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]

Field hockey at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Dates	18–30 July 1976
Teams	11
Medalists
New Zealand  Australia  Pakistan
← 1972 1980 →

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

Main article: Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	11	3	+8	10	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	3	0	2	14	6	+8	6[a]
3	India	5	3	0	2	12	9	+3	6[a]
4	Malaysia	5	2	0	3	3	7	−4	4
5	Canada (H)	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	2
6	Argentina	5	1	0	4	4	12	−8	2

Source: Olympedia
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. 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.

18 July 1976 10:00 India  4–0  Argentina Ajit  1', 66' Chand  17' Surjit  49' Report Umpires: Francis Steurs (BEL) Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)

18 July 1976 12:00 Australia  2–0  Malaysia Riley  28' Bell  68' Report Umpires: Fritz Seegers (FRG) Jaime Salvatella (ESP)

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19 July 1976 15:00 Netherlands  3–1  India Kruize  31' Litjens  47', 48' Report Philips  37' Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Graham Nash (GBR)

19 July 1976 17:00 Australia  3–0  Canada Walsh  16' Riley  20' Bell  41' Report Umpires: Jacky Manneback (BEL) Mohamed Abdel Gomaa (EGY)

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20 July 1976 10:00 Netherlands  2–0  Malaysia Litjens  41', 55' Report Umpires: Peter Jackson (GBR) Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)

20 July 1976 12:00 Canada  3–1  Argentina Hobkirk  20' Plummer  30' Hoos  48' Report J. Sabbione  60' Umpires: Fritz Seegers (FRG) Sheikh Mohammad Ramzan (PAK)

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21 July 1976 15:00 Australia  6–1  India Riley  13', 30', 50' Browning  26' Irvine  45' Smith  54' Report Surjit  21' Umpires: Alain Renaud (FRA) Fritz Seegers (FRG)

21 July 1976 17:00 Malaysia  2–0  Argentina Murugesan  68' Ow  69' Report Umpires: Graham Nash (GBR) Francis Steurs (BEL)

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22 July 1976 10:00 India  3–0  Canada Ajit  10' Philips  47', 69' Report Umpires: Jaime Salvatella (ESP) Mohamed Abdel Gomaa (EGY)

22 July 1976 12:00 Netherlands  2–1  Australia Kruize  12' Litjens  34' Report Bell  67' Umpires: Alain Renaud (FRA) Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)

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23 July 1976 15:00 Netherlands  1–0  Argentina Litjens  24' Report Umpires: Sheikh Mohammad Ramzan (PAK) Peter Jackson (GBR)

23 July 1976 17:00 Malaysia  1–0  Canada Poon  62' Report Umpires: Jacky Manneback (BEL) Jaime Salvatella (ESP)

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24 July 1976 10:00 India  3–0  Malaysia Ashok  4', 16' Surjit  60' Report Umpires: Graham Nash (GBR) Peter Jackson (GBR)

24 July 1976 12:00 Argentina  3–2  Australia Disera  30' Garraffo  42' Paolucci  48' Report Riley  22' Cooke  55' Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Fritz Seegers (FRG)

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25 July 1976 17:00 Netherlands  3–1  Canada Litjens  40', 59', 62' Report Motzek  3' Umpires: Francis Steurs (BEL) Mohamed Ghouse (IND)

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26 July 1976 13:00 Australia  1–1 (a.e.t.)  India Charlesworth  33' Report Surjit  34' Penalties Bell Haigh Walsh Smith Charlesworth 5–4 Surjit Ajit Pal Ashok Ajit Philips Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	4	3	1	0	16	6	+10	7	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	4	1	2	1	6	8	−2	4[a]
3	Spain	4	1	2	1	9	7	+2	4[a]
4	West Germany	4	1	1	2	10	10	0	3
5	Belgium	4	1	0	3	5	15	−10	2
6	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: Olympedia
Notes:

1. 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.

18 July 1976 15:00 Pakistan  5–0  Belgium Rashid  25', 36', 68' Hussain  52' Zaman  59' Report Umpires: Bob Davidzon (NED) Richard Jewell (AUS)

18 July 1976 17:00 West Germany  1–1  New Zealand Strödter  58' Report R. Patel  43' Umpires: Gulasingam Vijayanathan (MAS) Horacio Servetto (ARG)

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19 July 1976 10:00 Spain  2–2  Pakistan F. Fábregas  35' Amat  62' Report Hussain  10' Zaman  65' Umpires: Alain Renaud (FRA) Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)

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20 July 1976 15:00 Spain  1–1  New Zealand Amat  21' Report R. Patel  56' Umpires: Gulasingam Vijayanathan (MAS) Bob Davidzon (NED)

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21 July 1976 10:00 Pakistan  4–2  West Germany Zaman  22', 32' Hussain  38' Sheikh  54' Report Seifert  25' Peter  42' Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Horacio Servetto (ARG)

21 July 1976 12:00 New Zealand  2–1  Belgium Maister  10' Ineson  56' Report Miserque  69' Umpires: Mohamed Ghouse (IND) Jorge Trotta (ARG)

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22 July 1976 17:00 Spain  4–1  West Germany Sallés  9' Amat  31', 34', 57' Report Strödter  17' Umpires: Richard Jewell (AUS) Gulasingam Vijayanathan (MAS)

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23 July 1976 10:00 Belgium  3–2  Spain Dubois  11', 47' Gilles  61' Report Amat  9' J. Fábregas  54' Umpires: Mohamed Ghouse (IND) Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)

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24 July 1976 15:00 Pakistan  5–2  New Zealand Sheikh  5', 32' Zaman  9', 39' Khan  14' Report Borren  25' Ineson  47' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)

24 July 1976 17:00 West Germany  6–1  Belgium Peter  11' Krause  19' Lauruschkat  23' Vos  44' Trump  47' Kaessmann  67' Report M. Vanderborght  24' Umpires: Jorge Trotta (ARG) Bob Davidzon (NED)

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26 July 1976 16:00 New Zealand  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Spain R. Patel  90' Report Umpires: Gulasingam Vijayanathan (MAS) Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA)

Classification round

Ninth to eleventh place classification

	7–9th place semi-final				Ninth place
					29 July
					Canada	2
	28 July
					Belgium (a.e.t)	3
	Belgium (a.e.t)	3
	Argentina	2

9–11th place semi-final

28 July 1976 12:00 Belgium  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Argentina M. Vanderborght  10' Van Tuyckom  63', 96' Report Ruiz  4' Paolucci  52' Umpires: Richard Jewell (AUS) Bob Davidzon (NED)

Ninth place game

29 July 1976 10:00 Canada  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Belgium Hoos  33' Chohan  50' Report Dubois  48', 68' De Clynsen  96' Umpires: Jorge Trotta (ARG) Sheikh Mohammad Ramzan (PAK)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	29 July
	India	2
					30 July
	West Germany	3
					West Germany	9
	29 July
					Spain	1
	Spain	2
	Malaysia	1
					Seventh place
					30 July
					India	2
					Malaysia	0

5–8th place semi-finals

29 July 1976 12:00 Spain  2–1  Malaysia Amat  7' Ja. Arbós  58' Report Wong  42' Umpires: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED)

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29 July 1976 17:00 India  2–3  West Germany Mohinder  20' Ajit Pal  66' Report Strödter  38', 62' Dröse  60' Umpires: Richard Jewell (AUS) Graham Nash (GBR)

Seventh place game

30 July 1976 10:00 India  2–0  Malaysia Aslam Sher  55', 59' Report Umpires: Peter Paul Lathouwers (NED) Bob Davidzon (NED)

Fifth place game

30 July 1976 12:00 West Germany  9–1  Spain Seifert  15', 65' Dopp  24' Peter  39' Dröse  40' Strödter  42', 45', 63' Lauruschkat  56' Report Sallés  56' Umpires: Louis-Michel Gillet (FRA) Mohamed Ghouse (IND)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	29 July
	Netherlands	1
					30 July
	New Zealand (a.e.t)	2
					New Zealand	1
	29 July
					Australia	0
	Pakistan	1
	Australia	2
					Bronze medal match
					30 July
					Netherlands	2
					Pakistan	3

Semi-finals

28 July 1976 15:00 Pakistan  1–2  Australia Rasool  1' Report Riley  32' Irvine  59' Umpires: Fritz Seegers (FRG) Gulasingam Vijayanathan (MAS)

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28 July 1976 17:00 Netherlands  1–2 (a.e.t.)  New Zealand Kranenberg  26' Report Borren  29' Ineson  87' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) Alain Renaud (FRA)

Bronze medal match

30 July 1976 15:00 Netherlands  2–3  Pakistan Litjens  33', 58' Report Rasool  14' Khan  53' Hussain  68' Umpires: Horacio Servetto (ARG) Gulasingam Vijayanathan (MAS)

Gold medal match

30 July 1976 17:00 New Zealand  1–0  Australia Ineson  42' Report Umpires: Alain Renaud (FRA) Fritz Seegers (FRG)

Statistics

Final standings

1.  New Zealand
2.  Australia
3.  Pakistan
4.  Netherlands
5.  West Germany
6.  Spain
7.  India
8.  Malaysia
9.  Belgium
10.  Canada
11.  Argentina

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
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

1. "Hockey at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

External links

• Official Report