Field Hockey · Interesting Facts
Chapter 2: Records & Statistics
10 parts · 10 tests · 100 facts · updated 31 October 2026 · markdown
Chapter 2 collects the numbers of field hockey: marathons, skill records, medal tables, crowds, caps and ages. Its sources include Guinness World Records, Olympedia and the FIH, and the medal table is counted to 2024.
Some records are about endurance. A marathon match ran from 24 to 26 May, organised by the Happy Hockey Foundation in the town of Goes, and Guinness took several months over the evidence before confirming it that November. Darren Bane brought together two squads of 16 to raise more than £5,200 for a Bristol hospital appeal. Others count stick touches and passes against the clock, one in Tamil Nadu on 9 October 2021.
The Olympic pages cover the all-time medal table, the small club of three-time gold medallists, among them Rechelle Hawkes of Australia and the Dutch Welten and de Goede, and India's run of thirty straight Olympic wins. Elsewhere come Wembley's crowds of schoolgirls, players with more than 400 caps, such as John-John Dohmen, who broke Teun de Nooijer's record, age records and the Hockey Museum in Woking.
The facts below cover marathon matches, skills against the clock, the Olympic medal table, the three-gold club, India's winning run, Wembley's hockey crowds, the most-capped players, age records, title counts and the Hockey Museum.
2.21Marathon Matches
Clubs have played without stopping for a day and more, and Guinness has kept the score.
Test 1Marathon matchesTake a test
It ran from 24 to 26 May and is the outdoor mark Guinness now lists.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Longest marathon playing field hockey' and 'Longest marathon playing indoor field hockey' · recall
It was organised by the Happy Hockey Foundation in the town of Goes.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Longest marathon playing field hockey' and 'Longest marathon playing indoor field hockey' · recall
Guinness took several months over the evidence before confirming it that November.
Source: FIH, 'Guinness World Record set for longest hockey match', 3 November 2011 (fih.hockey) · recall
The Irish club was beaten by just 45 minutes.
Source: FIH, 'Guinness World Record set for longest hockey match', 3 November 2011 (fih.hockey) · recall
Darren Bane brought together two squads of 16 and a team of timekeepers and witnesses.
Source: FIH, 'Guinness World Record set for longest hockey match', 3 November 2011 (fih.hockey) · recall
Volunteer stewards, umpires and independent witnesses kept it all going.
Source: FIH, 'Guinness World Record set for longest hockey match', 3 November 2011 (fih.hockey) · recall
More than £5,200 went to the Cots for Tots Appeal at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol.
Source: FIH, 'Guinness World Record set for longest hockey match', 3 November 2011 (fih.hockey) · recall
26 hours 38 minutes, 31 hours, 33 hours, 60 hours.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Longest marathon playing field hockey' and 'Longest marathon playing indoor field hockey'; FIH · recall
2008, 2010, 2011, 2024.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Longest marathon playing field hockey' and 'Longest marathon playing indoor field hockey'; FIH · recall
A long weekend in Glasgow, from a Friday to a Sunday.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Longest marathon playing field hockey' and 'Longest marathon playing indoor field hockey' · applied
2.22Skills Against the Clock
Touches, passes and dribbles: the hockey records that fit into a minute or three.
Test 1Skills against the clockTake a test
That is over four touches every second, for a full minute.
Source: Guinness World Records: 'Most field hockey stick touches in one minute', 'Most field hockey passes in one minute (team)', 'Greatest distance dribbling a field hockey ball in three minutes (team)' · recall
It was done on 9 October 2021 in Tamil Nadu.
Source: Guinness World Records: 'Most field hockey stick touches in one minute', 'Most field hockey passes in one minute (team)', 'Greatest distance dribbling a field hockey ball in three minutes (team)' · recall
That works out at about a pass every 1.4 seconds.
Source: Guinness World Records: 'Most field hockey stick touches in one minute', 'Most field hockey passes in one minute (team)', 'Greatest distance dribbling a field hockey ball in three minutes (team)' · recall
It was part of the Punjab Youth Sports Festival on 12 March.
Source: Guinness World Records: 'Most field hockey stick touches in one minute', 'Most field hockey passes in one minute (team)', 'Greatest distance dribbling a field hockey ball in three minutes (team)' · recall
That is about 5.4 metres a second, with the ball on the stick.
Source: Guinness World Records: 'Most field hockey stick touches in one minute', 'Most field hockey passes in one minute (team)', 'Greatest distance dribbling a field hockey ball in three minutes (team)' · recall
Hockey was only part of a programme that ran across several sports.
Source: The Peninsula (Qatar), 'Pakistanis make six Guinness records in one day', 13 March 2013 · recall
A local news column ran the feat under the heading 'Say what?'.
Source: Explore Clarion, 'Say what? Man balances field hockey stick on one finger for 3 hours 35 minutes', August 2021 · recall
March 2013, August 2021, October 2021.
Source: Guinness World Records: 'Most field hockey stick touches in one minute', 'Most field hockey passes in one minute (team)', 'Greatest distance dribbling a field hockey ball in three minutes (team)' · recall
43, 255, 979.2.
Source: Guinness World Records: 'Most field hockey stick touches in one minute', 'Most field hockey passes in one minute (team)', 'Greatest distance dribbling a field hockey ball in three minutes (team)' · recall
The record came from Chennai, in the south-east.
Source: Guinness World Records: 'Most field hockey stick touches in one minute', 'Most field hockey passes in one minute (team)', 'Greatest distance dribbling a field hockey ball in three minutes (team)' · applied
2.23The Olympic Medal Table
Who has what, once every Games to 2024 has been added up.
Test 1The Olympic medal tableTake a test
That is eight gold, six silver and six bronze.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · recall
But with just 13 medals in all, it ranks second on the table.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · recall
With four gold and two silver, that also adds up to 13.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · recall
Its women took two, in 1988 and 1996, and its men added one in 2000.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · recall
Zimbabwe is the only other country with the same record.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · recall
Only 19 of them appear on the medal table.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · recall
The Soviet Union has the same pair of bronzes.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · recall
3, 8, 12, 20.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · recall
1, 3, 4, 8.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · recall
New Zealand beat Australia in that final, and has not been on the podium since.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 2024 · applied
2.24The Three-Gold Club
Only a small group has won Olympic hockey gold three times, and most of them are Indian.
Test 1Triple Olympic championsTake a test
All of them won in the run between 1928 and 1964.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · recall
Two are Dutch and one, Rechelle Hawkes, is Australian.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · recall
Both played for the Netherlands, the leading women's team.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · recall
Three golds plus a silver, the silver coming at Rome in 1960.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · recall
He played alongside Dhyan Chand at all three Games.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · recall
He won all three of his golds for India, in 1948, 1952 and 1956.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · recall
He was 31 at that final and was still playing in tours after the war.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · recall
1928, 1948, 1988, 2008 at the Olympics.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · recall
1928, 1952, 1988, 2008.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · recall
Welten and de Goede, with Australia's Hawkes the only other woman on the list.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors · applied
2.25India's Winning Run
Thirty straight Olympic wins, and some scorelines that have never been matched.
Test 1India's Olympic winning runTake a test
The run began at Amsterdam in 1928 and carried on to the sixth straight gold in 1956.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · recall
Five matches, and only one goal conceded.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · recall
The results before it were 4-0, 7-0 and 9-0.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · recall
That loss caused alarm, and a forward was flown in before the semi-final.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · recall
It was the largest crowd for an Olympic hockey match up to then.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · recall
He led all the scorers at those Games by a distance.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · recall
After a clash with the German keeper he had first aid and came back on.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · recall
4, 7, 9, 10.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · recall
5, 13, 30, 38.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · recall
Finland's capital staged it in 1952.
Source: Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)' · applied
2.26Wembley's Hockey Crowds
For decades, England's women packed the national football stadium with schoolgirls.
Test 1Wembley's hockey crowdsTake a test
It lists the match of 11 March 1978.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · recall
Wembley, London, was the venue.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · recall
Coaches brought school parties in from all over the country.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · recall
About 62,000 were there that day.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · recall
The stadium redecorated the hall where the Queen's lunch was held, ready for her visit in 1981.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · recall
The presidents of the English and Welsh women's associations rode with her.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · recall
Mary Russell Vick, by then, was the President of the women's association.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · recall
1951, 1972, 1978, 1981.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · recall
19 November 1979, 28 January 1981, 23 March 1981.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · recall
After men's football, the hockey match was among the biggest crowds the stadium drew each year.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match' · applied
2.27The Most-Capped
More than 400 matches for a country: the small group that has done it.
Test 1The most-capped playersTake a test
It was in the EuroHockey Championships, against England.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · recall
The Dutchman's mark had stood for more than a decade.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · recall
He was 35 when the record fell.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · recall
He played for England and Great Britain.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · recall
The defender from Odisha later led the national federation.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · recall
Totals like hers show why the two formats need to be read apart.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · recall
He went out with an Olympic silver medal.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · recall
401, 410, 412, 427, 432, 454.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · recall
2004, 2012, 2016, 2023.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · recall
Dohmen was part of the Belgian team that won the world and Olympic titles.
Source: FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day' · applied
2.28Young, Old and Long-Lived
The oldest, youngest and longest-lived names in the game's record books.
Test 1Young, old and long-livedTake a test
To be exact, 41 years and 249 days.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · recall
He had lived in Pakistan after partition and reached 100.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · recall
She was precisely 18 years and 70 days.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · recall
He had emigrated from India to England in 1956.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · recall
Hospital updates on his health had been followed all over India.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · recall
She was no medallist that year, but the record is about age, not results.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · recall
Almost two decades in a national shirt.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · recall
16, 18, 41, 95.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · recall
1928, 1936, 1948, 2024.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · recall
Guinness has a similar record for ice hockey, so the two are easily mixed up.
Source: Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen · applied
2.29Counting the Titles
Who has lifted most trophies, event by event, by the most recent counts.
Test 1Counting the titlesTake a test
It is the leading Dutch club of the competition's first two decades.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · recall
India follows on five and Pakistan on three.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · recall
It has won that title eleven times.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · recall
Sources put the count between 13 and 15, depending on when they were written.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · recall
Australia was close behind with six.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · recall
It beat South Korea 3-2 in Ipoh, for a title decades in the coming.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · recall
It was the first time the Red Lions had taken this trophy home.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · recall
1, 3, 5, 10.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · recall
1967, 1970, 1978, 1998.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · recall
Malaysia had waited decades for its own cup; in Ipoh in 2022 it beat South Korea 3-2 on home turf.
Source: Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 2025 · applied
2.30The Hockey Museum in Numbers
The world's only museum of the game, in Woking, and what it keeps.
Test 1The Hockey MuseumTake a test
It stands in Surrey, not far from the old heartland of the English game.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage · recall
It celebrates, preserves and researches the history of the sport.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage · recall
Stamps from many countries show that hockey's fame travelled far.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage · recall
A 2020 Museums Association article counted more than 50,000 objects, without the photographs.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage · recall
That is before the Hockey Association of 1886 itself.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage · recall
They are mostly English and British.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage · recall
It later became the founding board of the charitable trust.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Willesden 1986: the World Cup that changed English hockey' (hockeymuseum.org) · recall
About 2,000 badges and pins, more than 50,000 objects in 2020, about 80,000 objects and archival items in 2022.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage · recall
The 1870s, the 1930s, and the 1986 World Cup recollected decades later.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage · recall
It is called the largest collection of hockey stamps in the world.
Source: The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage · applied
Questions people ask
- Who organised the outdoor marathon hockey record in Goes?
- The Happy Hockey Foundation organised it. It ran from 24 to 26 May, and Guinness took several months over the evidence before confirming it that November.
- What did the Darren Bane marathon raise money for?
- More than £5,200 went to the Cots for Tots Appeal at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol. Bane brought together two squads of 16 and a team of timekeepers and witnesses, with volunteer stewards, umpires and independent witnesses keeping it going.
- Which Olympic hockey players have won three golds?
- The group is small and most of its members are Indian. Rechelle Hawkes is Australian, and Welten and de Goede both played for the Netherlands, the leading women's team.
- How long was India's winning run at the Olympics?
- Thirty straight Olympic wins, which came with six straight titles.
- How many people watched women's hockey at Wembley?
- About 62,000 were there on the day the chapter describes. Coaches brought school parties in from all over the country, and the Hockey Museum lists the match of 11 March 1978.
- Who broke Teun de Nooijer's caps record?
- John-John Dohmen of Belgium broke it, according to the FIH. Dohmen was part of the Belgian team that won the world and Olympic titles.
- Where is the Hockey Museum?
- In Woking, in Surrey, not far from the old heartland of the English game. It celebrates, preserves and researches the history of the sport and is the world's only museum of the game.
Sources
Primary/official sources only, no Wikipedia citations: the FIH and its continental federations, national associations, The Hockey Museum, the Olympic Channel and Olympedia, Guinness World Records, clubs' and makers' own histories, museums and named reputable media.
- Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), all-time medal table to 202410
- Olympedia, 'Hockey' (olympedia.org/sports/HOC), most successful competitors10
- Olympedia, 'Hockey' and 'Balbir Singh, Sr.'; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Guinness World Records, 'Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)'10
- The Hockey Museum, 'The Queen attends Wembley, 1981' and 'Wembley: a family affair' (hockeymuseum.org); Guinness World Records, 'Largest attendance at a field hockey match'10
- FIH, 'John-John Dohmen breaks Teun de Nooijer's record', August 2023 (fih.hockey); FIH, 'Natascha Keller calls it a day'10
- Guinness World Records, 'Oldest Olympic hockey player (female)'; The Himalayan Times and Dawn on Feroze Khan; Claro Sports on Zoe Díaz; bharatiyahockey.org; FIH on Balbir Singh Sr, Dohmen10
- Olympics.com and FIH tournament pages; Malay Mail, 11 November 2022; EuroHockey and Commonwealth Sport records; Sports Digest, 'Sultan Azlan Shah Cup champions list', 202510
- The Hockey Museum, 'Our charity' and collection pages (hockeymuseum.org); Surrey Museums; Museums Association, 'Museum of hockey', 2020; Sporting Heritage9
- Guinness World Records: 'Most field hockey stick touches in one minute', 'Most field hockey passes in one minute (team)', 'Greatest distance dribbling a field hockey ball in three minutes (team)'8
- FIH, 'Guinness World Record set for longest hockey match', 3 November 2011 (fih.hockey)5
- Guinness World Records, 'Longest marathon playing field hockey' and 'Longest marathon playing indoor field hockey'3
- Guinness World Records, 'Longest marathon playing field hockey' and 'Longest marathon playing indoor field hockey'; FIH2
- The Peninsula (Qatar), 'Pakistanis make six Guinness records in one day', 13 March 20131
- Explore Clarion, 'Say what? Man balances field hockey stick on one finger for 3 hours 35 minutes', August 20211
- The Hockey Museum, 'Willesden 1986: the World Cup that changed English hockey' (hockeymuseum.org)1