Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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The Olympic Field Hockey Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was held in the Morris Brown College Stadium, and ran from Saturday July 20 to Friday August 2, 1996.
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[edit] Men's Tournament
[edit] Participating nations
Seven nations automatically qualified for the 18th edition of the Men's Olympic Field Hockey Tournament:
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Argentina – Winner of the 1995 Pan American Games
Australia – Winner of the Oceania Cup
Germany – Olympic Champion of the 1992 Summer Olympics
Pakistan – Winner of the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup
South Africa – Winner of the 1995 All-Africa Games
South Korea – Winner of the 1994 Asian Games
United States – Host country
The five remaining spots were taken by the first five countries of the 1996 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Barcelona, Spain:
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Netherlands
India
Great Britain
Spain
Malaysia
[edit] Medal Winners
| GOLD |  Netherlands
Jacques Brinkman, Floris Jan Bovelander, Maurits Crucq, Marc Delissen, Jeroen Delmee, Taco van den Honert, Erik Jazet, Ronald Jansen, Leo Klein Gebbink, Bram Lomans, Teun de Nooijer, Wouter van Pelt, Stephan Veen, Guus Vogels, Tycho van Meer, and Remco van Wijk. |
| SILVER |  Spain
Jaime Amat, Pablo Amat, Javier Arnau, Jordi Arnau, Oscar Barrena, Ignacio Cobos, Juan Dinarés, Juan Escarré, Xavier Escudé, Juantxo García-Mauriño, Antonio González, Ramón Jufresa, Joaquín Malgosa, Victor Pujol, Ramón Sala, and Pablo Usoz. |
| BRONZE |  Australia
Mark Hager, Stephen Davies, Baeden Choppy, Lachlan Elmer, Stuart Carruthers, Grant Smith, Damon Diletti, Lachlan Dreher, Brendan Garard, Paul Gaudoin, Paul Lewis, Matthew Smith, Jay Stacy, Daniel Sproule, Ken Wark, Michael York. |
[edit] Women's Tournament
[edit] Participating nations
Three nations automatically qualified for the 5th edition of the Women's Olympic Field Hockey Tournament:
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- Australia – Winner of the 1994 Women's Hockey World Cup
- Spain – Olympic Champion of the 1992 Summer Olympics
- United States – Host country
The five remaining spots were taken by the first five countries of the 1995 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Capetown, South Africa:
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- South Korea
- Great Britain
- Germany
- Argentina
- Netherlands
[edit] Medal Winners
| GOLD | Australia
Michelle Andrews, Alyson Annan, Louise Dobson, Renita Farrell, Juliet Haslam, Rechelle Hawkes, Clover Maitland, Karen Marsden, Jenny Morris, Nova Peris-Kneebone, Jackie Pereira, Katrina Powell, Lisa Powell, Danni Roche, Kate Starre, and Liane Tooth. |
| SILVER |  South Korea
Jae-Sook You, Jeong-Sook Lim, Seung-Shin Oh, Hyun-Jung Woo, Eun-Young Lee, Eun-Kyung Lee, Ji-Young Lee, Myung-Ok Kim, Chang-Sook Kwon, Soo-Hyun Kwon, Mi-Soon Choi, Young-Sun Jeon, Deok-San Jin, Eun-Jung Chang, Eun-Jung Cho, and Eun-Kyung Choi. |
| BRONZE | Netherlands
Suzanne Plesman, Dillianne van den Boogaard, Florentine Steenberghe, Willemijn Duyster, Mijntje Donners, Fleur van de Kieft, Nicole Koolen, Jeannette Lewin, Wietske de Ruiter, Ellen Kuipers, Margje Teeuwen, Carole Thate, Jacqueline Toxopeus, Stella de Heij, Noor Holsboer, and Suzan van der Wielen. |
[edit] See also
| Events at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta) |
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| Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Softball • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Tennis • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
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