Field Hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 20 July to 2 August 1996 at the Herndon Stadium and Panther Stadium.
The men’s format remained similar with 12 teams separated into two groups of six teams. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals after playing a round-robin. The women’s tournament was changed, as eight teams played instead a single, large round-robin tournament with the top two teams advancing to the gold medal match, and the third and fourth-ranked teams vying for the bronze medal.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 |  South Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Spain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Medalists[]
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| Men | Netherlands Floris Jan Bovelander Jacques Brinkman Maurits Crucq Marc Delissen Jeroen Delmee Leo Klein Gebbink Taco van den Honert Ronald Jansen Erik Jazet Bram Lomans Tycho van Meer Teun de Nooijer Wouter van Pelt Stephan Veen Guus Vogels Remco van Wijk |
Spain Jaime Amat Pablo Amat Javier Arnau Jordi Arnau Oscar Barrena Ignacio Cobos Juan Dinares Juan Escarre Xavier Escude Juantxo Garcia-Maurino Antonio Gonzalez Ramon Jufresa Joaquin Malgosa Victor Pujol Ramon Sala Pablo Usoz |
Australia Stuart Carruthers Baeden Choppy Stephen Davies Damon Diletti Lachlan Dreher Lachlan Elmer Brendan Garard Paul Gaudoin Mark Hager Paul Lewis Grant Smith Matthew Smith Daniel Sproule Jason Stacy Kenneth Wark Michael York |
| Women | Australia Michelle Andrews Alyson Annan Louise Dobson Renita Farrell Juliet Haslam Rechelle Hawkes Clover Maitland Karen Marsden Jennifer Morris Jacqueline Pereira Nova Peris-Kneebone Katrina Powell Lisa Powell Danielle Roche Kate Starre Liane Tooth |
South Korea Chang Eun-jung Cho Eun-jung Choi Eun-kyung Choi Mi-soon Jeon Young-sun Jin Deok-san Kim Myung-ok Kwon Chang-sook Kwon Soo-hyun Lee Eun-kyung Lee Eun-young Lee Ji-young Lim Jeong-sook Oh Seung-shin Woo Hyun-jung You Jae-sook |
Netherlands Dilliane van der Boogaard Myntje Donners Willemijn Duyster Stella de Heij Noor Holsboer Fleur van de Kieft Nicky Koolen Ellen Kuipers Jeannette Lewin Suzanne Plesman Wietske de Ruiter Florentine Steenberghe Margje Teeuwen Carole Thate Jacqueline Toxopeus Suzan van der Wielen |
Statistics[]
- There were 320 total athletes from 12 countries.
- Pablo Amat was the youngest participant with 18 years and 32 days.
- Volker Fried was the oldest participant with 35 years and 183 days.
- 3 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- South Korea won its first medal in the sport since Seoul 1988.
