Participating nations
Sixteen teams were placed into four preliminary groups of four teams each. After a preliminary round-robin set of matches, the top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. ;Group A * * * * ;Group B * * * * ;Group C * * * * ;Group D * * * *Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
---- ---- ---- ----Second place play-off
New Zealand advanced to the quarter-finals. The Netherlands continued to the classification matches for 9th–12th place.Group B
---- ---- ----Second place play-off
Australia advanced to the quarter-finals. Poland continued to the classification matches for 9th–12th place.Group C
---- ---- ----Group D
---- ---- ---- ----Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-final losers continued to play classification matches to determine 5th–8th place. The Great Britain versus Kenya match lasted 127 minutes and needed six overtime periods to determine the winner.Quarter-finals
---- ---- ----Semi-finals
----Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Classification round
Fifth to eighth place classification
5–8th place semi-finals
---- The match was abandoned due to darkness with the score tied at 1-1 after 40 minutes of extra time. Australia was initially awarded the match after a coin toss, but after an appeal by Kenya, the match was declared drawn and a replay was ordered. ReplayFifth place game
After the Australia-Kenya match was declared a draw and a replay ordered on appeal, this match was declared null and void, and a replay was ordered between New Zealand and the winner of the Australia-Kenya replay. ReplaySeventh place game
The seventh-place game between Germany and Kenya was scratched as the German team had flown home after the Closing Ceremony. Both teams were awarded joint seventh place.Ninth to twelfth place classification
As Poland declined to participate in the classification matches, they were awarded twelfth place: the other three teams played a round-robin set of matches. An Italian traffic policeman on duty just outside the field blew his whistle. The Belgians thought it was the umpire's whistle and stopped playing, whereupon the French scored the only goal of the game. ---- ----Thirteenth to sixteenth place classification
As Denmark declined to participate in the classification matches, they were awarded sixteenth place. The other three teams played a round-robin set of matches. ---- ----Final standings
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References
External links
* * {{Field hockey at the Summer Olympics Field hockey at the Summer Olympics 1960 Summer Olympics events