Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venues	Central Dynamo Stadium Young Pioneers Stadium
Dates	July 20 – 31, 1980
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Hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: men's team event and women's team event. For the first time a women's Olympic Games hockey tournament was organized. Both events were held in two venues, located in the north-western part of Moscow:

The schedule started on July 20 and ended on July 31. The 33 matches of hockey events at stadiums were watched by 177,880 spectators.

In the Preliminary Pool, all six teams played against each other in a single round-robin tournament. Then teams placed 1st and 2nd contested for gold and silver medals; placed 3rd and 4th contested for bronze medals and placed 5th and 6th contested for 5th place.

The original plan was for a twelve-team tournament, divided into two round-robin groups of six, with the top two of each qualifying for the semi-finals. The teams would have been:

Argentina, Great Britain, India, Kenya, Netherlands, Pakistan

Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Soviet Union, Spain, West Germany