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Hockey, Men

Date26 August – 11 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationVelodrome Olimpico, Roma / Stadio dei Marmi, Roma / Stadio Tre Fontane, Roma
Participants236 from 16 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification round matches.

The 1960 Olympic final was a rematch of the 1956 game. Pakistan’s win not only meant that country’s first ever Olympic gold, but also put an end to India’s unique winning streak. In seven Olympics, they had won 30 straight matches, scoring 197 goals and allowing only 8 (and never more than one in a match). In addition, they had never lost to Pakistan, although they had only played them twice. The final match was an exciting contest, with a sixth minute goal by Ahmed Naseer Bunda deciding the outcome. The bronze was surprisingly taken by Spain, which had never before made the semi-finals.

The tournament set-up, in which all placements were decided, was apparently disliked by several teams, as Germany, Poland and Denmark did not complete the matches for the places between 5th and 16th. In contrast, Australia played two extra matches. In a match for places 5 through 8, Australia and Kenya were tied after 40 minutes of extra time, when the match had to be suspended because of nightfall. The referee tossed a coin and awarded the match to Australia, which proceeded to win the 5th place game against New Zealand. A Kenyan protest was awarded by the jury of appeal, and a replay was ordered. The Australians won again, but also had to re-play New Zealand, this time losing 0-1.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1PakistanPAKGold
Manzoor Hussain Atif
Ghulam Rasool
Anwar Ahmed Khan
Noor Alam
Abdul Hamid
Habib Ali Kiddie
Ahmed Naseer Bunda
Motiullah
Abdul Rashid
Bashir Ahmed
Abdul Waheed Khan
Mushtaq Ahmed
Khurshid Aslam
Munir Ahmed Dar DNS
Zafar Hayat DNS
Khawaja Zaka-ud-Din DNS
Rony Gardener DNS
Zafar Ali Zafari DNS
CoachAli Dara
2IndiaINDSilver
1Shankar Laxman
2Prithipal Singh
3Jaman Lal Sharma
4Leslie Claudius
5Charanjit Singh
6Govind Sawant
7Gindi Singh
8V. J. Peter
9Jaswant Singh
10Udham Singh
11Raghbir Singh Bhola
12Joe Antic
13Mohinder Lal
Chinnadorai Desamuthu DNS
Hari Pal Kaushik DNS
Bandu Patil DNS
Balkrishan Singh DNS
Erman Bastian DNS
John Mascarenhas DNS
Kulwant Arora DNS
Shantaram Jadhav DNS
CoachKishan Lal
3SpainESPBronze
Pedro Amat
Francisco Cavaller
Juan Ángel Calzado
José Colomer
Carlos del Coso
José Antonio Dinarés
Eduardo Dualde
Joaquín Dualde
Rafael Egusquiza
Ignacio Macaya
Pedro Murúa
Pedro Roig
Luis María Usoz
Narcís Ventalló
Alberto Piera DNS
Antonio Cavero DNS
Oriol Ysamat DNS
Juan Migoya DNS
CoachErnst Willig
CoachLuis Francino
4Great BritainGBR
Pat Austen
John Bell
Harry Cahill
Denys Carnill
Peter Croft
Howard Davis
John Hindle
Charles Jones
Niel Livingstone
Stuart Mayes
Derek Miller
John Neill
John Saunders-Griffiths
Freddie Scott
Ian Taylor
Colin Dale DNS
Paul Fishwick DNS
David Tomlinson DNS
CoachFrank Reynolds
5New ZealandNZL
Tony Hayde
Bruce Turner
Guy McGregor
Ian Kerr
Jim Barclay
John Abrams
John Cullen
Ross Gillespie
Kevin Percy
Mervyn McKinnon
Murray Mathieson
Noel Hobson
Phil Bygrave
Bill Schaefer
CoachJeff Squire
6AustraliaAUS
Barry Malcolm
Desmond Spackman
Donald Currie
Eric Pearce
Errol Bill
Gordon Pearce
Graham Wood
John McBryde
Julian Pearce
Kevin Carton
Louis Hailey
Mervyn Crossman
Mike Craig
Philip Pritchard
Ray Evans
CoachCharlie Morley
7Unified Team of GermanyGER
Carsten Keller
Christian Büchting
Dieter Krause
Eberhard Ferstl
Günther Ullerich
Helmut Nonn
Herbert Winters
Hugo Budinger
Klaus Greinert
Klaus Woeller
Norbert Schuler
Werner Delmes
Willi Brendel
Wolfgang End
Utz Aichinger DNS
Klaus Lauth DNS
Peter Kranich DNS
Alfred Lücker DNS
CoachErnst-Ludwig Nack
8KenyaKEN
1Saude George
2Anthony Vaz
3Avtar Singh Sohal
4Jagnandan Singh
5Surjeet Singh Deol
6Silvester Fernandes
7Edgar Fernandes
8Hilary Fernandes
9Surjeet Singh Panesar
10Pritam Singh Sandhu
11Alu Mendonca
12Jack Simonian
13Kirpal Singh Bhardwaj
14Gursaran Singh Sehmi
15Egbert Fernandes
16Krishnan Kumar Aggarwal
Hardev Singh Kular DNS
Om Parkash Verma DNS
CoachG. L. Chopra
9NetherlandsNED
Carel Dekker
Eddie Zwier
Egbert, Jonkheer de Graeff
Frans Fiolet
Freddie Hooghiemstra
Gerard Overdijkink
Gerrit de Ruiter
Hans Wagener
Jaap Leemhuis
Jan Willem van Erven Dorens
Jan van Gooswilligen
Patrick Buteux van der Kamp
Theo van Vroonhoven
Theo Terlingen
Tom van Dijck
Wim de Beer
Charles Coster van Voorhout DNS
Hans Both DNS
CoachJan Anjema
10FranceFRA
Albert Vanpoulle
Claude Dugardin
Claude Leroy
Claude Windal
Diran Manoukian
Gérard Poulain
Ido Marang
Jacques Bonnet
Jacques Mauchien
Jean Desmasures
Jean-Pierre Windal
Maurice Dobigny
Philippe Reynaud
Pierre Court
Roger Bignon
Yvan Bia
Georges Corbel DNS
Jean Seguy DNS
Lugarin DNS
Coach?
11BelgiumBEL
André Carbonnelle
André Muschs
Eddy Carbonnelle
Franz Lorette
Freddy Rens
Guy Debbaudt
Guy Huyghens
Jacques Rémy
Jacques Vanderstappen
Jean Dubois
Jean-Pierre Marionex
Jean-Louis Roersch
Michel Muschs
Pierre Delbecque
Robert Lycke
Roger Goossens
Yves Bernaert
Paul Fayat DNS
Coach?
12PolandPOL
Alfons Flinik
Czesław Kubiak
Henryk Flinik
Jan Flinik
Jan Górny
Kazimierz Dąbrowski
Leon Wiśniewski
Narcyz Maciaszczyk
Roman Micał
Ryszard Marzec
Władysław Śmigielski
Włodzimierz Różański
Zdzisław Wojdylak
Witold Ziaja DNS
Jerzy Siankiewicz DNS
Andrzej Ptak DNS
Zbigniew Zawadzki DNS
CoachSobiesław Paczkowski
13ItalyITA
Alessandro Vannini
Antonio Lenza
Antonio Vargiu
Bruno Figliola
Claudio Candotti
Claudio Libotte
Enrico Bisio
Felice Salis
Giampaolo Farci
Giampaolo Medda
Giovanni Anni
Giovanni Mazzalupi
Luciano Soli
Luigi Farci
Quarto Pianesi
Sergio Ballesio
Tullio Marchiori
Ugo Zorco
Coach?
14JapanJPN
Hiroyuki Fujiwara
Hisatoshi Yamazaki
Ichiro Sado
Kenji Iijima
Michinori Watada
Tadatoshi Abe
Teruo Yaguchi
Toshiharu Nakamura
Tsuneya Yuzaki
Hiroshi Kojima
Yoshio Kojima
Masaru Kanbe
Kunio Iwahashi
Seiji Kihara
Hideo Ichikawa DNS
Hiroshi Nakayama DNS
Coach?
15SwitzerlandSUI
Albert Piaget
Georges Mathys
Gilbert Recordon
Hans Straub
Heinz Wirz
Jean Giubini
Jean Glarner
Kurt Locher
Kurt von Arx
René Wiedmer
Roger Zanetti
Roland Zaninetti
Walter Arber
Walther Wirz
Werner Hausmann
Werner Schmid
Coach?
16DenmarkDEN
Erling Nielsen
Bent Kilde
Carsten Bruun
Erik Frandsen
Hans Glendrup
Villy Moll Nielsen
Jesper Guldbrandsen
Poul Moll Nielsen
Flemming Kristiansen
Torben Alstrup Jensen
Vagn Pejtersen
Willy Kristoffersen
Allan Jahnsen DNS
Leif Hansen DNS
Nils Kousgaard DNS
Henrik Sørensen DNS
Thorkild Hansen DNS
Ulrik Kristian Nielsen DNS
CoachPreben Welton-Madsen

Preliminary Round

Date26 August – 4 September 1960

Group A

Date27 August – 4 September 1960
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1IndiaIND300617-1Q
2New ZealandNZL21157-6Q
3NetherlandsNED11237-9
4DenmarkDEN00303-18
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #127 Aug 15:00IndiaIND10 – 0DenmarkDEN
Match #227 Aug 16:30NetherlandsNED1 – 1New ZealandNZL
Match #330 Aug 16:30IndiaIND4 – 1NetherlandsNED
Match #431 Aug 16:30New ZealandNZL4 – 1DenmarkDEN
Match #502 Sep 16:30IndiaIND3 – 0New ZealandNZL
Match #603 Sep 10:00NetherlandsNED4 – 2DenmarkDEN
Play-off04 Sep 15:30New ZealandNZL2 – 1NetherlandsNED

Group B

Date26 August – 3 September 1960
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1PakistanPAK300621-0Q
2AustraliaAUS211511-5Q
3PolandPOL11233-12
4JapanJPN00302-20
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #126 Aug 10:00PakistanPAK3 – 0AustraliaAUS
Match #226 Aug 15:00PolandPOL2 – 1JapanJPN
Match #329 Aug 16:30PakistanPAK8 – 0PolandPOL
Match #430 Aug 10:00AustraliaAUS8 – 1JapanJPN
Match #501 Sep 10:00PakistanPAK10 – 0JapanJPN
Match #601 Sep 16:30AustraliaAUS1 – 1PolandPOL
Playoff03 Sep 8:30AustraliaAUS2 – 0PolandPOL

Group C

Date29 August – 3 September 1960
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1KenyaKEN21058-0Q
2Unified Team of GermanyGER201410-1Q
3FranceFRA11132-5
4ItalyITA00300-14
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #129 Aug 10:00KenyaKEN1 – 0Unified Team of GermanyGER
Match #229 Aug 15:00FranceFRA2 – 0ItalyITA
Match #331 Aug 10:00Unified Team of GermanyGER5 – 0FranceFRA
Match #401 Sep 15:00KenyaKEN7 – 0ItalyITA
Match #503 Sep 15:00Unified Team of GermanyGER5 – 0ItalyITA
Match #603 Sep 16:30FranceFRA0 – 0KenyaKEN

Group D

Date26 August – 2 September 1960
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SpainESP21058-2Q
2Great BritainGBR12044-1Q
3BelgiumBEL11136-6
4SwitzerlandSUI00303-12
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #126 Aug 16:30SpainESP0 – 0Great BritainGBR
Match #227 Aug 10:00BelgiumBEL4 – 2SwitzerlandSUI
Match #330 Aug 15:00BelgiumBEL1 – 1Great BritainGBR
Match #431 Aug 15:00SpainESP5 – 1SwitzerlandSUI
Match #502 Sep 10:00Great BritainGBR3 – 0SwitzerlandSUI
Match #602 Sep 15:00SpainESP3 – 1BelgiumBEL

Quarter-Finals

Date5 September 1960
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 Sep 9:00IndiaIND1 – 0AustraliaAUSAET
Match #205 Sep 10:30Great BritainGBR2 – 1KenyaKENAET
Match #305 Sep 14:30PakistanPAK2 – 1Unified Team of GermanyGER
Match #405 Sep 16:00SpainESP1 – 0New ZealandNZLAET

Classification Round 5-8

Date8 – 11 September 1960
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #108 Sep 15:00New ZealandNZL1 – 0Unified Team of GermanyGER
Match #208 Sep 16:30AustraliaAUS1 – 1KenyaKEN
Match #309 Sep 8:30AustraliaAUS2 – 1New ZealandNZL
Replay #210 Sep 16:30AustraliaAUS2 – 1KenyaKEN
Replay #311 Sep 9:00New ZealandNZL1 – 0AustraliaAUS

Classification Round 9-12

Date6 – 10 September 1960
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Sep 15:00FranceFRA1 – 0BelgiumBEL
Match #208 Sep 10:30NetherlandsNED2 – 0FranceFRA
Match #310 Sep 10:00NetherlandsNED2 – 1BelgiumBEL

Classification Round 13-16

Date6 – 10 September 1960
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Sep 16:30ItalyITA1 – 1SwitzerlandSUI
Match #208 Sep 9:00JapanJPN5 – 1SwitzerlandSUI
Match #310 Sep 15:00ItalyITA2 – 1JapanJPN

Semi-Finals

Date7 September 1960
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #107 Sep 10:00PakistanPAK1 – 0SpainESP
Match #207 Sep 15:30IndiaIND1 – 0Great BritainGBR

Final Round

Date9 September 1960
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/209 Sep 15:30PakistanPAK1 – 0IndiaIND
Match 3/409 Sep 10:00SpainESP2 – 1Great BritainGBR