Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Field hockey
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueHockeyanlage at Olympiapark
DatesAugust 27 – September 10, 1972
Competitors263 from 16 nations
Medalists
 
 
 

This tournament is remembered for the first victory of a European nation since 1920 and the behaviour of the players of Pakistan after losing the final, which included wearing their silver medals on their feet during the medal ceremony, turning their backs to the West German flag and destroying their locker room, while Pakistani fans stormed the field, assaulted security personnel and poured water over Rene Frank, the president of the International Hockey Federation. [1]

The eleven Pakistani players were banned for life from their national team, but after a high-level apology the ban was reduced to two years.[2] Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics:

Men's Tournament

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
West Germany 7 6 1 0 17 5 13
Pakistan 7 5 1 1 17 6 11
Malaysia 7 4 1 2 9 7 9
Spain 7 2 4 1 9 8 8
Belgium 7 2 1 4 8 14 5
France 7 2 0 5 6 13 4
Argentina 7 0 3 4 4 9 3
Uganda 7 0 3 4 6 14 3


August 27, 1972

August 28, 1972

August 29, 1972

August 31, 1972

September 1, 1972

September 3, 1972

September 4, 1972

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
India 7 5 2 0 25 8 12
Netherlands 7 5 1 1 20 9 11
Great Britain 7 4 1 2 15 10 9
Australia 7 3 2 2 18 8 8
New Zealand 7 2 3 2 16 11 7
Poland 7 2 2 3 12 12 6
Kenya 7 1 1 5 8 17 3
Mexico 7 0 0 7 1 40 0


August 27, 1972

August 28, 1972

August 30, 1972

August 31, 1972

September 2, 1972

September 3, 1972

September 4, 1972

Men's Semi Final Round

September 7, 1972

September 8, 1972

Men's Classification Matches

September 7, 1972

September 8, 1972

September 9, 1972

Men's Bronze Medal Match

September 10, 1972

NETHERLANDS 1 – 2 (1 – 1) INDIA 10:00 Hockey Facility Olympic Park, Munich
Ref: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) and Bernard Valette (FRA)
Ties Kruize 6' Govinda Billimogaputtaswamy 15'
Singh Mukhbain 70'

Men's Final

September 10, 1972

WEST GERMANY 1 – 0 (0 – 0) PAKISTAN 12:00 Hockey Facility Olympic Park, Munich
Ref: Horacio Servetto (ARG) and Richard Jewell (AUS)
Michael Krause 60'

Final rankings

  1. West Germany
  2. Pakistan
  3. India
  4. Netherlands
  5. Australia
  6. Great Britain
  7. Spain
  8. Malaysia
  9. New Zealand
  10. Belgium
  11. Poland
  12. France
  13. Kenya
  14. Argentina
  15. Uganda
  16. Mexico

Remarks:

  • Men's competition only in 1972
  • It was the first ever gold medal lost by either Pakistan or India, former rulers in this sport.
  • At the medal ceremony Pakistani players, as a protest against alleged biased and unfair decisions by the referee, put forth their foot to wear the medal then threw their silver medals at the floor and turned their backs as the German anthem played.

Men's Medal Winners

Gold Silver Bronze
 West Germany (FRG)
Wolfgang Baumgart
Horst Drose
Dieter Freise
Werner Kaessmann
Carsten Keller
Detlev Kittstein
Ulrich Klaes
Peter Kraus
Michael Krause
Michael Peter
Wolfgang Rott
Fritz Schmidt
Rainer Seifert
Wolfgang Strodter
Eckart Suhl
Eduard Thelen
Peter Trump
Ulrich Vos
 Pakistan (PAK)
Rashid Abdul
Akhtar Rasool
Ul Akhtar
Jahangir Butt
Ur Fazal
Islahuddin Siddique
Muhammad Asad Malik
Shahnaz Sheikh
Munawwaruz Zaman
Ahmad Riaz
Saeed Anwar
Saleem Sherwani
Iftikar Syed
Mudassar Syed
Zahid Sheikh
 India (IND)
B. P. Govinda
Charles Cornelius
Manuel Frederick
Michael Kindo
Ashok Kumar
M. P. Ganesh
Krishnamurty Perumal
Ajitpal Singh
Harbinder Singh
Harcharan Singh
Harmik Singh
Kulwant Singh
Mukhbain Singh
Virinder Singh

Participants

[3]

Fourth Place  Netherlands

  • Andre Bolhuis
  • Thijs Kaanders
  • Coen Kranenberg
  • Thies Kruize
  • Maarten Sikking
  • Frans Spits

  • Nico Spits
  • Bart Taminiau
  • Charles Thole
  • Piet Weemers
  • Jeroen Zweerts

  • Wouter Leefers
  • Flip van Lidth de Jeude
  • Paul Litjens
  • Marinus Dijkerman
  • Irving van Nes

Fifth Place  Australia

  • Brian Glencross
  • Robert Haigh
  • Richard Charlesworth
  • Paul Dearing
  • Thomas Colder
  • James Mason

  • Terry McAskell
  • Patrick Nilan
  • Desmond Piper
  • Ronald Riley
  • Donald Smart

  • Gregory Browning
  • Robert Andrew
  • Graham Reid
  • Ronald Wilson
  • Wayne Hammond

Sixth Place  Great Britain [4]

  • Joe Ahmed
  • Mike Corby
  • Bernie Cotton
  • Michael Crowe
  • Tony Ekins (capt)
  • P J Ewles (Scotland)

  • Graham Evans
  • John French
  • Terry Gregg (Ireland)
  • Dennis Hay (Scotland)
  • Chris Langhorne
  • Peter Marsh

  • Peter Mills
  • Richard Oliver
  • Ninnian Rui Saldanha
  • David Austin Savage (Wales)
  • Keith Sinclair
  • Paul Svehlik

Seventh Place  Spain

  • Luis Alberto Carrera
  • Jorge Fábregas Bosch
  • Francisco Segura Ruda
  • Juan Amat Fontanals
  • Francisco Fábregas Bosch
  • José Salles Salva

  • José Alusitza Garcia
  • José Borrell
  • Francisco Amat Fontanals
  • Ramon Quintana Bosch
  • Juan Anbós Peramau

  • Juan Quintana Bosch
  • Luis Towse Roura
  • Jorge Camina Borda
  • Antonio Nogues Dalmases
  • Agustin Churruca Otero

Eighth Place  Malaysia

  • Khairuddin Bin Zaianal
  • Belavantheran Francis
  • Sri Shanmuganathan Naganathy
  • Poh-meng Phang
  • Choon-hin Wong

  • Balasingam Singaram
  • Siow-ming Yang
  • Franco D'Cruz
  • Mahendran Murugesan
  • Harnahal Sewa Singh

  • Pathmarajah Ramalingam
  • Omar Razali Yeop
  • Sayed Samát
  • Sulaiman Saibot
  • Brian Santa Maria


References

  1. "Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  2. Misbehaving Pakistani hockey players.
  3. Wallechinsky, David (2000). The Complete book of the Olympics, page 476-477. Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-692-9.
  4. ""Hockey." Times [London, England] 20 May 1972". The Times Digital Archive.
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