Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women.
On July 26, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's match between SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany and set fire to the Yugoslav flag before being detained by security.[1]
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Men's tournament
Medal summary
Results
Group A
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 77 | 8 | X | 18:16 | 18:20 | 24:16 | 26:16 | 25:9 | ||
2. | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 76 | 8 | 16:18 | X | 18:17 | 18:14 | 19:16 | 26:11 | ||
3. | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 93 | 8 | 20:18 | 17:18 | X | 25:17 | 26:22 | 22:18 | ||
4. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 102 | 4 | 16:24 | 14:18 | 16:24 | X | 21:17 | 24:18 | ||
5. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 111 | 2 | 16:26 | 16:19 | 22:26 | 14:21 | X | 25:19 | ||
6. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 122 | 0 | 9:25 | 11:26 | 18:22 | 18:24 | 19:25 | X |
Group B
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 71 | 7 | X | 17:15 | 23:18 | 19:19 | 32:19 | ||
2. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 71 | 6 | 15:17 | X | 18:16 | 21:18 | 26:20 | ||
3. | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 82 | 4 | 18:23 | 16:18 | X | 22:20 | 36:21 | ||
4. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 82 | 3 | 19:19 | 18:21 | 20:22 | X | 28:20 | ||
5. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 122 | 0 | 19:32 | 20:26 | 21:36 | 20:28 | X |
Final Round
9th place match
- Japan 27-20 United States
7th place match
- Czechoslovakia 25-21 Denmark
5th place match
- Yugoslavia 21-19 Hungary
3rd place match
- Poland 21-18 West Germany
1st place match
- Soviet Union 19-15 Romania
Summary
Women's tournament
Medal summary
Results
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 40 | 10 | X | 14:11 | 12:9 | 14:8 | 31:9 | 21:3 | |||
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 47 | 7 | 11:14 | X | 7:7 | 18:12 | 24:10 | 29:4 | |||
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 55 | 7 | 9:12 | 7:7 | X | 20:15 | 25:18 | 24:3 | |||
4. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 83 | 4 | 8:14 | 12:18 | 15:20 | X | 21:20 | 18:11 | ||
5. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 115 | 2 | 9:31 | 10:24 | 18:25 | 20:21 | X | 15:14 | ||
6. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 106 | 0 | 3:21 | 4:29 | 3:24 | 11:17 | 14:15 | X |
Summary
Participating nations
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in both tournaments. Japan entered only a squad of twelve women and twelve men. Only four male reserve players did not participate (one from Denmark, two from Hungary, and one from Czechoslovakia).
A total of 230(*) handball players (148 men and 82 women) from 12 nations (men from 11 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Montreal Games:
Canada (28) (men:14 women:14) Czechoslovakia (13) (men:13 women:0) Denmark (13) (men:13 women:0) East Germany (14) (men:0 women:14) West Germany (14) (men:14 women:0) Hungary (26) (men:12 women:14) Japan (24) (men:12 women:12) Poland (14) (men:14 women:0) Romania (28) (men:14 women:14) Soviet Union (28) (men:14 women:14) United States (14) (men:14 women:0) Yugoslavia (14) (men:14 women:0)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (5 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
References
- ↑ Istaknute akcije hrvatskih emigranata Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Roster of U.S. Athletes for Olympic Games at Montreal". The New York Times. 1976-07-11. p. 152.