Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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1980 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates20–30 July 1980
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of East Germany.svg  East Germany (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Third placeFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Fourth placeFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored1,560 (43.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Klempel
(44 goals)
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The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1980 Summer Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games. [1]

Contents

Qualification

QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified
Host nation23 October 1974 Flag of Austria.svg Vienna 1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1978 World Championship 26 January – 5 February 1978Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6 5Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
1978 World Championship Group B22 February – 3 March 1978Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2 3Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
1979 African Championship 20–31 July 1979 Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Brazzaville 1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
1980 Pan American Championship 7–14 January 1980 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City 1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
1979 Asian Championship 4–9 November 1979 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Nanjing 1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Total12

Results

Preliminary round

12 teams played each other in two groups to decide for which place each of them will compete in the final round.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 541010892+169 Gold medal game
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 53209688+88 Bronze medal game
3 Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg Spain 521210210645 Fifth place game
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 521212397+265 Seventh place game
5 Olympic flag.svg Denmark 51049610482 Ninth place game
6Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5014103141381 Eleventh place game
Source: [ citation needed ]
20 July 1980
17:00
Denmark Olympic flag.svg 30–18Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Sokolniki Arena
Poulsen 8(18–8) Querol 5
20 July 1980
18:30
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg20–20Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Sokolniki Arena
Garpiel, Kałuziński 5(7–11) Kontra 8
20 July 1980
20:00
East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg21–17 Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg Spain Sokolniki Arena
Doering, Wahl 6(6–9) Uría 6

22 July 1980
17:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg34–19Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Dynamo Sports Palace
Klempel 11(14–10) Prendes 5
22 July 1980
18:30
Denmark Olympic flag.svg 19–20 Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg Spain Dynamo Sports Palace
Pazyj 5(9–9) Albisu 5
22 July 1980
20:00
East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg14–14Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Dynamo Sports Palace
Wahl 6(9–7) Kontra 4

24 July 1980
17:00
Spain Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg 17–20Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Sokolniki Arena
Serrano 4(8–10) Kovács 6
24 July 1980
18:30
Denmark Olympic flag.svg 12–26Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Sokolniki Arena
Jeppesen 5(5–9) Klempel 10
24 July 1980
20:00
East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg27–20Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Sokolniki Arena
Wahl 6(13–10) Agramonte 9

26 July 1980
17:00
Spain Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg 24–24Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Dynamo Sports Palace
Albisu 9(9–13) Agramonte, Prendes 7
26 July 1980
18:30
Denmark Olympic flag.svg 15–16Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Dynamo Sports Palace
Poulsen 4(6–8) Kovács 4
26 July 1980
20:00
East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg22–21Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Dynamo Sports Palace
Dreibrodt, Wahl 5(11–9) Panas 7

28 July 1980
17:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg26–22Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Sokolniki Arena
Kontra 10(14–11) Casuso 8
28 July 1980
18:30
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg22–24 Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg Spain Sokolniki Arena
Klempel 8(13–11) Albisu 7
28 July 1980
20:00
East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg24–20 Olympic flag.svg Denmark Sokolniki Arena
Krüger 7(13–9) Dahl-Nielsen 7

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (H)540113475+598 Gold medal game
2Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 540111988+318 Bronze medal game
3Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 540113292+408 Fifth place game
4 Olympic flag.svg Switzerland 520311098+124 Seventh place game
5Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 510494124302 Ninth place game
6Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 5005641761120 Eleventh place game
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts
20 July 1980
17:00
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg22–18Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Dynamo Sports Palace
Jovović 6(12–10) Mekhnache 6
20 July 1980
18:30
Romania  Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg32–12Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Dynamo Sports Palace
Stîngă, Vasilache 5(18–3) J. Al-Qassar 9
20 July 1980
20:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg22–15 Olympic flag.svg Switzerland Dynamo Sports Palace
Anpilogov, Belov 4(13–8) Züllig 5

22 July 1980
17:00
Romania  Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg26–18Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Sokolniki Arena
Stîngă 7(14–7) Djeffal 10
22 July 1980
18:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg38–11Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Sokolniki Arena
Anpilogov 11(22–5) J. Al-Qassar 4
22 July 1980
20:00
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg26–21 Olympic flag.svg Switzerland Sokolniki Arena
Obran 6(12–8) Jehle, Züllig 6

24 July 1980
17:00
Switzerland Olympic flag.svg 32–14Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Dynamo Sports Palace
Züllig 10(14–6) J. Al-Qassar 5
24 July 1980
18:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg33–10Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Dynamo Sports Palace
Fedyukin, Zhuk 6(16–3) Hamiche 3
24 July 1980
20:00
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg23–21Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Dynamo Sports Palace
Jurina 8(12–9) Stîngă 7

26 July 1980
17:00
Spain Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg 26–18Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Sokolniki Arena
Züllig 11(11–7) Bouzerar 5
26 July 1980
18:30
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg44–10Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Sokolniki Arena
Jurina 9(24–5) Al-Qena'i 4
26 July 1980
20:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg19–22Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Sokolniki Arena
Belov 5(15–9) Stîngă 7

28 July 1980
17:00
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg17–30Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Dynamo Sports Palace
Al-Randi 4(14–11) Djeffal 7
28 July 1980
18:30
Romania  Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg18–16 Olympic flag.svg Switzerland Dynamo Sports Palace
Birtalan 6(9–6) Jehle, Züllig 4
28 July 1980
20:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg22–17Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Dynamo Sports Palace
Fedyukin 5(12–9) Jurina 9

Final round

Eleventh place game

30 July 1980
11:00
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg32–24Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Dynamo Sports Palace
Agramonte 9(16–13) Al-Randi 11

Ninth place game

30 July 1980
12:30
Denmark Olympic flag.svg 28–20Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Dynamo Sports Palace
Jeppesen 8(15–9) Djeffal 6

Seventh place game

30 July 1980
14:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg23–22 Olympic flag.svg Switzerland Dynamo Sports Palace
Klempel 9(11–10) Huber, Maag 5

Fifth place game

30 July 1980
13:00
Spain Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg 24–23Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Sokolniki Arena
Uría 6(12–7) Mrkonja 8

Bronze medal game

30 July 1980
14:45
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg18–20Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Sokolniki Arena
Kovács 5(7–11) Stîngă 7

Gold medal game

30 July 1980
18:30
East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg23–22 (ET)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Sokolniki Arena
Krüger 6(10–10) Anpilogov, Belov 5

FT: 20–20  ET: 3–2

Rankings and statistics

Team rosters

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba Olympic flag.svg  Denmark Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait
Ali Akacha
Omar Azzeb
Abdel Atif Bakir
Abdelkrim Bendjemil
Abdel Atif Bergheul
Azzedine Bouzerar
Ahcen Djeffal
Ahmed Farfar
Abdel Krim Hamiche
Kamel Hebri
Mohamed Machou
Mouloud Mekhnache
Rashid Mokhrani
Abdel Madjid Slimani
Jesús Agramonte
Moisés Casales
Roberto Casuso
Ibrain Crombet
Miguel Izquierdo
Lázaro Jiménez
Juan Llanes
Sabino Medina
José Nenínger
Pablo Pedroso
Juan Prendes
Juan Querol
Roberto Zulueta
Lázaro Pedroso
Michael Jørn Berg
Morten Stig Christensen
Anders Dahl-Nielsen
Iver Grunnet
Hans Hattesen
Carsten Haurum
Palle Jensen
Bjarne Jeppesen
Mogens Jeppesen
Thomas Pazyj
Erik Bue Pedersen
Poul Kjær Poulsen
Per Skaarup
Ole Nørskov Sørensen
Hans-Georg Beyer
Lothar Doering
Günter Dreibrodt
Ernst Gerlach
Klaus Gruner
Rainer Höft
Hans-Georg Jaunich
Hartmut Krüger
Peter Rost
Dietmar Schmidt
Wieland Schmidt
Siegfried Voigt
Frank-Michael Wahl
Ingolf Wiegert
Coach: Paul Tiedemann
Béla Bartalos (TBSC)
János Fodor (FTC)
Ernő Gubányi (TBSC)
László Jánovszki (Budapest Spartacus SC)
Alpár Jegenyés (Budapest Honvéd SE)
József Kenyeres (Budapest Honvéd SE)
Zsolt Kontra (TBSC)
Péter Kovács (Budapest Honvéd SE)
Miklós Kovacsics (PMSC)
Ambrus Lele (Szegedi Volán)
Árpád Pál (TBSC)
László Szabó (Szegedi Volán)
István Szilágyi (FTC)
Sándor Vass (Elektromos SE)
Abdel Aziz Al-Anjri
Khamis Bashir
Jasem al-Deyab
Ahmed al-Emran
Majid Al-Khamis
Faraj Al-Mutairi
Saleh Najem
Jasem Al-Qassar
Mond al-Qassar
Abdullah Al-Qena'i
Musa'ed Al-Randi
Ismael Shah Al-Zadah
Khaled Shah
Fawzi Al-Shuwairbat
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain Olympic flag.svg  Switzerland Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Janusz Brzozowski
Piotr Czaczka
Jerzy Garpiel
Zbigniew Gawlik
Ryszard Jedliński
Andrzej Kącki
Alfred Kałuziński
Jerzy Klempel
Grzegorz Kosma
Marek Panas
Henryk Rozmiarek
Zbigniew Tłuczyński
Daniel Waszkiewicz
Mieczysław Wojczak
Ştefan Birtalan
Iosif Boroş
Adrian Cosma
Cezar Drăgăniṭă
Marian Dumitru
Cornel Durău
Alexandru Fölker
Claudiu Ionescu
Nicolae Munteanu
Vasile Stîngă
Lucian Vasilache
Neculai Vasilcă
Radu Voina
Maricel Voinea
Coach: Stavru Pană
Aleksandr Anpilogov
Vladimir Belov
Yevgeni Chernyshov
Anatoli Fedyukin
Mykhaylo Ishchenko
Aleksandr Karshakevich
Yury Kidyayev
Vladimir Kravtsov
Serhiy Kushniryuk
Viktor Makhorin
Voldemaras Novickis
Vladimir Repev
Mykola Tomyn
Aleksey Zhuk
Jesús María Albisu
Vicente Calabuig
Juan de la Puente
Juan Pedro de Miguel
Francisco López
Gregorio López
Rafael López
Agustín Milián
Juan Francisco Muñoz
José Ignacio Novoa
José María Pagoaga
Eugenio Serrano
Juan José Uría
Juan Javier Cabanas
Konrad Affolter
Roland Brand
Hans Huber
Ugo Jametti
Peter Jehle
Robert Jehle
Hanspeter Lutz
Peter Maag
Walter Müller
Martin Ott
Max Schär
Rudolf Weber
Eduard Wickli
Ernst Züllig
Zlatan Arnautović
Jovica Cvetković
Adnan Dizdar
Jovica Elezović
Mile Isaković
Drago Jovović
Pavle Jurina
Enver Koso
Peter Mahne
Jasmin Mrkonja
Velibor Nenadić
Goran Nerić
Stjepan Obran
Momir Rnić

References

  1. "Men's Handball at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 November 2023.