Olympic Games

Field Hockey at the Olympics

Field hockey was first introduced at the Olympic Games for men in 1908 in London. It was subsequently removed from the Olympics at the 1924 Paris Games due to the lack of an international structure. It was back in 1928 after the The International Hockey Federation (FIH) was founded.
Great Britain won gold, silver and bronze in hockey competition in 1908, the first time the sport was contested at Olympic level.
For a long period of time India and Pakistan dominated the Olympics, with India winning gold in every olympics from 1928-1956.
Women's hockey was introduced at the 1980 Moscow Games.
Zimbabwe's gold medal winning women's hockey players were each rewarded with an ox when they returned home from the 1980 Games.
Olympic field hockey games were first played on artificial turf in Montreal in 1976.