Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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The field hockey tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the fifth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.

Field hockey
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueHockey Olympic Stadium [de]
Dates4–15 August 1936
Teams11
Medalists
 India
 Germany
 Netherlands
← 1932
1948 →

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

Gold Silver Bronze
 India
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
Shahab-ud-Din Shabban
G.S. Garewal
Roop Singh
Carlyle Tapsell 		 Germany
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
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
Source: TheSports.org
5 August 1936
16:30
Japan  5–1  United States
Takeo Ito  14'
 ?  ?', ?', ?', ?' 		Report Horace Disston  ?'
Umpires:
J. Schenkmann (SUI)
A. Lepètre (FRA)
5 August 1936
18:00
India  4–0  Hungary
Tapsell  25'
R. Singh  ?', ?'
Shahab-ud-Din  45' 		Report
Umpires:
Jaap Quarles van Ufford (NED)
Albert Demaurex (SUI)
7 August 1936
16:30
India  7–0  United States
Jaffar  28', 34'
Chand  33', ?'
R. Singh  55', ?'
Goodsir-Cullen  ?' 		Report
Umpires:
R. Marsily (BEL)
Helmut Rohrig (GER)
8 August 1936
18:00
Japan  3–1  Hungary
?  ?', ?', ?' Report Háray  ?'
Umpires:
Paul Reinberg (GER)
Yaqub (AFG)
10 August 1936
16:30
India  9–0  Japan
Fernandes  ?', ?'
Tapsell  ?', ?'
Chand  ?', ?', ?', ?'
R. Singh  ?' 		Report
Umpires:
M. Furgeot (FRA)
Theo Everkink (NED)
10 August 1936
18:00
Hungary  3–1  United States
Cseri  ?'
Márffy  ?'
Háray  ?' 		Report Sheaffer  ?'
Umpires:
F. Thielemann (GER)
Jehan Daubresse (FRA)

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
Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts
4 August 1936
18:00
Afghanistan  6–6  Denmark
?  ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Report Kirkegaard  ?'
Prahm  ?'
Busch  ?'
Holst  ?', ?', ?'
Umpires:
René Jassoy (GER)
A. Croset (SUI)
6 August 1936
18:00
Germany  6–0  Denmark
Beisiegel  21', ?'
Mehlitz  26'
Weiß  ?', ?', ?' 		Report
Umpires:
A. de la Bue (BEL)
Theo van 't Lam (NED)
8 August 1936
16:30
Germany  4–1  Afghanistan
Cuntz  25', ?'
Hamel  ?'
Messner  ?' 		Report Sultan  68'
Umpires:
A. de la Bue (BEL)
Albert Demaurex (SUI)

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
Source: TheSports.org
4 August 1936
16:30
France  1–0   Switzerland
Sartorius  63' Report
Umpires:
Bruce Turnbull (GBR)
Theo Everkink (NED)
4 August 1936
18:00
Belgium  2–2  Netherlands
Delaval  7'
Delheid  ?' 		Report Schnitger  14', 26'
Umpires:
Paul Reinberg (GER)
M. Furgeot (FRA)
6 August 1936
16:30
Netherlands  4–1   Switzerland
van den Berg  22', ?', 70'
Schnitger  30' 		Report Annen  27'
Umpires:
Robert Liégeois (BEL)
Hörmann (GER)
7 August 1936
18:00
Belgium  2–2  France
Rensburg  ?'
Delaval  ?' 		Report Soulé  ?'
Goubert  65'
Umpires:
Jagan Nath (IND)
Hans Goerne (GER)
9 August 1936
16:30
Switzerland  2–1  Belgium
Scherrer  ?'
Courvoisier  67' 		Report Delheid  45'
Umpires:
Hörmann (GER)
Theo van 't Lam (NED)
9 August 1936
18:00
Netherlands  3–1  France
van den Berg  12'
de Roos  ?'
Gunning  ?' 		Report Rouget  ?'
Umpires:
Bruce Turnbull (GBR)
Charles Newham (GBR)

Classification round

11 August 1936
18:00
Afghanistan  4–1  Belgium
Sultan  ?'
Al-Zadah  ?'
Shuja ud-Din  ?', ?' 		Report de Melen  ?'
Umpires:
Helmut Rohrig (GER)
Bruce Turnbull (GBR)
11 August 1936
16:30
Switzerland  5–1  Denmark
Courvoisier  ?'
Scherrer  ?'
Fehr  ?'
Gilliéron  ?'
Annen  ?' 		Report Holst  ?'
Umpires:
Pankaj Gupta (IND)
R. Marsily (BEL)
13 August 1936
18:00
Hungary  1–0  Belgium
Kormos  ?' Report
Umpires:
René Jassoy (GER)
Yaqub (AFG)
13 August 1936
16:30
Japan  4–1  Denmark
?  ?', ?', ?', ?' Report ?  ?'
Umpires:
Hans Goerne (GER)
J. Schenkmann (SUI)
13 August 1936
18:00
Afghanistan  3–0  United States
Sultan  15', 39'
Shuja ud-Din  59' 		Report [1]
Umpires:
F. Thielemann (GER)
Charles Newham (GBR)

Medal round

 
Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
12 August
 
 
 India10
 
15 August
 
 France0
 
 India8
 
12 August
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Netherlands0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
14 August
 
 
 Netherlands4
 
 
 France3

Semi-finals

12 August 1936
16:30
India  10–0  France
Chand  ?', ?', ?', ?'
Singh  ?', ?', ?'
Dara  ?', ?'
Tapsell  ?' 		Report [2]
Umpires:
Paul Reinberg (GER)
A. de la Bue {BEL)
12 August 1936
18:00
Germany  3–0  Netherlands
Weiß  22', 60'
Messner  45' 		Report
Umpires:
Jagan Nath (IND)
M. Furgeot (FRA)

Bronze medal match

14 August 1936
16:30
Netherlands  4–3  France
van den Berg  ?', ?'
Schnitger  ?', ?' 		Report Soulé  ?', ?', 58'
Umpires:
Hörmann (GER)
Jagan Nath (IND)

Gold medal match

15 August 1936
11:00
India  8–1  Germany
Singh  33'
Tapsell  42'
Chand  ?', 47', 70'
Jaffar  52'
Dara  ?', ?' 		Report [3] Weiß  51'
Umpires:
Robert Liégeois (BEL)
Theo van 't Lam (NED)

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:

(*) 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

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