1960 Summer Olympics / Hockey

Olympic hockey tournament 1960
Men's
Number of nations	16
Olympic champion	Pakistan
venue	Rome
Stadion	Velodrome marble stadium Campo Tre Fontane
opening	August 26, 1960
Endgame	September 11, 1960
← 1956 1964 →

At the XVII. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , a competition in hockey (men) was held. The hockey tournament lasted from August 26th to September 11th. The venues were the Velodrome, the Marble Stadium (Stadio del Marmi) and the Campo Tre Fontane.

Tournament mode

Scene from the game New Zealand versus Netherlands

With 16 participants and 45 games, the tournament in Rome was the largest Olympic hockey tournament to date. It was played in four preliminary round groups:

• Group A: Denmark, India, New Zealand, Netherlands
• Group B: Australia, Japan, Pakistan, Poland
• Group C: Germany, France, Italy, Kenya
• Group D: Belgium, Great Britain, Switzerland, Spain

Since only the points counted for the table order, playoffs had to be played in groups A and B.

The first two of each preliminary group made it to the quarter-finals. Who lost there, played for places 5-8, the quarter-final winners made it to the semi-finals. The group fourth then played from places 13-15, as Denmark waived. The group third played from places 9-11, as Poland waived.

German team

Since the NOK of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR did not agree on a common team, qualifying games with a home and return leg were scheduled. After the first round, each team had won a game. Therefore a second round was necessary. In this, the highly favored selection of the German Hockey Association prevailed against the selection of the German Hockey Sports Association . The results:

• Round 1: first leg on April 24, 1960 in Cologne, FRG - GDR 3: 0, second leg on April 30, 1960 in Jena, GDR - FRG 4: 1
• Round 2: first leg on May 26, 1960 in Cologne, FRG - GDR 0: 0, second leg on June 5, 1960 in Jena: GDR - FRG 0: 3

Group games

Group A

India won all three group games and advanced to the semi-finals. The playoff for second place in the group won New Zealand, which qualified for the quarter-finals.
August 27	15:00	India - Denmark	10: 0 (5: 0)
	16:30	New Zealand - Netherlands	1: 1 (1: 1)
August 30th	16:30	India - Netherlands	4: 1 (1: 1)
August 31	16:30	New Zealand - Denmark	4: 1 (3: 1)
September 2nd	16:30	India - New Zealand	3: 0 (1: 0)
September 3	10:00	Denmark - Netherlands	2: 4 (1: 0)
September 4th	3:30 p.m.	New Zealand - Netherlands	2: 1 (1: 1)	for place 2A

Table group A
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	India	3	17: 1	6th
2.	New Zealand	3	5: 5	3
	Netherlands	3	6: 7	3
4th	Denmark	3	3:18	0

Group B

Pakistan won all three group games and advanced to the semi-finals. The play-off for second place in the group won Australia, which qualified for the quarter-finals.
26th of August	10:00	Pakistan - Australia	3: 0 (0: 0)
	15:00	Japan - Poland	1: 2 (0: 1)
29th August	16:30	Pakistan - Poland	8: 0 (4: 0)
August 30th	16:30	Japan - Australia	1: 8 (1: 6)
September 1	10:00	Pakistan - Japan	10: 0 (4: 0)
	16:30	Australia - Poland	1: 1 (0: 0)
September 3	08:30	Australia - Poland	2: 0 (0: 0)	for 2nd place

Table group B
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Pakistan	3	21: 0	6th
2.	Australia	3	9: 5	3
	Poland Poland	3	3:10	3
4th	Japan	3	2:20	0

Group C

Kenya and Germany qualified for the quarter-finals.
29th August	10:00	Germany - Kenya	0: 1 (0: 0)
	15:00	Italy - France	0: 2 (0: 1)
August 31	10:00	Germany - France	5: 0 (2: 0)
September 1	15:00	Italy - Kenya	0: 7 (0: 3)
September 3	15:00	Germany - Italy	5: 0 (2: 0)
	10:00	Kenya - France	0: 0 (0: 0)

Table group C
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Kenya	3	8-0	5
2.	Germany	3	10: 1	4th
3.	France	3	2: 5	3
4th	Italy	3	0:14	0

Group D

Spain and Great Britain qualified for the quarter-finals.
26th of August	16:30	Great Britain - Spain	0: 0 (0: 0)
August 27	10:00	Switzerland - Belgium	2: 4 (1: 1)
August 30th	15:00	Great Britain - Belgium	1: 1 (1: 0)
August 31	15:00	Switzerland - Spain	1: 5 (1: 4)
September 2nd	10:00	Great Britain - Switzerland	3: 0 (1: 0)
	15:00	Spain - Belgium	3: 1 (2: 0)

Table group D
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Spain	3	8: 2	5
2.	Great Britain	3	4: 1	4th
3.	Belgium	3	6: 6	3
4th	Switzerland	3	3:12	0

Placement games

Quarter finals

The winners qualified for the semi-finals, the losers played for places 5-8.
5th September	09:00	India - Australia	1: 0 a.d. (0: 0, 0: 0)
	10:30	Kenya - Great Britain	1: 2 n.v. (1: 1, 1: 0)
	14:30	Pakistan - Germany	2: 1 (1: 0)
	16:00	Spain - New Zealand	1: 0 a.d. (0: 0, 0: 0)

Ranking 13-16

Denmark waived and took 16th place. Places 13-15 were played in a simple round.
September 6th	16:30	Italy - Switzerland	1: 1 (1: 1)
September 8th	09:00	Japan - Switzerland	5: 1 (1: 0)
September 10	15:00	Italy - Japan	2: 1 (1: 1)

Ranking 13-16
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Italy	3	3: 2	3
2.	Japan	3	6: 3	2
3.	Switzerland	3	2: 1	1

Placement 9-12

Poland waived and took 12th place. Places 9-12 were played in a simple round.
September 6th	15:00	France - Belgium	1: 0 (1: 0)
September 8th	10:30	Netherlands - France	2: 0 (2: 0)
September 10	10:00	Netherlands - Belgium	2: 1 (0: 0)

Placement 9-12
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	4: 1	4th
2.	France	3	1: 2	2
3.	Belgium	3	1: 3	0

Rank 5–8

For the places 5–8, two qualifying games were played first, then the winners for place 5 played the losers for place 7. The game between Australia and Kenya was still a draw after 40 minutes of extra time. Because of the falling darkness, the referees decided by tossing a coin that Australia would be the winner. Australia then also played the game for 5th place the next day, but Kenya successfully protested, a second qualifying game was scheduled and the game for 5th place was canceled. The game for 7th place was not played. Germany could not compete for "unforeseeable reasons", as the IOC report says. Germany and Kenya were therefore both placed 7th.
September 8th	15:00	Germany - New Zealand	0: 1 (0: 0)
	16:30	Australia - Kenya	1: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)
September 10	16:30	Australia - Kenya	2: 1 (0: 0)
the 9th of September	08:30	Australia - New Zealand	2: 1 (0: 1)	at place 5 - canceled
September 11	09:00	New Zealand - Australia	1: 0 (0: 0)	for 5th place

 

final

7th of September	10:00	Pakistan - Spain	1: 0 (1: 0)	Semifinals
	3:30 p.m.	India - Great Britain	1: 0 (1: 0)	Semifinals
the 9th of September	10:00	Spain - Great Britain	2: 1 (1: 1)	for 3rd place
	3:30 p.m.	Pakistan - India	1: 0 (1: 0)	Endgame

Ranking list
space	team
1.	Pakistan
2.	India
3.	Spain
4th	Great Britain
5.	New Zealand
6th	Australia
7th	Kenya
	Germany
9.	Netherlands
10.	France
11.	Belgium
12.	Poland Poland
13.	Italy
14th	Japan
15th	Switzerland
16.	Denmark

Medalist

			4th
Pakistan	India	Spain	Great Britain
Abdul Hamid Anwar Ahmad Khan Bashir Ahmad Mustaq Ahmad Munir Ahmad Dar Nasir Ahmad Noor Alam Habib Ali Kiddi Khurshid Aslam Manzoor Hussain Atif Abdul Rashid Ghulam Rasul Mutih Ullah Abdul Waheed	Joseph Antic Leslie Claudius Mohinder Lal Shankar Laxman John Peter Govind Sawant Jaman Lal Sharma Charanjit Singh Jaswant Singh Joginder Singh Raghbir Singh Bhola Prithipal Singh Udham Singh	Pedro Amat Fontanals Francisco Caballer Soteras José Colomer Rivas Juan Angel Cazado de Castro Carlos Del Coso Iglesias Eduardo Dualde Santos de Lamadrid José Antonio Dinares Massagué Joaquin Dualde Santos de Lamadrid Rafael Egusquiza Basterra Pedro Murúa Leguizamom Ignacio Macaya Santos de Lamadrid Luis Maria Usoz Quintana Pedro Roig Junyent Narciso Ventalló Surralles	Patrick Austen John Bell Harold Cahill Denys John Carnill Peter Croft Colin Henry Dale Francis Howard Davis John Hindle Charles Jones Neil Livingstone Stuart Mayes Derek Miller John Neill Christopher Saunders-Griffiths Frederick Hugh Scott Ian Taylor

Teams Germany, Switzerland

Germany	Switzerland
Utz Aichinger Willi Brendel Christian Büchting Hugo Budinger Werner Delmes Wolfgang End Eberhard Ferstl Klaus Greinert Carsten Keller Peter Kranich Dieter Krause Klaus Lauth Alfred Lücker Helmut Nonn Norbert Schuler Günther Ullerich Herbert Winters Klaus Woeller	Walther Arber Jean Giubbini Jean Glarner Werner Hausmann Kurt Locher Georges Mathys Albert Piaget Gilbert Recordon Werner Schmid Hans Straub Kurt von Arx René Widmer Heinz Wirz, Walther Wirz Roger Zanetti Roland Zaninetti

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1. ^ Official IOC Report 1960 (PDF; 20.3 MB), Vol. 2, Pt. 1, p. 456
2. ^ Official IOC Report 1960 (PDF; 20.3 MB), Vol. 2, Pt. 1, p. 455
3. ^ Official IOC Report 1960 (PDF; 20.3 MB), Vol. 2, Pt. 1, p. 453
4. ^ Official IOC Report 1960 (PDF; 20.3 MB), Vol. 2, Pt. 1, p. 454

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