Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women. Due to the USSR-led boycott some strong handball nations from Eastern Bloc did not compete; this gave opportunity to the Yugoslav team to take both gold medals.
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Contents
Men's Tournament
Medal summary
Preliminary Round
Teams in two groups played each other in a round to decide, for which place each of them should compete in the Final Round.
Group A
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |
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| 1. |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 76 | 9 | X | 19:18 | 22:22 | 25:11 | 32:15 | 25:10 | |
| 2. |  Romania (ROU) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 91 | 8 | 18:19 | X | 26:17 | 23:17 | 28:22 | 25:16 | |
| 3. |  Iceland (ISL) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 96 | 7 | 22:22 | 17:26 | X | 23:16 | 21:17 | 19:15 | |
| 4. |  Switzerland (SUI) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 102 | 4 | 11:25 | 17:23 | 16:23 | X | 20:13 | 19:18 | |
| 5. |  Japan (JPN) |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 107 | 2 | 15:32 | 22:28 | 17:21 | 13:20 | X | 17:16 | |
| 6. |  Algeria (ALG) |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 105 | 0 | 10:25 | 16:25 | 15:19 | 18:19 | 16:17 | X |
Group B
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |
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| 1. |  West Germany (FRG) |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 95 | 10 | X | 20:18 | 18:17 | 18:16 | 21:19 | 37:25 | |
| 2. |  Denmark (DEN) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 99 | 8 | 18:20 | X | 26:19 | 21:16 | 19:16 | 31:28 | |
| 3. |  Sweden (SWE) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 110 | 6 | 17:18 | 19:26 | X | 26:25 | 21:18 | 36:23 | |
| 4. |  Spain (ESP) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 106 | 4 | 16:18 | 16:21 | 25:26 | X | 17:16 | 31:25 | |
| 5. |  United States (USA) |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 91 | 100 | 1 | 19:21 | 16:19 | 18:21 | 16:17 | X | 22:22 | |
| 6. | 22x20px South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 123 | 157 | 1 | 25:37 | 28:31 | 23:36 | 25:31 | 22:22 | X |
Final Round
- 1st-placed teams from each group competed for the 1st place in this round;
- 2nd-placed - competed for the 3rd place
- 3rd-placed - competed for the 5th place
- 4th-placed - competed for the 7th place
- 5th-placed - competed for the 9th place
- 6th-placed - competed for the 11th place
All matches were held on August 10.
11th place match
- South Korea 25-21 Algeria
9th place match
- United States 24-16 Japan
7th place match
- Switzerland 18-17 Spain
5th place match
- Sweden 26-24 Iceland
3rd place match
- Romania 23-19 Denmark
1st place match
- Yugoslavia 18-17 West Germany
Summary
Women's Tournament
Medal summary
Results
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Yugoslavia (YUG) |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 102 | 10 | X | 29:23 | 31:25 | 33:20 | 20:19 | 30:15 | |
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22x20px South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 119 | 7 | 23:29 | X | 24:24 | 29:27 | 26:17 | 23:22 | |
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 China (CHN) |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 112 | 115 | 5 | 25:31 | 24:24 | X | 22:25 | 20:19 | 21:16 | |
| 4. | West Germany (FRG) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 100 | 4 | 19:20 | 17:26 | 19:20 | 18:17 | X | 18:17 | |
| 5. | United States (USA) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 123 | 4 | 20:33 | 27:29 | 25:22 | X | 17:18 | 25:21 | |
| 6. |  Austria (AUT) |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 117 | 0 | 15:30 | 22:23 | 16:21 | 21:25 | 17:18 | X |
Summary
Participating nations
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 15 players and they all were eligible for participation. Four nations competed in both tournaments.
A total of 259(*) handball players (177 men and 82 women) from 14 nations (men from 12 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Los Angeles Games:
- Algeria (15) (men:15 women:0)
- Austria (15) (men:0 women:15)
- China (13) (men:0 women:13)
- Denmark (14) (men:14 women:0)
- West Germany (28) (men:15 women:13)
- Iceland (15) (men:15 women:0)
- Japan (15) (men:15 women:0)
- Romania (15) (men:15 women:0)
- 23x15px South Korea (28) (men:15 women:13)
- Spain (15) (men:15 women:0)
- Sweden (15) (men:15 women:0)
Switzerland (15) (men:15 women:0)- United States (27) (men:14 women:13)
- Yugoslavia (29) (men:14 women:15)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22x20px South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| China (CHN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
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