Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the seventh edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics.^[1]

Field hockey at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venues	Helsinki Velodrome Kauriala Field Porvoo Central Field
Dates	15–25 July 1952
Teams	12
Medalists
India  Netherlands  Great Britain
← 1948 1956 →

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
India (IND) K. D. Singh Leslie Claudius Meldric Daluz Keshav Dutt Chinadorai Deshmutu Ranganathan Francis Raghbir Lal Govind Perumal Muniswamy Rajgopal Balbir Singh Sr. Randhir Singh Gentle C. S. Dubey Udham Singh Dharam Singh Grahanandan Singh Chaman Singh Gurung Jaswant Rai	Netherlands (NED) Jules Ancion André Boerstra Harry Derckx Han Drijver Dick Esser Roepie Kruize Dick Loggere Lau Mulder Eddy Tiel Wim van Heel Leonard Wery	Great Britain (GBR) Denys Carnill (capt) John Cockett John Conroy Graham Dadds Derek Day Dennis Eagan Robin Fletcher W A Lindsay-Smith Roger Midgley Richard Norris Neil Nugent Anthony Nunn Anthony John Robinson P D R Smith John Paskin Taylor S T Theobald Eric Claude Newby[2]

Results

Bracket

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal match

17 July

India

4

15 July

Austria

0

Austria

2

20 July

Switzerland

1

India

3

Great Britain

1

17 July

Great Britain

1

15 July

Belgium

0

Belgium

6

24 July

Finland

0

India

6

Netherlands

1

18 July

Netherlands

1

16 July

Germany

0

Germany

7

20 July

Poland

2

Netherlands

1

Pakistan

0

Bronze medal match

18 July

22 July

Pakistan

6

Great Britain

2

16 July

France

0

Pakistan

1

France

5

Italy

0

Preliminary round

15 July 1952 (1952-07-15) 18:00 Austria  2–1   Switzerland OR p. 694 Umpires: M.G. Cowlishaw (GBR) Mario Zovato (ITA)

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15 July 1952 (1952-07-15) 19:30 Belgium  6–0  Finland OR p. 694 Umpires: C.E. Newham (NGR) Zafar Ali (PAK)

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16 July 1952 (1952-07-16) 18:00 Germany  7–2  Poland OR p. 694 Umpires: A.L. Allen (GBR) K.H. Ingledew (GBR)

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16 July 1952 (1952-07-16) 19:30 France  5–0  Italy OR p. 694 Umpires: A. van der Heyden (BEL) J.J. Kwist (NED)

Quarter-finals

17 July 1952 (1952-07-17) 18:00 India  4–0  Austria Lal  32' Gentle  39' KD Singh  55' Singh Sr.  57' Report Umpires: J.J. Kwist (NED) S. Zelinsky (POL)

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17 July 1952 (1952-07-17) 19:30 Great Britain  1–0  Belgium OR p. 695 Umpires: B.H.F. Isselmann (NED) S.M. Ayub (PAK)

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18 July 1952 (1952-07-18) 18:00 Netherlands  1–0  Germany OR p. 695 Umpires: C.E. Newham (NGR) A. van der Heyden (BEL)

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18 July 1952 (1952-07-18) 19:30 Pakistan  6–0  France OR p. 695 Umpires: A.L. Allen (GBR) W. Klee (AUT)

Semi-finals

20 July 1952 (1952-07-20) 18:00 India  3–1  Great Britain OR p. 695 Umpires: A. van der Heyden (BEL) J.J. Kwist (NED)

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20 July 1952 (1952-07-20) 19:30 Netherlands  1–0  Pakistan OR p. 695 Umpires: A. van der Heyden (BEL) J.J. Kwist (NED)

Bronze medal match

22 July 1952 (1952-07-22) 19:00 Great Britain  2–1  Pakistan OR p. 696 Umpires: A. van der Heyden (BEL) W. Klee (AUT)

Gold medal match

24 July 1952 (1952-07-24) 17:00 India  6–1  Netherlands Singh Sr.  14', 16', 34', 43', 65' KD Singh  25' Report Esser  55' Umpires: A.L. Allen (GBR) K.H. Ingledew (GBR)

Consolation round

There was also a consolation tournament played by the teams which were eliminated before the semi-finals. It is unknown if this part of the tournament was official and part of the Olympic Games because the official report did not show these matches in any kind.

	5th–12th place quarter-finals				5th–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	Germany	7
	Finland	0
					Germany	2
					Austria	1
	Austria	2
	Italy	0
									Germany	4
									Poland	0
	Belgium	2 / 0
	Poland (replay)	2 / 1
					Poland	1
					Switzerland	0
	France	1
	Switzerland	2

5th–12th place quarter-finals

21 July 1952 (1952-07-21) Germany  7–0  Finland

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21 July 1952 (1952-07-21) Austria  2–0  Italy

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21 July 1952 (1952-07-21) Belgium  2–2  Poland

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22 July 1952 (1952-07-22) Belgium  0–1  Poland

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21 July 1952 (1952-07-21) France  1–3   Switzerland

5th–8th place semi-finals

23 July 1952 (1952-07-23) Germany  2–1  Austria

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23 July 1952 (1952-07-23) Poland  1–0   Switzerland

Fifth and sixth place

23 July 1952 (1952-07-23) Germany  4–0  Poland

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 18 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 191 players were entered, however only the 144 participants and six more players are known up to now. The official report for this Games also shows 144 competitors, but in the "Index of competitors" there are 147 players listed. The Austrian Hermann Knoll, the Belgian Jean-Jacques Moucq and the Polish Tadeusz Adamski did, according to the report itself, not compete in the main tournament. The Austrian player is not even shown as a competitor by the Austrian Olympic Committee database.

A total of 144(*) field hockey players from 12 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:

•  Austria (11)
•  Belgium (11)
•  Finland (11)
•  France (13)
•  Germany (15)
•  Great Britain (13)
•  India (14)
•  Italy (11)
•  Netherlands (11)
•  Pakistan (12)
•  Poland (11)
•  Switzerland (11)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in the main tournament in one game at least.

Summary

There was also a consolation tournament played by the teams which were eliminated before the semi-finals. It is unknown if this part of the tournament was official and part of the Olympic Games because the official report did not show these matches in any kind. However, the teams are listed in order of the results of this consolation round.

Place	Nation
1	India (IND)
2	Netherlands (NED)
3	Great Britain (GBR)
4	Pakistan (PAK) Manzoor Hussain Atif Jack Britto Abdul Hamid Mahmoodul Hassan Asghar Ali Khan Muhammad Niaz Khan Habib Ali Kiddie Malik Aziz Latif Mir Habibur Rehman Latif-ur-Rehman Qazi Abdul Waheed
5	Germany (GER) Günther Brennecke Hugo Budinger Hugo Dollheiser Hans-Jürgen Dollheiser Wilfried Grube Friedrich Hidding Alfred Lücker Carl-Ludwig Peters Werner Rosenbaum Heinz Schmitz Heinz Schütz Rolf Stoltenberg Wilhelm Suhren Heino Thielemann Günther Ullerich
6	Poland (POL) Antoni Adamski Eugeniusz Czajka Alfons Flinik Henryk Flinik Jan Flinik Narcyz Maciaszczyk Jan Małkowiak Maksymilian Małkowiak Ryszard Marzec Bronisław Pawlicki Zdzisław Wojdylak Tadeusz Adamski Jerzy Siankiewicz Zdzisław Starzyński
7	Austria (AUT) Kurt Dvorak Karl Holzapfel Walter Kaitna Alfred Knoll Johann Koller Josef Matz Josef Pecanka Robert Pecanka Ernst Schala Josef Schimmer Franz Strachota Hermann Knoll
	Switzerland (SUI) Jean-Pierre Bolomey Kurt Goldschmid Jean Grüner Rudolf Keller Fridolin Kurmann Kurt Müller Gilbert Recordon Jean-Pierre Roche Fritz Stuhlinger Hugo Vonlanthen Roger Zanetti Karl Hofstetter
9	Belgium (BEL) Pierre Bousmanne José Delaval Jean Dubois Jean Enderle Roger Goossens Harold Mechelynck Roger Morlet Paul Toussaint Jean Van Leer Lucien van Weydeveld Jacques Vanderstappen Jacky Moucq Léo Rooman
	Finland (FIN) Veijo-Lassi Holopainen Erkki Heikkilä Tauno Timoska Reino Lindroos Kaarlo Einiö Toivo Salminen Keijo Kuusela Esko Silvennoinen Esko Salminen Risto Lamppu Pentti Elo
11	France (FRA) Bernard Boone Roger Capelle Jean-François Dubessay Claude Hauet Jean Hauet Michel Lacroix Robert Lucas Diran Manoukian Florio Martel André Meyer Philippe Reynaud Jacques Thieffry Jean Zizine Jean Desmasures
	Italy (ITA) Amedeo Banci Egidio Cosentino Vittorio Stellin Castellani Luigi Lanfranchi Sergio Formenti Umberto Micco Piervittorio Pampuro Gastone Puccioni Primo Meozzi Sergio Morra Giorgio Ravalli Piero Baglia-Bamberghi Luigi Piacentini Giampaolo Medda Mario Marchiori

References

1. "Hockey at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
2. "OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952". The Times.

External links

• Official Olympic Report