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| 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) |
| Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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Team handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women. [1]
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:
Canada (28)(men:14 women:14)
Czechoslovakia (13)(men:13 women:0)
Denmark (13)(men:13 women:0)
East Germany (14)(men:0 women:14)
West Germany (14)(men:14 women:0)
Hungary (26)(men:12 women:14)
Japan (24)(men:12 women:12)
Poland (14)(men:14 women:0)
Romania (28)(men:14 women:14)
Soviet Union (28)(men:14 women:14)
United States (14)(men:14 women:0)
Yugoslavia (14)(men:14 women:0)(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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