Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1996 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	26 July - 3 August
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Denmark
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches	18
Goals scored	901 (50.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	O-Kyeong Lim (KOR), 41 goals
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The women's handball tournament at the 1996 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
Denmark	3	3	0	0	89	62	+27	6
Hungary	3	2	0	1	81	70	+11	4
China	3	1	0	2	71	83	−12	2
United States	3	0	0	3	64	90	−26	0

Results
Denmark		27–22	33–21	29–19
Hungary	22–27		29–19	30–24
China	21–33	19–29		31–21
United States	19–29	24–30	21–31

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
South Korea	3	3	0	0	83	60	+23	6
Norway	3	2	0	1	79	66	+13	4
Germany	3	1	0	2	70	73	−3	2
Angola	3	0	0	3	49	82	−33	0

Results
South Korea		25–21	33–20	25–19
Norway	21–25		28–23	30–18
Germany	20–33	23–28		27–12
Angola	19–25	18–30	12–27

Playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final
	Denmark	23
	Norway	19
					Denmark	37
					South Korea	33
	Hungary	25
	South Korea	39
					Bronze medal match
					Hungary	20
					Norway	18

Semifinals

August 1 ~11:30	Denmark	23–19	Norway
		(12-6)

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August 1 ~16:00	Hungary	25–39	South Korea
		(10-19)

7th/8th classification

August 7 10:00	United States	23–24	Angola
		(11-11)

5th/6th classification

August 1 14:30	Germany	26–28	China
		(12-16)

Bronze medal match

August 3 15:30	Hungary	20–18	Norway
		(6-9)

Final

August 3 ~17:00	Denmark	37–33 (ET)	South Korea
		(13-17)
	FT: 29-29 ET: 37-33

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings 1  Denmark 2  South Korea 3  Hungary 4  Norway 5  China 6  Germany 7  Angola 8  United States	Top goalscorers Player Games Goals Attempts 1. Lim O-Kyeong (KOR) 5 41 58 2. Kjersti Grini (NOR) 5 39 74 3. Eszter Mátéfi (HUN) 5 35 58 4. Anja Andersen (DEN) 5 33 55 5. Shi Wei (CHN) 4 31 63 6. Zhai Chao (CHN) 4 29 52 7. Chryssandra Hires (USA) 4 26 55 8. Oh Seong-Ok (KOR) 5 24 47
All-star team Susanne Lauritsen (DEN) Kjersti Grini (NOR) Anja Andersen (DEN) Hong Jeong-ho (KOR) Kim Eun-Mi (KOR) Erzsebet Kocsis (HUN) Lim O-Kyeong (KOR)

References

• Handball & Olympic Games 1936-2000, International Handball Federation, pp. 38–39
• Barcelona 1996: Handball at marcolympics.org