Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 2 events - a men's and a women's team competitions. They were held in two venues: in the Sokolniki Sports Palace (central part of Moscow) and in the Dynamo Sports Palace at Khimki-Khovrino (north-eastern part of Moscow). The schedule began on July 20 and ended on July 30. 100,493 spectators watched 51 matches of handball events at venues, mentioned above.
Contents |
[edit] Medals
| Pos | Country: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | Total: |
| 1 |  USSR |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  GDR |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Romania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Men's Team Event
| Final Rank |
Athletes | Country |
| 1 | Siegfried Voigt, Günter Dreibrodt, Peter Rost, Klaus Gruner, Hans-Georg Beyer, Dietmar Schmidt, Hartmut Krüger, Lothar Doering, Ernst Gerlach, Frank-Michael Wahl, Ingolf Wiegert, Wieland Schmidt, Rainer Höft, Hans-Georg Jaunich | GDR |
| 2 | Mikhail Ishchenko, Viktor Makhorin, Sergei Kushniriuk, Aleksandr Karshakevich, Vladimir Kravtsov, Vladimir Belov, Anatoli Fediukin, Aleksandr Anpilogov, Evgeni Chernyshov, Aleksei Zhuk, Nikolai Tomin, Yuri Kidiaev, Vladimir Repiev, Valdemar Novitski | USSR |
| 3 | Nicolae Munteanu, Marian Dumitru, Iosif Boros, Maricel Voinea, Vasile Stînga, Radu Voina, Cezar Draganita, Cornel Durau, Stefan Birtalan, Alexandru Fölker, Neculai Vasilca, Lucian Vasilache, Adrian Cosma, Claudiu Eugen Ionescu | Romania |
[edit] Preliminary Round
Teams in two groups played each other in a round to decide, for which place each of them should compete in the Final Round.
[edit] Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDR |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 92 | 9 |
 Hungary |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 88 | 8 |
 Spain |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 102 | 106 | 5 |
 Poland |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 123 | 97 | 5 |
 Denmark |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 104 | 2 |
 Cuba |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 103 | 141 | 1 |
- July 20, Sokolniki
- 17:00 Denmark 30-18 Cuba
- 18:30 Poland 20-20 Hungary
- 20:00 GDR 21-17 Spain
- July 22, Dynamo
- 17:00 Poland 34-19 Cuba
- 18:30 Denmark 19-20 Spain
- 20:00 GDR 14-14 Hungary
- July 24, Sokolniki
- 17:00 Spain 17-20 Hungary
- 18:30 Denmark 12-26 Poland
- 20:00 GDR 27-20 Cuba
- July 26, Dynamo
- 17:00 Spain 24-24 Cuba
- 18:30 Denmark 15-16 Hungary
- 20:00 GDR 22-21 Poland
- July 28, Sokolniki
- 17:00 Hungary 26-22 Cuba
- 18:30 Poland 22-24 Spain
- 20:00 GDR 24-20 Denmark
[edit] Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USSR |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 75 | 8 |
| Romania |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 88 | 8 |
| Yugoslavia |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 92 | 8 |
 Switzerland |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 110 | 98 | 4 |
 Algeria |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 124 | 2 |
 Kuwait |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 64 | 176 | 0 |
- July 20, Dynamo
- 17:00 Yugoslavia 22-18 Algeria
- 18:30 Romania 32-12 Kuwait
- 20:00 USSR 22-15 Switzerland
- July 22, Sokolniki
- 17:00 Romania 26-18 Algeria
- 18:30 USSR 38-11 Kuwait
- 20:00 Yugoslavia 26-21 Switzerland
- July 24, Dynamo
- 17:00 Switzerland 32-14 Kuwait
- 18:30 USSR 33-10 Algeria
- 20:00 Yugoslavia 23-21 Romania
- July 26, Sokolniki
- 17:00 Switzerland 26-18 Algeria
- 18:30 Yugoslavia 44-10 Kuwait
- 20:00 USSR 19-22 Romania
- July 28, Dynamo
- 17:00 Kuwait 17-30 Algeria
- 18:30 Romania 18-16 Switzerland
- 20:00 USSR 22-17 Yugoslavia
[edit] Final Round
- 1st-placed teams from each group competed for the 1st place in this round;
- 2nd-placed - competed for the 3rd place
- 3rd-placed - competed for the 5th place
- 4th-placed - competed for the 7th place
- 5th-placed - competed for the 9th place
- 6th-placed - competed for the 11th place
All matches were held on July 30.
11th place match, Dynamo
- 11:00 Cuba 32-24 Kuwait
9th place match, Dynamo
- 12:30 Denmark 28-20 Algeria
7th place match, Dynamo
- 13:00 Poland 23-22 Switzerland
5th place match, Sokolniki
- 14:00 Spain 24-23 Yugoslavia
3rd place match, Sokolniki
- 14:45 Hungary 18-20 Romania
1st place match, Sokolniki
- 18:30 GDR 23-22 USSR
[edit] Final standings
| Final Rank |
Country |
|---|---|
| 1 | GDR |
| 2 | USSR |
| 3 | Romania |
| 4 | Hungary |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Yugoslavia |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Denmark |
| 10 | Algeria |
| 11 | Cuba |
| 12 | Kuwait |
[edit] Women's Team Event
| Final Rank |
Athletes | Country |
| 1 | Natalia Timoshkina, Larisa Karlova, Irina Palchikova, Zinaida Turchina, Tatiana Kochergina, Liudmila Poradnik, Larisa Savkina, Aldona Nenenene, Yulia Safina, Olga Zubareva, Valentina Lutaeva, Liubov Odinokova, Sigita Strechen, Natalia Lukianenko | USSR |
| 2 | Ana Titlic, Slavica Jeremic, Zorica Vojinovic, Radmila Drljaca, Katica Ileš, Mirjana Ognjenovic, Svetlana Anastasovski, Rada Savic, Svetlana Kitic, Mirjana Djurica, Biserka Višnjic, Vesna Radovic, Jasna Merdan, Vesna Miloševic | Yugoslavia |
| 3 | Hannelore Zober, Katrin Krüger, Evelyn Matz, Roswitha Krause, Christina Rost, Petra Uhlig, Claudia Wunderlich, Sabine Röther, Kornelia Kunisch, Marion Tietz, Kristina Richter, Waltraud Kretzschmar, Birgit Heinecke, Renate Rudolph | GDR |
[edit] Medal Round
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 52 | 10 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 67 | 7 |
| 3 | GDR |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 58 | 7 |
| 4 | Hungary |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 74 | 3 |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 78 | 3 |
| 6 |  People's Rep. of Congo |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 159 | 0 |
- July 21
- Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 30-11 People's Rep. of Congo
- Dynamo 18:30 GDR 16-10 Czechoslovakia
- Dynamo 20:00 Hungary 10-19 Yugoslavia
- July 23
- Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 17-7 Czechoslovakia
- Dynamo 18:30 Hungary 39-10 People's Rep. of Congo
- Dynamo 20:00 GDR 15-15 Yugoslavia
- July 25
- Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 16-12 Hungary
- Dynamo 18:30 GDR 28-6 People's Rep. of Congo
- Dynamo 20:00 Czechoslovakia 15-25 Yugoslavia
- July 27
- Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 18-9 Yugoslavia
- Dynamo 18:30 Czechoslovakia 23-10 People's Rep. of Congo
- Dynamo 20:00 GDR 19-9 Hungary
- July 29
- Sokolniki 13:00 Yugoslavia 39-9 People's Rep. of Congo
- Sokolniki 14:30 Hungary 10-10 Czechoslovakia
- Sokolniki 18:30 GDR 13-18 USSR
Remark:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.
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