Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Hockey Stadium
Dates	4–15 August 1936
Teams	11
Medalists
India  Germany  Netherlands
← 1932 1948 →

The field hockey tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the fifth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.^[1]

All games took place either in the Hockey Stadion or on the Hockey Stadion Field No.2. Both of the field hockey grounds were near the Olympic Stadium located on the Reichssportfeld. The competition was held from 4 August 1936 to 15 August 1936. The field hockey matches saw a total attendance of 184,103 and 157,531 tickets were sold. The Indian team scored 38 goals, but only 1 goal was scored against them. British India were the Gold medalists.

Only a men's competition occurred that year.

Medal summary[]

India's field hockey team, captained by hockey wizard Dhyan Chand (standing second from left), was the gold medal winner

Gold	Silver	Bronze
India (IND) Richard Allen Dhyan Chand Ali Dara Lionel Emmett Peter Fernandes Joseph Galibardy Earnest Goodsir-Cullen Mohammed Hussain Sayed Jaffar Ahmed Khan Ahsan Khan Mirza Masood Cyril Michie Baboo Nimal Joseph Phillips Shabban Shahab-ud-Din G.S. Garewal Roop Singh Carlyle Tapsell	Germany (GER) Hermann auf der Heide Ludwig Beisiegel Erich Cuntz Karl Dröse Alfred Gerdes Werner Hamel Harald Huffmann Erwin Keller Herbert Kemmer Werner Kubitzki Paul Mehlitz Karl Menke Fritz Messner Detlef Okrent Heinrich Peter Heinz Raack Carl Ruck Hans Scherbart Heinz Schmalix Tito Warnholtz Kurt Weiß Erich Zander	Netherlands (NED) Ernst van den Berg Piet Gunning Ru van der Haar Inge Heybroek Tonny van Lierop Henk de Looper Jan de Looper Aat de Roos Hans Schnitger René Sparenberg Rein de Waal Max Westerkamp

Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows also only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament. The reserve players are not listed as medalists.

Squads[]

Results[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	6	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	8	11	−3	4
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	2
4	United States	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

5 August 1936 16:30 Japan  5–1  United States Report Umpires: J. Schenkmann (SUI) A. Lepètre (FRA)

5 August 1936 18:00 India  4–0  Hungary Singh  25', 39', ?' Jaffar Report Umpires: Jaap Quarles Van Ufford (NED) A. Demaurex (SUI)

7 August 1936 18:00 India  7–0  United States Chand  ?', ?' Singh  ?', ?' Jaffar  ?', ?' Goodsir-Cullen Report Umpires: R. Marsily (BEL) H. Röhrig (GER)

8 August 1936 18:00 Japan  3–1  Hungary Report

10 August 1936 16:30 India  9–0  Japan Report

10 August 1936 18:00 Hungary  3–1  United States Report

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	4	Semi-finals
2	Afghanistan	2	0	1	1	7	10	−3	1
3	Denmark	2	0	1	1	6	12	−6	1

4 August 1936 18:00 Afghanistan  6–6  Denmark Report

6 August 1936 18:00 Germany  6–0  Denmark Report

8 August 1936 16:30 Germany  4–1  Afghanistan Report

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	5	Semi-finals
2	France	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Belgium	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2

4 August 1936 16:30 France  1–0   Switzerland Report

4 August 1936 18:00 Belgium  2–2  Netherlands Report

6 August 1936 16:30 Netherlands  4–1   Switzerland Report

7 August 1936 18:00 Belgium  2–2  France Report

9 August 1936 16:30 Switzerland   2–1  Belgium Report

9 August 1936 18:00 Netherlands  3–1  France Report

Consolation round[]

11 August 1936 Afghanistan  4–1  Belgium

11 August 1936 Switzerland   5–1  Denmark

13 August 1936 Hungary  1–0  Belgium

13 August 1936 Afghanistan  3–0  United States Sultan  15', 39' Shuja ud-Din  59' Report

13 August 1936 Japan  4–1  Denmark

Medal round[]

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	12 August
	India	10
					15 August
	France	0
					India	8
	12 August
					Germany	1
	Germany	3
	Netherlands	0
					Bronze medal match
					14 August
					Netherlands	4
					France	3

Semi-finals[]

12 August 1936 16:30 India  10–0  France Chand  ?', ?', ?', ?' Dara  ?', ?' Singh  ?', ?' Tapsell  ?' Shahab-ud-Din  ?' Report

12 August 1936 18:00 Germany  3–0  Netherlands

Bronze medal match[]

14 August 1936 16:30 Netherlands  4–3  France

Gold medal match[]

15 August 1936 11:00 India  8–1  Germany Chand  32', 44', 45', 70' Tapsell  43' Jaffar  56' Dara  62', ?' Report Weiß  51'

The final was originally scheduled also on 14 August, just after the bronze medal match. But due to incessant rain, the ground was unplayable and the match was postponed to the following morning.

Participating nations[]

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 22 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 214 field hockey players were entered.

A total of 161(*) field hockey players from 11 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

•  Afghanistan (12 - from a squad of 18)
•  Belgium (12 - from a squad of 22)
•  Denmark (13 - from a squad of 17)
•  France (18 - from a squad of 22)
•  Germany (22)
•  Hungary (15 - from a squad of 21)
•  India (19 - from a squad of 22)
•  Japan (11 - from a squad of 15)
•  Netherlands (12 - from a squad of 18)
•  Switzerland (13 - from a squad of 22)
•  United States (14 - from a squad of 15)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. The consolation rounds did not count.

There are only a few reserve players known. Five players from Belgium, three players from Denmark, and two players from Japan only competed in the consolation rounds, but not all their names are known.

Final standings[]

1.  India
2.  Germany
3.  Netherlands
4.  France
5.   Switzerland
6.  Afghanistan
7.  Japan
8.  Hungary
9.  Belgium
10.  Denmark
11.  United States

References[]

External links[]

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2008.