The field hockey tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was contested from August 26 to September 9, with sixteen participating teams.

After a preliminary round-robin set of matches, the top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

The Great Britain versus Kenya match lasted 127 minutes and needed six overtime periods to determine the winner.

Replay The seventh-place game between Germany and Kenya was scratched as the German team had flown home after the Closing Ceremony.

The Belgians thought it was the umpire's whistle and stopped playing, whereupon the French scored the only goal of the game.