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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. 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 London White City Stadium Archery, Athletics, Cycling (track), Diving, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Rugby union, Swimming, Tug of war, Water polo (final), Wrestling 97,000.
1920 Antwerp Olympisch Stadion Athletics, Equestrian, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon, Rugby union, Tug of war, Weightlifting 12,771
1928 Amsterdam Old Stadion None 29,000
1932 Los Angeles Olympic Stadium Athletics, Equestrian (eventing, jumping), Gymnastics 105,000
1936 Berlin Hockey Stadion (final) None 18,000
Hockey Stadion #2 None 1600
1948 London Empire Stadium (medal matches) Athletics, Equestrian (jumping), Football (medal matches) 82,000
Guinness Sports Club None Not listed.
Lyons' Sports Club None Not listed.
Polytechnic Sports Ground None Not listed.
1952 Helsinki Velodrome Cycling (track) 6,000
1956 Melbourne Hockey Field None 21,048
Melbourne Cricket Ground (final) Athletics, Football (final) 104,000
1960 Rome Campo Tre Fontane None 5,000
Olympic Velodrome (final) Cycling (track) 20,000
Stadio dei Marmi None 15,000
1964 Tokyo Komazawa Hockey Field None 2,000 (1st field)
3,400 (2nd field)
2,300 (3rd field)
1968 Mexico City Municipal Stadium None 7,360
1972 Munich Hockeyanlage None 21,900
1976 Montreal Molson Stadium, McGill University None 19,500
1980 Moscow Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena None 5,000
Young Pioneers Stadium (final) None 5,000
1984 Los Angeles Weingart Stadium None 22,000
1988 Seoul Seongnam Stadium None 23,262
1992 Barcelona Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa None 10,200
1996 Atlanta Clark Atlanta University Stadium None 5,000
Morris Brown College Stadium (final) None 15,000
2000 Sydney State Hockey Centre None 15,000
2004 Athens Olympic Hockey Centre None 20,000
2008 Beijing Olympic Green Hockey Field None 17,000
2012 London Riverbank Arena None 16,000
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Hockey Centre None 15,000
2020 Tokyo Oi Seaside Park None 15,000
2024 Paris Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir None 15,000
2028 Los Angeles Dignity Health Sports Park Modern pentathlon, rugby sevens 15,000
2032 Brisbane Ballymore Stadium None 10,000

References

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  2. 1908 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 32–5, 40. Accessed 5 October 2010.
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  4. 1920 Summer Olympics equestrian. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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  6. 1920 Summer Olympics football. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  7. 1920 Summer Olympics gymnastics. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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  9. 1920 Summer Olympics rugby union. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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  14. ^ 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 141–9, 154–62. Accessed 17 October 2010.
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  37. 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 9 November 2000 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. p. 381. Accessed 16 December 2010.
  38. 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 19 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. p. 353. Accessed 24 December 2010.
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