List of Olympic venues in field hockey

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Molson Stadium (front at bottom) hosted the field hockey events for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. This was the first venue in which the sport was played on artificial turf.
Morris Brown College Stadium hosted the field hockey finals for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Riverbank Arena hosted the field hockey events for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. This was the first venue in which the sport was played on blue turf.

For the Summer Olympics, there are 34 venues that have been or will be used for field hockey. The competitions were first held at the Olympic Stadium until 1928 when it was held at a stadium that did not have the Olympic Stadium title. From 1936 to 1960 with the exception of 1952, the competitions were held in more than one venue. Artificial turf made its Olympic debut at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] The last field hockey competitions that was not held on a single venue was in 1996.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venues for these games Capacity Ref.
1908 LondonWhite City StadiumArchery, Athletics, Cycling (track), Diving, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Rugby union, Swimming, Tug of war, Water polo (final), Wrestling97,000. [2]
1920 AntwerpOlympisch StadionAthletics, Equestrian, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon, Rugby union, Tug of war, Weightlifting12,771 [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
1928 AmsterdamOld StadionNone29,000 [12]
1932 Los AngelesOlympic StadiumAthletics, Equestrian (eventing, jumping), Gymnastics105,000 [13]
1936 BerlinHockey Stadion (final)None18,000 [14]
Hockey Stadion #2None1600 [14]
1948 LondonEmpire Stadium (medal matches)Athletics, Equestrian (jumping), Football (medal matches)82,000 [15]
Guinness Sports ClubNoneNot listed. [16]
Lyons' Sports ClubNoneNot listed. [16]
Polytechnic Sports GroundNoneNot listed. [16]
1952 HelsinkiVelodromeCycling (track)6,000 [17]
1956 MelbourneHockey FieldNone21,048 [18]
Melbourne Cricket Ground (final)Athletics, Football (final)104,000 [19]
1960 RomeCampo Tre FontaneNone5,000 [20][21]
Olympic Velodrome (final)Cycling (track)20,000 [22]
Stadio dei MarmiNone15,000 [23][24]
1964 TokyoKomazawa Hockey FieldNone2,000 (1st field)
3,400 (2nd field)
2,300 (3rd field)
[25][26]
1968 Mexico CityMunicipal StadiumNone7,360 [27]
1972 MunichHockeyanlageNone21,900 [28]
1976 MontrealMolson Stadium, McGill UniversityNone19,500 [1]
1980 MoscowDynamo Central Stadium, Minor ArenaNone5,000 [29]
Young Pioneers Stadium (final)None5,000 [30]
1984 Los AngelesWeingart StadiumNone22,000 [31]
1988 SeoulSeongnam StadiumNone23,262 [32]
1992 BarcelonaEstadi Olímpic de TerrassaNone10,200 [33]
1996 AtlantaClark Atlanta University StadiumNone5,000 [34][35]
Morris Brown College Stadium (final)None15,000 [35][36]
2000 SydneyState Hockey CentreNone15,000 [37]
2004 AthensOlympic Hockey CentreNone20,000 [38]
2008 BeijingOlympic Green Hockey FieldNone17,000 [39]
2012 LondonRiverbank ArenaNone16,000 [40]
2016 Rio de JaneiroOlympic Hockey CentreNone15,000[41]
2020 TokyoOi Seaside ParkNone15,000
2024 ParisStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirNone15,000
2028 Los AngelesDignity Health Sports ParkModern pentathlon, rugby sevens15,000
2032 BrisbaneBallymore StadiumNone10,000

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