Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's field hockey
at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey
Tournament details
Host countrySoviet Union
CityMoscow
Dates20–29 July 1980
Teams6
Venue(s)Minor Arena of Dynamo Stadium
Young Pioneers Stadium
Final positions
Champions India (8th title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored146 (8.11 per match)
Top scorer(s) Juan Amat (16 goals)
1976 (previous) (next) 1984

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a ten-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating on 29 July 1980. Games were played across two venues in Moscow, at the Minor Arena at Dynamo Stadium and Young Pioneers Stadium.[1]

India won the gold medal for the eighth time, defeating Spain 4–3 in the gold-medal match. Soviet Union won the bronze medal after defeating Poland 2–1 in the bronze-medal match.[2]

Qualification

The original plan was for a twelve-team tournament, divided into two round-robin groups of six, with the top two of each qualifying for the semi-finals.

However, nine of the twelve teams withdrew as part of the U.S.-led boycott in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Argentina, Kenya, Pakistan, Malaysia, and West Germany boycotted completely, and while Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand competed in some sports, their hockey governing bodies pulled out.

The organising committee subsequently reduced the competition to six teams, the minimum required to hold a competition, with Cuba and Tanzania representing the Americas and Africa in place of Argentina and Kenya respectively, while Poland were invited as the next best team from the 1978 World Cup.

Squads

Results

Preliminary

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain 5 4 1 0 33 3 +30 9 Gold-medal match
2  India 5 3 2 0 39 6 +33 8
3  Soviet Union 5 3 0 2 30 11 +19 6 Bronze-medal match
4  Poland 5 2 1 2 19 15 +4 5
5  Cuba 5 1 0 4 7 42 −35 2
6  Tanzania 5 0 0 5 3 54 −51 0
Source: FIH
20 July 1980
11:00
Poland  7–1  Cuba
Rachwalski field hockey ball 8'
Horwat field hockey ball 27'48'
Hensler field hockey ball 33'
Torz field hockey ball 42'
Bak field hockey ball 63'
Mysliwiec field hockey ball 69'
Report Izquierdo field hockey ball 49'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
20 July 1980
12:45
India  18–0  Tanzania
Deavinder field hockey ball 4'21'25'27'
Baskaran field hockey ball 15'29'57'63'
Shahid field hockey ball 17'
Surinder field hockey ball 23'30'31'34'58'
Fernandes field hockey ball 27'
Iqbal field hockey ball 52'55'
Kaushik field hockey ball 61'
Report
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
20 July 1980
17:00
Soviet Union  1–2 Spain
Lampeev field hockey ball 18' Report Coghen field hockey ball 32'
Amat field hockey ball 57'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

21 July 1980
11:00
Soviet Union  11–2  Cuba
Klevtsov field hockey ball 2'44'
Pleshakov field hockey ball 4'
Pavlovski field hockey ball 10'
Belyakov field hockey ball 17'
Gusev field hockey ball 34'
Zagorodnev field hockey ball 41'54'
Nichepurenko field hockey ball 42'56'
Lampeev field hockey ball 59'
Report Izquierdo field hockey ball 29'52'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
21 July 1980
12:45
Spain 12–0  Tanzania
Garralda field hockey ball 2'
Coghen field hockey ball 7'24'28'30'43'
Monsalve field hockey ball 31'
Malgosa field hockey ball 34'41'
Chaves field hockey ball 44'
Amat field hockey ball 65'68'
Report
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
21 July 1980
17:00
India  2–2  Poland
Deavinder field hockey ball 31'
Fernandes field hockey ball 69'
Report Stanislawski field hockey ball 39'
Wybieralski field hockey ball 65'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

23 July 1980
11:00
Tanzania  0–4  Cuba
Report Mico field hockey ball 6'
Izquierdo field hockey ball 29'45'50'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
23 July 1980
12:45
Spain 2–2  India
Amat field hockey ball 21'
Cabot field hockey ball 43'
Report Surinder field hockey ball 15'65'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
23 July 1980
17:00
Soviet Union  5–1  Poland
Belyakov field hockey ball 24'
Pleshakov field hockey ball 26'
Klevtsov field hockey ball 41'
Gusev field hockey ball 42'49'
Report Torz field hockey ball 60'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

24 July 1980
11:00
India  13–0  Cuba
Surinder field hockey ball 3'11'43'64'
Shahid field hockey ball 8'40'
Rajinder field hockey ball 12'19'
Amarjit field hockey ball 18'35'
Baskaran field hockey ball 22'
Deavinder field hockey ball 30'63'
Report
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
24 July 1980
12:45
Spain 6–0  Poland
Amat field hockey ball 10'
Fábregas field hockey ball 12'
Malgosa field hockey ball 15'
Roca field hockey ball 17'
Chaves field hockey ball 18'
Pellón field hockey ball 69'
Report
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
24 July 1980
17:00
Soviet Union  11–2  Tanzania
Lampeev field hockey ball 6'20'22'41'47'
Zagorodnev field hockey ball 9'
Zigangirov field hockey ball 17'26'
Klevtsov field hockey ball 27'
Goncharov field hockey ball 55'61'
Report Manwar field hockey ball 32'58'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

26 July 1980
11:00
Poland  9–1  Tanzania
Mysliwiec field hockey ball 5'
Wybieralski field hockey ball 29'49'57'
Stanislawski field hockey ball 33'
Torz field hockey ball 36'42'
Horwat field hockey ball 52'
Mielniczak field hockey ball 61'
Report D'Silva field hockey ball 12'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
26 July 1980
12:45
Soviet Union  2–4  India
Gusev field hockey ball 36'
Zigangirov field hockey ball 66'
Report Deavinder field hockey ball 3'
Surinder field hockey ball 34'
Shahid field hockey ball 41'
Kaushik field hockey ball 64'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium
26 July 1980
17:00
Cuba  0–11 Spain
Report Chaves field hockey ball 5'54'
Amat field hockey ball 11'13'20'26'30'33'36'50'
Roca field hockey ball 55'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

29 July 1980
11:00
Cuba  4–1  Tanzania
Pedroso field hockey ball 30'
Vazquez field hockey ball 36'
Izquierdo field hockey ball 37'
Hernandez field hockey ball 55'
Report Sykes field hockey ball 51'
Young Pioneers Stadium

Bronze-medal match

29 July 1980
15:00
Soviet Union  2–1  Poland
Lampeev field hockey ball 10'32' Report Torz field hockey ball 67'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

Gold-medal match

29 July 1980
17:00
India  4–3 Spain
S. Singh field hockey ball 24'30'
Kaushik field hockey ball 42'
Shahid field hockey ball 58'
Report Amat field hockey ball 53'54'65'
Minor Arena, Dynamo Stadium

Final standings

  1.  India
  2. Spain
  3.  Soviet Union
  4.  Poland
  5.  Cuba
  6.  Tanzania

Goalscorers

There were 146 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 8.11 goals per match.

16 goals

14 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

  1. ^ "Games of the XXII Olympiad" (PDF). la84.org. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Hockey at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2019.