 0 7 2 26 −24 0

13 October 1968

New Zealand   2–1   India

13 October 1968

Japan   2–1   Mexico

13 October 1968

Spain   1–1   East Germany

13 October 1968

West Germany   2–0   Belgium

14 October 1968

India   2–1   West Germany

14 October 1968

Belgium   4–0   East Germany

14 October 1968

Spain   0–0   Japan

14 October 1968

New Zealand   2–0   Mexico

15 October 1968

West Germany   2–0   Japan

15 October 1968

India   8–0   Mexico

15 October 1968

Spain   2–0   Belgium

15 October 1968

East Germany   1–1   New Zealand

17 October 1968

India   1–0   Spain

17 October 1968

West Germany   3–2   East Germany

17 October 1968

Belgium   4–0   Mexico

17 October 1968

New Zealand   1–0   Japan

18 October 1968

India   2–1   Belgium
Prithipal   44'
Harbinder   52' 		Report Gilles   12'

18 October 1968

East Germany   1–0   Japan

18 October 1968

Spain   3–0   Mexico

18 October 1968

West Germany   0–0   New Zealand

20 October 1968

India   5–0 1   Japan

20 October 1968

New Zealand   1–1   Belgium

20 October 1968

West Germany   2–0   Spain

20 October 1968

East Germany   2–0   Mexico

1 The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with the score 0-0 after the Japanese team laid down their sticks and walked off the pitch to protest the awarding of a penalty stroke to India. India were awarded the match 5-0.

21 October 1968

India   1–0   East Germany

21 October 1968

Belgium   4–2   Japan

21 October 1968

New Zealand   1–1   Spain

21 October 1968

West Germany   5–1   Mexico

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Pakistan 7 7 0 0 23 4 +19 14 Semi-finals
2   Australia[a] 8 5 1 2 15 7 +8 11
3   Kenya[a] 8 4 1 3 13 9 +4 9
4   Netherlands 7 4 0 3 11 11 0 8
5   Great Britain 7 2 1 4 6 8 −2 5
6   France 7 2 1 4 2 5 −3 5
7   Argentina 7 1 1 5 4 20 −16 3
8   Malaysia 7 0 3 4 2 12 −10 3
^[a] – Australia and Kenya finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool.

13 October 1968

Great Britain   2–0   Argentina

13 October 1968

Australia   2–0   Kenya

13 October 1968

Pakistan   6–0   Netherlands

13 October 1968

France   0–0   Malaysia

14 October 1968

Pakistan   1–0   France

14 October 1968

Australia   0–0   Great Britain

14 October 1968

Kenya   1–1   Malaysia

14 October 1968

Netherlands   7–0   Argentina

16 October 1968

Malaysia   1–1   Argentina

16 October 1968

Pakistan   3–2   Australia

16 October 1968

Netherlands   2–1   Great Britain

16 October 1968

Kenya   2–0   France

17 October 1968

Australia   3–0   Malaysia

17 October 1968

Pakistan   5–0   Argentina

17 October 1968

France   1–0   Great Britain

17 October 1968

Kenya   2–0   Netherlands

19 October 1968

France   1–0   Australia

19 October 1968

Kenya   2–1   Argentina

19 October 1968

Netherlands   1–0   Malaysia

19 October 1968

Pakistan   2–1   Great Britain

20 October 1968

Kenya   3–0   Great Britain

20 October 1968

Netherlands   1–0   France

20 October 1968

Pakistan   4–0   Malaysia

20 October 1968

Australia   3–1   Argentina

21 October 1968

Pakistan   2–1   Kenya

21 October 1968

Australia   2–0   Netherlands

21 October 1968

Argentina   1–0   France

21 October 1968

Great Britain   2–0   Malaysia

Second place play-off

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22 October 1968

Australia   3–2   Kenya

Classification round

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Eighth to sixteenth place classification

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Fifteenth place game

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23 October 1968

Mexico   0–1 (a.e.t.)   Malaysia
Report

Thirteenth place game

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23 October 1968

Japan   2–0   Argentina
Report

23 October 1968

East Germany   2–1 (a.e.t.)   Great Britain
Report

23 October 1968

Belgium   3–0   France
Report

Fifth to eighth place classification

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5–8th place semi-finalsFifth place
      
23 October
  New Zealand1
25 October
  Netherlands3
  Netherlands (a.e.t)1
23 October
  Spain0
  Kenya1
  Spain2
Seventh place
25 October
  New Zealand2
  Kenya0
5–8th place-semifinals

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23 October 1968

New Zealand   1–3   Netherlands
Report

23 October 1968

Kenya   1–2   Spain
Report

25 October 1968

New Zealand   2–0   Kenya
Report

25 October 1968

Netherlands   1–0 (a.e.t.)   Spain
Thole   ?' Report

Semi-finalsGold-medal match
      
24 October
  India1
26 October
  Australia (a.e.t)2
  Australia1
24 October
  Pakistan2
  Pakistan1
  West Germany0
Bronze-medal match
26 October
  India2
  West Germany1

24 October 1968

Pakistan   1–0   West Germany
Report

24 October 1968

India   1–2 (a.e.t.)   Australia
Balbir Singh   Report Glencross   17', 84'

26 October 1968

India   2–1   West Germany
?  
Balbir Singh   		Report

26 October 1968
12:45

Pakistan   2–1   Australia
Rashid   15'
Malik   56' 		Report Glencross   46'

Umpires:
Guust Lathouwers (NED)
Luigi Tinti (ITA)

  1.   Pakistan
  2.   Australia
  3.   India
  4.   West Germany
  5.   Netherlands
  6.   Spain
  7.   New Zealand
  8.   Kenya
  9.   Belgium
  10.   France
  11.   East Germany
  12.   Great Britain
  13.   Japan
  14.   Argentina
  15.   Malaysia
  16.   Mexico
Gold Silver Bronze
  Pakistan[2]
Abdul Rashid
Jahangir Butt
Tanvir Dar
Gulraiz Akhtar
Khalid Mahmood
Muhammad Asad Malik
Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed
Tariq Niazi
Riaz Ahmed
Riaz ud-Din
Saeed Anwar
Tariq Aziz
Zakir Hussain 		  Australia[3]
Paul Dearing
Raymond Evans
Brian Glencross
Robert Haigh
Donald Martin
James Mason
Patrick Nilan
Eric Pearce
Gordon Pearce
Julian Pearce
Desmond Piper
Fred Quine
Ronald Riley
Donald Smart
Arthur Busch 		  India[4]
Rajendra Christy
Krishnamurty Perumal
John "V.J." Peter
Inam-ur Rahman
Munir Sait
Ajitpal Singh
Balbir Singh Kullar
Balbir Singh Kular
Balbir Singh
Gurbux Singh
Harbinder Singh
Harmik Singh
Inder "Gogi" Singh
Prithipal Singh
Tarsem Singh
Jagjit Singh
  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pakistan Hockey at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Australia Hockey at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "India Hockey at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-06-02.