1996 Summer Olympics / Hockey

Olympic hockey tournament 1996
Men's
Number of nations	12
Olympic champion	Netherlands
venue	Atlanta
Stadion	Alonzo Herndon Stadium Clark Atlanta University Stadium
opening	July 20, 1996
Endgame	2nd August 1996
← 1992 2000 →

Olympic hockey tournament 1996
Ladies
Number of nations	8th
Olympic champion	Australia
venue	Atlanta
Stadion	Alonzo Herndon Stadium Clark Atlanta University Stadium
opening	July 20, 1996
Endgame	August 1, 1996
← 1992 2000 →

At the XXVI. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, there were two hockey competitions. In the play-offs no extra time was played, but a seven-meter shoot-out was carried out immediately. The interchanging rule was applied for the first time at the Olympic Games : up to 16 players could be used in one game.

Men's

Game mode

As in the games since 1984, the 12 participants played in two groups A and B, then the cross-over games and then the final.

Group A

Spain and Germany qualified for the semi-finals.
20th of July	09:00	Germany - Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)
	17:30	Pakistan - USA	4: 0 (3: 0)
	20:00	India - Argentina	0: 1 (0: 0)
22nd of July	09:00	Pakistan - Spain	0: 3 (0: 2)
	17:30	Germany - India	1: 1 (0: 0)
	20:00	USA - Argentina	2: 5 (0: 5)
24th July	09:00	USA - India	0: 4 (0: 2)
	17:30	Spain - Argentina	2: 1 (0: 1)
	20:00	Germany - Pakistan	3: 1 (1: 0)
July 26th	09:00	Germany - Argentina	3: 0 (2: 0)
	17:30	Pakistan - India	0: 0 (0: 0)
	20:00	Spain - USA	7: 1 (3: 0)
July 28th	09:00	Pakistan - Argentina	6: 2 (1: 1)
	17:30	Germany - USA	3: 0 (3: 0)
	20:00	Spain - India	1: 3 (1: 1)

Table group A
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Spain	5	14: 5	8th
2.	Germany	5	10: 3	7th
3.	India	5	8: 3	6th
4th	Pakistan	5	11: 8	5
5.	Argentina	5	9:13	4th
6th	United States	5	3:23	0

Group B

The Netherlands and Australia qualified for the semi-finals.
21 July	09:00	Netherlands - Malaysia	2: 0 (2: 0)
	17:30	Great Britain - South Korea	2: 2 (1: 1)
	20:00	South Africa - Australia	1: 1 (0: 1)
July 23	09:00	Netherlands - Great Britain	2: 2 (1: 1)
	17:30	Malaysia - South Africa	2: 2 (0: 1)
	20:00	Australia - South Korea	3: 2 (2: 2)
July 25th	09:00	South Korea - South Africa	3: 3 (1: 0)
	17:30	Malaysia - Great Britain	2: 2 (1: 0)
	20:00	Netherlands - Australia	3: 2 (2: 2)
July 27th	09:00	Malaysia - Australia	1: 5 (0: 4)
	17:30	South Africa - Great Britain	0: 2 (0: 2)
	20:00	Netherlands - South Korea	3: 1 (0: 1)
29th of July	09:00	Great Britain - Australia	0: 2 (0: 2)
	17:30	Malaysia - South Korea	2: 4 (0: 1)
	20:00	Netherlands - South Africa	4: 1 (3: 0)

Table group B
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Netherlands	5	14: 6	9
2.	Australia	5	13: 7	7th
3.	Great Britain	5	8: 8	5
4th	South Korea	5	12:13	4th
5.	South Africa	5	7:12	3
6th	Malaysia	5	7:15	2

qualification

July 31	08:30	Argentina - Malaysia	4: 4 (1: 1) 3: 0 iS	for 9-12
	08:30	USA - South Africa	0: 3 (0: 3)	for 9-12
	11:00	Great Britain - Pakistan	1: 2 (1: 1)	to place 5-8
	11:00	India - South Korea	3: 3 (1: 1) 3: 5 iS	to place 5-8
	17:30	Spain - Australia	2: 1 (0: 0)	Semifinals
	20:00	Germany - Netherlands	1: 3 (1: 0)	Semifinals

final

August 1st	08:30	USA - Malaysia	1: 4 (0: 1)	for 11th place
	08:30	South Africa - Argentina	2: 3 (1: 1)	for 9th place
	11:00	India - Great Britain	3: 4 (2: 1)	for 7th place
August 2nd	08:30	Pakistan - South Korea	1: 3 (1: 2)	for 5th place
	17:00	Australia - Germany	3: 2 (0: 1)	for 3rd place
	7:30 p.m.	Spain - Netherlands	1: 3 (0: 0)	Endgame

Ranking list
space	team
1.	Netherlands
2.	Spain
3.	Australia
4th	Germany
5.	South Korea
6th	Pakistan
7th	Great Britain
8th.	India
9.	Argentina
10.	South Africa
11.	Malaysia
12.	United States

Medalist

			4th
Netherlands	Spain	Australia	Germany
Floris Jan Bovelander Guus Vogels Maurits Crucq Jacques Brinkman Tycho van Meer Marc Delissen Ronald Jansen Jeroen Delmee Bram Lomans Taco van den Honert Ronald Jansen Teun de Nooijer Erik Jazet Remco van Wijk Wouter van Pelt Leo Klein Gebbink Stephan Veen	Juantxo Garcia-Maurino Ramon Jufresa Oscar Barrena Joaquin Malgosa Jordi Arnau Xavier Escude Jaime Amat Juan Escarre Victor Pujol Ignacio Cobos Javier Arnau Antonio Gonzales Ramon Sala Juan Dinares Pablo Amat Pablo Usoz	Mark Hager Grant Smith Stephen Davies Baeden Choppy Lachlan Elmer Brendan Garard Stuart Carruthers Damon Diletti Lachlan Dreher Paul Gaudoin Paul Snowden Lewis Matthew Smith Jay Stacy Ken Wark Daniel Sproule Michael York	Christoph Bechmann Andreas Becker Patrick Bellenbaum Christian Blunck Oliver Domke Björn Emmerling Carsten Fischer Volker Fried Michael Green Michael Knauth Christian Mayerhöfer Sven Meinhardt Klaus Michler Christopher Reitz Stefan Saliger Jan-Peter Tewes

Ladies

Game mode

The 8 participants played each against each other in a group. The first two in the table played for gold, the third and fourth for bronze. The other placements resulted from the table.

Main round

Spain and Germany qualified for the semi-finals.
20th of July	09:00	USA - Netherlands	1: 1 (0: 0)
	11:00	Australia - Spain	4: 0 (1: 0)
	17:30	Argentina - Germany	0: 2 (0: 2)
	20:00	South Korea - Great Britain	5: 0 (1: 0)
21 July	17:30	Spain - Germany	4: 0 (1: 0)
	20:00	Netherlands - Great Britain	1: 1 (1: 0)
22nd of July	09:00	Australia - Argentina	7: 1 (3: 0)
	11:00	USA - South Korea	3: 2 (2: 0)
July 23	09:00	Australia - Germany	1: 0 (1: 0)
	11:00	Spain - Argentina	0: 1 (0: 0)
	17:30	Netherlands - South Korea	1: 3 (0: 0)
	20:00	USA - UK	0: 1 (0: 0)
July 25th	09:00	Spain - Great Britain	2: 2 (1: 1)
	11:00	Netherlands - Germany	4: 3 (2: 1)
	17:30	Australia - South Korea	3: 3 (2: 0)
	20:00	USA - Argentina	1: 2 (1: 1)
July 26th	17:30	USA - Germany	1: 1 (0: 1)
	20:00	Australia - Great Britain	1: 0 (1: 0)
July 27th	09:00	Spain - South Korea	0: 2 (0: 1)
	11:00	Netherlands - Argentina	4: 1 (2: 0)
July 28th	09:00	Germany - Great Britain	2: 3 (1: 0)
	11:00	Australia - USA	4: 0 (4: 0)
	17:30	Spain - Netherlands	2: 4 (1: 3)
	20:00	Argentina - South Korea	2: 2 (2: 1)
30th July	09:00	Argentina - Great Britain	0: 5 (0: 2)
	11:00	Germany - South Korea	0: 1 (0: 1)
	17:30	Spain - USA	0: 2 (0: 1)
	20:00	Australia - Netherlands	4: 0 (0: 0)

table
space	team	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Australia	7th	24: 4	13
2.	South Korea	7th	18: 9	10
3.	Great Britain	7th	12:11	8th
4th	Netherlands	7th	15:15	8th
5.	United States	7th	8:11	6th
6th	Germany	7th	10:11	5
7th	Argentina	7th	7:21	5
8th.	Spain	7th	5:17	1

final

The Australians won the Olympic hockey tournament for the second time after Seoul in 1988 .
August 1st	17:00	Great Britain - Netherlands	0: 0 (0: 0) 3: 4 iS	for 3rd place
	7:30 p.m.	Australia - South Korea	3: 1 (1: 1)	Endgame

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

Medalist

			4th
Australia	South Korea	Netherlands	Great Britain
Michelle Andrews Alyson Annan Louise Dobson Renita Farrell Juliet Haslam Rechelle Hawkes Clover Maitland Karen Marsden Jenny Morris Nova Peris-Kneebone Jackie Pereira Katrina Powell Lisa Powell Danni Roche Kate Starre Liane Tooth	Chang Eun-jung Cho Eun-jung Choi Eun-kyung Choi Mi-soon Jeon Young-sun Jin Deok-san Kim Myung-ok Kwon Soo-hyun Kwon Chang-sook Lee Eun-kyung Lee Eun-young Lee Ji-young Lim Jeong -sook Oh Seung-shin Woo Hyun-jung You Jae-sook	Suzanne Plesman Dillianne van den Boogaard Florentine Steenberghe Willemijn Duyster Mijntje Donners Fleur van de Kieft Nicole Koolen Jeannette Lewin Wietske de Ruiter Ellen Kuipers Margje Teeuwen Carole Thate Jacqueline Toxopeus Stella de Heij Noor Holsboer Suzan van der Wielen	Joanne Thompson Hilary Rose Christine Cook Tina Cullen Karen Brown Jill Atkins Sue Fraser Rhona Simpson Mandy Nicholls Jane Sixsmith Pauline Robertson Jo Mold Tammy Miller Anna Bennett Mandy Davies Kathryn Johnson

Team Germany

Germany
Britta Becker Birgit Beyer Melanie Cremer Tanja Dickenscheid Nadine Ernsting-Krienke Eva Hagenbäumer Franziska Hentschel Katrin Kauschke Natascha Keller Irina Kuhnt Heike Lätzsch Kristina Peters Philippa Suxdorf Simone Thomaschinski Vanessa van Kooperen Susanne Wollschläger

Literature, sources

• Official report on the Olympic Games in Atlanta, volume one (PDF; 42.8 MB)
• Official report on the Olympic Games in Atlanta, volume two (PDF; 53.7 MB)
• Official report on the Olympic Games in Atlanta, volume three (PDF; 28.2 MB)
• www.hockey.de: Olympic Games Atlanta 1996
• www.sports-reference.com: Hockey at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games