the us men's hockey team last won a gold medal in 1980.
the us men's hockey team last won a gold medal in 1980.
when did the us men's hockey team last win a gold medal?
1980
field hockey is a popular sport in india. until the mid-1970s, india men's team dominated international field hockey, winning 7 olympic gold medals and won the 1975 men's hockey world cup. since then, barring a gold medal at the 1980 olympics, india's performance in field hockey has been dismal, with other hockey-playing nations such as australia, netherlands and germany improving their standards and catching up with india. its decline is also due to the change in rules of the game, introduction of artificial turf, and internal politics in indian field hockey bodies. the popularity of field hockey has also declined massively parallel to the decline of the indian hockey team. in recent years, the standard of indian hockey has gone from bad to worse, with the men's team not qualifying for the 2008 olympics and finishing last in the 2012 olympics. since 2014, the men's team is trying to regain its lost glory little by little as they become runners up at the 2014 commonwealth games, then winning a much needed 2014 asian games gold and 2017 men's hockey asia cup to finally establishing the asian dominance after long time but before that india lost to belgium in the quarter final of 2016 rio olympics. india men's hockey team is eyeing for gold at the 2018 men's hockey world cup as its going to hold in india, as support of home crowds which is a must need to defeat the aura of the australians who constantly dominating the indian team in the recent years in various finals such as the 2014 & 2018 hockey champions trophy. currently, the indian men's team is 5th in the rankings of the fédération internationale de hockey sur gazon (fih, english:international hockey federation), the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey.
sport in india
in 1973, the international championships gave way to the new iaaf world cross country championships. in 1973, us men did not participate but us women won the team bronze medal. us men again did not participate in the 1974 world championships, though the us junior men did participate and won the team gold medal behind rich kimball's individual win over future olympic medalist john treacy. us men decided to take the world championships seriously in 1975, holding a separate qualifying event in february. us women did not hold a separate qualifying race, then combined with the men, until 1998.









































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usa cross country championships