Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women.
On July 26, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's match between SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany and burned the Yugoslav flag.[1]
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[edit] Men's tournament
[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Results
[edit] Group A
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |
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| 1. |  Soviet Union (URS) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 77 | 8 | X | 18:16 | 18:20 | 24:16 | 26:16 | 25:9 | |
| 2. | West Germany (FRG) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 76 | 8 | 16:18 | X | 18:17 | 18:14 | 19:16 | 26:11 | |
| 3. | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 93 | 8 | 20:18 | 17:18 | X | 25:17 | 26:22 | 22:18 | |
| 4. | Denmark (DEN) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 102 | 4 | 16:24 | 14:18 | 16:24 | X | 21:17 | 24:18 | |
| 5. | Japan (JPN) |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 111 | 2 | 16:26 | 16:19 | 22:26 | 14:21 | X | 25:19 | |
| 6. | Canada (CAN) |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 122 | 0 | 9:25 | 11:26 | 18:22 | 18:24 | 19:25 | X |
[edit] Group B
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |  |
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| 1. | Romania (ROU) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 71 | 7 | X | 17:15 | 23:18 | 19:19 | 32:19 | |
| 2. | Poland (POL) |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 71 | 6 | 15:17 | X | 18:16 | 21:18 | 26:20 | |
| 3. | Hungary (HUN) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 82 | 4 | 18:23 | 16:18 | X | 22:20 | 36:21 | |
| 4. | Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 82 | 3 | 19:19 | 18:21 | 20:22 | X | 28:20 | |
| 5. | United States (USA) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 122 | 0 | 19:32 | 20:26 | 21:36 | 20:28 | X |
[edit] Summary
[edit] Women's tournament
[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Results
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Soviet Union (URS) |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 40 | 10 | X | 14:11 | 12:9 | 14:8 | 31:9 | 21:3 | |
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East Germany (GDR) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 47 | 7 | 11:14 | X | 7:7 | 18:12 | 24:10 | 29:4 | |
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Hungary (HUN) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 55 | 7 | 9:12 | 7:7 | X | 20:15 | 25:18 | 24:3 | |
| 4. | Romania (ROU) |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 83 | 4 | 8:14 | 12:18 | 15:20 | X | 21:20 | 18:11 | |
| 5. | Japan (JPN) |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 115 | 2 | 9:31 | 10:24 | 18:25 | 20:21 | X | 15:14 | |
| 6. | Canada (CAN) |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 106 | 0 | 3:21 | 4:29 | 3:24 | 11:17 | 14:15 | X |
[edit] Summary
[edit] Participating nations
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in both tournaments. Japan entered only a squad of twelve women respectively men. Only four male reserve players did not participate (one from Denmark, two from Hungary, and one from Czechoslovakia).
A total of 230(*) handball players (148 men and 82 women) from 12 nations (men from 11 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Montreal Games:
Canada (28) (men:14 women:14)
Czechoslovakia (13) (men:13 women:0)
Denmark (13) (men:13 women:0)
East Germany (14) (men:0 women:14)
West Germany (14) (men:14 women:0)
Hungary (26) (men:12 women:14)
Japan (24) (men:12 women:12)
Poland (14) (men:14 women:0)
Romania (28) (men:14 women:14)
Soviet Union (28) (men:14 women:14)
United States (14) (men:14 women:0)
Yugoslavia (14) (men:14 women:0)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| East Germany (GDR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Poland (POL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary (HUN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] References
- ^ Istaknute akcije hrvatskih emigranata
- ^ "Roster of U.S. Athletes for Olympic Games at Montreal". The New York Times: p. 152. 1976-07-11.
[edit] External links
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