Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The field hockey competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, which was held in the Percival Molson Memorial Stadium at the McGill University, on an artificial surface for the first time. Only a men's competition occurred.[1]
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| Venue | Percival Molson Memorial Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 18–30 July 1976 | |||||||||
| Teams | 11 | |||||||||
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New Zealand won the gold medal for the first time by defeating Australia 1–0 in the final. Pakistan won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 3–2.
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Netherlands |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 |  India |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 |  Malaysia |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada (H) |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Argentina |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 |
- Australia and India finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and Australia won 5–4 after a penalty shoot-out.
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Pakistan |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 |  New Zealand |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 |  West Germany |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Kenya |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Source: Olympedia
Notes:
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- New Zealand and Spain finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and New Zealand won 1–0.
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Classification round
Ninth to eleventh place classification
| 7–9th place semi-final | Ninth place | |||||
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| Canada | 2 | |||||
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| Belgium (a.e.t) | 3 | |||||
| Belgium (a.e.t) | 3 | |||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||
9–11th place semi-final
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Ninth place game
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Fifth to eighth place classification
| 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
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| India | 2 | |||||
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| West Germany | 3 | |||||
| West Germany | 9 | |||||
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| Spain | 1 | |||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||
| Malaysia | 1 | |||||
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| India | 2 | |||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||
5–8th place semi-finals
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Seventh place game
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Fifth place game
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Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
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| Netherlands | 1 | |||||
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| New Zealand (a.e.t) | 2 | |||||
| New Zealand | 1 | |||||
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| Australia | 0 | |||||
| Pakistan | 1 | |||||
| Australia | 2 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
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| Netherlands | 2 | |||||
| Pakistan | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
There were 139 goals scored in 37 matches, for an average of 3.76 goals per match.
11 goals
- Paul Litjens
7 goals
- Ronald Riley
- Juan Amat
- Wolfgang Strödter
6 goals
- Munawwaruz Zaman
4 goals
- Serge Dubois
- Surjit Singh Randhawa
- Tony Ineson
- Manzoor Hussain
3 goals
- David Bell
- Victor Philips
- Ajit Singh
- Ramesh Patel
- Abdul Rashid
- Shahnaz Sheikh
- Michael Peter
- Rainer Seifert
2 goals
- Gustavo Paolucci
- Jim Irvine
- Michel Van Tuyckom
- Michel Vanderborght
- Fred Hoos
- Aslam Sher Khan
- Ashok Kumar
- Hans Kruize
- Arthur Borren
- Hanif Khan
- Akhtar Rasool
- José Sallés
- Horst Dröse
- Ralf Lauruschkat
1 goal
- Jorge Disera
- Marcelo Garraffo
- Jorge Ruiz
- Jorge Sabbione
- Greg Browning
- Ric Charlesworth
- Ian Cooke
- Trevor Smith
- Terry Walsh
- Bruno De Clynsen
- Jean-François Gilles
- Guy Miserque
- Paul Chohan
- Alan Hobkirk
- Peter Motzek
- Reg Plummer
- Ajit Pal Singh
- Chand Singh
- Mohinder Singh
- Murugesan Mahendran
- Ow Soon Kooi
- Poon Fook Loke
- Wong Choon Hin
- Coen Kranenberg
- Barry Maister
- Jaime Arbós
- Francisco Fábregas Bosch
- Jorge Fábregas
- Heiner Dopp
- Werner Kaessmann
- Michael Krause
- Peter Trump
- Uli Vos
Source: Olympedia
Medallists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| New Zealand (NZL) Paul Ackerley Jeff Archibald Arthur Borren Alan Chesney John Christensen Greg Dayman Tony Ineson Barry Maister Selwyn Maister Trevor Manning Alan McIntyre Neil McLeod Arthur Parkin Mohan Patel Ramesh Patel Les Wilson |
 Australia (AUS)David Bell Greg Browning Ric Charlesworth Ian Cooke Barry Dancer Douglas Golder Robert Haigh Wayne Hammond Jim Irvine Malcolm Poole Robert Proctor Graeme Reid Ronald Riley Trevor Smith Terry Walsh |
Pakistan (PAK) Rashid Abdul Akhtar Rasool Mahmood Arshad Arshad Chaudhry Khan Haneef Islahuddin Siddique Samiullah Khan Manzoor Hussain Munawwaruz Zaman Zia Qamar Nazim Salim Shahnaz Sheikh Saleem Sherwani Iftikar Syed Mudassar Syed Manzoor-ul Hassan |
References
- "Hockey at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
External links
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