The men's

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tournament at the

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was the 18th edition of the field hockey event for men at the

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. It was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 20 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 2 August. Games were played at the

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and the

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, both located in

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won the gold medal for the first time after defeating

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3–1 in the final.

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won the bronze medal by defeating

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3–2.

Qualification

Each of the continental champions from five federations, the previous Olympic and World champions and the host nation received an automatic berth. Alongside the teams qualifying through the Olympic Qualification Tournament, twelve teams competed in this tournament. : –

qualified both as previous Olympic and continental champion, therefore that quota was added to the ones awarded by the Olympic Qualification Tournament to a total of 5.

Squads

Umpires

*Amin Ayman (EGY) *Santiago Deo (ESP) *Henrik Ehlers (DEN) *Steve Horgan (USA) *Floris Idenburg (NED) *Guillaume Langle (FRA) *Craig Madden (GBR) *Antonio Morales (ESP) *Ray O'Connor (IRL) *Yuri Platonov (RUS) *Don Prior (AUS) *Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) *Kiyoshi Sana (JPN) *Roger St. Rose (TRI) *Patrick van Beneden (BEL) *Sasidharan Vasutheven (MAS) *Peter von Reth (NED) *Richard Wolter (GER)

Results

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Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Ninth- to twelfth-place classification

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=Eleventh and twelfth place

=Ninth and tenth place

Fifth to eighth place classification

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=Seventh and eighth place

=Fifth and sixth place

Medal round

=Semi-finals

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=Bronze-medal match

=Gold-medal match

Final rankings

Goalscorers

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Field Hockey At The 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Tournament O Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics