Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained

Tournament:Field hockey
at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Size:150px
Country: Japan
City:Tokyo
Dates:11–23 October 1964
Venues:Komazawa Hockey Field
Teams:15
Confederations:5
Count:7
Matches:56
Goals:179
Top Scorer: Prithipal Singh
Top Scorer Goals:10
Previous Year:1960
Previous Tournament:Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Next Year:1968
Next Tournament:Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics

The field hockey tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the 10th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 11 to 23 October 1964. All games were played at the Komazawa Hockey Field in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Pakistan were the defending champions, but lost 1–0 to India in the Gold-medal match.

Australia won their first Olympic medal, claiming bronze in a 3–2 win over Spain in extra time.

Medalists


Haripal Kaushik
Mohinder Lal
Shankar Lakshman
Bandu Patil
John Peter
Ali Sayed
Udham Singh Kullar
Charanjit Singh
Darshan Singh
Dharam Singh
Gurbux Singh
Harbinder Singh
Jagjit Singh
Joginder Singh
Prithipal Singh
Balbir Singh Kullar
Rajendran Christie

Abdul Hamid
Muhammad Asad Malik
Munir Dar
Mahmood Khalid
Anwar Ahmed Khan
Nawaz Khizar
Azam Khurshid
Muhammad Manna
Manzoor Hussain Atif
Mohammed Rashid
Motiullah
Tariq Niazi
Saeed Anwar
Aziz Tariq
Hayat Zafar
Uddin Zaka

Mervyn Crossman
Paul Dearing
Raymond Evans
Brian Glencross
Robin Hodder
John McBryde
Donald McWatters
Patrick Nilan
Eric Pearce
Julian Pearce
Desmond Piper
Donald Smart
Anthony Waters
Graham Wood
Don Martin

Squads

See main article: Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Crossover

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Fifth and sixth place

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Gold-medal match

References

  1. Web site: Hockey at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417072517/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/HOK/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 25 September 2019.

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