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 | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Titan Gym |
| Dates | 31 July – 11 August 1984 |
| Teams | 18 |
| 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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Yugoslavia (YUG) Zlatan Arnautović Mirko Bašić Jovica Elezović Mile Isaković Pavle Jurina Milan Kalina Slobodan Kuzmanovski Dragan Mladenović Zdravko Rađenović Momir Rnić Branko Štrbac Veselin Vujović Veselin Vuković Zdravko Zovko |
West Germany (FRG) Jochen Fraatz Thomas Happe Arnulf Meffle Rüdiger Neitzel Michael Paul Dirk Rauin Siegfried Roch Michael Roth Ulrich Roth Martin Schwalb Uwe Schwenker Thomas Springel Andreas Thiel Klaus Wöller Erhard Wunderlich |
Romania (ROU) Mircea Bedivan Dumitru Berbece Iosif Boroş Alexandru Buligan Gheorghe Covaciu Gheorghe Dogărescu Marian Dumitru Cornel Durău Alexandru Fölker Nicolae Munteanu Vasile Oprea Adrian Simion Vasile Stîngă Neculai Vasilcă Maricel Voinea |
| Women | Yugoslavia (YUG) Svetlana Anastasovska Alenka Cuderman Svetlana Dašić-Kitić Slavica Đukić Dragica Đurić Mirjana Đurica Emilija Erčić Ljubinka Janković Jasna Kolar-Merdan Ljiljana Mugoša Svetlana Mugoša Mirjana Ognjenović Zorica Pavićević Jasna Ptujec Biserka Višnjić |
South Korea (KOR) Han Hwa-Soo Jeong Hyoi-Soon Jeung Soon-Bok Kim Choon-Rye Kim Kyung-Soon Kim Mi-sook Kim Ok-Hwa Lee Soon-Ei Lee Young-Ja Shon Mi-Na Sung Kyung-Hwa Yoon Byung-Soon Yoon Soo-Kyung |
China (CHN) Chen Zhen Gao Xiumin He Jianping Li Lan Liu Liping Liu Yumei Sun Xiulan Wang Linwei Wang Mingxing Wu Xingjiang Zhang Weihong Zhang Peijun Zhu Juefeng |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Handball at the Friendship Games
References
- "Handball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- "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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