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Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics


The field hockey tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was contested from August 26 to September 9, with sixteen participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games. Pakistan won the gold medal, defeating India in the final and ending India's run of six successive Olympic gold medals in field hockey. Spain won the bronze medal.[1]

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Participating nations

Sixteen teams were placed into four preliminary groups of four teams each. After a preliminary round-robin set of matches, the top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Squads

Preliminary round

Match between the Netherlands and New Zealand

Group A

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Notes:
  1. New Zealand and the Netherlands finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool, which New Zealand won 2–1.
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Second place play-off

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New Zealand advanced to the quarter-finals. The Netherlands continued to the classification matches for 9th–12th place.

Group B

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  1. Australia and Poland finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool, which Australia won 2–0.
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Second place play-off

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Australia advanced to the quarter-finals. Poland continued to the classification matches for 9th–12th place.

Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
5 September
 
 
 Pakistan2
 
7 September
 
 Germany1
 
 Pakistan1
 
5 September
 
 Spain0
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)1
 
9 September
 
 New Zealand0
 
 Pakistan1
 
5 September
 
 India0
 
 India (a.e.t.)1
 
7 September
 
 Australia0
 
 India1
 
5 September
 
 Great Britain0 Bronze medal match
 
 Kenya1
 
9 September
 
 Great Britain (a.e.t.)2
 
 Spain2
 
 
 Great Britain1
 

Quarter-final losers continued to play classification matches to determine 5th–8th place. The Great Britain versus Kenya match lasted 127 minutes and needed six overtime periods to determine the winner.[2]

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
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8 September
 
 
 New Zealand1
 
11 September
 
 Germany0
 
 New Zealand1
 
8 September
 
 Australia0
 
 Australia2
 
 
 Kenya1
 

5–8th place semi-finals

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The match was abandoned due to darkness with the score tied at 1-1 after 40 minutes of extra time. Australia was initially awarded the match after a coin toss. But after an appeal by Kenya, the match was declared drawn and a replay was ordered, which Australia won 2–1.

Replay

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Fifth place game

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After the Australia-Kenya match was declared a draw and a replay ordered on appeal, this match was declared null and void, and a replay was ordered between New Zealand and the winner of the Australia-Kenya replay.

Replay

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Seventh place game

The seventh-place game between Germany and Kenya was scratched as the German team had flown home after the Closing Ceremony. Both teams were awarded joint seventh place.

Ninth to twelfth place classification

As Poland declined to participate in the classification matches, they were awarded twelfth place: the other three teams played a round-robin set of matches.

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An Italian traffic policeman on duty just outside the field blew his whistle. The Belgians thought it was the umpire's whistle and stopped playing, whereupon the French scored the only goal of the game.[2]


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Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification

As Denmark declined to participate in the classification matches, they were awarded sixteenth place. The other three teams played a round-robin set of matches.

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(H) Hosts
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Final standings

Medalists


References

  1. "Hockey at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 274. ISBN 0140066322.

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