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Field hockeyat the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Municipal Stadium Dates 13–26 October 1968 Teams 16
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
Pakistan
Australia
India
West Germany
Netherlands
Spain
New Zealand
Kenya
Belgium
France
East Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Argentina
Malaysia
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 .
Tournaments Qualifications
Squads