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Hockey, Women

Date20 July – 1 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationAlonzo Herndon Stadium, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia / Panther Stadium, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants128 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification round matches.

By the mid-1990s, Australia’s Hockeyroos had become the world’s premier women’s hockey team. At the time of the Atlanta Games, they were defending World Champions and had earned three consecutive Champions Trophies. Coached by Ric Charlesworth, himself a quadruple Olympian and silver medallist, the Australian women were the class of the field. In round-robin play, which involved all eight teams, they remained unbeaten. Only South Korea managed to draw 3-3. These two teams met again in the decider, but this time Australia remained in control. Key player Alyson Annan scored twice, securing a 3-1 win. After their 1988 title, Australia became the first repeat winner in women’s hockey. In 2005, Annan married Carole Thate, who played on the third placed Dutch team. The Australian line-up also featured Nova Peris-Kneebone, the first aboriginal Olympic medallist. She later switched to track and field, and competed in the 2000 Olympics as a 400 metre runner.

The Netherlands only won their match against Great Britain after a penalty shootout. Following the winning shot, the celebrating women were joined by Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, which caused a minor controversy back home. Since 1998, the Prince has been a member of the International Olympic Committee.

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoals
1AustraliaAUS7102227–5Gold
2Republic of KoreaKOR4221419–12Silver
3NetherlandsNED4221415–15Bronze
4Great BritainGBR3231112–11
5United StatesUSA22388–11
6GermanyGER214710–11
7ArgentinaARG21477–21
8SpainESP01615–17

Round-Robin (20 – 30 July 1996)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1AUS6101924–4
2KOR4211418–9
3GBR3221112–11
4NED3221115–15
5USA22388–11
6GER214710–11
7ARG21477–21
8ESP01615–17

Match #1 20 Jul 9:00NED 1 – 1USA
Match #2 20 Jul 11:00AUS 4 – 0ESP
Match #3 20 Jul 17:30GER 2 – 0ARG
Match #4 20 Jul 20:00KOR 5 – 0GBR
Match #5 21 Jul 17:30GER 2 – 1ESP
Match #6 21 Jul 20:00GBR 1 – 1NED
Match #7 22 Jul 9:00AUS 7 – 1ARG
Match #8 22 Jul 11:00USA 3 – 2KOR
Match #9 23 Jul 9:00AUS 1 – 0GER
Match #10 23 Jul 11:00ARG 1 – 0ESP
Match #11 23 Jul 17:30KOR 3 – 1NED
Match #12 23 Jul 20:00GBR 1 – 0USA
Match #13 25 Jul 9:00ESP 2 – 2GBR
Match #14 25 Jul 11:00NED 4 – 3GER
Match #15 25 Jul 17:30AUS 3 – 3KOR
Match #16 25 Jul 20:00ARG 2 – 1USA
Match #17 26 Jul 17:30GER 1 – 1USA
Match #18 26 Jul 20:00AUS 1 – 0GBR
Match #19 27 Jul 9:00KOR 2 – 0ESP
Match #20 27 Jul 11:00NED 4 – 1ARG
Match #21 28 Jul 9:00GBR 3 – 2GER
Match #22 28 Jul 11:00AUS 4 – 0USA
Match #23 28 Jul 17:30NED 4 – 2ESP
Match #24 28 Jul 20:00ARG 2 – 2KOR
Match #25 30 Jul 9:00GBR 5 – 0ARG
Match #26 30 Jul 11:00KOR 1 – 0GER
Match #27 30 Jul 17:30USA 2 – 0ESP
Match #28 30 Jul 20:00AUS 4 – 0NED

Final Round (1 August 1996)

Medal round.

Match 1/2 01 Aug 19:30AUS 3 – 1KOR
Match 3/4 01 Aug 17:00NED 0 – 0
4-3 PS
GBR

Rankings

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