Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Field hockey
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenuesOlympic Velodrome
Stadio dei Marmi
Stadio Tre Fontane
Dates26 August – 11 September 1960
Teams16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Pakistan
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  India
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
← 1956
1964 →

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]

  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2019.