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List of Olympic venues in field hockey

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List of Olympic venues in field hockey
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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.

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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.
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Morris Brown College Stadium hosted the field hockey finals for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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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.
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