Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics saw the fifth Field Hockey tournament at Olympics. All games took place either in the Hockey Stadion or on the Hockey Stadion Field No.2. Both hockey grounds were near by the Olympic Stadium located on the Reichssportfeld. The hockey matches saw a total attendance of 184,103 and 157,531 tickets were sold. Indian team scored 38 goals but only 1 goal was scored against them. India were the Gold medalists.
Only a men's competition occurred that year.
Medal summary
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 India (IND)
Richard Allen Dhyan Chand Ali Dara Lionel Emmett Peter Fernandes Joseph Galibardy Earnest Goodsir-Cullen Mohammed Hussain Sayed Mohammed Jaffar Ahmed Khan Ahsan Khan Mirza Masood Cyril Michie Baboo Nimal Joseph Phillips Shabab-ud-Din Shabban Garewal Singh Roop Singh Carlyle Tapsell |
 Germany (GER)
Hermann auf der Heide Ludwig Beisiegel Erich Cuntz Karl Dröse Alfred Gerdes Werner Hamel Harald Huffmann Erwin Keller Herbert Kemmer Werner Kubitzki Paul Mehlitz Karl Menke Fritz Messner Detlef Okrent Heinrich Peter Heinz Raack Karl Ruck Hans Scherbart Heinz Schmalix Tito Warnholtz Kurt Weiß Erich Zander |
 Netherlands (NED)
Henk de Looper Jan de Looper Aat de Roos Rein de Waal Piet Gunning Inge Heybroek Hans Schnitger René Sparenberg Ernst van den Berg Ru van der Haar Tonny van Lierop Max Westerkamp |
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 A
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 1. | India (IND) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | X | 9:0 | 4:0 | 7:0 | |
| 2. |  Japan (JPN) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0:9 | X | 3:1 | 5:1 | |
| 3. | Hungary (HUN) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0:4 | 1:3 | X | 3:1 | |
| 4. | United States (USA) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0:7 | 1:5 | 1:3 | X |
Group B
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 1. | Germany (GER) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | X | 4:1 | 6:0 | |
| 2. | Afghanistan (AFG) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1:4 | X | 6:6 | |
| 3. | Denmark (DEN) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0:6 | 6:6 | X |
Group C
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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| 1. | Netherlands (NED) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | X | 3:1 | 2:2 | 4:1 | |
| 2. | France (FRA) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1:3 | X | 2:2 | 1:0 | |
| 3. | Belgium (BEL) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2:2 | 2:2 | X | 1:2 | |
| 4. | Switzerland (SUI) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1:4 | 0:1 | 2:1 | X |
Final matches
| Semi-finals | ||||||||
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| August 12 | Hockey Stadion | India (IND) |
10 | - | 0 | France (FRA) |
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| 4.30 p.m. | Teams: | Allen; Tapsell, Hussain; Goodsir-Cullen, Masood, Galibardy; Shabban, Dara, Chand, R. Singh, Jaffar | (4 | - | 0) | Tixier; Chevalier, P. Imbault; Gravereaux, Grimonprez, Verger; Sartorius, Gonat, Goubert, Soulé, Vologe | ||
| Goals: | 1:0 (6'), 2:0, 3:0, 4:0, 5:0 (50'), 6:0, 7:0, 8:0, 9:0, 10:0 | |||||||
| Referees: Reinberg (GER), A. de Bue (BEL) | ||||||||
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| August 12 | Hockey Stadion | Germany (GER) |
3 | - | 0 | Netherlands (NED) |
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| 6.00 p.m. | Teams: | Dröse; Kemmer, Zander; Gerdes, Keller, Schmalix; Huffmann, Mehlitz, Weiß, Scherbart, Messner | (1 | - | 0) | J. de Looper; de Waal, Westerkamp; H. de Looper, van der Haar, van Lierop; Gunning, Schnitger, van den Berg, Heybroek, Sparenberg | ||
| Goals: | 1:0 (22'), 2:0 (45'), 3:0 (60') | |||||||
| Referees: M. Furgeot (FRA), Jagan Nath (IND) | ||||||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| August 14 | Hockey Stadion Field No.2 | Netherlands (NED) |
4 | - | 3 | France (FRA) |
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| 4.30 p.m. | Teams: | J. de Looper; de Waal, Westerkamp; H. de Looper, van der Haar, van Lierop; Gunning, Schnitger, van den Berg, de Roos, Sparenberg | (2 | - | 1) | Tixier; Chevalier, P. Imbault; Gravereaux, Grimonprez, Verger; Sartorius, Vologe, Goubert, Soulé, Claude Roques | ||
| Goals: | 1:0, 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 (38'), 3:2, 3:3 (58'), 4:3 (65') | |||||||
| Referees: Hörmann (GER), Jagan Nath (IND) | ||||||||
| Final | ||||||||
| August 15 | Hockey Stadion | India (IND) |
8 | - | 1 | Germany (GER) |
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| 11.00 a.m. | Teams: | Allen; Tapsell, Hussain; Nimal, Goodsir-Cullen, Galibardy; Shabban, Dara, Chand, R. Singh, Jaffar | (1 | - | 0) | Dröse; Kemmer, Zander; Gerdes, Keller, Schmalix; Huffmann, Hamel, Weiß, Scherbart, Messner | ||
| Goals: | 1:0 (32'), 2:0 (42'), 3:0, 4:0 (47'), 4:1 (52'), 5:1 (53'), 6:1, 7:1, 8:1 | |||||||
| Referees: R. Liégeois (BEL), T. J. van't Lam (NED) | ||||||||
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The final was originally scheduled also on August 14, 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:
Afghanistan (12 - from a squad of
18)
Belgium (12 - from a squad of 22)
Denmark (13 - from a squad of 17)
France (18 - from a squad of 22)
Germany (22)
Hungary (15 - from a squad of 21)
India (19 - from a squad of 22)
Japan (11 - from a squad of 15)
Netherlands (12 - from a squad of
18)
Switzerland (13 - from a squad of
22)
United States (14 - from a squad of
15)
(*) 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 there names are known.
Summary
| Place | Nation |
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| 1 | India (IND) |
| 2 | Germany (GER) |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) |
| 4 | France (FRA)
Guy Chevalier Emmanuel Gonat Joseph Goubert Claude Gravereaux Félix Grimonprez Ettienne Guibel Guy Hénon Charles Imbault Paul Imbault Marcel Lachmann Claude Roques Jean Rouget Paul Sartorius Claude Soulé Raymond Tixier François Verger Michel Verkindère Anatole Vologe |
| - | Switzerland (SUI)
Roland Annen René Courvoisier Adolf Fehr Konrad Fehr Louis Gilliéron Hans Gruner Fridolin Kurmann Charles Légeret Giancarlo Luzzani Walter Meier Walter Scherrer Roger Toffel Ernst Tüscher |
| - | Afghanistan (AFG)
Jammaluddin Affendi Sheyd Ali Atta Sheyd Ali Baba Shazada Asif Seyd Ayub Mohammad Faruq Fazal Hussain Shazada Malook Shah Shazada Shuja Shazada Sultan Sardar Wahid Shazada Zahir |
| - | Japan (JPN)
Shunkichi Hamada Michihiro Ito Takeo Ito Makoto Kikuchi Daiji Kurauchi T. Otsu Yoshio Sakai Osamu Takechi Noboru Tanaka Sadao Wakizaka Takehiko Yanagi |
| - | Hungary (HUN)
Béla Bácskai (MHC) Zoltán Berkes (MAC) Dénes Birkás (BBTE) László Cseri (AHC) Béla Háray (BBTE) István Hircsák (MAC) Gyula Kormos (AHC) Gusztáv Lifkai (AHC) Róbert Lifkai (AHC) Tamás Márffy (MHC) György Margó (MHC) Ferenc Miklós (MHC) Ferenc Szamosi (BBTE) Géza Teleki (MHC) Zoltán Turcsányi (BBTE) |
| - | Belgium (BEL)
Lambert Adelot Henri Delaval Paul Delheid Teddy Leplat Eugène Moreau de Melen Edouard Portielje Jacques Putz Jacques Rensburg Emmanuel van de Merghel Reggy van de Putte Albert van den Branden Corneille Wellens Raymond Distave Louis Eloy Pierre Geelhand Haegenaers |
| - | Denmark (DEN)
Arne Blach Otto Busch Jørgen Robert Hansen Henning Holst Vagn Hovard Johannes Robert Jensen Aage Kirkegaard Henry Kristian Larsen Carl Malling Louis Prahm Mogens Thomassen Mogens Venge Carl Gunther Weiss Jørgen Gry Gunner Larsen Vagn Loft Tage Schultz |
| - | United States (USA)
Bill Boddington Lenphear Buck Amos Deacon Horace Disston Samuel Ewing Paul Fentress James Gentle Ellwod Godfrey Lawrence Knapp David McMullin Leonard O'Brien Charles Sheaffer Alexis Thompson John Turnbull Wilson Hobson |
| Events at the 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) |
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