This tournament is remembered for the first victory of a European nation after 1920 and the misbehaviour of the players of Pakistan after losing the final, which included kicking their silver medals during the medal ceremony and ravaging the locker room. Accordingly, they were banned for life from their national team. Final results for the Hockey

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 at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

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Group A

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
West Germany West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics West Germany was the host nation of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. 423 competitors, 340 men and 83 women, took part in 183 events in 23 sports.-Medalists:...	7	6	1	0	17	5	13
Pakistan Pakistan at the 1972 Summer Olympics Pakistan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The men's hockey team won a silver medal.-Athletics:Men's 200 metres*Nusrat Iqbal Sahi* Heat 6 1st round; 22.07 Men's 400 metres*Nusrat Iqbal Sahi...	7	5	1	1	17	6	11
Malaysia Malaysia at the 1972 Summer Olympics -Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Zainuddin Wahab* First Heat — 10.80s -Road Competition:Men's Individual Road Race* Abdul Bahar-ud-Din Rahum — did not finish...	7	4	1	2	9	7	9
Spain Spain at the 1972 Summer Olympics -Bronze:*Enrique Rodríguez — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight -Archery:In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Spain entered one man and one woman...	7	2	4	1	9	8	8
Belgium Belgium at the 1972 Summer Olympics Belgium competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 88 competitors, 82 men and 6 women, took part in 51 events in 14 sports.- Silver:* Emiel Puttemans — Athletics, Men's 10,000 metres...	7	2	1	4	8	14	5
France France at the 1972 Summer Olympics France competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 227 competitors, 197 men and 30 women, took part in 132 events in 18 sports.- Gold:* Daniel Morelon — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint...	7	2	0	5	6	13	4
Argentina Argentina at the 1972 Summer Olympics Argentina competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 92 competitors, 88 men and 4 women, took part in 62 events in 12 sports.-Medalists:-Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Andres Calonge...	7	0	3	4	4	9	3
Uganda Uganda at the 1972 Summer Olympics Uganda is one of the nations that competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.John Akii-Bua's gold medal and world record in the men's 400m hurdles attracted international attention.- Gold:...	7	0	3	4	6	14	3

August 27, 1972

• West Germany – Belgium 5-1 (3-1)
• Pakistan – France 3-0 (1-0)
• Malaysia – Uganda 3-1 (1-0)
• Spain – Argentina 1-1 (0-1)

August 28, 1972

• West Germany – Malaysia 1-0 (1-0)
• Belgium – Argentina 1-1 (1-1)
• Pakistan – Spain 1-1 (1-1)
• France – Uganda 3-1 (1-0)

August 29, 1972

• Pakistan – Uganda 3-1 (2-0)
• Spain – Malaysia 0-0 (0-0)
• Belgium – France 1-0 (1-0)
• West Germany – Argentina 2-1 (2-0)

August 31, 1972

• Pakistan – West Germany 1-2 (0-0)
• Argentina – Uganda 0-0 (0-0)
• Spain – Belgium 1-0 (0-0)
• France – Malaysia 0-1 (0-1)

September 1, 1972

• Spain – France 3-2 (3-1)
• Pakistan – Argentina 3-1 (1-0)
• West Germany – Uganda 1-1 (1-1)
• Belgium – Malaysia 2-4 (1-3)

September 3, 1972

• West Germany – Spain 2-1 (0-1)
• Pakistan – Malaysia 3-0 (1-0)
• France – Argentina 1-0 (1-0)
• Belgium – Uganda 2-0 (0-0)

September 4, 1972

• Spain – Uganda 2-2 (2-2)
• Pakistan – Belgium 3-1 (1-1)
• West Germany – France 4-0 (3-0)
• Malaysia – Argentina 1-0 (0-0)

Group B

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
India India at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Bronze:* Govin Billimogaputtaswamy, Charles Cornelius, Manuel Frederick, Ashok Kumar, Kindo Michael, Galesh Mollerapoovayya, Krishnamurty Perumal, Ajitpal Singh, Harbinder Singh, Harmik Singh, Kulwant Singh, Mukhbain Singh, and Virinder Singh — Field hockey, Men's Team...	7	6	1	0	25	8	12
Netherlands Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Olympics The Netherlands competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 119 competitors, 90 men and 29 women, took part in 72 events in 16 sports.-Medalists:...	7	5	1	1	20	9	11
Great Britain	7	4	1	2	15	10	9
Australia Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics Australia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 168 competitors, 139 men and 29 women, took part in 110 events in 20 sports.- Gold:...	7	3	2	2	18	8	8
New Zealand New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics New Zealand competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. For the first time at the Olympics, God Defend New Zealand was played instead of God Save the King/Queen...	7	2	3	2	16	11	7
Poland Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics Poland competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 290 competitors, 252 men and 38 women, took part in 150 events in 22 sports.- Gold:* Wladyslaw Komar - Athletics, Men's Shot Put* Jan Szczepański - Boxing, Men's Flyweight...	7	2	2	3	12	12	6
Kenya Kenya at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Gold:* Kipchoge Keino — Athletics, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase* Julius Sang, Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, and Robert Ouko — Athletics, Men's 4×400 metre relay- Silver:* Ben Jipcho — Athletics, Men's 3000 metre steeplechase...	7	1	1	5	8	17	3
Mexico Mexico at the 1972 Summer Olympics Mexico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 174 competitors, 152 men and 22 women, took part in 112 events in 20 sports.-Archery:...	7	0	0	7	1	40	0

August 27, 1972

• India – Netherlands 1-1 (1-1)
• Kenya – Poland 0-1 (0-1)
• Australia – New Zealand 0-0 (0-0)
• Great Britain – Mexico 6-0 (1-0)

August 28, 1972

• Australia – Kenya 3-1 (1-0)
• New Zealand – Mexico 7-0 (3-0)
• India – Great Britain 5-0 (4-0)
• Netherlands – Poland 4-2 (3-0)

August 30, 1972

• Poland – Mexico 3-0 (1-0)
• Netherlands – Kenya 5-1 (2-0)
• New Zealand – Great Britain 2-1 (2-0)
• Australia – India 1-3 (1-2)

August 31, 1972

• Kenya – Great Britain 0-2 (0-1)
• India – Poland 2-2 (1-0)
• Netherlands – New Zealand 2-0 (1-0)
• Australia – Mexico 10-0 (6-0)

September 2, 1972

• India – Kenya 3-2 (0-1)
• New Zealand – Poland 3-3 (1-2)
• Australia – Great Britain 1-1 (1-1)
• Netherlands – Mexico 4-0 (3-0)

September 3, 1972

• Netherlands – Great Britain 1-3 (1-1)
• Australia – Poland 1-0 (1-0)
• India – Mexico 8-0 (4-0)
• Kenya – New Zealand 2-2 (2-2)

September 4, 1972

• Australia – Netherlands 2-3 (1-3)
• Kenya – Mexico 2-1 (1-0)
• India – New Zealand 3-2 (1-1)
• Poland – Great Britain 1-2 (1-1)

Men's Semi Final Round

September 7, 1972

• Australia – Malaysia 2-1 (0-1)
• Great Britain – Spain 2-0 (1-0)

September 8, 1972

• West Germany – Netherlands 3-0 (1-0)
• Pakistan – India 2-0 (2-0)

Men's Classification Matches

September 7, 1972

• 15th/16th place: Uganda – Mexico 4-1 (1-1)
• 13th/14th place: Argentina – Kenya 0-1 (0-0) after extra time

September 8, 1972

• 11th/12th place: France – Poland 4-7 (2-1) after extra time
• 9th/10th place: Belgium – New Zealand 1-2 (0-0)

September 9, 1972

• 7th/8th place: Malaysia – Spain 1-2 (0-2)
• 5th/6th place: Australia – Great Britain 2-1 (0-0) after extra time

Men's Bronze Medal Match

September 10, 1972

NETHERLANDS	1 – 2 (1 – 1)	INDIA	10:00 Hockey Facility Olympic Park, Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... Ref: Osvaldo Pensosi (ITA) and Bernard Valette (FRA)
Ties Kruize Ties Kruize Ties Kruize is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who represented Holland at the Summer Olympics of 1972, 1976, and 1984...  6'		Govinda Billimogaputtaswamy 15'
		Singh Mukhbain 70'

Men's Final

September 10, 1972

WEST GERMANY	1 - 0 (0 - 0)	PAKISTAN	12:00 Hockey Facility Olympic Park, Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... Ref: Horacio Servetto (ARG) and Richard Jewell (AUS)
Michael Krause 60'

Final rankings

1. West Germany

2. Pakistan

3. India

4. The Netherlands

5. Australia

6. Great Britain

7. Spain

8. Malaysia

9. New Zealand

10. Belgium

11. Poland

12. France

13. Kenya

14. Argentina

15. Uganda

16. Mexico

Remarks:

• Men's competition only in 1972
• It was the first ever gold medal lost by either Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
   or India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  , former rulers in this sport.
• At the medal ceremony, Pakistani players threw their silver medals at the floor and turned their backs as the German anthem played.

Men's Medal Winners

GOLD	West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....   ---- Eduard Thelen Eduard Thelen Eduard Thelen is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that defeated Pakistan in the final of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. During his active career he played for Rot-Weiss Koeln winning the German national title three times.-References:... , Peter Trump Peter Trump Peter Trump is a German former field hockey player who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-External links:... , Uli Vos Uli Vos Uli Vos is a former German field hockey player. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, Vos was a member of the gold-medal winning West German field hockey team.He also played at club level for Gladbacher HTC.-References:... , Rainer Seifert Rainer Seifert Rainer Seifert is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West German squad that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:... , Wolfgang Strödter Wolfgang Strödter Wolfgang Strödter is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.... , Eckart Suhl Eckart Suhl Eckart Suhl is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:... , Michael Peter Michael Peter Michael Peter was a field hockey player from West Germany, who captained the West German team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.... , Wolfgang Rott Wolfgang Rott Wolfgang Rott is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He also competed at the 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games, where West Germany finished fourth and fifth. He played at club level for... , Fritz Schmidt, Ulrich Klaes, Michael Krause, Peter Kraus, Werner Kaessmann, Carsten Keller Carsten Keller Carsten Keller is a former field hockey player from West-Germany, who won a gold medal for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played 133 international matches for Germany, and retired after the Munich Games. Keller then became a hockey coach.Three of his children also... , Detlef Kittstein, Wolfgang Baumgart, Horst Dröse, and Dieter Freise.
SILVER	Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...   ---- Munawwaruz Zaman Munawwaruz Zaman Munawwaruz Zaman was one of the players of the Pakistan national field hockey team produced by Pakistan. Munawwar played for Pakistan until his retirement in 1980. He was also a high ranking bank officer.... , Saleem Sherwani Saleem Sherwani (field hockey goalkeeper) Saleem Sherwani is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Pakistan Men's National Hockey Team. He won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany and bronze medal in 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-References:... , Zahid Sheikh Zahid Sheikh Muhammad Zahid Sheikh was a field hockey player who played for the Pakistan National Hockey Team from 1969-1976. He was born at Sialkot. He was capped 34 times and scored 8 goals. He is the younger brother of field hockey star Shahnaz Sheikh.-References:***... , Fazalur Rehman, Shahnaz Sheikh Shahnaz Sheikh Shahnaz Sheikh is a famous hockey player from Pakistan. He was born at Sialkot, Pakistan.A forward, Shahnaz Sheikh played between 1969 and 1978, he was capped 68 times and scored 45 goals. He won Silver in the 1972 Olympics and Bronze in the 1976 Olympics . Shahnaz won 1971 World Cup and was... , Abdul Rasheed Jr, Mohammad Asad Malik (captain), Akhtarul Islam, Islahuddin, Saeed Anwar (vice-captain), Mudassar Asghar, Jahangir Butt, Iftikhar Syed, Riaz Ahmed and Akhtar Rasool Akhtar Rasool Akhtar Rasool is a former field hockey player and captain from Pakistan, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the Hockey World Cups 1978 and again in 1982.... .
BRONZE	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...   ---- Mukhbain Singh Mukhbain Singh Mukhbain Singh is an Olympian .-Family Background:Son of S. Darbara Singh and Surinder Kaur, who migrated to Gurdaspur after partiton in 1947... , Virinder Singh, Harcharan Singh, Harmik Singh Harmik Singh Harmik Singh is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team. He played for India in many tournaments including the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He was awarded the Arjuna Award for his achievements.... , Kulwant Singh, Krishnamurthy Perumal Krishnamurthy Perumal Krishnamurthy Perumal is a two-time Olympic medalist in field hockey and Arjuna Award winning sportsman for India. He hails from the city of Chennai, Tamilnadu. En route to the Indian national hockey team, he played for teams such as the ICF , Tamilnadu and Indian Airlines... , Ajitpal Singh, Harbinder Singh Harbinder Singh Harbinder Singh is a former field hockey player from India.-References:*... , Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (field hockey) Ashok Kumar , is a famous Indian hockey player from Jhansi.He is the son of the Indian hockey legend Dhyanchand but for him to emulate his father was a stupendous task... , Kindo Michael, Galesh Mollerapoovayya, Govin Billimogaputtaswamy, Charles Cornelius Charles Cornelius Charles Cornelius was an Indian hockey player who represented the Indian national hockey team in the 1973 Hockey World Cup and the 1974 Asian Games in Teheran. Renowned for his abilities, his career was cut short by knee problems.- References :... , and Manuel Frederick.