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Field hockey
at the Games of the Olympiad
Field hockey – Paris 2024.svg
Venue Stade Yves-du-Manoir
Dates 27 July – 9 August 2024
No. of events 2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors 384 from 15 nations
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Field hockey was a big part of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. These exciting tournaments happened from July 27 to August 9. The games took place at Stade Yves-du-Manoir. This stadium is special because it was also used for the 1924 Summer Olympics! A total of twenty-four teams competed. There were twelve teams for men and twelve for women. They all played hard to win Olympic medals.

How Teams Qualified

To play in the Olympics, teams had to qualify. The rules for qualifying were set by the International Olympic Committee and the International Hockey Federation (FIH). These rules were announced on March 30, 2022.

Each continent had a special tournament. The winning team from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania got a spot. This was for both men's and women's teams. France, as the host country, also got a direct spot. This was because their teams were ranked high enough in the world.

Other teams could qualify through special tournaments. The top three teams from two different FIH Olympic qualifying events earned their places. This filled up the twelve spots for each tournament.

Teams That Qualified

Here is a list of the countries that sent field hockey teams to Paris 2024:

Nation Men's Women's Athletes
 Argentina Yes Yes 32
 Australia Yes Yes 32
 Belgium Yes Yes 32
 China Yes 16
 France Yes Yes 32
 Germany Yes Yes 32
 Great Britain Yes Yes 32
 India Yes 16
 Ireland Yes 16
 Japan Yes 16
 Netherlands Yes Yes 32
 New Zealand Yes 16
 South Africa Yes Yes 32
 Spain Yes Yes 32
 United States Yes 16
Total: 15 NOCs 192 192 384

You can find more details about how the men's teams qualified here:

And for the women's teams:

Medal Winners

Here's a look at which countries won medals in field hockey at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Medal Table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Netherlands 2 0 0 2
2  China 0 1 0 1
 Germany 0 1 0 1
4  Argentina 0 0 1 1
 India 0 0 1 1
Totals (5 entries) 2 2 2 6

Medalists

These are the amazing athletes who won medals for their countries:

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
 Netherlands
Thierry Brinkman
Jip Janssen
Lars Balk
Jonas de Geus
Thijs van Dam
Seve van Ass
Jorrit Croon
Justen Blok
Derck de Vilder
Floris Wortelboer
Tjep Hoedemakers
Koen Bijen
Joep de Mol
Pirmin Blaak
Tijmen Reyenga
Duco Telgenkamp
Floris Middendorp
 Germany
Mats Grambusch
Mathias Müller
Lukas Windfeder
Niklas Wellen
Johannes Große
Thies Prinz
Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
Teo Hinrichs
Tom Grambusch
Gonzalo Peillat
Christopher Rühr
Justus Weigand
Marco Miltkau
Martin Zwicker
Hannes Müller
Malte Hellwig
Moritz Ludwig
Jean Danneberg
 India
Harmanpreet Singh
Jarmanpreet Singh
Abhishek Nain
Manpreet Singh
Hardik Singh
Gurjant Singh
Sanjay
Mandeep Singh
Lalit Upadhyay
P. R. Sreejesh
Sumit Walmiki
Shamsher Singh
Raj Kumar Pal
Amit Rohidas
Vivek Prasad
Sukhjeet Singh
Women
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 Netherlands
Xan de Waard
Anne Veenendaal
Luna Fokke
Freeke Moes
Lisa Post
Yibbi Jansen
Renée van Laarhoven
Felice Albers
Maria Verschoor
Sanne Koolen
Frédérique Matla
Joosje Burg
Marleen Jochems
Pien Sanders
Marijn Veen
Laura Nunnink
Pien Dicke
 China
Ou Zixia
Ye Jiao
Gu Bingfeng
Yang Liu
Zhang Ying
Chen Yi
Ma Ning
Li Hong
Dan Wen
Zou Meirong
He Jiangxin
Fan Yunxia
Chen Yang
Xu Wenyu
Zhong Jiaqi
Tan Jinzhuang
Yu Anhui
 Argentina
Rocío Sánchez Moccia
Sofía Toccalino
Agustina Gorzelany
Valentina Raposo
Agostina Alonso
Agustina Albertario
María José Granatto
Cristina Cosentino
Victoria Sauze
Sofía Cairó
Eugenia Trinchinetti
Lara Casas
Juana Castellaro
Pilar Campoy
Julieta Jankunas
Zoe Díaz

Men's Tournament

For all the details about the men's field hockey games, including group stages and knockout rounds, visit:

Women's Tournament

To learn more about the women's field hockey games, including how they played through the groups and finals, see:

See also

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