The USA won their only Gold medal in the 1980 Olympics, commonly referred to as the "Miracle on Ice".
The men's ice hockey team beat Canada in 1960 and Russia in 1980. The women's ice hockey team beat Canada in 1998. Neither field hockey team has ever won a gold medal.
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1960 Olympics
Yes a gold medal.
You can win a gold medal in hockey only by playing hockey. There are two kinds of hockey events: ice hockey (winter) and field hockey (summer).
The men's ice hockey team beat Canada in 1960 and Russia in 1980. The women's ice hockey team beat Canada in 1998. Neither field hockey team has ever won a gold medal.
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The women's hockey team defeated their arch rival Canada in the 1998 winter Olympics to win the gold medal. The victory of the women's hockey team in the Olympics had a positive impact on the growth of women's hockey throughout the United States.
Great Britain did NOT win the Gold Medal in Ice Hockey in 1988 the Soviet Union did.Great Britain won the Gold Medal in Ice Hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
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USA won 2sliver medal
India won its last hockey gold medal in 1980 in Moscow Olympic.
The country that won the gold medal in the Women's Ice Hockey competition was Canada.
Australia defeated England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games to win the Women's Hockey Gold Medal.
Pakistan won gold medals in 1960, 1968 and 1984.
The Canada women's Olympics ice hockey team members took home the gold medal, while the United States of America women's Olympics ice hockey team members won the silver medal, and the Switzerland women's Olympics ice hockey team took the bronze medal.