Meet Top Goal-Scorers at Olympic Men’s Hockey
Field men’s hockey kickstarted at the 1908 London Olympics, where England won the crown beating Ireland 8-1 in the final. Across 25 editions, various players from different countries such as Pakistan, England/Great Britain, Netherlands, India, Spain, Argentina, and Belgium have emerged top goal-scorers at the Olympics. Let us take a deep dive on the top goal-scorers of each Olympics.
Olympics Year | Player | Country | Top Goal-Scorer |
2024 Olympics | Harmanpreet Singh | India | 10 Goals |
2021 Olympics | Alexander Hendrickx | Belgium | 14 Goals |
2016 Olympics | Gonzalo Peillat | Argentina | 11 Goals |
2012 Olympics | Mink van der Weerden | Netherlands | 8 Goals |
2008 Olympics | Taeke Taekema | Netherlands | 11 Goals |
2004 Olympics | Sohail Abbas | Pakistan | 11 Goals |
2000 Olympics | Jorge Lombi | Argentina | 13 Goals |
1996 Olympics | Taco van den Honert | Netherlands & South Africa | 7 Goals Each |
1992 Olympics | Floris Jan Bovelander & Fernando Ferrara | Netherlands & Argentina | 11 Goals Each |
1988 Olympics | Floris Jan Bovelander | Netherlands | 9 Goals |
1984 Olympics | Hasan Sardar | Pakistan | 10 Goals |
1980 Olympics | Juan Amat | Spain | 16 Goals |
1976 Olympics | Paul Litjens | Netherlands | 11 Goals |
1972 Olympics | Ties Kruize | Netherlands | 17 Goals |
1968 Olympics | Tanvir Dar & Brian Glencross | Pakistan & Australia | 7 Goals Each |
1964 Olympics | Prithipal Singh | India | 10 Goals |
1960 Olympics | Abdul Hamid | Pakistan | 8 Goals |
1956 Olympics | Udham Singh | India | 15 Goals |
1952 Olympics | Balbir Singh Senior | India | 9 Goals |
1948 Olympics | Balbir Singh Senior | India | 8 Goals |
1936 Olympics | Dhyan Chand | India | 13 Goals |
1932 Olympics | Roop Singh | India | 13 Goals |
1928 Olympics | Dhyan Chand | India | 15 Goals |
1920 Olympics | Stanley Shoveller& Niels Blach | England & Denmark | 9 Goals Each |
1908 Olympics | Reggie Pridmore | England | 10 Goals |