Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 18–28 July 1976 |
Teams | 18 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() ![]() |
Third place | ![]() ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() ![]() |
Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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Tournament | ||
men | women | |
Rosters | ||
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Team handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women.[1]
On 26 July, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's match between SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany and set fire to the Yugoslav flag before being detained by security.[2]
Medal summary
[edit]Participating nations
[edit]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 and twelve 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.
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Handball at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Istaknute akcije hrvatskih emigranata Archived 17 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine