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Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was contested by eight teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom two proceeding to placement matches.[1]

1996 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country United States
CityAtlanta
Venue(s)Georgia World Congress Center
Dates26 July – 3 August
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored901 (50.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Lim O-kyeong
(41 goals)
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Qualification

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Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
1994 European Championship 17–25 September 1994   Germany 1   Germany*
1995 Pan American Games 15–24 March 1995   Mar del Plata 1   United States
1995 Asian Championship 6–8 May 1995   Seoul 1   China*
African qualification tournament 9 August 1995   Abidjan 1   Angola
1995 World Championship 5–17 December 1995   Austria
  Hungary		 4   South Korea
  Hungary
  Denmark
  Norway
Total 8

Squads

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Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 3 0 0 89 62 +27 6 Semifinals
2   Hungary 3 2 0 1 81 70 +11 4
3   China 3 1 0 2 71 83 −12 2 Fifth place game
4   United States (H) 3 0 0 3 64 90 −26 0 Seventh place game
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts


26 July 1996
10:00 		Hungary   29–19   China Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Mátéfi 11 (14–11) Shi 5
26 July 1996
14:30 		Denmark   29–19   United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
A. Andersen 8 (13–9) Hires 8
28 July 1996
12:00 		China   21–33   Denmark Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Shi 6 (9–19) Madsen 7
28 July 1996
14:30 		United States   24–30   Hungary Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Hires 8 (8–19) Németh 6
30 July 1996
10:00 		Hungary   22–27   Denmark Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Mátéfi 7 (12–14) C. Andersen 7
30 July 1996
16:30 		China   31–21   United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Guterman, Gedvilas (LTU)
Zhai 11 (16–11) Hires 6

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 3 3 0 0 83 60 +23 6 Semifinals
2   Norway 3 2 0 1 79 66 +13 4
3   Germany 3 1 0 2 70 73 −3 2 Fifth place game
4   Angola 3 0 0 3 49 82 −33 0 Seventh place game
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.


26 July 1996
12:00 		Norway   30–18   Angola Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Boehne, Bojsen (USA)
Grini 10 (15–7) Barbosa 4
26 July 1996
16:30 		South Korea   33–20   Germany Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
Lim 7 (17–12) Erler, Luca 4
28 July 1996
10:00 		Angola   19–25   South Korea Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Dăncescu, Mateescu (ROU)
Webba 7 (8–15) three players 5
28 July 1996
16:30 		Germany   23–28   Norway Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
Ritskiavitchius 8 (11–15) Grini 10
30 July 1996
12:00 		Germany   27–12   Angola Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Jurack, Waelzer 5 (10–6) Webba 5
30 July 1996
14:30 		South Korea   25–21   Norway Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Lim 9 (12–10) Grini 7

Playoffs

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Bracket

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SemifinalsGold medal game
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
  Denmark23
 
3 August
 
  Norway19
 
  Denmark (OT)37
 
1 August
 
  South Korea33
 
  South Korea39
 
 
  Hungary25
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
3 August
 
 
  Norway18
 
 
  Hungary20

Semifinals

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1 August 1996
11:45 		Denmark   23–19   Norway Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
A. Andersen 9 (12–6) Grini, Larsen 4
1 August 1996
16:15 		South Korea   39–25   Hungary Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Hong 9 (19–10) Mátéfi 5

Seventh place game

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1 August 1996
10:00 		United States   23–24   Angola Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Cain 8 (11–11) Barbosa 6

Fifth place game

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1 August 1996
14:30 		Germany   26–28   China Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Heinz 7 (12–16) Shi 12

Bronze medal game

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3 August 1996
15:30 		Norway   18–20   Hungary Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Grini 8 (9–7) four players 3

Gold medal game

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3 August 1996
17:15 		Denmark   37–33 (ET)   South Korea Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
A. Andersen 11 (13–17) Lim 15

FT: 29–29 ET: 2–2, 6–3

Rankings and statistics

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Final rankings
1   Denmark
2   South Korea
3   Hungary
4   Norway
5   China
6   Germany
7   Angola
8   United States
Top goalscorers
Player Games Goals Attempts
1.   Lim O-kyeong 5 41 58
2.   Kjersti Grini 5 39 74
3.   Eszter Mátéfi 5 35 58
4.   Anja Andersen 5 33 55
5.   Shi Wei 4 31 63
6.   Zhai Chao 4 29 52
7.   Chryssandra Hires 4 26 55
8.   Oh Seong-ok 5 24 47
All-star team
  Susanne Lauritsen (goalkeeper)
  Kjersti Grini (left back)   Anja Andersen (right back)  Hong Jeong-ho (right wing)
  Kim Eun-mi (left wing)   Erzsébet Kocsis (line player)   Lim O-kyeong (central back)

References

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  1. ^ "Handball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
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