Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's field hockey tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was the 5th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 1 August. Games were played at the Herndon Stadium and the Panther Stadium, both located in Atlanta, United States.

Women's field hockey
at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Atlanta
Dates	20 July – 1 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Herndon Stadium Panther Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	103 (3.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alyson Annan Chang Eun-jung (8 goals)
← 1992 (previous) (next) 2000 →

Australia won the gold medal for the second time after defeating Korea 3–1 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 0–0 draw.^[1]

Qualification

The previous Olympic and World champions and the host nation received an automatic berth. Along with the five teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, eight teams competed in this tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			United States
27 July – 7 August 1992	1992 Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	Spain
13–23 July 1994	1994 Hockey World Cup	Dublin, Ireland	Australia
15–26 November 1995	Olympic Qualification Tournament	Cape Town, South Africa	South Korea  Great Britain  Germany  Argentina  Netherlands

Squads

Main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Umpires

•  Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
•  Carola Heinrichs (GER)
•  Gill Clarke (ENG)
•  Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
•  Janice McDonald (GBR)
•  Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
•  Laura Crespo (ARG)
•  Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
•  Margaret Lanning (CAN)
•  Miriam van Gemert (NED)
•  Naomi Kato (JPN)
•  Peri Buckley (AUS)
•  Renée Chatas (USA)

Results

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	7	6	1	0	24	4	+20	13	Gold medal match
2	South Korea	7	4	2	1	18	9	+9	10
3	Great Britain	7	3	2	2	12	11	+1	8	Bronze medal match
4	Netherlands	7	3	2	2	15	15	0	8
5	United States (H)	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
6	Germany	7	2	1	4	10	11	−1	5
7	Argentina	7	2	1	4	7	21	−14	5
8	Spain	7	0	1	6	5	17	−12	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[2]
(H) Hosts

20 July 1996 09:00 United States  1–1  Netherlands Pankratz  69' Report Dubbeldam  63' Umpires: Naomi Kato (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

20 July 1996 11:00 Australia  4–0  Spain Andrews  32' L. Powell  54' Hawkes  65' Annan  69' Report Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

20 July 1996 17:30 Argentina  0–2  Germany Report van Kooperan  17' Lätzsch  39' Umpires: Janice McDonald (GBR) Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

20 July 1996 20:00 South Korea  5–0  Great Britain Cho Eun-jung  22', 70' Choi Mi-soon  43' Kwon Chang-sook  46' Kwon Soo-hyun  67' Report Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) Carola Heinrichs (GER)

---

21 July 1996 17:30 Spain  1–2  Germany Tellería  31' Report Hentschel  15' van Kooperen  56' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Gill Clarke (GBR)

21 July 1996 20:00 Netherlands  1–1  Great Britain Lewin  11' Report Cook  41' Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)

---

22 July 1996 09:00 Australia  7–1  Argentina Farrell  9' K. Powell  25' Annan  30', 49', 50' Roche  61' L. Powell  63' Report Rimoldi  43' Umpires: Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP) Carola Heinrichs (GER)

22 July 1996 11:00 United States  3–2  South Korea Fuchs  5' Pankratz  25' Marois  70' Report Chang Eun-jung  49' Lee Eun-kyung  62' Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) Naomi Kato (JPN)

---

23 July 1996 09:00 Australia  1–0  Germany Roche  25' Report Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

23 July 1996 11:00 Spain  0–1  Argentina Report Rimoldi  44' Umpires: Janice McDonald (GBR) Miriam van Gemert (NED)

23 July 1996 17:30 Netherlands  1–3  South Korea de Ruiter  52' Report Chang Eun-jung  40', 63' Cho Eun-jung  44' Umpires: Renée Chatas (USA) Gill Clarke (GBR)

23 July 1996 20:00 United States  0–1  Great Britain Report Simpson  51' Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Laura Crespo (ARG)

---

25 July 1996 09:00 Spain  2–2  Great Britain Dorado  22' Gabellanes  55' Report Fraser  18' Johnson  66' Umpires: Lee Mi-ok (KOR) Renée Chatas (USA)

25 July 1996 11:00 Netherlands  4–3  Germany Dubbeldam  3' de Ruiter  21' Donners  52', 63' Report Becker  27', 43' Cremer  55' Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Margaret Lanning (CAN)

25 July 1996 17:30 Australia  3–3  South Korea Annan  32' Morris  35' K. Powell  70' Report Chang Eun-jung  39', 47' Cho Eun-jung  60' Umpires: Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP) Gill Clarke (GBR)

25 July 1996 20:00 United States  1–2  Argentina Marois  26' Report Masotta  5' MacKenzie  60' Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Carola Heinrichs (GER)

---

26 July 1996 17:30 United States  1–1  Germany Werley  54' Report Cremer  3' Umpires: Kazuko Yasueda (JPN) Janice McDonald (GBR)

26 July 1996 20:00 Australia  1–0  Great Britain Andrews  29' Report Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Naomi Kato (JPN)

---

27 July 1996 09:00 Spain  0–2  South Korea Report Chang Eun-jung  25' Lee Eun-young  48' Umpires: Carola Heinrichs (GER) Peri Buckley (AUS)

27 July 1996 11:00 Netherlands  4–1  Argentina Donners  5' de Ruiter  14', 45', 48' Report Masotta  39' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

---

28 July 1996 09:00 Germany  2–3  Great Britain Hentschel  29' Becker  38' Report Atkins  51', 69' Sixsmith  61' Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Laura Crespo (ARG)

28 July 1996 11:00 Australia  4–0  United States Morris  3' K. Powell  9' L. Powell  17' Kate Starre  24' Report Umpires: Gill Clarke (GBR) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

28 July 1996 17:30 Spain  2–4  Netherlands López  27' Barrio  60' Report de Ruiter  7', 11' Thate  29' Donners  51' Umpires: Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) Naomi Kato (JPN)

28 July 1996 20:00 Argentina  2–2  South Korea MacKenzie  10' Castelli  16' Report Cho Eun-jung  33' Chang Eun-jung  46' Umpires: Margaret Lanning (CAN) Renée Chatas (USA)

---

30 July 1996 09:00 Argentina  0–5  Great Britain Report Nicholls  8', 68' Sixsmith  13', 61', 67' Umpires: Peri Buckley (AUS) Renée Chatas (USA)

30 July 1996 11:00 Germany  0–1  South Korea Report Chang Eun-jung  31' Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Naomi Kato (JPN)

30 July 1996 17:30 Spain  0–2  United States Report Pankratz  18' Tchou  48' Umpires: Janice McDonald (GBR) Carola Heinrichs (GER)

30 July 1996 20:00 Australia  4–0  Netherlands Morris  45' Roche  60' Andrews  63' Annan  68' Report Umpires: Laura Crespo (ARG) Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

Medal round

Bronze medal match

1 August 1996 17:00 Great Britain  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands Report Penalties Cook Brown Fraser Robertson Johnson 3–4 Donners van den Boogaard Thate Lewin van der Wielen Umpires: Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP) Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Gold medal match

1 August 1996 19:30 Australia  3–1  South Korea Annan  14', 44' Powell  63' Report Cho Eun-jung  30' Umpires: Miram van Gemert (NED) Gill Clarke (GBR)

Statistics

Final ranking

1.  Australia
2.  South Korea
3.  Netherlands
4.  Great Britain
5.  United States
6.  Germany
7.  Argentina
8.  Spain

Scorers

8 goals

• Alyson Annan
• Chang Eun-jung

7 goals

• Wietske de Ruiter

6 goals

• Cho Eun-jung

4 goals

• Katrina Powell
• Jane Sixsmith
• Mijntje Donners

3 goals

• Danielle Roche
• Jenn Morris
• Lisa Powell
• Michelle Andrews
• Britta Becker
• Franziska Hentschel
• Marcia Pankratz

2 goals

• Jorgelina Rimoldi
• Karina Masotta
• Sofía MacKenzie
• Jill Atkins
• Mandy Nicholls
• Vanessa van Kooperen
• Ellen Kuipers
• Barbara Marois

1 goal

• María Castelli
• Kate Starre
• Rechelle Hawkes
• Renita Farrell
• Lucía López
• Maider Tellería
• Nagore Gabellanes
• Natalia Dorado
• Sonia Barrio
• Christine Cook
• Kathryn Johnson
• Rhona Simpson
• Susan Fraser
• Heike Lätzsch
• Melanie Cremer
• Choi Mi-soon
• Kwon Chang-sook
• Kwon Soo-hyun
• Lee Eun-kyung
• Lee Eun-young
• Carole Thate
• Jeannette Lewin
• Cindy Werley
• Liz Tchou
• Tracey Fuchs

References

1. "Hockey at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
2. Regulations

External links

• "Volume III – The Competition Results" (PDF). la84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2012.