Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Field hockey
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueHockey Olympic Stadium [de]
Dates4–15 August 1936
Teams11
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands
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The field hockey tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the fifth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.[1]

All games took place either in the Hockey Stadion or on the Hockey Stadion Field No.2. Both of the field hockey grounds were near the Olympic Stadium located on the Reichssportfeld. The competition was held from 4 August 1936 to 15 August 1936. The field hockey matches saw a total attendance of 184,103 and 157,531 tickets were sold. The Indian team scored 38 goals, but only 1 goal was scored against them. British India were the Gold medalists.

Only a men's competition occurred that year.[2]

  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Pool Matches". Retrieved 3 August 2022.