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Argentina won the previous olympic field hockey event but were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Belgium captured their first gold medal after defeating Australia in the final after penalties. [3] India won their first hockey medal since 1980 Summer Olympics by defeating Germany in the bronze-medal match. [4]
India at the 1980 Summer Olympics; IOC code: IND: NOC: Indian Olympic Association: Website: olympic.ind.in: in Moscow; Competitors: 76 (58 men, 18 women) in 8 sports: Medals Ranked 23rd: Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1: Summer Olympics appearances
Great Britain Netherlands: 26 April – 4 May 2019 2018–19 FIH Series Finals: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2 Canada Malaysia: 6–15 June 2019 Bhubaneswar, India 1 India South Africa [a] 15–23 June 2019 Le Touquet, France 2 France Ireland: 8 September 2019 FIH World Rankings: 7 Austria Egypt [b] Germany New Zealand Pakistan Russia South Korea
Each of the continental champions received a berth alongside the host, Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales compete separately in most competitions, but send a combined team to the Olympics and selected friendly tournaments, which is managed by England Hockey), [2] [3] while another three spots were decided in qualifying tournaments.
The Women's field hockey was introduced into the Olympic programme at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) was founded in 1924 and governs the hockey events. Until the 1988 Summer Olympics , the tournaments were invitational, but a qualification system was introduced since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics .
The men's field hockey tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics was the 15th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It was held from 29 July to 11 August 1984. Pakistan won the gold medal for the third time by defeating West Germany 2–1 in the final. Great Britain won the bronze medal by defeating Australia 3–2. [1]
India got bronze in men's field hockey for a second consecutive Olympics after beating Spain 2-1 earlier Thursday. Before Tokyo in 2021, India had not won a medal in the sport since 1980 — the ...
The Indian field hockey team defeated the British team to win the country's first gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. It was the country's first Olympic gold medal since India became independent. Squad. Leslie Claudius Keshav Dutt Walter D'Souza Lawrie Fernandes Ranganathan Francis Gerry Glackan Akhtar Hussain Patrick Jansen Amir Kumar ...