Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The field hockey tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Venue | Hockeyanlage | |||||||||
| Dates | 27 August–10 September 1972 | |||||||||
| No. of events | 1 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 263 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 | |||||||||
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The West German victory was the first title by a European nation since 1920 but was marred by the behavior of Pakistani players, fans, and officials after losing the final.
At the final whistle, Pakistani fans and officials invaded the pitch before assaulting West German police and stadium security, storming the tournament officials table and pouring a bucket of water over International Hockey Federation president Rene Frank, while the players destroyed their locker room and refused to wear their silver medals or face the West German flag as it was raised at the medal ceremony.
The eleven Pakistani players were banned for life from their national team, but after a high-level apology, the ban was reduced to two years, and eight of them played at the 1976 Olympics.[2]
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Wolfgang Baumgart Horst Drose Dieter Freise Werner Kaessmann Carsten Keller Detlev Kittstein Ulrich Klaes Peter Kraus Michael Krause Michael Peter Wolfgang Rott Fritz Schmidt Rainer Seifert Wolfgang Strodter Eckart Suhl Eduard Thelen Peter Trump Ulrich Vos |
 Rashid Abdul Akhtar Rasool Ul Akhtar Jahangir Butt Fazalur Rehman Islahuddin Siddique Muhammad Asad Malik Shahnaz Sheikh Munawwaruz Zaman Ahmad Riaz Saeed Anwar Saleem Sherwani Iftikar Syed Mudassar Syed Zahid Sheikh |
 B. P. Govinda Charles Cornelius Manuel Frederick Michael Kindo V.J.PHILLIPS Ashok Kumar M. P. Ganesh Krishnamurty Perumal Ajitpal Singh Harbinder Singh Harcharan Singh Harmik Singh Kulwant Singh Mukhbain Singh Virinder Singh |
Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 13 | Semi-finals |
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 11 | |
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
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7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | |
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7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | Ninth place game |
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7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | Eleventh place game |
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7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | Thirteenth place game |
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7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | Fifteenth place game |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 12 | Semi-finals |
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 11 | |
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 8 | |
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7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 7 | Ninth place game |
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | Eleventh place game |
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7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 | Thirteenth place game |
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7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 40 | −39 | 0 | Fifteenth place game |
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Classification round
Ninth to sixteenth place classification
Fifth to eighth place classification
| 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
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5–8th place semi-finals
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Medal round
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Final rankings
Remarks:
- Men's competition only in 1972
- It was the first-ever gold medal lost by either Pakistan or India, former rulers in this sport.
- At the medal ceremony Pakistani players, as a protest against alleged biased and unfair decisions by the referee, put forth their foot to wear the medal then threw their silver medals at the floor and turned their backs as the German anthem played.
References
- "Hockey at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- Misbehaving Pakistani hockey players
External links
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