Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
Dates | 18–28 July |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Soviet Union |
Runner-up | Romania |
Third place | Poland |
Fourth place | Template:Country data RFN |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 30 |
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The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games, after 1936 and 1972 (a demonstration event was held in 1952).
Results
Preliminary round
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 |
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 |
Tunisia withdrew after 2 matches which they lost to Poland (12:26) and Czechoslovakia (9:21). The results were annulled.
Final Round
9th place match
- Japan 27–20 United States
7th place match
- Czechoslovakia 25–21 Denmark
5th place match
- Yugoslavia 21–19 Hungary
3rd place match
- Poland 21–18 West Germany
1st place match
- Soviet Union 19–15 Romania
Summary
References
- ^ "Roster of U.S. Athletes for Olympic Games at Montreal". The New York Times. 11 July 1976. p. 152.