The men's field hockey tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the 11th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics. It took place over a fourteen-day period beginning on 13 October, and culminated with the medal finals on 26 October. All games were played at the Municipal Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico.
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.
Field hockey was introduced at the Olympic Games as a men's competition at the 1908 Games in London. By acclamation India is the most dominant team at the Olympics. Having won a total of 12 medals at Field hockey.
Uganda competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany which were held from 26 August to 11 September 1972. The nation's delegation consisted of 33 athletes: seventeen field hockey players, eight boxers and eight track and field athletes
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports. It was the first time that West Germany and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.
Christian "Büdi" Blunck is a former field hockey midfield player from Germany.
Southern Rhodesia first participated as Rhodesia in the Olympic Games in 1928, when it sent two boxers to Amsterdam, both of whom were eliminated in their second bout. The dominion did not appear at the Games under a Rhodesian banner until 1960, when it sent a fourteen-athlete delegation as part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In Rome, two sailors, Alan David Butler and Christopher Bevan, finished fourth, which was Rhodesia's best result until it became Zimbabwe in 1980. Southern Rhodesia sent 29 competitors, including a field hockey team, to the 1964 Summer Games, which was its last Olympic appearance under the Rhodesian banner.
The men's shot put competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 13–14. Nineteen athletes from 14 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was wo by Randy Matson of the United States, the nation's sixth consecutive and 14th overall victory in the men's shot put. His teammate George Woods took silver, making 1968 the sixth straight Games the Americans had finished one-two. Matson was the seventh man to win two medals in the event ; Woods would become the eighth in 1972. Eduard Gushchin took bronze, the Soviet Union's first men's shot put medal.
Rainer Ernst Stephan is a German former field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.
Axel Hermann Thieme is a German former field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Klaus Erich Bahner was a German former field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Crimmitschau, Saxony, Germany.
Horst Otto Brennecke is a German former field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Lothar Richard Lippert is a German former field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Dieter Krause is a German field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of squads that took place in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Dieter Klauß was a German field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
