Field Hockey at The 1960 Summer Olympics - Participating Nations

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
  • Denmark
  • India
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
Group B
  • Australia
  • Japan
  • Pakistan
  • Poland
Group C
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Kenya
Group D
  • Belgium
  • Great Britain
  • Spain
  • Switzerland

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