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 an opportunity to the Yugoslav team to take both gold medals. Games were played at Titan Gym in Fullerton, California.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  United States |
| Dates | 31 July – 11 August 1984 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Venue(s) | Titan Gym |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia (men) Yugoslavia (women) |
| Runner-up |  West Germany (men).svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Korea (women) |
| Third place | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania (men) China (women) |
| Fourth place |  Denmark (men) West Germany (women) |
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Qualification
Men
| Qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 18 May 1978 |  Athens | 1 | United States |
| 1982 World Championship | 23 February – 7 March 1982 | West Germany | 6 |  Soviet Union Yugoslavia Poland Denmark Romania East Germany West Germany Spain Japan |
| 1983 World Championship B | 25 February – 6 March 1983 |  Netherlands |  Hungary Czechoslovakia Sweden.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland Iceland2 | |
| Asian qualification tournament | 12–20 November 1983 | Sagamihara | 1 | Japan South Korea |
| 1983 Pan American Men's Handball Championship | 2–6 February 1972 | Colorado Springs |  Cuba.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | |
| 1983 African Men's Handball Championship | 22–31 July 1983 |  Cairo | 1 |  Algeria |
| Total | 12 | |||
Women
| Qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 18 May 1978 | Athens | 1 | United States |
| 1982 World Championship | 2–12 December 1982 | Hungary | Soviet Union Hungary Yugoslavia East Germany South Korea | |
| Intercontinental Olympic Qualification | - | - | 1 | China3 |
| 1983 World Championship B | 7–15 December 1983 | Poland | West Germany Austria | |
| Total | 6 | |||
1:Teams joined Soviet lead boycott
2: Canada was invited to replace Cuba, but rejected the invitation, because COA supposed the team is not good enough. Then, IHF invited Iceland.[2]
3:
Brazil and Canada withdraw. So China qualified without play.[3]
Medal 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)
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Japan (15) (men:15 women:0)- Romania (15) (men:15 women:0)
- 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 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
See also
References
- "Handball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- "Men Handball III Panamerica Championship". Todor66. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- "Women Handball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification 1984". Todor66. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
External links
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