1988 Summer Olympics / handball

Handball at the 1988 Olympic Games
information
venue	Seoul , Suwon
Competition venue	Olympic Gymnastics Arena , Suwon Arena
Teams	16 (12 , 8 )
Nations	15th
Athletes	281 (170 , 111 )
date	September 20 - October 1, 1988
decisions	2
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At the XXIV Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 , the handball competitions were held for men and women. The men's Olympic champion was the Soviet team, which had stayed away from the Los Angeles Games four years earlier due to the boycott of the Eastern Bloc countries. The other podium places went to South Korea and defending champion Yugoslavia . In the women's race, South Korea won ahead of Norway and the Soviet Union .

Men

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
USSR Vyacheslav Atavin Igor Chumak Valery Gopin Aljaksandr Karschakewitsch Andrei Lavrov Yuri Nesterow Valdemaras Novickis Alexander Rymanow Konstantin Sharovarov Yuri Shevtsov Georgi Swiridenko Alexander Tutschkin Andrei Tjumenzew Mikhail Wassiljew Coach: Anatoly Yevtushenko	South Korea Choi Suk-jae Kang Jae-won Kim Jae-hwan Koh Suk-chang Lee Sang-hyo Lim Jin-suk Noh Hyun-suk Oh Young-ki Park Do-hun Park Young-dae Shim Jae-hong Shin Young-suk Yoon Tae -il Trainer: Yoo Jae-Choong	Yugoslavia Mirko Bašić Jožef Holpert Boris Jarak Slobodan Kuzmanovski Muhamed Memić Alvaro Načinović Goran Perkovac Zlatko Portner Iztok Puc Rolando Pušnik Momir Rnić Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagić Ermin Velić Veselin Vujović Coach: Abas Arslanagić

Preliminary round matches

The preliminary round was held in two groups. The teams each played a game against each group member. The preliminary round winners of the two groups played the final. The two runners-up played for 3rd place.

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	130: 82	10
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	116: 109	7th
3	Sweden	5	3	0	2	106: 91	6th
4th	Iceland	5	2	1	2	96: 102	5
5	Algeria	5	1	0	4th	89: 109	2
6th	United States	5	0	0	5	81: 125	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
September 20th	10:00 a.m	Yugoslavia	-	USSR	18:24 (7:10)
September 20th	14:00 clock	Sweden	-	Algeria	21:18 (14: 9)
September 20th	6:00 p.m.	Iceland	-	United States	22:15 (8: 8)
September 22	10:00 a.m	Yugoslavia	-	United States	31:23 (17:11)
September 22	14:00 clock	Sweden	-	USSR	18:22 (7:11)
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Iceland	-	Algeria	22:16 (11: 8)
September 24th	10:00 a.m	Yugoslavia	-	Algeria	23:22 (10:11)
September 24th	14:00 clock	Sweden	-	Iceland	20:14 (12: 6)
September 24th	6:00 p.m.	USSR	-	United States	26:14 (10: 5)
September 26th	10:00 a.m	Yugoslavia	-	Iceland	19:19 (8:10)
September 26th	14:00 clock	Sweden	-	United States	26:12 (11: 6)
September 26th	6:00 p.m.	USSR	-	Algeria	26:13 (13: 5)
September 28th	10:00 a.m	United States	-	Algeria	17:20 (10: 8)
September 28th	14:00 clock	Iceland	-	USSR	29:32 (8:15)
September 28th	6:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Sweden	25:21 (14:10)

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	South Korea	5	4th	0	1	127: 117	8th
2	Hungary	5	3	0	2	102: 93	6th
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	0	2	109: 103	6th
4th	German Democratic Republic	5	3	0	2	109: 100	6th
5	Spain	5	2	0	3	101: 106	4th
6th	Japan	5	0	0	5	97: 126	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
September 20th	11:30 a.m.	Hungary	-	South Korea	20:22 (9:11)
September 20th	3:30 p.m.	GDR	-	Japan	25:18 (14:10)
September 20th	19:30 o'clock	Spain	-	Czechoslovakia	17:20 (5:10)
September 22	11:30 a.m.	Hungary	-	Czechoslovakia	16:19 (6:12)
September 22	3:30 p.m.	GDR	-	South Korea	22:23 (13: 9)
September 22	19:30 o'clock	Spain	-	Japan	25:19 (13: 5)
September 24th	11:30 a.m.	Hungary	-	Japan	22:19 (10:11)
September 24th	3:30 p.m.	GDR	-	Spain	21:20 (11: 8)
September 24th	19:30 o'clock	South Korea	-	Czechoslovakia	29:28 (15:12)
September 26th	11:30 a.m.	Hungary	-	Spain	26:16 (14: 8)
September 26th	3:30 p.m.	GDR	-	Czechoslovakia	24:21 (11: 9)
September 26th	19:30 o'clock	South Korea	-	Japan	33:24 (18:11)
September 28th	11:30 a.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Japan	21:17 (13: 7)
September 28th	3:30 p.m.	Spain	-	South Korea	23:20 (10: 9)
September 28th	19:30 o'clock	Hungary	-	GDR	18:17 (7: 0)

Finals

In the final round, those tied for groups A and B played against each other.

Play for places 5 to 12

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Game for 11th place
Sep 30 1988, 10:00 a.m.	United States	Japan	21:24 (11: 8)
Play for 9th place
Sep 30 1988, 11:30 a.m.	Algeria	Spain	15:21 (6:11)
Game for 7th place
Sep 30 1988, 2 p.m.	Iceland	German Democratic Republic	29:31 nS (28:28) (25:25) (23:23) (13:12)
Play for 5th place
Sep 30 1988, 3:30 p.m.	Sweden	Czechoslovakia	27:18 (14: 8)

3rd place match

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
0Oct. 1, 1988, 3:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	Hungary	27:23 (12:13)

final

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
0Oct. 1, 1988, 5:00 p.m.	USSR	South Korea	32:25 (17:11)

The half-time results are in brackets.

List of goalscorers

space	Surname	country	Games	Gates
1	Kang Jae-won	South Korea	6th	49
2	Rüdiger Borchardt	GDR	6th	42
3	Kenji Tamamura	Japan	6th	34
4th	Kristjan Arason	Iceland	6th	33
5	Mihály Iváncsik	Hungary	6th	31
	Zlatko Portner	Yugoslavia	6th	31
	Lee Sang-hyo	South Korea	6th	31
8th	László Marosi	Hungary	6th	30th
9	Alexander Tutschkin	Soviet Union	6th	29
	Veselin Vujović	Yugoslavia	6th	29

Team squad 4th to 12th place

4. Hungary : Imre Bíró , József Bordás , Ottó Csicsay , János Fodor , János Gyurka , László Hoffmann , Mihály Iváncsik , Mihály Kovács , Péter Kovács , László Marosi , Tibor Oross , Jakab Sibalin , László Szabó , Géza Tóth ; Coach: Lajos Mocsai 

5. Sweden : Per Carlén , Per Carlsson , Johan Eklund , Mats Fransson , Erik Hajas , Claes Hellgren , Peder Järphag , Björn Jilsén , Per Jilsén , Ola Lindgren , Staffan Olsson , Mats Olsson , Sten Sjogren , Magnus Wislander ; Coach: Roger Carlsson 

6. Czechoslovakia : Miroslav Bajgar , Michal Barda , Tomáš Bártek , Petr Baumruk , Milan Brestovanský , Karel Jindřichovský , Jiří Kotrč , Peter Mesiarik , Mr. Novák , Jozef Škandík , Libor Sovadina , František Stika , Zdeněk Vaněk , ľubomír švajlen ; Trainer: Vojtech Mareš 

7. German Democratic Republic : Rüdiger Borchardt , Jens Fiedler , Mike Fuhrig , Matthias Hahn , Stephan Hauck , Peter Hofmann , Bernd Metzke , Andreas Neitzel , Peter Pysall , Wieland Schmidt , Holger Schneider , Frank-Michael Wahl , Holger Winselmann ; Trainer: Paul Tiedemann 

8. Iceland : Kristján Arason , Alfreð Gíslason , Guðmundur Guðmundsson , Sigurdur Gunnarsson , Atli Hilmarsson , Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson , Brynjar Kvaran , Thorgils Mathiesen , Páll Ólafsson , Bjarki Sigurðsson , Jakob Sigurðsson , Geir Sveinsson , sigurður sveinsson , Einar Thorvardarson , Karl Thrainsson ; Coach: Bogdan Kowalczyk 

9. Spain : Javier Cabanas , Juan de la Puente , Jesús Ángel Fernández , Jaume Fort , Jesús Gómez , Ricardo Marín , Juan Francisco Muñoz , Jaime Puig , Javier Reino , Lorenzo Rico , Julián Ruiz , Joan Sagalés , Eugenio Serrano , Juan José Uría , Miguel Ángel Zúñiga ; Coach: Juan de Dios Román Seco 

10. Algeria : Makhlouf Ait Hocine , Omar Azeb , Benali Beghouach , Abdesselam Benmaghsoula , Mahmoud Bouanik , Salah Bouchekriou , Abdelhak Bouhalissa , Brahim Boudrali , Mourad Boussebt , Ahcene Djeffal , Alousofiane Draouci , Fethnour Lacheheb , Zine Eddine Mohamed Seghir , camel Ouchia ; Coach: Mohamed Lamine Az Derouaz 

11. Japan : Izumi Fujii , Yukihiro Hashimoto , Hidetada Ito , Kazuhiro Miyashita , Yoshihiko Nikawadori , Kiyoshi Nishiyama , Shinji Okuda , Shinichi shudo , Koji Tachiki , Takashi Taguchi , Seiichi Takamura , Kenji Tamamura , Kodo Yamamoto , Toshiyuki Yamamura , Hiroshi Yanai ; Coach: Akira Tsugawa 

12. USA : James Buehning , Scott Driggers , Craig Fitschen , Steven Goss , Bob Hillary , Boyd Janny , Bryant Johnson , William Kessler , Stephen Kirk , Peter Lash , Joseph McVein , Rod Oshita , Joe Story , Mike Sullivan , Brian Bennett ; Coach: Branislav Pokrajac 

Women

Preliminary round

Group A

	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
South Korea	3	2	0	1	76:67	4th
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	58:58	4th
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	81:69	4th
United States	3	0	0	3	55:76	0

21st September	Czechoslovakia	27	:	33	South Korea
21st September	Yugoslavia	19th	:	18th	United States
September 23rd	Czechoslovakia	33	:	19th	United States
September 23rd	Yugoslavia	22nd	:	19th	South Korea
25th of September	South Korea	24	:	18th	United States
25th of September	Czechoslovakia	21st	:	17th	Yugoslavia

Group B

	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	75:49	5
Norway	3	2	1	0	75:53	5
People's Republic of China	3	1	0	2	76:58	2
Cote d'Ivoire	3	0	0	3	37: 103	0

21st September	USSR	24	:	19th	People's Republic of China
21st September	Norway	34	:	14th	Cote d'Ivoire
September 23rd	USSR	32	:	11	Cote d'Ivoire
September 23rd	Norway	22nd	:	20th	People's Republic of China
25th of September	People's Republic of China	37	:	12	Cote d'Ivoire
25th of September	USSR	19th	:	19th	Norway

Finals

The matches in the final round were played in group matches.

5th to 8th place

	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	93:52	6th
People's Republic of China	3	2	0	1	89:60	4th
United States	3	1	0	2	68:80	2
Cote d'Ivoire	3	0	0	3	40:98	0

September 27th	People's Republic of China	31	:	22nd	United States
September 27th	Cote d'Ivoire	12	:	34	ČSSR
September 29th	Cote d'Ivoire	16	:	27	United States
September 29th	People's Republic of China	21st	:	26th	ČSSR
October 1	People's Republic of China	37	:	12	Cote d'Ivoire
October 1	United States	19th	:	33	ČSSR

1st to 4th place

	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
South Korea	3	2	0	1	63:61	4th
Norway	3	1	1	1	59:57	3
Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	56:55	3
Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	52:57	2

September 27th	Yugoslavia	15th	:	18th	USSR
September 27th	South Korea	23	:	20th	Norway
September 29th	Yugoslavia	15th	:	20th	Norway
September 29th	South Korea	21st	:	19th	USSR
October 1	USSR	19th	:	19th	Norway
October 1	South Korea	19th	:	22nd	Yugoslavia

Team squad

space	country	player
1	COR	Han Hyun-sook , Ki Mi-sook , Kim Choon-rye , Kim Hyun-mi , Kim Kyung-soon , Lee Ki-soon , Lim Mi-kyung , Son Mi-na , Song Ji-hyun , Suk Min-hee , Sung Kyung-hwa , Kim Myung-soon
2	NOR	Vibeke Johnsen , Cathrine Svendsen , Heidi Sundal , Hanne Hegh , Hanne Hogness , Karin Singstad , Trine Haltvik , Berit Digre , Ingrid Steen , Karin Pettersen , Kristin Midthun , Marte Eliasson , Kjerstin Andersen , Annette Skotvoll
3	URS	Natalya Mitrjuk , Larissa Karlowa , Svetlana Mankowa , Zinaida Turchyna , Olga Semyonova , Marina Basanowa , Natalya Morskowa , Yevgenia Towstogan , Natalya Rusnatschenko , Jelena Nemaschkalo , Tatjana Dschandschgawa , Natalya Anissimowa , Elina Guseva , Natalia Lapizkaja

literature

• Official Report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume One, Part Two (PDF) (25.99 MB)
• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .