Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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1984 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesJuly 31 – August 11
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runner-upFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Third placeFlag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Fourth placeFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored1,502 (41.72 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Jilsén
(50 goals)
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The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1984 Summer Olympics. It was the fifth appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games. [1]

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Results

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.

Group A

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Flag of Iceland.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Algeria.svg
1.Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia  (YUG)5410123769X19:1822:2225:1132:1525:10
2.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)540112091818:19X26:1723:1728:2225:16
3.Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)531110296722:2217:26X23:1621:1719:15
4.Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)520383102411:2517:2316:23X20:1319:18
5.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)510484117215:3222:2817:2113:20X17:16
6.Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)500575105010:2516:2515:1918:1916:17X

Group B

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of South Korea.svg
1.Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)55001149510X20:1818:1718:1621:1937:25
2.Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)540111599818:20X26:1921:1619:1631:28
3.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)5302119110617:1819:26X26:2521:1836:23
4.Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)5203105106416:1816:2125:26X17:1631:25
5.Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)501491100119:2116:1918:2116:17X22:22
6.Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea  (KOR)5014123157125:3728:3123:3625:3122:22X

Final Round

All matches were held on 10 August.

11th place match

9th place match

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

1st place match

Summary

PlaceNation
1Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia  (YUG)
Coach: Branislav Pokrajac
Zlatan Arnautović (Borac Banja Luka)
Mirko Bašić (Metaloplastika Šabac)
Jovica Elezović (Proleter Zrenjanin)
Mile Isaković (Metaloplastika Šabac)
Pavle Jurina (Partizan Bjelovar)
Milan Kalina (Crvena zvezda Beograd)
Slobodan Kuzmanovski (Metaloplastika Šabac)
Dragan Mladenović (Železničar Niš)
Zdravko Rađenović (Schwabing/FRG)
Momir Rnić (Proleter Zrenjanin)
Branko Štrbac (Crvena zvezda Beograd)
Veselin Vujović (Metaloplastika Šabac)
Veselin Vuković (Metaloplastika Šabac)
Zdravko Zovko (Medveščak-Infosistem)
Rolando Pušnik (RK Crvenka)
2Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)
13 Jochen Fraatz
Thomas Happe
Arnulf Meffle
Rüdiger Neitzel
6 Michael Paul
Dirk Rauin
Siegfried Roch
Michael Roth
Ulrich Roth
4 Martin Schwalb
Uwe Schwenker
10 Thomas Springel
1 Andreas Thiel
12 Klaus Wöller
Erhard Wunderlich
3Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)
Coach: Radu Voina
Mircea Bedivan
Dumitru Berbece
Iosif Boroş
Alexandru Buligan
Gheorghe Covaciu
Gheorghe Dogărescu
Marian Dumitru
Cornel Durău
Alexandru Fölker
Nicolae Munteanu
Vasile Oprea
Adrian Simion
Vasile Stîngă
Neculai Vasilcă
Maricel Voinea
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Morten Stig Christensen
Anders Dahl-Nielsen
Michael Fenger
Jørgen Gluver
Hans Henrik Hattesen
Carsten Haurum
Klaus Jensen
Mogens Jeppesen
Keld Nielsen
Erik Veje Rasmussen
Jens Erik Roepstorff
Per Skaarup
Poul Sørensen
Mikael Strøm
5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Göran Bengtsson
Per Carlén
Lennart Ebbinge
Lars-Erik Hansson
Claes Hellgren
Rolf Hertzberg
Björn Jilsén
Pär Jilsén
Mats Lindau
Christer Magnusson
Per Öberg
Peter Olofsson
Mats Olsson
Sten Sjögren
Danny Sjöberg-Augustsson
6Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)
Þorbergur Aðalsteinsson
Kristján Arason
Steinar Birgisson
Jens Einarsson
Alfreð Gíslason
Bjarni Guðmundsson
Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Sigurður Gunnarsson
Atli Hilmarsson
Þorbjörn Jensson
Brynjar Kvaran
Þorgils Mathiesen
Jakob Sigurðsson
Sigurður Sveinsson
Einar Þorvarðarson
7Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)
Jürgen Bätschmann
René Barth
Markus Braun
Max Delhees
Roland Gassmann
Martin Glaser
Peter Hürlimann
Peter Jehle
Heinz Karrer
Uwe Mall
Martin Ott
Norwin Platzer
Martin Rubin
Max Schär
Peter Weber
8Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Cecilio Alonso
Juan Javier Cabanas
Juan de la Puente
Juan Pedro de Miguel
Pedro García
Rafael López
Agustín Millán
Juan Francisco Muñoz
José Ignacio Novoa
Jaime Puig
Javier Reino
Lorenzo Rico
Julián Ruiz
Eugenio Serrano
Juan José Uría
9Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Coach: Javier Garcia
James Buehning
Robert Djokcvich
Tim Dykstra
Craig Gilbert
Steven Goss
William Kessler
Stephen Kirk
Peter Lash
Michael Lenard
Joseph McVein
Gregory Morava
Rod Oshita
Thomas Schneeberger
Joe Story
Tim Funk
10Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)
Seimei Gamo
Takashi Ikenoue
Yasou Ikona
Hidetada Ito
Koji Matsui
Mitsuaki Nakamoto
Kiyoshi Nishiyama
Takahiro Ohata
Nobuo Sasaki
Kenzo Seki
Yoshihiro Shiga
Katsutoshi Taguchi
Seiichi Takamura
Yukihiko Uemura
Shinji Yamamoto
11Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea  (KOR)
An Jin-su
Choi Geun-nyeon
Choi Tae-seop
Hwang Yak-na
Gang Deok-su
Gang Jae-won
Gang Tae-gu
Go Seok-chang
Lee Gwang-nam
Lee Sang-hyo
Im Gyu-ha
Im Yeong-cheol
Park Byeong-hong
Park Yeong-dae
Sim Jeong-man
12Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)
Omar Azeb
Djaffar Bel Hocine
Abdelkrim Bendjemil
Abdel Salem Ben Magh Soula
Brahim Boudrali
Mourad Boussebt
Mustapha Doballah
Abu Sofiane Draouci
Hocine Ledra
Kamel Maoudj
Mouloud Meknache
Zineddine Mohamed Seghir
Rachid Mokrani
Kamel Ouchia
Azzedine Ouhib

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References

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