Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The field hockey tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was contested from August 26 to September 9, with sixteen participating teams. Great Britain took out the gold medal defeating India 1-0 with Spain taking home the bronze medal.

Participating nations
Sixteen teams were placed into four preliminary groups of four teams each. After a preliminary round-robin set of matches, the top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.


 * Group A


 * Group B


 * Group C


 * Group D