Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 29 July to 11 August 1984 at the Weingart Stadium, in Monterey Park.[1][2]

Field hockey
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueWeingart Stadium
Dates29 July – 11 August 1984
No. of events2
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Men's tournament

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 5 5 0 0 17 4 +13 10 Semi-finals
2   West Germany 5 3 1 1 12 4 +8 7
3   India 5 3 1 1 14 9 +5 7 5–8th place semi-finals
4   Spain 5 2 0 3 11 12 −1 4
5   Malaysia 5 1 0 4 6 17 −11 2 9–12th place semi-finals
6   United States (H) 5 0 0 5 4 18 −14 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Great Britain 5 4 1 0 10 5 +5 9 Semi-finals
2   Pakistan 5 2 3 0 16 7 +9 7
3   Netherlands 5 3 1 1 16 9 +7 7 5–8th place semi-finals
4   New Zealand 5 1 2 2 10 10 0 4
5   Kenya 5 1 0 4 5 14 −9 2 9–12th place semi-finals
6   Canada 5 0 1 4 7 19 −12 1
Source: FIH

Medal round

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Semi-finalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
9 August
 
 
  West Germany1
 
11 August
 
  Great Britain0
 
  West Germany1
 
9 August
 
  Pakistan2
 
  Australia0
 
 
  Pakistan1
 
Bronze-medal match
 
 
11 August
 
 
  Great Britain3
 
 
  Australia2

Final standings

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  1.   Pakistan
  2.   West Germany
  3.   Great Britain
  4.   Australia
  5.   India
  6.   Netherlands
  7.   New Zealand
  8.   Spain
  9.   Kenya
  10.   Canada
  11.   Malaysia
  12.   United States

Women's tournament

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The United States and Australia played out a penalty shoot-out for the bronze medal after finishing equal on points and goal difference in the round robin stage, which the United States won 10–5.[3]

Pool

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Netherlands 5 4 1 0 14 6 +8 9
    West Germany 5 2 2 1 9 9 0 6
    United States (H) 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 5
4   Australia 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2 5
5   Canada 5 2 1 2 9 11 −2 5
6   New Zealand 5 0 0 5 2 12 −10 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Final standings

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  1.   Netherlands
  2.   West Germany
  3.   United States
  4.   Australia
  5.   Canada
  6.   New Zealand

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands1001
  Pakistan1001
3  West Germany0202
4  Great Britain0011
  United States*0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
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  Pakistan (PAK)
Syed Ghulam Moinuddin
Qasim Zia
Nasir Ali
Abdul Rashid Al-Hasan
Ayaz Mahmood
Naeem Akhtar
Kalimullah Khan
Manzoor Hussain
Hassan Sardar
Hanif Khan
Khalid Hamid
Shahid Ali Khan
Tauqeer Dar
Ishtiaq Ahmed
Saleem Sherwani
Mushtaq Ahmad
  West Germany (FRG)
Christian Bassemir
Stefan Blöcher
Dirk Brinkmann
Heiner Dopp
Carsten Fischer
Tobias Frank
Volker Fried
Thomas Gunst
Horst-Ulrich Hänel
Karl-Joachim Hürter
Andreas Keller
Reinhard Krull
Michael Peter
Thomas Reck
Ekkhard Schmidt-Opper
Markku Slawyk
  Great Britain (GBR)
Paul Barber
Stephen Batchelor
Kulbir Bhaura
Robert Cattrall
Richard Dodds
James Duthie
Norman Hughes
Sean Kerly
Richard Leman
Stephen Martin
Billy McConnell
Veryan Pappin
Jon Potter
Mark Precious
Ian Taylor
David Westcott
Women's tournament
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  Netherlands (NED)
Carina Benninga
Fieke Boekhorst
Marjolein Eijsvogel
Det de Beus
Irene Hendriks
Elsemiek Hillen
Sandra Le Poole
Anneloes Nieuwenhuizen
Martine Ohr
Alette Pos
Lisette Sevens
Marieke van Doorn
Aletta van Manen
Sophie von Weiler
Laurien Willemse
Margriet Zegers
  West Germany (FRG)
Gabriele Appel
Dagmar Breiken
Beate Deininger
Elke Drüll
Birgit Hagen
Birgit Hahn
Martina Koch
Sigrid Landgraf
Corinna Lingnau
Christina Moser
Patricia Ott
Hella Roth
Gabriela Schley
Susanne Schmid
Ursula Thielemann
Andrea Weiermann-Lietz
  United States (USA)
Beth Anders
Beth Beglin
Regina Buggy
Gwen Cheeseman
Sheryl Johnson
Christine Larson-Mason
Kathleen McGahey
Anita Miller
Leslie Milne
Charlene Morett
Diane Moyer
Marcella Place
Karen Shelton
Brenda Stauffer
Julie Staver
Judy Strong
  • Penalty stroke competition for the bronze medal: United States defeated Australia 10–5.
  • Both teams had a 2–2–1 record and 9 goals for and 7 goals against. Canada also had a 2–2–1 record but had 9 goals for and 11 goals against.
  • West Germany finished just ahead of the tied teams with a 2–1–2 record to claim silver.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Weingart Stadium at LA Sports Council". Archived from the original on 22 June 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Hockey at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984". FIH. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

References

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  Media related to Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons