Field hockey - Men's Olympic Games - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1908

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  India	8	1928	1980
  Germany	3	1992	2012
  Netherlands	3	1996	2024
  Pakistan	3	1960	1984
  Great Britain	2	1920	1988
  England	1	1908	1908
  Belgium	1	2021	2021
  Argentina	1	2016	2016
  Australia	1	2004	2004
  New Zealand	1	1976	1976
  West Germany	1	1972	1972

• Winners and finalists since 1908

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  India	8	1
  Netherlands	3	4
  Pakistan	3	3
  Germany	3	2
  Great Britain	2	1
  Australia	1	4
  West Germany	1	2
  Belgium	1	1
  England	1	0
  Argentina	1	0
  New Zealand	1	0
  Spain		3
  Ireland		1
  Denmark		1
  Japan		1
  Republic of Korea		1
  Scotland
  Wales
  United States
  U.S.S.R.

• Various statistics since 1908
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	India	22
  2	Netherlands	20
  3	Great Britain	19
  4	Spain	19
  5	Australia	17
  6	Belgium	16
  7	Germany	16
  8	Pakistan	16
  9	New Zealand	14
  10	Argentina	13

  Number of matches

  1	India	134
  2	Netherlands	128
  3	Australia	121
  4	Spain	119
  5	Great Britain	112
  6	Pakistan	107
  7	Germany	92
  8	New Zealand	88
  9	Belgium	88
  10	Argentina	80

  Games per appearance

  1	East Germany	8
  2	Mexico	8
  3	Uganda	8
  4	West Germany	7.6
  5	Kenya	7.4
  6	Malaysia	7.2
  7	Australia	7.1
  8	Community of Independent S.	7
  9	Egypt	7
  10	Hong Kong	7

  ---

  Wins

  1	India	83
  2	Netherlands	75
  3	Australia	72
  4	Pakistan	70
  5	Germany	54
  6	Spain	51
  7	Great Britain	49
  8	Belgium	37
  9	New Zealand	34
  10	West Germany	25

  Number of wins in games played

  1	England	100 %
  2	West Germany	66 %
  3	Pakistan	65 %
  4	India	62 %
  5	Australia	60 %
  6	Germany	59 %
  7	Netherlands	59 %
  8	U.S.S.R.	54 %
  9	Hungary	50 %
  10	Scotland	50 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Spain	27
  2	Great Britain	24
  3	Australia	20
  4	Netherlands	20
  5	Germany	19
  6	India	17
  7	New Zealand	17
  8	Malaysia	16
  9	Argentina	15
  10	Belgium	13

  ---

  Losses

  1	Argentina	45
  2	Spain	41
  3	Great Britain	39
  4	Belgium	38
  5	New Zealand	37
  6	Canada	35
  7	India	34
  8	Netherlands	33
  9	Malaysia	31
  10	Australia	29

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Brazil	100 %
  2	Egypt	100 %
  3	Finland	100 %
  4	Mexico	100 %
  5	Tanzania	100 %
  6	Wales	100 %
  7	United States	90 %
  8	Hong Kong	86 %
  9	Community of Independent S.	71 %
  10	Ireland	71 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Uganda	38 %
  2	Republic of Korea	28 %
  3	East Germany	25 %
  4	Malaysia	25 %
  5	Poland	24 %
  6	Afghanistan	23 %
  7	Spain	23 %
  8	Germany	21 %
  9	Great Britain	21 %
  10	Argentina	19 %

• All time table since 1908

  (Based on W=2 pts, D=1 pts and L=0 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	India	22	1928	1st	183	134	83	17	34	458	186	+272
  2	Netherlands	20	1928	1st	170	128	75	20	33	321	205	+116
  3	Australia	17	1956	1st	164	121	72	20	29	330	155	+175
  4	Pakistan	16	1948	1st	152	107	70	12	25	294	142	+152
  5	Spain	19	1928	2nd	129	119	51	27	41	237	186	+51
  6	Germany	16	1908	1st	127	92	54	19	19	237	128	+109
  7	Great Britain	19	1920	1st	122	112	49	24	39	226	199	+27
  8	Belgium	16	1920	1st	87	88	37	13	38	184	174	+10
  9	New Zealand	14	1956	1st	85	88	34	17	37	177	160	+17
  10	West Germany	5	1968	1st	55	38	25	5	8	89	39	+50
  11	Argentina	13	1948	1st	55	80	20	15	45	140	210	-70
  12	Malaysia	9	1956	-	52	65	18	16	31	99	136	-37
  13	Kenya	7	1956	-	40	52	16	8	28	75	104	-29
  14	Republic of Korea	6	1988	2nd	35	40	12	11	17	89	85	+4
  15	Poland	5	1952	4th	23	29	8	7	14	59	76	-17
  16	France	10	1908	4th	23	41	9	5	27	38	100	-62
  17	Japan	6	1932	2nd	22	31	10	2	19	53	91	-38
  18	Canada	8	1964	-	21	50	6	9	35	61	159	-98
  19	South Africa	6	1996	-	16	31	5	6	20	64	109	-45
  20	U.S.S.R.	2	1980	3rd	15	13	7	1	5	41	24	+17
  21	Switzerland	5	1928	4th	13	20	5	3	12	22	43	-21
  22	Afghanistan	3	1936	-	11	13	4	3	6	23	58	-35
  23	Denmark	5	1920	2nd	10	18	4	2	12	35	72	-37
  24	East Germany	1	1968	-	8	8	3	2	3	9	11	-2
  25	Austria	3	1928	3rd	8	12	3	2	7	9	31	-22
  26	England	1	1908	1st	6	3	3	0	0	24	3	+21
  27	Uganda	1	1972	-	5	8	1	3	4	10	15	-5
  28	Hungary	1	1936	-	4	4	2	0	2	5	8	-3
  29	Community of Independent States	1	1992	-	4	7	2	0	5	19	26	-7
  30	Ireland	3	1908	2nd	4	7	2	0	5	14	25	-11
  31	Singapore	1	1956	-	4	6	2	0	4	11	30	-19
  32	Cuba	1	1980	-	4	6	2	0	4	11	43	-32
  33	China	1	2008	-	3	6	1	1	4	11	19	-8
  34	Zimbabwe	1	1964	-	3	6	1	1	4	4	16	-12
  35	Italy	2	1952	-	3	7	1	1	5	3	23	-20
  36	United States	6	1932	3rd	3	29	0	3	26	21	153	-132
  37	Scotland	1	1908	-	2	2	1	0	1	5	6	-1
  38	Hong Kong	1	1964	-	1	7	0	1	6	3	26	-23
  39	Wales	1	1908	-	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
  40	Finland	1	1952	-	0	2	0	0	2	0	13	-13
  41	Brazil	1	2016	-	0	5	0	0	5	1	46	-45
  42	Egypt	2	1992	-	0	14	0	0	14	14	68	-54
  43	Tanzania	1	1980	-	0	6	0	0	6	4	58	-54
  44	Mexico	2	1968	-	0	16	0	0	16	4	71	-67

General Informations

• First edition : 1908
• Editions : 25 (including 2024)
• First winner : England
• Most wins : India (8)
• Most recent winner : Netherlands