Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's field hockey
at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Atlanta
Dates	20 July – 1 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Herndon Stadium; Panther Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	103 (3.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alyson Annan; Chang Eun-jung (8 goals)
← 1992 (previous)	(next) 2000 →

The women's field hockey tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was the 5th edition of the field hockey event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 1 August. Games were played at the Herndon Stadium and the Panther Stadium, both located in Atlanta, United States.

Australia won the gold medal for the second time after defeating Korea 3–1 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 0–0 draw.^[1]

Qualification

The previous Olympic and World champions and the host nation received an automatic berth. Along with the five teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, eight teams competed in this tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Qualifier(s)
Host nation			United States
27 July – 7 August 1992	1992 Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	Spain
13–23 July 1994	1994 Hockey World Cup	Dublin, Ireland	Australia
15–26 November 1995	Olympic Qualification Tournament	Cape Town, South Africa	South Korea Great Britain Germany Argentina Netherlands

Squads

Umpires

Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
Gill Clarke (ENG)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Janice McDonald (GBR)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Naomi Kato (JPN)
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Renée Chatas (USA)

Results

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	7	6	1	0	24	4	+20	13	Gold medal match
2	South Korea	7	4	2	1	18	9	+9	10	Gold medal match
3	Great Britain	7	3	2	2	12	11	+1	8	Bronze medal match
4	Netherlands	7	3	2	2	15	15	0	8	Bronze medal match
5	United States (H)	7	2	2	3	8	11	−3	6
6	Germany	7	2	1	4	10	11	−1	5
7	Argentina	7	2	1	4	7	21	−14	5
8	Spain	7	0	1	6	5	17	−12	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[2]
(H) Hosts

20 July 1996
09:00

United States	1–1	Netherlands
Pankratz 69'	Report	Dubbeldam 63'

Umpires:
Naomi Kato (JPN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

20 July 1996
11:00

Australia	4–0	Spain
Andrews 32' L. Powell 54' Hawkes 65' Annan 69'	Report

Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Miriam van Gemert (NED)

20 July 1996
17:30

Argentina	0–2	Germany
	Report	van Kooperan 17' Lätzsch 39'

Umpires:
Janice McDonald (GBR)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

20 July 1996
20:00

South Korea	5–0	Great Britain
Cho Eun-jung 22', 70' Choi Mi-soon 43' Kwon Chang-sook 46' Kwon Soo-hyun 67'	Report

Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)

21 July 1996
17:30

Spain	1–2	Germany
Tellería 31'	Report	Hentschel 15' van Kooperen 56'

Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Gill Clarke (GBR)

21 July 1996
20:00

Netherlands	1–1	Great Britain
Lewin 11'	Report	Cook 41'

Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)

22 July 1996
09:00

Australia	7–1	Argentina
Farrell 9' K. Powell 25' Annan 30', 49', 50' Roche 61' L. Powell 63'	Report	Rimoldi 43'

Umpires:
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)

22 July 1996
11:00

United States	3–2	South Korea
Fuchs 5' Pankratz 25' Marois 70'	Report	Chang Eun-jung 49' Lee Eun-kyung 62'

Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Naomi Kato (JPN)

23 July 1996
09:00

Australia	1–0	Germany
Roche 25'	Report

Umpires:
Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

23 July 1996
11:00

Spain	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Rimoldi 44'

Umpires:
Janice McDonald (GBR)
Miriam van Gemert (NED)

23 July 1996
17:30

Netherlands	1–3	South Korea
de Ruiter 52'	Report	Chang Eun-jung 40', 63' Cho Eun-jung 44'

Umpires:
Renée Chatas (USA)
Gill Clarke (GBR)

23 July 1996
20:00

United States	0–1	Great Britain
	Report	Simpson 51'

Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Laura Crespo (ARG)

25 July 1996
09:00

Spain	2–2	Great Britain
Dorado 22' Gabellanes 55'	Report	Fraser 18' Johnson 66'

Umpires:
Lee Mi-ok (KOR)
Renée Chatas (USA)

25 July 1996
11:00

Netherlands	4–3	Germany
Dubbeldam 3' de Ruiter 21' Donners 52', 63'	Report	Becker 27', 43' Cremer 55'

Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Margaret Lanning (CAN)

25 July 1996
17:30

Australia	3–3	South Korea
Annan 32' Morris 35' K. Powell 70'	Report	Chang Eun-jung 39', 47' Cho Eun-jung 60'

Umpires:
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Gill Clarke (GBR)

25 July 1996
20:00

United States	1–2	Argentina
Marois 26'	Report	Masotta 5' MacKenzie 60'

Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)

26 July 1996
17:30

United States	1–1	Germany
Werley 54'	Report	Cremer 3'

Umpires:
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)
Janice McDonald (GBR)

26 July 1996
20:00

Australia	1–0	Great Britain
Andrews 29'	Report

Umpires:
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Naomi Kato (JPN)

27 July 1996
09:00

Spain	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Chang Eun-jung 25' Lee Eun-young 48'

Umpires:
Carola Heinrichs (GER)
Peri Buckley (AUS)

27 July 1996
11:00

Netherlands	4–1	Argentina
Donners 5' de Ruiter 14', 45', 48'	Report	Masotta 39'

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

28 July 1996
09:00

Germany	2–3	Great Britain
Hentschel 29' Becker 38'	Report	Atkins 51', 69' Sixsmith 61'

Umpires:
Miriam van Gemert (NED)
Laura Crespo (ARG)

28 July 1996
11:00

Australia	4–0	United States
Morris 3' K. Powell 9' L. Powell 17' Kate Starre 24'	Report

Umpires:
Gill Clarke (GBR)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

28 July 1996
17:30

Spain	2–4	Netherlands
López 27' Barrio 60'	Report	de Ruiter 7', 11' Thate 29' Donners 51'

Umpires:
Lee Mi-Ok (KOR)
Naomi Kato (JPN)

28 July 1996
20:00

Argentina	2–2	South Korea
MacKenzie 10' Castelli 16'	Report	Cho Eun-jung 33' Chang Eun-jung 46'

Umpires:
Margaret Lanning (CAN)
Renée Chatas (USA)

30 July 1996
09:00

Argentina	0–5	Great Britain
	Report	Nicholls 8', 68' Sixsmith 13', 61', 67'

Umpires:
Peri Buckley (AUS)
Renée Chatas (USA)

30 July 1996
11:00

Germany	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Chang Eun-jung 31'

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Naomi Kato (JPN)

30 July 1996
17:30

Spain	0–2	United States
	Report	Pankratz 18' Tchou 48'

Umpires:
Janice McDonald (GBR)
Carola Heinrichs (GER)

30 July 1996
20:00

Australia	4–0	Netherlands
Morris 45' Roche 60' Andrews 63' Annan 68'	Report

Umpires:
Laura Crespo (ARG)
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

Medal round

Bronze medal match

1 August 1996
17:00

Great Britain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
Cook Brown Fraser Robertson Johnson	3–4	Donners van den Boogaard Thate Lewin van der Wielen

Umpires:
Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)
Kazuko Yasueda (JPN)

Gold medal match

1 August 1996
19:30

Australia	3–1	South Korea
Annan 14', 44' Powell 63'	Report	Cho Eun-jung 30'

Umpires:
Miram van Gemert (NED)
Gill Clarke (GBR)

Statistics

Final ranking

Scorers

References

^ "Hockey at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ Regulations

External links

"Volume III – The Competition Results" (PDF). la84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

[SR-1] "Hockey at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Hockey". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[Regulations-2] Regulations

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