Field hockey at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venues | Olympic Velodrome Stadio dei Marmi Stadio Tre Fontane | |||||||||
Dates | 26 August – 11 September 1960 | |||||||||
Teams | 16 | |||||||||
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The field hockey tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was contested from August 26 to September 9, with sixteen participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games. Pakistan won the gold medal, defeating India in the final and ending India's run of six successive Olympic gold medals in field hockey. Spain won the bronze medal.[1]