The men's field hockey tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the seventh edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics.
Medal summary K. D. SinghLeslie ClaudiusMeldric DaluzKeshav DuttChinadorai DeshmutuRanganathan FrancisRaghbir LalGovind PerumalMuniswamy RajgopalBalbir Singh Sr.Randhir Singh GentleC. S. DubeyUdham SinghDharam SinghGrahanandan SinghChaman Singh GurungJaswant Rai Jules AncionAndré BoerstraHarry DerckxHan DrijverDick EsserRoepie KruizeDick LoggereLau MulderEddy TielWim van HeelLeonard Wery Denys Carnill (capt) John CockettJohn ConroyGraham DaddsDerek DayDennis EaganRobin FletcherWilliam Lindsay-SmithRoger MidgleyRichard NorrisNeil NugentAnthony NunnAnthony John RobinsonPeter SmithJohn Paskin TaylorStephen Theobald
Results Bracket
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Consolation round There was also a consolation tournament played by the teams which were eliminated before the semi-finals. It is unknown if this part of the tournament was official and part of the Olympic Games because the official report did not cover these matches.
5th–12th place quarter-finals
5th–8th place semi-finals
Fifth and sixth place
Participating nations Each country was allowed to enter a team of 18 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 191 players were entered, however only the 144 participants and six more players are known up to now. The official report for this Games also shows 144 competitors, but in the "Index of competitors" there are 147 players listed. The Austrian Hermann Knoll, the Belgian Jean-Jacques Moucq and the Polish Tadeusz Adamski did, according to the report itself, not compete in the main tournament. The Austrian player is not even shown as a competitor by the Austrian Olympic Committee database.
A total of 144(*) field hockey players from 12 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in the main tournament in one game at least.
Summary
There was also a consolation tournament played by the teams which were eliminated before the semi-finals. It is unknown if this part of the tournament was official and part of the Olympic Games because the official report did not show these matches in any kind. However, the teams are listed in order of the results of this consolation round.
Place Nation 1 2 3 4 Manzoor Hussain AtifJack BrittoAbdul HamidMahmoodul HassanAsghar Ali KhanMuhammad Niaz KhanHabib Ali KiddieMalik AzizLatif MirHabibur RehmanLatif-ur-RehmanQazi Abdul Waheed 5 Günther BrenneckeHugo BudingerHugo DollheiserHans-Jürgen DollheiserWilfried GrubeFriedrich HiddingAlfred LückerCarl-Ludwig PetersWerner RosenbaumHeinz SchmitzHeinz SchützRolf StoltenbergWilhelm SuhrenHeino ThielemannGünther Ullerich 6 Antoni AdamskiEugeniusz CzajkaAlfons FlinikHenryk FlinikJan FlinikNarcyz MaciaszczykJan MałkowiakMaksymilian MałkowiakRyszard MarzecBronisław PawlickiZdzisław WojdylakTadeusz AdamskiJerzy SiankiewiczZdzisław Starzyński 7 Kurt DvorakKarl HolzapfelWalter KaitnaAlfred KnollJohann KollerJosef MatzJosef PecankaRobert PecankaErnst SchalaJosef SchimmerFranz StrachotaHermann Knoll Jean-Pierre BolomeyKurt GoldschmidJean GrünerRudolf KellerFridolin KurmannKurt MüllerGilbert RecordonJean-Pierre RocheFritz StuhlingerHugo VonlanthenRoger ZanettiKarl Hofstetter 9 Pierre BousmanneJosé DelavalJean DuboisJean EnderleRoger GoossensHarold MechelynckRoger MorletPaul ToussaintJean Van LeerLucien van WeydeveldJacques VanderstappenJacky MoucqLéo Rooman Veijo-Lassi HolopainenErkki HeikkiläTauno TimoskaReino LindroosKaarlo EiniöToivo SalminenKeijo KuuselaEsko SilvennoinenEsko SalminenRisto LamppuPentti Elo 11 Bernard BooneRoger CapelleJean-François DubessayClaude HauetJean HauetMichel LacroixRobert LucasDiran ManoukianFlorio MartelAndré MeyerPhilippe ReynaudJacques ThieffryJean ZizineJean Desmasures Amedeo BanciEgidio CosentinoVittorio Stellin CastellaniLuigi LanfranchiSergio FormentiUmberto MiccoPiervittorio PampuroGastone PuccioniPrimo MeozziSergio MorraGiorgio RavalliPiero Baglia-BamberghiLuigi PiacentiniGiampaolo MeddaMario Marchiori
References
External links Official Olympic Report