Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1996 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Atlanta
Venue(s)	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	26 July – 3 August 1996
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (1st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	901 (50.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lim O-kyeong (41 goals)
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The women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was contested by eight teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom two proceeding to placement matches. ^[1]

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
1994 European Championship	17–25 September 1994	Germany	1	Germany*
1995 Pan American Games	15–24 March 1995	Mar del Plata	1	United States [2]
1995 Asian Championship	6–8 May 1995	Seoul	1	China*
African qualification tournament	9 August 1995	Abidjan	1	Angola
1995 World Championship	5–17 December 1995	Austria   Hungary	4	South Korea   Hungary   Denmark   Norway
Total			8

Squads

Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	89	62	+27	6	Semifinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	81	70	+11	4
3	China	3	1	0	2	71	83	−12	2	Fifth place game
4	United States (H)	3	0	0	3	64	90	−26	0	Seventh place game

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

26 July 1996 10:00	Hungary	29–19	China	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Mátéfi 11	(14–11)	Shi 5

26 July 1996 14:30	Denmark	29–19	United States	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
	A. Andersen 8	(13–9)	Hires 8

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28 July 1996 12:00	China	21–33	Denmark	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
	Shi 6	(9–19)	Madsen 7

28 July 1996 14:30	United States	24–30	Hungary	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Hires 8	(8–19)	Németh 6

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30 July 1996 10:00	Hungary	22–27	Denmark	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Mátéfi 7	(12–14)	C. Andersen 7

30 July 1996 16:30	China	31–21	United States	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Guterman, Gedvilas (LTU)
	Zhai 11	(16–11)	Hires 6

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	83	60	+23	6	Semifinals
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	79	66	+13	4
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	70	73	−3	2	Fifth place game
4	Angola	3	0	0	3	49	82	−33	0	Seventh place game

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

26 July 1996 12:00	Norway	30–18	Angola	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Boehne, Bojsen (USA)
	Grini 10	(15–7)	Barbosa 4

26 July 1996 16:30	South Korea	33–20	Germany	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
	Lim 7	(17–12)	Erler, Luca 4

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28 July 1996 10:00	Angola	19–25	South Korea	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Dăncescu, Mateescu (ROU)
	Webba 7	(8–15)	three players 5

28 July 1996 16:30	Germany	23–28	Norway	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
	Ritskiavitchius 8	(11–15)	Grini 10

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30 July 1996 12:00	Germany	27–12	Angola	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Jurack, Waelzer 5	(10–6)	Webba 5

30 July 1996 14:30	South Korea	25–21	Norway	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Lim 9	(12–10)	Grini 7

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	1 August
	Denmark	23
					3 August
	Norway	19
					Denmark (OT)	37
	1 August
					South Korea	33
	South Korea	39
	Hungary	25
					Bronze medal game
					3 August
					Norway	18
					Hungary	20

Semifinals

1 August 1996 11:45	Denmark	23–19	Norway	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	A. Andersen 9	(12–6)	Grini, Larsen 4

1 August 1996 16:15	South Korea	39–25	Hungary	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
	Hong 9	(19–10)	Mátéfi 5

Seventh place game

1 August 1996 10:00	United States	23–24	Angola	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
	Cain 8	(11–11)	Barbosa 6

Fifth place game

1 August 1996 14:30	Germany	26–28	China	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Heinz 7	(12–16)	Shi 12

Bronze medal game

3 August 1996 15:30	Norway	18–20	Hungary	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
	Grini 8	(9–7)	four players 3

Gold medal game

3 August 1996 17:15	Denmark	37–33 (ET)	South Korea	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	A. Andersen 11	(13–17)	Lim 15
	FT: 29–29  ET: 2–2, 6–2

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings 1   Denmark 2   South Korea 3   Hungary 4   Norway 5   China 6   Germany 7   Angola 8   United States	Top goalscorers Player Games Goals Attempts 1. Lim O-kyeong 5 41 58 2. Kjersti Grini 5 39 74 3. Eszter Mátéfi 5 35 58 4. Anja Andersen 5 33 55 5. Shi Wei 4 31 63 6. Zhai Chao 4 29 52 7. Chryssandra Hires 4 26 55 8. Oh Seong-ok 5 24 47
All-star team Susanne Lauritsen (goalkeeper) Kjersti Grini (left back) Anja Andersen (right back) Hong Jeong-ho (right wing) Kim Eun-mi (left wing) Erzsébet Kocsis (line player) Lim O-kyeong (central back)

References

1. "Handball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
2. As host country,an extra spot was given to the 4th placed team at the 1995 World Championship.

External links

• Handball & Olympic Games 1936-2000, International Handball Federation , pp. 38–39
• Barcelona 1996: Handball at marcolympics.org