Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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
Venue	Municipal Stadium
Dates	13–26 October 1968
Teams	16
Medalists
Pakistan  Australia  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

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

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

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

Source: Sports-Reference
(H) Hosts

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

Pool B

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

Source: Sports-References

^[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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

22 October 1968 Australia  3–2  Kenya

Classification round

Eighth to sixteenth place classification

Fifteenth place game

23 October 1968 Mexico  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Malaysia Report

Thirteenth place game

23 October 1968 Japan  2–0  Argentina Report

Eleventh place game

23 October 1968 East Germany  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Great Britain Report

Ninth place game

23 October 1968 Belgium  3–0  France Report

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	23 October
	New Zealand	1
					25 October
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands (a.e.t)	1
	23 October
					Spain	0
	Kenya	1
	Spain	2
					Seventh place
					25 October
					New Zealand	2
					Kenya	0

5–8th place-semifinals

23 October 1968 New Zealand  1–3  Netherlands Report

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23 October 1968 Kenya  1–2  Spain Report

Seventh place game

25 October 1968 New Zealand  2–0  Kenya Report

Fifth place game

25 October 1968 Netherlands  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Spain Thole  ?' Report

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold-medal match
	24 October
	India	1
					26 October
	Australia (a.e.t)	2
					Australia	1
	24 October
					Pakistan	2
	Pakistan	1
	West Germany	0
					Bronze-medal match
					26 October
					India	2
					West Germany	1

Semi-finals

24 October 1968 Pakistan  1–0  West Germany Report

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24 October 1968 India  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Australia Balbir Singh Report Glencross  17', 84'

Bronze-medal match

26 October 1968 India  2–1  West Germany ? Balbir Singh Report

Gold-medal match

26 October 1968 12:45 Pakistan  2–1  Australia Rashid  15' Malik  56' Report Glencross  46' Umpires: Guust Lathouwers (NED) Luigi Tinti (ITA)

Final standings

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

Medalists

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

Sources

• Official Olympic Report
• Mexico Organizing Committee (1968). The Games of the XIX Olympiad: Mexico 1968, vol. 2.