Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1992 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	30 July - 8 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	(in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Unified Team
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches	18
Goals scored	800 (44.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Natalya Morskova (EUN), 41 goals
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Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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The women's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by eight teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom two proceeding to placement matches.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Unified Team	3	3	0	0	77	56	+21	6
Germany	3	2	0	1	86	61	+25	4
United States	3	1	0	2	55	76	−21	2
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	56	81	−25	0

Results
Unified Team		28–22	23–16	26–18
Germany	22–28		26–24	22–16
United States	16–23	24–26		22–18
Nigeria	18–26	16–22	18–22

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
South Korea	3	2	1	0	82	61	+21	5
Norway	3	2	0	1	55	60	−5	4
Austria	3	1	1	1	64	62	+2	3
Spain	3	0	0	3	50	68	−18	0

Results
South Korea		27–16	27–27	28–18
Norway	16–27		19–17	20–16
Austria	27–27	17–19		20–16
Spain	18–28	16–20	16–20

Playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final
	Unified Team	22
	Norway	23
					Norway	21
					South Korea	28
	South Korea	26
	Germany	25
					Bronze medal match
					Unified Team	24
					Germany	20

Semifinals

August 6 14:00	Unified Team	22–23	Norway
		(11-12)

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August 6 16:00	South Korea	26–25	Germany
		(17-13)

7th/8th classification

August 7 9:00	Spain	26–17	Nigeria
		(14-5)

5th/6th classification

August 7 11:00	United States	17–26	Austria
		(6-11)

Bronze medal match

August 8 10:00	Unified Team	24–20	Germany
		(10-9)

Final

August 8 12:00	Norway	21–28	South Korea
		(8-16)

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings 1  South Korea 2  Norway 3  Unified Team 4  Germany 5  Austria 6  United States 7  Spain 8  Nigeria	Top goalscorers Player Games Goals Attempts 1. Natalya Morskova (EUN) 5 41 61 2. Lim O-Kyeong (KOR) 5 30 43 3. Jasna Kolar-Merdan (AUT) 4 23 40 3. Lee Mi-Young (KOR) 5 23 36 5. Silvia Schmitt (GER) 5 22 41 6. Heidi Sundal (NOR) 5 21 32 7. Sung-Ok Oh (KOR) 5 20 44 8. Auta Olivia Sana (NGR) 3 19 36 8. Maryna Bazhanova (EUN) 5 19 26
All-star team Marianna Racz (AUT) Maryna Bazhanova (EUN) Silvia Schmitt (GER) Natalya Morskova (EUN) Lee Mi-Young (KOR) Lim O-Kyeong (KOR) Heidi Sundal (NOR)

References

• Handball & Olympic Games 1936-2000, International Handball Federation, pp. 33–34
• Barcelona 1992: Handball at marcolympics.org