Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men's field hockey
at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	4 August – 15 August
Teams	11
Top three teams
Champions	India (3rd title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Netherlands
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The 1936 Summer Olympics saw the fifth field hockey tournament at Olympics. All games took place either in the Hockey Stadion or on the Hockey Stadion Field No.2. Both of the field hockey grounds were near the Olympic Stadium located on the Reichssportfeld. The competition was held from Tuesday, August 4, 1936 to Saturday, August 15, 1936. The field hockey matches saw a total attendance of 184,103 and 157,531 tickets were sold. Indian team scored 38 goals but only 1 goal was scored against them. India were the Gold medalists.

Only a men's competition occurred that year.

The India teams player Mirza Masood (aka Mirza Nasiruddin Masud ) describes the Indian hockey team's games in The World's Hockey Champions 1936 — , Model Press, Delhi (1937). The book includes several photographs.

Medal summary

India's field hockey team, captained by hockey wizard Dhyan Chand (standing second from left), was the gold medal winner

Gold	Silver	Bronze
India (IND) Richard Allen Dhyan Chand Ali Dara Lionel Emmett Peter Fernandes Joseph Galibardy Earnest Goodsir-Cullen Mohammed Hussain Sayed Jaffar Ahmed Khan Ahsan Khan Mirza Masood Cyril Michie Baboo Nimal Joseph Phillips Shabban Shahab-ud-Din G.S. Garewal Roop Singh Carlyle Tapsell	Germany (GER) Hermann auf der Heide Ludwig Beisiegel Erich Cuntz Karl Dröse Alfred Gerdes Werner Hamel Harald Huffmann Erwin Keller Herbert Kemmer Werner Kubitzki Paul Mehlitz Karl Menke Fritz Messner Detlef Okrent Heinrich Peter Heinz Raack Carl Ruck Hans Scherbart Heinz Schmalix Tito Warnholtz Kurt Weiß Erich Zander	Netherlands (NED) Ernst van den Berg Piet Gunning Ru van der Haar Inge Heybroek Tonny van Lierop Henk de Looper Jan de Looper Aat de Roos Hans Schnitger René Sparenberg Rein de Waal Max Westerkamp

Note: The International Olympic Committee medal database shows also only these players as medalists. They all played at least one match during the tournament. The reserve players are not listed as medalists.

Results

For the team rosters see: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads.

Group A

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	India	3	3	0	0	20	0	6		X	9:0	4:0	7:0
2.	Japan (JPN)	3	2	0	1	8	11	4		0:9	X	3:1	5:1
3.	Hungary (HUN)	3	1	0	2	4	8	2		0:4	1:3	X	3:1
4.	United States (USA)	3	0	0	3	2	15	0		0:7	1:5	1:3	X

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Germany (GER)	2	2	0	0	10	1	4		X	4:1	6:0
2.	Afghanistan (AFG)	2	0	1	1	7	10	1		1:4	X	6:6
3.	Denmark (DEN)	2	0	1	1	6	12	1		0:6	6:6	X

Group C

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Netherlands (NED)	3	2	1	0	9	4	5		X	3:1	2:2	4:1
2.	France (FRA)	3	1	1	1	4	5	3		1:3	X	2:2	1:0
3.	Belgium (BEL)	3	0	2	1	5	6	2		2:2	2:2	X	1:2
4.	Switzerland (SUI)	3	1	0	2	3	6	2		1:4	0:1	2:1	X

Final matches

Semi-finals
August 12	Hockey Stadion	India (IND)	10	-	0	France (FRA)
4.30 p.m.	Teams:	Allen; Tapsell, Hussain; Goodsir-Cullen, Masood, Galibardy; Shabban, Dara, Chand, R. Singh, Jaffar	(4	-	0)	Tixier; Chevalier, P. Imbault; Gravereaux, Grimonprez, Verger; Sartorius, Gonat, Goubert, Soulé, Vologe
	Goals:	1:0 (6'), 2:0, 3:0, 4:0, 5:0 (50'), 6:0, 7:0, 8:0, 9:0, 10:0
	Referees: Reinberg (GER), A. de Bue (BEL)
August 12	Hockey Stadion	Germany (GER)	3	-	0	Netherlands (NED)
6.00 p.m.	Teams:	Dröse; Kemmer, Zander; Gerdes, Keller, Schmalix; Huffmann, Mehlitz, Weiß, Scherbart, Messner	(1	-	0)	J. de Looper; de Waal, Westerkamp; H. de Looper, van der Haar, van Lierop; Gunning, Schnitger, van den Berg, Heybroek, Sparenberg
	Goals:	1:0 (22'), 2:0 (45'), 3:0 (60')
	Referees: M. Furgeot (FRA), Jagan Nath (IND)
Bronze medal match
August 14	Hockey Stadion Field No.2	Netherlands (NED)	4	-	3	France (FRA)
4.30 p.m.	Teams:	J. de Looper; de Waal, Westerkamp; H. de Looper, van der Haar, van Lierop; Gunning, Schnitger, van den Berg, de Roos, Sparenberg	(2	-	1)	Tixier; Chevalier, P. Imbault; Gravereaux, Grimonprez, Verger; Sartorius, Vologe, Goubert, Soulé, Roques
	Goals:	1:0, 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 (38'), 3:2, 3:3 (58'), 4:3 (65')
	Referees: Hörmann (GER), Jagan Nath (IND)
Final
August 15	Hockey Stadion	India (IND)	8	-	1	Germany (GER)
11.00 a.m.	Teams:	Allen; Tapsell, Hussain; Nimal, Goodsir-Cullen, Galibardy; Shabban, Dara, Chand, R. Singh, Jaffar	(1	-	0)	Dröse; Kemmer, Zander; Gerdes, Keller, Schmalix; Huffmann, Hamel, Weiß, Scherbart, Messner
	Goals:	1:0 (32'), 2:0 (42'), 3:0, 4:0 (47'), 4:1 (52'), 5:1 (53'), 6:1, 7:1, 8:1
	Referees: R. Liégeois (BEL), T. J. van't Lam (NED)

The final was originally scheduled also on August 14, just after the bronze medal match. But due to incessant rain the ground was unplayable and the match was postponed to the following morning.

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 22 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 214 field hockey players were entered.

A total of 161(*) field hockey players from 11 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

• Afghanistan (12 - from a squad of 18)
• Belgium (12 - from a squad of 22)
• Denmark (13 - from a squad of 17)
• France (18 - from a squad of 22)
• Germany (22)
• Hungary (15 - from a squad of 21)
• India (19 - from a squad of 22)
• Japan (11 - from a squad of 15)
• Netherlands (12 - from a squad of 18)
• Switzerland (13 - from a squad of 22)
• United States (14 - from a squad of 15)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. The consolation rounds did not count.

There are only a few reserve players known. Five players from Belgium, three players from Denmark, and two players from Japan only competed in the consolation rounds, but not all their names are known.

Final standings

Place	Nation
1	India (IND)
2	Germany (GER)
3	Netherlands (NED)
4	France (FRA)
-	Switzerland (SUI)
	Afghanistan (AFG)
	Japan (JPN)
	Hungary (HUN)
	Belgium (BEL)
	Denmark (DEN)
	United States (USA)

References

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 15 September 2008.
• sports-reference