Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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1976 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates20–28 July
Teams6
Venue(s)(in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up East Germany
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches15
Goals scored446 (29.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Terumi Kurata
(28 goals)
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The women's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the first appearance of a women's handball tournament at the Olympic Games.

Qualification[]

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
Host nation 12 May 1970 Netherlands Amsterdam 1  Canada
1975 World Championship 2–13 December 1975  Soviet Union 4  East Germany
 Soviet Union
 Hungary
 Romania
Intercontinental qualification 28 June – 3 July 1976 United States Milwaukee 1  Japan
Total 6

Results[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 92 40 +52 10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany 5 3 1 1 89 47 +42 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary 5 3 1 1 85 55 +30 7
4  Romania 5 2 0 3 73 83 −10 4
5  Japan 5 1 0 4 72 115 −43 2
6  Canada (H) 5 0 0 5 35 106 −71 0
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
20 July 1976
17:30
Hungary  25–18  Japan Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Vadász 7 (10–7) Matsushita 6
20 July 1976
17:30
Soviet Union  21–3  Canada PEPS, Quebec City
Makarets 8 (8–2) Robert 3
20 July 1976
17:30
East Germany  18–12  Romania Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
Referees: Svensson, Christensen (DEN)
Richter 6 (11–3) Șooș 4

22 July 1976
17:30
Soviet Union  14–8  Romania Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Referees: Valčić, Stanojević (YUG)
Makarets 7 (6–3) Mikloș 3
22 July 1976
17:30
East Germany  24–10  Japan PEPS, Quebec City
Richter 7 (12–3) Matsushita 4
22 July 1976
17:30
Hungary  24–3  Canada Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
Sterbinszky 5 (11–3) three players 1

24 July 1976
17:30
East Germany  29–4  Canada Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Richter 10 (15–2) Lemaire, Tétreault 2
24 July 1976
17:30
Romania  21–20  Japan PEPS, Quebec City
Referees: Rykart, Ischer (SUI)
Arghir 5 (13–11) Kurata 7
24 July 1976
17:30
Soviet Union  12–9  Hungary Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
Turchyna 5 (5–5) Sterbinszky 4

26 July 1976
17:30
Romania  17–11  Canada Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Furcoi 4 (8–5) Robert 4
26 July 1976
17:30
East Germany  7–7  Hungary PEPS, Quebec City
Richter 3 (2–4) Angyal 3
26 July 1976
17:30
Soviet Union  31–9  Japan Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
Shubina 7 (15–5) Kurata 4

28 July 1976
12:00
Japan  15–14  Canada Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Kurata 9 (7–11) Lemaire, Valois 3
28 July 1976
13:15
Hungary  20–15  Romania Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG)
Lelkes, Sterbinszky 5 (10–6) Mikloș 5
28 July 1976
14:30
East Germany  11–14  Soviet Union Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Krause, Kretzschmar 4 (5–7) Turchyna 7

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Name Goals
1 Japan Terumi Kurata 28
2 East Germany Kristina Richter 27
3 Soviet Union Tetyana Makarets 24
4 Soviet Union Zinaida Turchyna 22
5 Hungary Amália Sterbinszky 18
6 East Germany Roswitha Krause 16
7 Japan Hitomi Matsushita 15
8 Romania Magdalena Mikloș 14
East Germany Marion Tietz
10 Romania Maria Bosi 13
Soviet Union Lyudmyla Panchuk

Team rosters[]

 Canada  East Germany  Hungary  Japan  Romania  Soviet Union
Lucie Balthazar
Louise Beaumont
Francine Boulay-Parizeau
Manon Charette
Danielle Chenard
Nicole Génier
Mariette Houle
Louise Hurtubise
Denise Lemaire
Monique Prud'homme
Joanes Rail
Nicole Robert
Hélène Tétreault
Johanne Valois
Coach:
Gabriele Badorek
Hannelore Burosch
Roswitha Krause
Waltraud Kretzschmar
Evelyn Matz
Liane Michaelis
Eva Paskuy
Kristina Richter
Christina Rost
Silvia Siefert
Marion Tietz
Petra Uhlig
Christina Voß
Hannelore Zober
Coach:
Éva Angyal (Vasas SC)
Mária Berzsenyi (FTC)
Ágota Bujdosó (Vasas SC)
Klára Csík (Vasas SC)
Zsuzsanna Kézi (TBSC)
Katalin Laki (Bakony Vegyész)
Rozália Lelkes (FTC)
Márta Megyeri (Csepel SC)
Ilona Nagy (Csepel SC)
Marianna Nagy (TFSE)
Erzsébet Németh (FTC)
Amália Sterbinszky (Vasas SC)
Borbála Tóth Harsányi (Bakony Vegyész)
Mária Vadász (Vasas SC)
Coach: Bódog Török
Mihoko Hozumi
Mikiko Kato
Eiko Kawada
Nanami Kino
Kuriko Komori
Hiroko Kosahara
Tokuko Kubo
Terumi Kurata
Hitomi Matsushita
Natsue Shimada
Shoko Wada
Emiko Yamashita
Coach:
Simona Arghir
Maria Bosi
Doina Cojocaru
Doina Furcoi
Iuliana Hobincu
Elisabeta Ionescu
Viorica Ionică
Maria Lackovics
Georgeta Lăcusta
Magdalena Mikloș
Cristina Petrovici
Constantina Pițigoi
Niculina Sasu
Rozalia Șooș
Coach: Constantin Popescu
Lyubov Berezhnaya
Lyudmyla Bobrus
Aldona Česaitytė
Tetyana Hlushchenko
Larysa Karlova
Mariya Litoshenko
Nina Lobova
Tetyana Makarets
Lyudmyla Panchuk
Rafiga Shabanova
Nataliya Sherstyuk
Lyudmila Shubina
Zinaida Turchyna
Halyna Zakharova
Coach: Igor Turchyn

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