1980 Summer Olympics / handball

Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Moscow
Competition venue	Sokolniki Arena , Sports Palace Dynamo
Teams	18 (12 , 6 )
Nations	14th
Athletes	248 (166 , 82 )
date	July 20-30, 1980
decisions	2
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At the XXII. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , two handball competitions were held: men and women.

The men's Olympic champion was the team of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) ahead of the USSR and Romania . In the women's category, the USSR team won the gold medal ahead of Yugoslavia and the GDR.

The games were played in two locations: in the Sokolniki Sports Palace (in the center of Moscow ) and in the Dynamo Sports Palace in Khimki (in the north-west of Moscow). The competition began on July 20, 1980 and ended with the final on July 30, 1980. 100,493 spectators followed the games in the Olympic handball competition.

Men

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
German Democratic Republic 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 Trainer: Paul Tiedemann	Soviet Union Alexander Anpilogow Vladimir Belov Anatoli Fedjukin Mychajlo Ishchenko Aleksandr Karshakevich Yuri Kidjajew Vladimir Kravtsov Sergei Kuschnirjuk Viktor Machorin Valdemaras Novickis Vladimir Repjew Alexei Zhuk Nikolai Tomin Yevgeny Chernyshev Coach: Anatoly Yevtushenko	Romania Ștefan Birtalan Iosif Boroș Adrian Cosma Cezar Drăgăniță Marian Dumitru Cornel Durău Alexander Fölker Claudiu Ionescu Nicolae Munteanu Vasile Stîngă Lucian Vasilache Neculai Vasilcă Radu Voina Maricel Voinea Trainers: Ioan Kunst-Ghermănescu , Niculae Nedeff and Lascăr Pană

Preliminary round matches

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	German Democratic Republic	5	4th	1	0	108: 92	9
2	Hungary	5	3	2	0	96:88	8th
3	Spain	5	2	1	2	102: 106	5
4th	Poland	5	2	1	2	123: 97	5
5	Denmark	5	1	0	4th	96: 104	2
6th	Cuba	5	0	1	4th	103: 141	1

date	Local time	encounter			Result
20th of July	17:00 o'clock	Denmark	-	Cuba	30:18 (18: 8)
20th of July	6:30 p.m.	Poland	-	Hungary	22:22 (11: 7)
20th of July	8:00 p.m.	GDR	-	Spain	21:17 (6: 9)
22nd of July	17:00 o'clock	Poland	-	Cuba	34:19 (14:10)
22nd of July	6:30 p.m.	Denmark	-	Spain	19:20 (7: 7)
22nd of July	8:00 p.m.	GDR	-	Hungary	14:14 (9: 7)
24th July	17:00 o'clock	Spain	-	Hungary	17:20 (8:10)
24th July	6:30 p.m.	Denmark	-	Poland	12:26 (5: 9)
24th July	8:00 p.m.	GDR	-	Cuba	27:20 (13:10)
July 26th	17:00 o'clock	Spain	-	Cuba	24:24 (9:13)
July 26th	6:30 p.m.	Denmark	-	Hungary	15:16 (6: 8)
July 26th	8:00 p.m.	GDR	-	Poland	22:21 (11: 9)
July 28th	17:00 o'clock	Hungary	-	Cuba	26:22 (14:11)
July 28th	6:30 p.m.	Poland	-	Spain	22:24 (13:11)
July 28th	8:00 p.m.	GDR	-	Denmark	24:20 (13: 9)

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	5	4th	0	1	134: 75	8th
2	Romania	5	4th	0	1	119: 88	8th
3	Yugoslavia	5	4th	0	1	132: 92	8th
4th	Switzerland	5	2	0	3	110: 98	4th
5	Algeria	5	1	0	4th	94: 124	2
6th	Kuwait	5	0	0	5	64: 176	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
20th of July	17:00 o'clock	Yugoslavia	-	Algeria	22:18 (12:10)
20th of July	6:30 p.m.	Romania	-	Kuwait	32:12 (18: 3)
20th of July	8:00 p.m.	USSR	-	Switzerland	22:15 (13: 8)
22nd of July	17:00 o'clock	Romania	-	Algeria	26:18 (14: 7)
22nd of July	6:30 p.m.	USSR	-	Kuwait	38:11 (22: 5)
22nd of July	8:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Switzerland	26:21 (12: 8)
24th July	17:00 o'clock	Switzerland	-	Kuwait	32:14 (14: 6)
24th July	6:30 p.m.	USSR	-	Algeria	33:10 (16: 3)
24th July	8:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Romania	23:21 (12: 9)
July 26th	17:00 o'clock	Switzerland	-	Algeria	26:18 (11: 7)
July 26th	6:30 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Kuwait	44:10 (24: 5)
July 26th	8:00 p.m.	USSR	-	Romania	19:22 (15: 9)
July 28th	17:00 o'clock	Kuwait	-	Algeria	17:30 (14:11)
July 28th	6:30 p.m.	Romania	-	Switzerland	18:16 (9: 6)
July 28th	8:00 p.m.	USSR	-	Yugoslavia	22:17 (12: 9)

The decision about places 1 to 3 was made on the basis of the goal difference between the games in which each team had a victory and a defeat.

Finals

In the final round, the teams of the two groups played against each other on July 30, 1980 according to their group placements.

Play for places 5 to 12

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Game for 11th place
July 30, 1980, 11:00 a.m.	Cuba	Kuwait	32:24 (16:13)
Play for 9th place
July 30, 1980, 12:30 p.m.	Denmark	Algeria	28:20 (15: 9)
Game for 7th place
July 30, 1980, 1:00 p.m.	Poland	Switzerland	23:22 (11:10)
Play for 5th place
July 30, 1980, 2 p.m.	Spain	Yugoslavia	24:23 (12: 7)

3rd place match

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
July 30, 1980, 2:45 p.m.	Hungary	Romania	18:20 (7:11)

final

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
July 30, 1980, 6:30 p.m.	German Democratic Republic	USSR	23:22 nV (20:20) (10:10)

The half-time results are in brackets.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Games	Gates	FT	7m
1	Jerzy Klempel	Poland	6th	44	22nd	20th
2	Ernst Züllig	Switzerland	6th	40	18th	22nd
3	Vasile Stîngă	Romania	6th	36	34	2
4th	Jesús Agramonte	Cuba	6th	34	28	6th
5	Pavle Jurina	Yugoslavia	6th	33	33	0
	Frank-Michael Wahl	GDR	6th	33	33	0
	Ahcene Djeffal	Algeria	6th	33	14th	19th
8th	Zsolt Contra	Hungary	6th	30th	18th	12
	Juan Prendes	Cuba	6th	30th	18th	12
10	Alexander Anpilogow	USSR	6th	29	15th	14th

FT - field goals, 7m - seven meters

Team squad 4th to 12th place

4. Hungary : Béla Bartalos , János Fodor , Ernő Gubányi , László Jánovszki , Alpár Jegenyés , József Kenyeres , Zsolt Contra , Péter Kovács , Miklós Kovacsics , Ambrus Lele , Árpád Pál , László Szabó , István Szilágyi , Sándor Vass ; Coach: Mihály Faludi 

5. Spain : Jesús María Albisu , Vicente Calabuig , Juan de la Puente , Juan Pedro de Miguel , Francisco López , Gregorio López , Rafael López , Agustín Millán , Juan Francisco Muñoz , José Ignacio Novoa , José María Pagoaga , Eugenio Serrano , Juan José Uría , Javier Cabanas , coach: Domingo Bárcenas 

6. Yugoslavia : Zlatan Arnautović , Jovica Cvetkovic , Adnan Dizdar , Jovica Elezović , Mile Isaković , Drago Jovović , Pavle Jurina , Enver Koso , Peter Malone , jasmine Mrkonja , Velibor Nenadić , Goran Neric , Stjepan Obran , Momir Rnić ; Coach: Branislav Pokrajac 

7. Poland : Janusz Brzozowski , Piotr Czaczka , Jerzy Garpiel , Zbigniew Gawlik , Ryszard Jedliński , Andrej Kącki , Alfred Kałuziński , Jerzy Klempel , Grzegorz Kosma , Marek Panas , Henryk Rozmiarek , Zbigniew Tłuczyński , Daniel Waszkiewicz , Mieczysław Wojczak ; Trainer: Jacek Zglinicki 

8. Switzerland : Konrad Affolter , Roland Brand , Hans Huber , Ugo Jametti , Peter Jehle , Robert Jehle , Hanspeter Lutz , Peter Maag , Walter Müller , Martin Ott , Max Schär , Rudolf Weber , Edi Wickli , Ernst Züllig ; Coach: Vinko Kandjia 

9. Denmark : 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 ; Trainer: Leif Mikkelsen 

10. Algeria : Ali Akacha , Omar Azeb , Abdelatif Bakir , Abdelkrim Bendjemil , Abdelatif Bergheul , Azeddine Bouzerar , Ahcene Djeffal , Ahmed Farfar , Abdelkerim Hamiche , Kamel Hebri , Mohamed Machou , Mouloud Meknache , Rachid Mokrani , Abdelmadjid Slimani 

11. Cuba : 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 

12. Kuwait : Abdelaziz al-Anjari , 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 , Ismaeel Shahzadah , Khalid Shahzadah , Fawzi al-Shuwairbat 

Women

The Soviet gold medalists at the award ceremony

space	country	player
1	URS	Natalja Timoschkina, Larissa Karlowa, Irina Palchikova, Larissa Sawkina , Aldona Nenėnienė, Julija Safina, Olga Subarewa, Walentina Lutajewa, Lyubow Odinokowa, Sinajida Turchyna , Natalja Lukjanenko, Sigita Mažeikaitė-Strečen, Tatjana
2	YUG	Ana Titlić, Slavica Jeremić, Zorica Vojinović, Radmila Drljača, Katica Ileš, Mirjana Ognjenović, Rada Savić, Svetlana Kitić , Svetlana Anastasovski, Biserka Višnjić, Vesna Radović, Mirjana Đurića, Jasna Merdan , Vesna Milošev
3	GDR	Hannelore Zober , Katrin Krüger , Evelyn Matz , Roswitha Krause , Christina Rost , Petra Uhlig , Sabine Röther , Kornelia Kunisch , Claudia Wunderlich , Kristina Richter , Waltraud Kretzschmar , Marion Tietz , Birgit Heinecke , Renate Rudolph

Women's tournament

rank	team	Sp	G	U	V	Gates	Pt
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	99:52	10
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	107: 67	7th
3	German Democratic Republic	5	3	1	1	91:58	7th
4th	Hungary	5	1	1	3	80:74	3
5	Czechoslovakia	5	1	1	3	65:78	3
6th	People's Republic of the Congo	5	0	0	5	46: 159	0

• 21 July
  • Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 30-11 Congo
  • Dynamo 18:30 GDR 16-10 ČSSR
  • Dynamo 20:00 Hungary 10-19 Yugoslavia
• July 23
  • Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 17–7 ČSSR
  • Dynamo 18:30 Hungary 39-10 Congo
  • Dynamo 20:00 GDR 15-15 Yugoslavia
• July 25th
  • Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 16-12 Hungary
  • Dynamo 18:30 GDR 28-6 Congo
  • Dynamo 20:00 ČSSR 15-25 Yugoslavia
• July 27th
  • Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 18–9 Yugoslavia
  • Dynamo 18:30 ČSSR 23-10 Congo
  • Dynamo 20:00 GDR 19-9 Hungary
• 29th of July
  • Sokolniki 13:00 Yugoslavia 39–9 Congo
  • Sokolniki 14:30 Hungary 10-10 ČSSR
  • Sokolniki 18:30 GDR 13-18 USSR

Web links

• All men's match results on www.sports-reference.com
• All women's match results on www.sports-reference.com