The men's field hockey tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the 11th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a fourteen-day period beginning on 13 October, and culminated with the medal finals on 26 October. All games were played at the Municipal Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico.[1]
Pakistan won the gold medal for the second time after defeating Australia 2–1 in the final. Defending champions India won the bronze medal after defeating West Germany 2–1.
Competition schedule
| G | Group stage | C | Classification matches | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze-medal match | F | Final |
| Sun 13 | Mon 14 | Tue 15 | Wed 16 | Thu 17 | Fri 18 | Sat 19 | Sun 20 | Mon 21 | Tue 22 | Wed 23 | Thu 24 | Fri 25 | Sat 26 |
| G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | C | SF | C | B | F |
Squads
Results
Preliminary round
Pool A
1 The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with the score 0-0 after the Japanese team laid down their sticks and walked off the pitch to protest the awarding of a penalty stroke to India. India were awarded the match 5-0.
Pool B
- ^[a] – Australia and Kenya finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool.
Second place play-off
Classification round
Eighth to sixteenth place classification
Fifteenth place game
Thirteenth place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Fifth to eighth place classification
5–8th place-semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Medal round
Semi-finals
Bronze-medal match
Gold-medal match
Umpires:
Guust Lathouwers (NED)
Luigi Tinti (ITA) | |
Final standings
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Australia
India
West Germany
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Spain
New Zealand
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Belgium
France
East Germany
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Japan
Argentina
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Mexico
Medalists
Sources
References
- ^ "Hockey at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pakistan Hockey at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Australia Hockey at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "India Hockey at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
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