The field hockey tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the 10th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 11 to 23 October 1964. All games were played at the Komazawa Hockey Field in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

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Field hockey
at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Dates	11–23 October 1964
Teams	15 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	Komazawa Hockey Field
Final positions
Champions	India (7th title)
Runner-up	Pakistan
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	179 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Prithipal Singh (10 goals)
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Pakistan were the defending champions, but lost 1–0 to India in the Gold-medal match.

Australia won their first Olympic medal, claiming bronze in a 3–2 win over Spain in extra time.

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	India	9	7	2	0	22	5	+17	16	Gold Medal
	Pakistan	8	7	0	1	20	4	+16	14	Silver Medal
	Australia	8	5	0	3	20	10	+10	10	Bronze Medal
4	Spain	9	4	3	2	18	9	+9	11	Fourth place
5	United Team of Germany	9	4	5	0	17	5	+12	13	Fifth place
6	Kenya	8	4	1	3	10	13	−3	9	Sixth place
7	Netherlands	8	4	1	3	21	7	+14	9	Eliminated in crossovers
8	Japan (H)	7	3	0	4	7	11	−4	6
9	Malaysia	7	2	2	3	11	13	−2	6	Eliminated in group stage
9	Great Britain	6	2	0	4	5	12	−7	4
11	Belgium	7	2	2	3	10	13	−3	6
11	Rhodesia	6	1	1	4	4	16	−12	3
13	New Zealand	6	1	0	5	6	10	−4	2
13	Canada	7	1	0	6	5	25	−20	2
15	Hong Kong	7	0	1	6	3	26	−23	1

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There were 179 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

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