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International handball competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Team handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
Dates | 18–28 July 1976 |
Teams | 18 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Soviet Union (men) Soviet Union (women) |
Runner-up | Romania (men) East Germany (women) |
Third place | Poland (men) Hungary (women) |
Fourth place | West Germany (men) Romania (women) |
On 26 July, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's match between SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany and set fire to the Yugoslav flag before being detained by security.[2]
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in both tournaments. Japan entered only a squad of twelve women and twelve men. Only four male reserve players did not participate (one from Denmark, two from Hungary, and one from Czechoslovakia).
A total of 230(*) handball players (148 men and 82 women) from 12 nations (men from 11 nations – women from 6 nations) competed at the Montreal Games:
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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