1952 Summer Olympics / Hockey

Olympic hockey tournament 1952
Men's
Number of nations	12
Olympic champion	India
venue	Helsinki
Stadion	Velodrome
opening	July 15, 1952
Endgame	July 25, 1952
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki , a competition in hockey (men) was held. The number of participants was set at a maximum of twelve by the IOC in 1950, including the host Finland. The main tournament games took place in the Velodrome .

Tournament mode

The world hockey federation FIH compiled a ranking of the 16 potential participants: 1. India, 2. Pakistan, 3. Netherlands, 4. Great Britain, 5. Belgium, 6. Denmark, 7. France, 8. Spain, 9. Switzerland, 10. Argentina , 11th Austria, 12th USA, 13th Finland, as well as successors 1st Germany, 2nd Italy, 3rd Poland. After Spain, Denmark, Argentina and the USA canceled, all other nations could take part in the tournament.

The twelve participants played the medals in the knockout system . The four byes in the first round received the first four of the ranking list drawn up by the FIH. The winners of the preliminary round and the four seeded played the quarter-finals, the winners of the quarter-finals made it to the semi-finals. The losers in the semi-finals played for bronze, the winners for gold.

Further placement games - also in the knockout system - have taken place, but are not listed in the official IOC report. In consolation round 1, the losers in the quarterfinals played against the losers in the preliminary round. The winners played in consolation round 2, then the winners played for 5th place, the losers for 7th place. The losers in consolation round 1 remained unplaced.

Main tournament

Preliminary round

15th of July	18:00	Austria - Switzerland	2: 1 (1: 0)
15th of July	7:30 p.m.	Belgium - Finland	6: 0 (1: 0)
16th of July	18:00	Germany - Poland	7: 2 (1: 2)
16th of July	7:30 p.m.	France - Italy	5: 0 (4: 0)

Quarter finals

17th July	18:00	India - Austria	4: 0 (1: 0)
17th July	7:30 p.m.	Great Britain - Belgium	1: 0 (1: 0)
July 18th	18:00	Germany - Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 0)
July 18th	7:30 p.m.	Pakistan - France	6: 0 (1: 0)

Semifinals

20th of July	18:00	India - Great Britain	3: 1 (3: 1)
20th of July	7:30 p.m.	Netherlands - Pakistan	1: 0 (1: 0)

final

22nd of July	19:00	Great Britain - Pakistan	2: 1 (2: 1)	3rd place match
24th July	17:00	India - Netherlands	6: 1 (4: 0)	Endgame

Consolation tournament

Consolation round 1

The first game between Belgium and Poland on July 22nd ended 4-3 after an illegal extra time. This game was rescheduled after the Poles protested.
22nd of July		Germany - Finland	7: 0 (3: 0)	5th - 12th place
22nd of July		Austria - Italy	2: 0 (2: 0)	5th - 12th place
22nd of July		Switzerland - France	2: 1 (0: 0)	5th - 12th place
July 23		Belgium - Poland	0: 1 (0: 1)	5th - 12th place

Consolation round 2

July 23		Germany - Austria	2: 1 (2: 1)	5th - 8th place
24th July		Poland - Switzerland	1: 0 (1: 0)	5th - 8th place

placement

The game for 7th place did not take place. In the rankings, Austria and Switzerland are partially ranked 7th together.
July 25th		Austria - Switzerland	AUT without a fight	Game for 7th place
July 25th		Germany - Poland	4: 0 (1: 0)	Play for 5th place

The winning team with the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

Ranking list
space	team
1.	India
2.	Netherlands
3.	Great Britain
4th	Pakistan
5.	Germany
6th	Poland
7th	Austria
8th.	Switzerland
9.	France
	Belgium
	Finland
	Italy

Medalist

			4th
India	Netherlands	Great Britain	Pakistan
Leslie Claudius Meldric Daluz Keshav Datt Chinadori Deshmutu Ranganathan Francis Raghbir Lal Govind Perumal Muniswamy Rajgopal Balbir Singh Dharam Singh Grahanandan Singh Kunwar Singh Randhir Singh Gentle Udham Singh	Jules Ancion André Boerstra Harry Derckx Han Drijver Dick Esser Roepie Kruize Dick Loggere Lau Mulder Eddy Tiel Wim van Heel Leonard Wery	Denys Carnill John Cockett John Conroy Graham Dadds Derek Day Dennis Eagan Robin Fletcher Roger Midgley Richard Norris Neil Nugent Anthony Nunn Anthony John Robinson John Paskin Taylor	Manzoor Hussain Atif Jack Britto Abdul Hamid Mahmoodul Hassan Asghar Ali Khan Muhammad Niaz Khan Habib Ali Kiddie Malik Aziz Abdul Latif Mir Habibur Rehman Latif-ur-Rehman Abdul Waheed

Teams Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Germany	Austria	Switzerland
Günther Brennecke Hugo Budinger Hugo Dollheiser Hans-Jürgen Dollheiser Wilfried Grube Friedrich Hidding Alfred Lücker Carl-Ludwig Peters Werner Rosenbaum Karl-Heinz "Zam" Schmidt Heinz Schütz Rolf Stoltenberg Wilhelm Suhren Heino Thielemann Günther Ullerich	Kurt Dvorak Karl Holzapfel Walter Kaitna Alfred Knoll Hermann Knoll Johann Koller Josef Matz Josef Pecanka Robert Pecanka Ernst Schala Josef Schimmer Franz Strachota	Jean-Pierre Bolomey Kurt Goldschmid Hans Grüner Rudolf Keller Fridolin Kurmann Kurt Müller Gilbert Recordon Jean-Pierre Roche Fritz Stuhlinger Hugo Vonlanthen Roger Zanetti

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Official IOC Report 1952 (PDF; 31.1 MB) p. 690 ff.
2. ↑ File: Results-hockeyturnier-os-1952.jpg .

• Official IOC Report 1952 (PDF; 31.1 MB)
• FIH Homepage Note: after the relaunch, the data on the Olympic Games can no longer be fully accessed.
• Austria Hockey - Photos: Olympic Games in Helsinki 1952
• www.hockey.de Hockey History → Olympic Games