Hockey was first part of the program at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, and has been without interruption since 1928 . The women's competition was added in 1980 .
Australia became an Olympic champion in hockey for the first time. It defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in extra time in the final. The Golden Goal scored Jamie Dwyer . The German team won the game for third place against Spain 4: 3, also after extra time. Björn Michel scored the golden goal in the 80th minute.
Tournament mode
As in 2000 in Sydney , the men first played in two groups of six, A and B. Then the placements were determined in the knockout system . The first and second in the group played the semi-finals and then for the medals. The third and fourth of the groups played for places five to eight, the fifth and sixth for places nine to twelve.
Group A
Due to the better goal difference, Spain took first place ahead of Germany. Both qualified for the semifinals.
15th of August
South Korea - Spain
1: 1 (1: 0)
Germany - Pakistan
2: 1 (2: 0)
Great Britain - Egypt
3: 1 (1: 0)
17th August
South Korea - Great Britain
3: 2 (0: 1)
Egypt - Pakistan
0: 7 (0: 5)
Spain - Germany
1: 1 (1: 0)
August 19th
Pakistan - South Korea
3: 0 (0: 0)
Germany - Egypt
6: 1 (1: 1)
Great Britain - Spain
1: 5 (0: 3)
August 21
Egypt - South Korea
0:11 (0: 3)
Spain - Pakistan
4: 0 (2: 0)
Germany - Great Britain
4: 1 (1: 0)
August 23
Spain - Egypt
3: 0 (1: 0)
Pakistan - Great Britain
8: 2 (2: 1)
South Korea - Germany
2: 2 (1: 1)
Table group A
space
team
Games
Gates
Points
1.
Spain Spain
5
14: 3
11
2.
Germany Germany
5
15: 6
11
3.
Pakistan Pakistan
5
19: 8
9
4th
Korea South South Korea
5
17: 8
8th
5.
United Kingdom Great Britain
5
9:21
3
6th
Egypt Egypt
5
2:30
0
Group B
The Netherlands and Australia qualified for the semi-finals.
The 2004 Olympic hockey tournament surprisingly won the German team against the favored team from the Netherlands. With two goals in the first half, Germany took the lead 2-0 (goal scorers Anke Kühn , Franziska Gude ). In the second half, after a penalty corner, the Netherlands managed the 1: 2 connection goal by Maartje Scheepstra. The compensation that would have meant an extension, however, no longer fell. With the title, Germany's hockey ladies wrote sporting history at the same time, because with this victory a German ladies team won a gold medal for the first time at an Olympic hockey tournament. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Germany lost to Spain in the final and won the silver medal.
Tournament mode
The ten participants played in two groups A and B each against each other. This was followed by the crossover games and the placement games.
Group A
China and Argentina qualified for the semi-finals.
August 14th
China - Japan
3: 0 (1: 0)
Argentina - Spain
4: 0 (3: 0)
August 16
Japan - Argentina
1: 3 (1: 1)
New Zealand - China
0: 2 (0: 1)
18th of August
China - Spain
3: 0 (2: 0)
Japan - New Zealand
2: 0 (1: 0)
20th of August
New Zealand - Argentina
0: 3 (0: 1)
Spain - Japan
1: 2 (0: 2)
August 22nd
Spain - New Zealand
2: 3 (1: 2)
Argentina - China
2: 3 (2: 2)
Table group A
space
team
Games
Gates
Points
1.
China People's Republic China
4th
11: 2
12
2.
Argentina Argentina
4th
12: 4
9
3.
Japan Japan
4th
5: 7
6th
4th
New Zealand New Zealand
4th
3: 9
3
5.
Spain Spain
4th
3:12
0
Group B
The Netherlands and Germany qualified for the semi-finals.
August 14th
Netherlands - South Africa
6: 2 (5: 1)
Germany - Australia
2: 1 (2: 0)
August 16
South Africa - Australia
0: 3 (0: 2)
South Korea - Netherlands
2: 3 (1: 2)
18th of August
Netherlands - Germany
4: 1 (4: 0)
South Africa - South Korea
0: 3 (0: 2)
20th of August
South Korea - Australia
2: 2 (1: 1)
Germany - South Africa
0: 3 (0: 1)
August 22nd
Germany - South Korea
3: 2 (2: 1)
Australia - Netherlands
0: 1 (0: 0)
Table group B
space
team
Games
Gates
Points
1.
Netherlands Netherlands
4th
14: 5
12
2.
Germany Germany
4th
6:10
6th
3.
Korea South South Korea
4th
9: 8
4th
4th
Australia Australia
4th
6: 5
4th
5.
South Africa South Africa
4th
5:12
3
qualification
Both semi-finals were only decided in the seven-meter shooting.
Maria Magdalena Aicega Mariela Antoniska inés arrondo Luciana Aymar Claudia Ines Burkart Agustina Soledad Garcia Mariana Alejandra Gonzalez Oliva Alejandra Gulla Laura Maria de la Paz Hernandez Maria Mercedes Margalot Vanina Oneto Paula Maria Cecilia Rognoni Marine Russo Ayelen Iara Stepnik Paola Vukojicic Marina Emilce di Giacomo
Nie Ya Li Chen Zhaoxia Ma Yibo Cheng Hui Mai Shaoyan Huang Junxia Fu Baorong Li Shuang Gao Lihua Tang Chunling Zhou Wanfeng Chen Qunqing Hou Xiaolan Zhang Yimeng Qiu Yingling Chen Qiuqi
Sources, web links
Report on the women's hockey tournament on www.hockey.de
Australia
Germany
Spain
Pakistan
South Korea
Great Britain
Egypt
Netherlands
New Zealand
India
South Africa
Argentina
China
Japan
