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 [ edit ] 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
Results [ edit ] Preliminary round [ edit ] 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.
^[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 [ edit ] Classification round [ edit ] Eighth to sixteenth place classification [ edit ] Fifteenth place game [ edit ] Thirteenth place game [ edit ] Eleventh place game [ edit ] Ninth place game [ edit ] Fifth to eighth place classification [ edit ] 5–8th place-semifinals [ edit ] Seventh place game [ edit ] Fifth place game [ edit ] Medal round [ edit ] Semi-finals [ edit ] Bronze-medal match [ edit ] Gold-medal match [ edit ] Umpires: Guust Lathouwers (NED) Luigi Tinti (ITA)
Final standings [ edit ] Pakistan Australia India West Germany Netherlands Spain New Zealand Kenya Belgium France East Germany Great Britain Japan Argentina Malaysia Mexico Medalists [ edit ] Sources [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "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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