The field hockey competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in the Percival Molson Memorial Stadium at the McGill University, on an artificial surface for the first time. Only a men's competition occurred.

New Zealand won the gold medal for the first time by defeating Australia 1–0 in the final. Pakistan won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 3–2.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Classification round

Ninth to eleventh place classification

9–11th place semi-final

Ninth place game

Fifth to eighth place classification

5–8th place semi-finals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

Medallists

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| <br />Paul Ackerley<br />Jeff Archibald<br />Arthur Borren<br />Alan Chesney<br />John Christensen<br />Greg Dayman<br />Tony Ineson<br />Barry Maister<br />Selwyn Maister<br />Trevor Manning<br />Alan McIntyre<br />Neil McLeod<br />Arthur Parkin<br />Mohan Patel<br />Ramesh Patel<br />Les Wilson

| <br />David Bell<br />Greg Browning<br />Ric Charlesworth<br />Ian Cooke<br />Barry Dancer<br />Douglas Golder<br />Robert Haigh<br />Wayne Hammond<br />Jim Irvine<br />Malcolm Poole<br />Robert Proctor<br />Graeme Reid<br />Ronald Riley<br />Trevor Smith<br />Terry Walsh

| <br />Rashid Abdul<br />Akhtar Rasool<br />Mahmood Arshad<br />Arshad Chaudhry<br />Khan Haneef<br />Islahuddin Siddique<br />Samiullah Khan<br />Manzoor Hussain<br />Munawwaruz Zaman<br />Zia Qamar<br />Nazim Salim<br />Shahnaz Sheikh<br />Saleem Sherwani<br />Iftikar Syed<br />Mudassar Syed<br>Manzoor-ul Hassan

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References

  • Official Report