In the Deodoro area. Compared to previous Games, there have been changes in the format of the matches. Now, instead of two periods of 35 minutes, hockey players play 4 periods of 15 minutes each.
Medals
Overall standings
(Bold awarded the largest number of medals in its category; host country is also highlighted)
| Total number of medals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | |||
| Women |
results
Men
Group stage
Group A| Place | Team | AND | IN | N | P | GZ | GP | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 10 |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 9 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 7 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 46 | -45 | 0 |
| Place | Team | AND | IN | N | P | GZ | GP | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 10 |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 8 |
| 4 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | +0 | 7 |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 3 |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 1 |
Playoffs
Women
Group stage
Group A| Place | Team | AND | IN | N | P | GZ | GP | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 13 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 6 |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
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Excerpt describing field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics
That night Rostov was with a platoon in the flanker chain, ahead of Bagration’s detachment. His hussars were scattered in chains in pairs; he himself rode on horseback along this line of chain, trying to overcome the sleep that was irresistibly pushing him over. Behind him he could see a huge expanse of our army’s fires burning dimly in the fog; ahead of him was foggy darkness. No matter how much Rostov peered into this foggy distance, he saw nothing: sometimes it turned gray, sometimes something seemed black; then lights seemed to flash where the enemy should be; then he thought that it was only shining in his eyes. His eyes closed, and in his imagination he imagined first the sovereign, then Denisov, then Moscow memories, and again he hastily opened his eyes and close in front of him he saw the head and ears of the horse on which he was sitting, sometimes the black figures of the hussars when he was six steps away I ran into them, and in the distance there was still the same foggy darkness. "From what? It’s very possible,” Rostov thought, “that the sovereign, having met me, will give an order, like any officer: he will say: “Go, find out what’s there.” Many people told how, quite by accident, he recognized some officer and brought him closer to him. What if he brought me closer to him! Oh, how I would protect him, how I would tell him the whole truth, how I would expose his deceivers,” and Rostov, in order to vividly imagine his love and devotion to the sovereign, imagined an enemy or deceiver of the German whom he enjoyed not only killed, but hit him on the cheeks in the eyes of the sovereign. Suddenly a distant cry woke up Rostov. He shuddered and opened his eyes."Where I am? Yes, in a chain: slogan and password – drawbar, Olmütz. What a shame that our squadron will be in reserves tomorrow... - he thought. - I’ll ask you to get involved. This may be the only opportunity to see the sovereign. Yes, it won't be long until the shift. I’ll go around again and when I return, I’ll go to the general and ask him.” He adjusted himself in the saddle and moved his horse to once again ride around his hussars. It seemed to him that it was brighter. On the left side one could see a gentle illuminated slope and the opposite, black hillock, which seemed steep, like a wall. On this hillock there was a white spot that Rostov could not understand: was it a clearing in the forest, illuminated by the moon, or the remaining snow, or white houses? It even seemed to him that something was moving along this white spot. “The snow must be a spot; spot – une tache,” thought Rostov. “Here you go…”
“Natasha, sister, black eyes. On... tashka (She will be surprised when I tell her how I saw the sovereign!) Natashka... take tashka...” “Straighten that, your honor, otherwise there are bushes,” said the voice of a hussar, past whom Rostov was passing, falling asleep. Rostov raised his head, which had already dropped to the horse’s mane, and stopped next to the hussar. A young child's dream irresistibly beckoned him. “Yeah, I mean, what was I thinking? - not forget. How will I speak to the sovereign? No, that’s not it – it’s tomorrow. Yes Yes! On the car, step on... stupid us - who? Gusarov. And the hussars with mustaches... This hussar with a mustache was riding along Tverskaya, I also thought about him, opposite Guryev’s very house... Old man Guryev... Eh, glorious little Denisov! Yes, all this is nonsense. The main thing now is that the sovereign is here. The way he looked at me, and I wanted to say something to him, but he didn’t dare... No, I didn’t dare. Yes, this is nothing, but the main thing is not to forget that I thought the right thing, yes. On - the car, we are - stupid, yes, yes, yes. This is good". - And he again fell with his head on the horse’s neck. Suddenly it seemed to him that they were shooting at him. "What? What? What!... Ruby! What?...” Rostov spoke, waking up. The moment he opened his eyes, Rostov heard in front of him, where the enemy was, the drawn-out cries of a thousand voices. His horses and the hussar standing next to him pricked their ears to these screams. At the place from which the screams were heard, one light came on and went out, then another, and along the entire line of French troops on the mountain, lights were lit, and the screams became more and more intensified. Rostov heard the sounds of French words, but could not make out them. There were too many voices buzzing. All you could hear was: ahhh! and rrrrr!
- What is this? What do you think? - Rostov turned to the hussar standing next to him. - After all, this is with the enemy?
The hussar did not answer.
- Well, don't you hear? – After waiting quite a long time for an answer, Rostov asked again.
“Who knows, your honor,” the hussar answered reluctantly.
- Should there be an enemy in the area? - Rostov repeated again.
“It may be him, or it may be so,” said the hussar, “it’s a night thing.” Well! shawls! - he shouted at his horse, moving under him.
Rostov's horse was also in a hurry, kicking the frozen ground, listening to the sounds and looking closely at the lights. The screams of voices grew stronger and stronger and merged into a general roar that could only be produced by an army of several thousand. The fires spread more and more, probably along the line of the French camp. Rostov no longer wanted to sleep. The cheerful, triumphant cries from the enemy army had an exciting effect on him: Vive l"empereur, l"empereur! [Long live the Emperor, Emperor!] was now clearly heard by Rostov.
- It’s not far, it must be beyond the stream? - he said to the hussar standing next to him.
The hussar only sighed, without answering, and cleared his throat angrily. Along the line of hussars the tramp of a horse riding at a trot was heard, and from the night fog the figure of a hussar non-commissioned officer suddenly appeared, appearing like a huge elephant.
- Your honor, generals! - said the non-commissioned officer, approaching Rostov.
Rostov, continuing to look back at the lights and shouts, rode with the non-commissioned officer towards several horsemen riding along the line. One was on a white horse. Prince Bagration with Prince Dolgorukov and his adjutants went to see the strange phenomenon of lights and screams in the enemy army. Rostov, having approached Bagration, reported to him and joined the adjutants, listening to what the generals were saying.
The essence of field hockey is for the players of two teams of 11 people each to hit the ball into the opponent's goal with a stick as many times as possible and not let it into their own.
Women's field hockey was introduced for the first time at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Zimbabwe's hockey players became the first champions. USSR hockey players then took third place!
The men's team also took third place at the Olympic Games in Moscow. Indian hockey players became champions.
OLYMPIC GAMES
Field hockey competitions have been held at the Olympic Games since 1908.
RUSSIA
After bronze medals at the Olympic Games in Moscow, the USSR men's team participated in the Olympic Games in 1988 and the CIS team in 1992. In 1981, the USSR national team won the Intercontinental Cup.
In 2008, the Russian national team became the European Champion in indoor field hockey (indoor hockey).
The USSR women's national team in 1981 took 3rd place at the World Championship in Argentina, in 1984 - 2nd place at the European Championship, in 1985 - first place in the Intercontinental Cup, in 1987 and 1991 - took 3rd place at the European Championship.
In 2000, the Russian women's team became the silver medalist of the European Indoor Field Hockey Championship.
Photo - Sergey Kivrin and Andrey Golovanov
144 countries of the world, including 43 European countries, 10.0 million people play field hockey.
Playing field has dimensions: length 91.40 m and width 55 m. On fields with artificial grass, the height of the pile is 1.2-1.5 cm. The field is flooded with water before the game.
Gates: height – 2.14 m, width – 3.66 m.
Impact Circles: The ball is considered to be scored into the goal if a player of the attacking team sent it with a kick, push or throw only from the area of the kick circle. The kick circles are struck at a distance of 14.63 m from the end line in front of the hockey goal.
Sticks: they have a curved hook: on the left side the hook has a flat surface, on the right side it has a convex surface. You can only play with the flat side of the stick. Previously, they played with clubs made from special types of trees. Currently, athletes play with clubs made of composite material, based on plastic.
Ball: The ball is round, white or another color, weighs 156-163 g.
Previously, balls were made of rubber with cork and covered with leather. Currently, balls are made of plastic with a cork inside.
Command structure: Maximum 18 people. 11 players take part in the game. The match consists of two periods of 35 minutes. The team that scores more goals is considered the winner of the match. If no goals are scored, or both teams score the same number of goals, the score in the match is considered a draw.
Penalty corner kick: For violations of the rules by defenders in the kick circle, a penalty corner kick is awarded.
Free throw: For gross violations of the rules by defenders in the shooting circle, a free throw is awarded. It is performed from a mark of 6m 40cm from the goal line.
Field hockey is a dynamic sport that is both reminiscent of ice hockey and football. Two teams compete with each other, trying to score the ball into the opponent's goal using curved sticks. The discipline was added to the Olympic list in 1908, and since then the field hockey tournament has been held at every Summer Olympics.
Participants in field hockey games
The field hockey tournament will feature 12 men's and 12 women's teams. Qualification for the Summer Olympics ended at the end of 2015. Russia did not qualify for either the men's or women's tournament.
The qualifying tournament differed for each continent:
- Asian Games;
- World League semi-final;
- Pan American Games;
- Europe championship;
- Oceania Championship;
- African tournament.
2 groups of teams were formed in the men's tournament and 2 groups in the women's tournament. The first stage of the Summer Olympic Hockey Games involves matches within the group, the second stage is the playoff championship, in which the winner will be determined.
Men's teams
- Group A:
- Australia;
- Great Britain;
- Belgium;
- New Zealand;
- Spain;
- Brazil.
Group B:
- Netherlands;
- Italy;
- India;
- Germany;
- Canada;
- Argentina.
Women's teams
Group A:
- Spain;
- New Zealand;
- Netherlands;
- The Republic of Korea;
- Germany;
- China.
Group B:
- Argentina;
- Australia;
- Great Britain;
- India;
- Japan;
Field hockey competition calendar
Time of hockey games: from August 6 to August 19. The matches will be held at the Olympic Hockey Center.
Men
- Quarterfinals: August 14;
- Semi-final: August 16;
- Match for 3rd place, competition finals: August 18.
Women
- Group competitions: August 6–13;
- Quarterfinals: August 15;
- Semi-final: August 17;
- Match for 3rd place, competition finals: August 19.
The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are different from previous games in London. In order to increase the entertainment and dynamism of the game, it was decided to increase the number of periods and reduce their time. Participants will now play 4 periods of 15 minutes instead of two periods of 35 minutes.
Field hockey is played by two teams of 11 people each, with reserve players. In total, the team can consist of no more than 18 people. Each player has a stick with a curved blade. The game is played with a ball. In the past, wooden clubs were used, but now they are made from composite materials. A cork ball weighs about 150g and in the past it was covered with leather, but now the covering for the balls is plastic.
Field hockey appeared to replace ice hockey, which cannot be played in the summer without a special stadium. This sport is very popular in many countries.
There is a federation that determines everything related to field hockey. It consists of more than 126 countries. It is she who decides how the Olympics will be held.
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