Field hockey was contested for men only at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
India won its first gold medal by defeating the two-time defending champions Pakistan 1–0 after extra time in the final. Japan won its first medal by defeating Malaysia 1–0 in the bronze medal match.
Medalists
MenA. L. FrankBalbir Singh GrewalHaripal KaushikBalbir Singh KularBalbir Singh KullarMohinder LalShankar LakshmanJohn PeterDharam SinghGurbux SinghHarbinder SinghHarmik SinghInder SinghJagdeep SinghJagjit SinghPrithipal SinghTarsem SinghNoel ToppoMuhammad AshfaqLaeeq AhmedMuhammad AkhtarSaeed AnwarTariq AzizKhizar Nawaz BajwaJahangir ButtMunir DarAbdul HamidJahangir KhanKhalid MahmoodMuhammad Asad MalikRiazuddin MoghalTariq NiaziFazal-ur-RehmanMuhammad RashidAbdul WaheedKhwaja ZakauddinHiroshi FujishimaSeiji HashimotoYukitoshi HataNobuo IdeYukio KamimuraShigeo KaokuAkio KudoNorihiko MatsumotoShozo NishimuraSatokazu OtsukaKatsumi ShiratoTakashi SugiuraHiroyuki TakagiAkio TakashimaAkihito WadaMinoru YoshimuraKatsuhiro YuzakiTsuneya Yuzaki
Draw The draw for hockey competition was held on 5 December 1966.
Group A
Group B
Results Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Consolation round
5–8th place semi-finals
5th place match
Medal round
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standings
References
External links Asian Games field hockey results