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Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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tourney_nameHandball at the
1984 Summer Olympics
countryUnited States
venuesTitan Gym
image[[Image:Handball pictogram.svg120px]]
num_teams18
dates31 July – 11 August 1984
champion_other(men)
(women)
second_other(men)
(women)
third_other(men)
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fourth_other(men)
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previousHandball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
nextHandball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics (women) (women) (women) (women) 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, and the finals were at the Forum, later the Kia Forum, in Inglewood, California.

Qualification

Men

QualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedTotal12
Host nation18 May 1978GRE Athens1
1982 World Championship23 February – 7 March 1982West Germany61
1
1
1983 World Championship B25 February – 6 March 1983Netherlands2 31
1
2
Asian qualification tournament12–20 November 1983JPNSagamihara1
1983 Pan American Men's Handball Championship2–6 February 1972USA Colorado Springs1 01
2
1983 African Men's Handball Championship22–31 July 1983EGY Cairo1

Women

QualificationDateHostVacanciesQualifiedTotal6
Host nation18 May 1978GRE Athens1
1982 World Championship2–12 December 1982Hungary4 21
1
1
Intercontinental Olympic Qualification--13
1983 World Championship B7–15 December 1983Poland0 2

1:Teams joined Soviet lead boycott

2: was invited to replace , but rejected the invitation, because COA supposed the team is not good enough. Then, IHF invited .

3: and withdraw. So qualified without play.

Medal summary

Women
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 VišnjićKOR 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-KyungCHN 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:

  • ALG (men:15 women:0)
  • AUT (men:0 women:15)
  • CHN (men:0 women:13)
  • DEN (men:14 women:0)
  • FRG (men:15 women:13)
  • ISL (men:15 women:0)
  • JPN (men:15 women:0)
  • ROU (men:15 women:0)
  • KOR (men:15 women:13)
  • ESP (men:15 women:0)
  • SWE (men:15 women:0)
  • SUI (men:15 women:0)
  • USA (men:14 women:13)
  • YUG (men:14 women:15) () NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.*

Medal table

Railing collapse

The only multi-casualty event noted in the 1984 official report of the Los Angeles Olympics was a small one at team handball where a railing on the bleachers collapsed. The first aid team and the chief medical officer handled the situation quickly and professionally. First aid teams were responsible for moving victims from the stands and broken railings. However, a concern that was not anticipated was the lack of experience in carrying patients from the stands. Four of eight spectators who fell through a wooden railing while trying to catch bouquets from victorious Olympic medal-winners suffered minor injuries but were not hospitalized.

References

References

  1. "Handball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympedia.
  2. "Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984".
  3. "Men Handball III Panamerica Championship". Todor66.
  4. "Women Handball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification 1984". Todor66.
  5. "Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984".
  6. "Four of eight spectators who fell through a wooden ...".
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