Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Field hockey
Games:	1936 Summer
Dates:	4–15 August 1936
Teams:	11
Prev:	1932
Next:	1948

The field hockey tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the fifth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.^[1]

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 8 goals, but only 1 goal was scored against them. British India were the Gold medalists.

Only a men's competition occurred that year.^[2]

Medal summary

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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 Shabban Shahab-ud-Din G.S. Garewal Roop Singh Carlyle Tapsell

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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

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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

See main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.

Results

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Classification round

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Medal round

Semi-finals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hockey at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041856/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/HOK/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 September 2019.
2. Web site: Pool Matches. 3 August 2022.