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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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.[1]

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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

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

7th/8th classification

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

5th/6th classification

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

Bronze medal match

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

Final

8 August 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 at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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[SR-1] "Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.