Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The Field Hockey competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, which was held in the Molson Stadium at the McGill University, on an artificial surface for the first time. Only a men's competition occurred.
Preliminary round
Group A
| TEAM | PTS | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands |
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 2 |  Australia |
6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 |
| 3 |  India |
6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 |
| 4 |  Malaysia |
4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Canada |
2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 |  Argentina |
2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
- Sunday July 18, 1976
| India | 4-0 (2-0) | Argentina | ||
| Australia | 2-0 (1-0) | Malaysia |
- Monday July 19, 1976
| India | 1-3 (0-1) | Netherlands | ||
| Australia | 3-0 (1-0) | Canada |
- Tuesday July 20, 1976
| Netherlands | 2-0 (0-0) | Malaysia | ||
| Argentina | 1-3 (0-2) | Canada |
- Wednesday July 21, 1976
| India | 1-6 (1-3) | Australia | ||
| Malaysia | 2-0 (0-0) | Argentina |
- Thursday July 22, 1976
| India | 3-0 (1-0) | Canada | ||
| Australia | 1-2 (0-2) | Netherlands |
- Friday July 23, 1976
| Netherlands | 1-0 (1-0) | Argentina | ||
| Malaysia | 1-0 (0-0) | Canada |
- Saturday July 24, 1976
| India | 3-0 (2-0) | Malaysia | ||
| Australia | 2-3 (1-1) | Argentina |
- Sunday July 25, 1976
| Netherlands | 3-1 (0-1) | Canada |
- Monday July 26, 1976 — Replay
| Australia | 1-1 (1-1) | India |
- Australia wins after penalty strokes (5-4)
Group B
| POS | TEAM | PTS | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pakistan |
7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| 2 |  New Zealand |
4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain |
4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| 4 |  West Germany |
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
- Sunday July 18, 1976
| Pakistan | 5-0 (1-0) | Belgium | ||
| West Germany | 1-1 (0-0) | New Zealand |
- Monday July 19, 1976
| Pakistan | 2-2 (1-1) | Spain |
- Tuesday July 20, 1976
| Spain | 1-1 (1-0) | New Zealand |
- Wednesday July 21, 1976
| Pakistan | 4-2 (2-1) | West Germany | ||
| New Zealand | 2-1 (1-0) | Belgium |
- Thursday July 22, 1976
| West Germany | 1-4 (1-3) | Spain |
- Friday July 23, 1976
| Spain | 2-3 (1-1) | Belgium |
- Saturday July 24, 1976
| Pakistan | 5-2 (4-1) | New Zealand | ||
| West Germany | 6-1 (3-1) | Belgium |
- Monday July 26, 1976 — Replay
| Spain | 0-1 (0-0) | New Zealand |
Classification Round
Play-offs
- Wednesday July 28, 1976 — Ninth to twelfth place
| Belgium | 3-2 (1-1) | Argentina | ||
| Canada | bye | — |
- Thursday July 29, 1976 — Ninth place
| Canada | 2-3 (1-0) | Belgium |
- Thursday July 29, 1976 — Eleventh place
| Argentina | bye | — |
- Thursday July 29, 1976 — Fifth to eighth place
| Spain | 2-1 (1-0) | Malaysia | ||
| India | 2-3 (1-0) | West Germany |
- Friday July 30, 1976 — Seventh place
| India | 2-0 (0-0) | Malaysia |
- Friday July 30, 1976 — Fifth place
| Spain | 1-9 (0-2) | West Germany |
Semi finals
- Wednesday July 28, 1976
| Pakistan | 1-2 (1-1) | Australia | ||
| Netherlands | 1-2 (1-1) | New Zealand |
Bronze medal match
- Friday July 30, 1976
| Netherlands | 2-3 (1-1) | Pakistan |
Final
- Friday July 30, 1976
| New Zealand | 1-0 (0-0) | Australia |
Final ranking
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Pakistan
- Netherlands
- West Germany
- Spain
- India
- Malaysia
- Belgium
- Canada
- Argentina
Top scorers
| Pos. | Player | Goals | FG | PS | PC | LC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Litjens (NED) |
11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | Juan Amat (ESP) |
7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| – | Ronald Riley (AUS) |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | Wolfgang Strödter (FRG) |
7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Munawwaruz Zaman (PAK) |
6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Serge Dubois (BEL) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| – | Manzoor Hussain (PAK) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | Tony Ineson (NZL) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| – | Surjit Singh (IND) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Medal winners
 Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
| New Zealand (NZL) Paul Ackerley Jeff Archibald Arthur Borren Alan Chesney John Christensen Greg Dayman Tony Ineson Barry Maister Selwyn Maister Trevor Manning Alan McIntyre Neil McLeod Arthur Parkin Mohan Patel Ramesh Patel Les Wilson |
Australia (AUS) David Bell Greg Browning Ric Charlesworth Ian Cooke Barry Dancer Douglas Golder Robert Haigh Wayne Hammond Jim Irvine Malcolm Poole Robert Proctor Graeme Reid Ronald Riley Trevor Smith Terry Walsh |
Pakistan (PAK) Rashid Abdul Akhtar Rasool Mahmood Arshad Arshad Chaudhry Khan Haneef Islahuddin Siddique Samiullah Khan Hassan Manzoor Manzoor Hussain Munawwaruz Zaman Zia Qamar Nazim Salim Shahnaz Sheikh Saleem Sherwani Iftikar Syed Mudassar Syed |
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