The men's field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the eighth edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It was contested from 23 November to 6 December, with 12 participating teams. Only men competed in field hockey at these Games.
India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games, not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament. Pakistan won the silver medal, and Germany won the bronze.
Medalists Leslie ClaudiusRanganathan FrancisHaripal KaushikAmir KumarRaghbir LalShankar LakshmanO. P. MalhotraGovind PerumalAmit Singh BakshiRaghbir Singh BholaBalbir Singh DosanjhHardyal Singh GarcheyRandhir Singh GentleBalkishan Singh GrewalGurdev Singh KullarUdham Singh KullarBakshish SinghCharles StephenZakir HussainMunir Ahmed DarGhulam RasoolAnwar Ahmed KhanQazi Massarrat HussainNoor AlamAbdul HamidHabibur RehmanAhmed Naseer BundaMotiullahLatif-ur RehmanAkhtar HussainHabib Ali KiddieManzoor Hussain AtifGünther BrenneckeHugo BudingerWerner DelmesHugo DollheiserEberhard FerstlAlfred LückerHelmut NonnWolfgang NonnHeinz RadzikowskiWerner RosenbaumGünther Ullerich
Participating nations Twelve teams were seeded and placed into one of three preliminary groups of four teams each. With the unbalanced seeding, the top two teams in Group C advanced to the semi-finals, but only the top team in both Groups A and B advanced.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Squads
Results Preliminary round Pool A
Pool B
Play–off match
Pool C
Classification round Ninth to twelfth place classification
Fifth to eighth place classification
Medal round Bracket
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standings
References
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