Hockey: Unlikely hero seals victory for Germany
Jan Philipp Rabente was the unlikely hero as he scored twice as Germany successfully defended their Olympic title with a 2-1 victory over The Netherlands.
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Full ScheduleLast Event Completed: Aug. 10, 2008, 1:30 a.m.Hockey - Female - Summer Olympics Grp. B, Japan v New Zealand
Jan Philipp Rabente was the unlikely hero as he scored twice as Germany successfully defended their Olympic title with a 2-1 victory over The Netherlands.
Australia's men beat Britain 3-1 to win hockey bronze, their sixth consecutive Olympic medal, having dominated the second half against the hosts.
Champions Netherlands successfully defended their title with a 2-0 win that spoiled Argentina captain Luciana Aymar's farewell to international hockey on her 35th birthday.
Great Britain's women secured only the second Olympic bronze medal in their history with victory over New Zealand at the Riverbank Area.
The Netherlands dished out a 9-2 thrashing to Britain in their semi-final to advance to the men's Olympic hockey final against defending champions Germany.
Defending champions the Netherlands beat New Zealand 3-1 in a penalty shootout on Wednesday to reach the women's Olympic hockey final.
Britain's men's hockey team reached their first Olympic semi-final in 24 years with a 1-1 draw against Spain in a tense game on Tuesday which was mired in late controversy.
World champions Argentina eliminated Britain's women with a 2-1 defeat and will fight over hockey gold with reigning Olympic champions the Netherlands.
Argentina's 2-1 win over New Zealand in the women's hockey event on Thursday kept the world's number two team in contention to qualify from the group stages after a mixed start to the tournament.
Britain's women's hockey team started to resemble serious Olympic medal contenders on Tuesday after a dramatic 5-3 victory over South Korea put them top of their group.
Australia have suffered a significant blow just weeks before the Olympics after striker Des Abbott was dropped from the squad because of injury.
Australia's men's team may be looking to hold all the sport's major titles by winning gold at the London Olympics but coach Ric Charlesworth was far from content as his team headed to the Games.
Find out more about hockey at the Olympics.
| Country | Total | |||
| USA | 46 | 28 | 29 | 103 |
| China | 38 | 28 | 23 | 89 |
| Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| Russia | 25 | 25 | 32 | 82 |
| South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
