Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1996 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	26 July – 3 August
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches	18
Goals scored	901 (50.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lim O-kyeong; (41 goals)
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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]

Qualification[]

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[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	89	62	+27	6	Semifinals
2	Hungary	3	2	1	81	70	+11	4	Semifinals
3	China	3	1	2	71	83	−12	2	Fifth place game
4	United States (H)	3	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) Host

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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	83	60	+23	6	Semifinals
2	Norway	3	2	1	79	66	+13	4	Semifinals
3	Germany	3	1	2	70	73	−3	2	Fifth place game
4	Angola	3	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[]

Bracket[]

Semifinals		Gold medal game

1 August

Denmark	23
		3 August
Norway	19
		Denmark (OT)	37
1 August
		South Korea	33
South Korea	39

Hungary	25
		Bronze medal game

		3 August

		Norway	18

		Hungary	20

Semifinals[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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 (DEN)
Kjersti Grini (NOR)	Anja Andersen (DEN)	Hong Jeong-ho (KOR)
Kim Eun-mi (KOR)	Erzsébet Kocsis (HUN)	Lim O-kyeong (KOR)

References[]

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

External links[]

Handball & Olympic Games 1936-2000, International Handball Federation, pp. 38–39
Barcelona 1996: Handball at marcolympics.org

[SR-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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