British India won gold at the 1936 Olympics field hockey tournament, scoring 38 goals while conceding only one across the entire competition.
Key Facts
- Tournament edition
- 5th field hockey event at Summer Olympics
- Competition dates
- 4 August 1936 to 15 August 1936
- Total attendance
- 184,103 spectators
- Tickets sold
- 157,531 tickets
- Goals scored by India
- 38 goals
- Goals conceded by India
- 1 goal
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Field hockey had been an Olympic sport since 1908, and British India had established itself as the dominant force in the sport through the 1920s and early 1930s. The 1936 Berlin Olympics provided the fifth occasion for nations to compete for Olympic honors in field hockey, with British India entering as defending champions.
The field hockey tournament ran from 4 to 15 August 1936 at the Hockey Stadion and Hockey Stadion Field No. 2 on the Reichssportfeld in Berlin. Only a men's competition was held. British India produced an outstanding performance, scoring 38 goals while conceding just one, drawing a total attendance of 184,103 across all matches.
British India claimed the gold medal, cementing its reputation as the preeminent field hockey nation of the era. The tournament's high attendance figures reflected the sport's growing popularity at the Olympic level, and India's near-perfect defensive record set a benchmark rarely matched in subsequent Olympic field hockey competitions.
Result
at Hockey Stadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin