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Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins.
Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport at the Olympics, returning to the Olympic program after a 36-year absence. The competition was for men only and it was contested by sixteen teams.
Arne Andersen is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Keld Jul. Andersen is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Flemming Ladefoged Hansen was a Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Jørgen D. Heidemann is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Søren Andkjer Jensen is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Bent Jørgensen is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Flemming Lauritzen is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Svend Otto Lund is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Tom Benny Lund was a Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Karsten Stehen Sørensen is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Jørgen Vodsgaard is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played his club handball with Aarhus KFUM.
Jørgen Frandsen is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Claus Jørgen From is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He played his club handball for IF Stjernen.
Kay Sloth Friis Jørgensen is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1979 he was the first player to reach 200 matches for the Danish men's national team.
Thor Munkager was a Danish handball player and later handball coach. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Mikkel Hansen is a Danish professional handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Skjern is a railway town just north of the Skjern river in western Jutland, Denmark with a population of 7,839. The town was the seat of the former Skjern Municipality, though since 2007 it has been the joint administrative seat of Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality.
The handball tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 21 August at the Future Arena in the Barra Olympic Park. The tournaments were won by Denmark in the men's competition and Russia for the women's tournament. The French teams for both competitions finished with the silver medal, and the bronze went to Germany and Norway, respectively.
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