1996 Summer Olympics / Handball

Handball at the 1996 Olympic Games
information
venue	Atlanta
Competition venue	Georgia World Congress Center (Hall G), Georgia Dome
Teams	20 (8 , 12 )
Nations	18th
Athletes	299 (117 , 182 )
date	July 24th - August 4th 1996
decisions	2
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At the XXVI. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , two handball competitions were held. The venue was the Georgia World Congress Center (Hall G) and the Georgia Dome .

Men

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
Croatia Patrik Ćavar Valner Franković Slavko Goluža Bruno Gudelj Vladimir Jelčić Božidar Jović Nenad Kljaić Venio Losert Valter Matošević Zoran Mikulić Alvaro Načinović Goran Perkovac Iztok Puc Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagić Vladimir Šujster Coach: Velimir Kljaić	Sweden Mats Olsson Tomas Svensson Thomas Sivertsson Magnus Wislander Robert Hedin Ola Lindgren Per Carlén Erik Hajas Johan Petersson Stefan Lövgren Robert Andersson Pierre Thorsson Staffan Olsson Magnus Andersson Martin Frändesjö Andreas Larsson Coach: Bengt Johansson	Spain Jaume Fort Mauri Jordi Nuñez José Javier Hombrados Talant Dujshebaev Jesús Olalla Demetrio Lozano Raúl González Iñaki Urdangarin Mateo Garralda Jesús Fernández Rafael Guijosa Salvador Esquer Alberto Urdiales Fernando Hernández Juan Pérez Aitor Etxaburu Coach: Juan de Dios Román

Preliminary round matches

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	5	5	0	0	131: 94	10
2	Croatia	5	4th	0	1	132: 122	8th
3	Russia	5	3	0	2	137: 106	6th
4th	Switzerland	5	2	0	3	126: 115	4th
5	United States	5	1	0	4th	111: 142	2
6th	Kuwait	5	0	0	5	100: 158	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
24th July	10:00 a.m	Russia	-	Kuwait	32:20 (19:10)
24th July	2:30 p.m.	Croatia	-	Switzerland	23:22 (12:14)
24th July	7:00 p.m.	Sweden	-	United States	23:19 (11: 9)
July 25th	10:00 a.m	Croatia	-	Kuwait	31:22 (16:11)
July 25th	2:30 p.m.	Sweden	-	Switzerland	26:19 (14: 8)
July 25th	8:45 p.m.	Russia	-	United States	31:16 (16: 9)
July 27th	11:45 a.m.	Switzerland	-	Kuwait	33:16 (18: 8)
July 27th	2:30 p.m.	Sweden	-	Russia	22:20 (11:11)
July 27th	7:00 p.m.	Croatia	-	United States	35:27 (20: 9)
29th of July	11:45 a.m.	Sweden	-	Kuwait	33:18 (16: 7)
29th of July	4:15 p.m.	Croatia	-	Russia	25:24 (11:13)
29th of July	19:30 o'clock	Switzerland	-	United States	29:20 (12: 9)
July 31	11:45 a.m.	Russia	-	Switzerland	30:23 (14:11)
July 31	2:30 p.m.	Sweden	-	Croatia	27:18 (10: 7)
July 31	8:45 p.m.	United States	-	Kuwait	29:24 (13:10)

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	France	5	4th	0	1	145: 114	8th
2	Spain	5	4th	0	1	114: 97	8th
3	Egypt	5	3	0	2	113: 103	6th
4th	Germany	5	3	0	2	121: 112	6th
5	Algeria	5	0	1	4th	95: 117	1
6th	Brazil	5	0	1	4th	100: 145	1

date	Local time	encounter			Result
24th July	11:45 a.m.	France	-	Spain	27:25 (10: 9)
24th July	4:15 p.m.	Egypt	-	Algeria	19:16 (12: 7)
24th July	8:45 p.m.	Germany	-	Brazil	30:20 (13: 7)
July 25th	11:45 a.m.	France	-	Algeria	33:22 (13:10)
July 25th	4:15 p.m.	Spain	-	Germany	22:20 (11:10)
July 25th	7:00 p.m.	Egypt	-	Brazil	31:20 (15:10)
July 27th	10:00 a.m	Spain	-	Algeria	20:14 (12: 5)
July 27th	4:15 p.m.	Egypt	-	Germany	24:22 (11: 9)
July 27th	8:45 p.m.	France	-	Brazil	37:23 (16:10)
29th of July	10:00 a.m	France	-	Egypt	25:20 (12: 9)
29th of July	2:30 p.m.	Germany	-	Algeria	25:23 (12:10)
29th of July	7:00 p.m.	Spain	-	Brazil	27:17 (12:10)
July 31	10:00 a.m	Spain	-	Egypt	20:19 (11: 8)
July 31	4:15 p.m.	Germany	-	France	24:23 (12:10)
July 31	7:00 p.m.	Algeria	-	Brazil	20:20 (9:11)

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	0Aug 2, 1996, 4:15 p.m.
	Sweden	25 (11)
	Spain	20 (12)
					0Aug 4, 1996, 12:45 p.m.
					Sweden	26 (11)
					Croatia	27 (16)
					Game for third place
	0Aug 2, 1996, 8:45 p.m.				0Aug 4, 1996, 11:00 a.m.
	France	20 (08)			Spain	27 (13)
	Croatia	24 (12)			France	25 (12)

Play for places 5 to 12

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Game for 11th place
0Aug 2, 1996 at 10:00 a.m.	Kuwait	Brazil	25:31 (13:16)
Play for 9th place
0Aug 2, 1996, 11:45 am	Algeria	United States	26:27 a.d. (22:22) (10:12)
Game for 7th place
0Aug 2, 1996, 2:30 p.m.	Switzerland	Germany	16:23 (10:12)
Play for 5th place
0Aug. 2, 1996, 7:00 p.m.	Egypt	Russia	26:29 (11:15)

Semifinals

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
0Aug 2, 1996, 4:15 p.m.	Sweden	Spain	25:20 (11:12)
0Aug 2, 1996, 8:45 p.m.	France	Croatia	20:24 (8:12)

3rd place match

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
0Aug 4, 1996, 11:00 a.m.	Spain	France	27:25 (13:12)

final

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
0Aug 4, 1996, 12:45 p.m.	Sweden	Croatia	26:27 (11:16)

The half-time results are in brackets.

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Mats Olsson	Sweden
Left winger:	Patrik Ćavar	Croatia
Back left:	Frédéric Volle	France
Back center:	Magnus Andersson	Sweden
Back right:	Stéphane Stoecklin	France
Right winger:	Irfan Smajlagic	Croatia
Circle:	Dmitri Torgovanov	Russia

List of goalscorers

No.	player	country	Games	Gates
1.	Patrik Ćavar		6th	43
2.	Stéphane Stoecklin		6th	36
3.	Marc Baumgartner		6th	35
	Frédéric Volle		7th	35
5.	Irfan Smajlagic		6th	31
	Alberto Urdiales		7th	31
7th	Valery Gopin		6th	30th
	Erik Hajas		6th	30th
	Pierre Thorsson		6th	30th

Women

Medalists

gold	silver	bronze
Denmark Gitte Sunesen Susanne Munk Lauritsen Anne Dorthe Tanderup Camilla Andersen Lene Rantala Tina Bøttzau Anette Hoffmann Anja Hansen Marianne Florman Janne Kolling Conny Hamann Anja Andersen Gitte Madsen Heidi Astrup Tonje Kjærgaard Kristine Andersen	South Korea Moon Hyang-ja Huh Soon-young Kim Mi-sim Han Sun-hee Kwag Hye-jeong Lim O-kyung Kim Rang Kim Jeong-mi Oh Seong-ok Hong Jeong-ho Park Jeong-lim Kim Eun-mi Lee Sang-eun Cho Eun-hee Kim Cheong-shim	Hungary Anikó Meksz Andrea Farkas Beáta Hoffmann Katalin Szilágyi Anikó Kántor Helga Németh Anikó Nagy Beatrix Kökény Beáta Siti Eszter Mátéfi Beatrix György-Tóth Auguszta Mátyás Éva Erdős Anna Szántó Erzsébet Kocsis Ildik

Preliminary round

Group A

date		Result
07/26/1996	Hungary	29 : 19	China
07/26/1996	Denmark	29 : 19	United States
07/28/1996	China	21: 33	Denmark
07/28/1996	United States	24: 30	Hungary
07/30/1996	Hungary	22: 27	Denmark
07/30/1996	China	31 : 21	United States

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Denmark	03	03	00	00	0089:6200	+27	0006-0000
02.	Hungary	03	02	00	01	0081:7000	+11	0004: 2000
03.	China	03	01	00	02	0071:8300	−12	0002: 4000
04th	United States	03	00	00	03	0064:9000	−26	0000: 6000

Group B

date		Result
07/26/1996	Norway	30 : 18	Angola
07/26/1996	South Korea	33 : 20	Germany
07/28/1996	Angola	19: 25	South Korea
07/28/1996	Germany	23: 28	Norway
07/30/1996	Germany	27 : 12	Angola
07/30/1996	South Korea	25 : 21	Norway

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	South Korea	03	03	00	00	0083:6000	+23	0006-0000
02.	Norway	03	02	00	01	0079:6600	+13	0004: 2000
03.	Germany	03	01	00	02	0070:7300	−3	0002: 4000
04th	Angola	03	00	00	03	0049:8200	−33	0000: 6000

Final round

Semifinals

date		Result
08/01/1996	Denmark	23 : 19	Norway
08/01/1996	South Korea	39 : 25	Hungary

Play for places 5 to 8

date		Result
Game for 7th place
08/01/1996	United States	23: 24	Angola
Play for 5th place
08/01/1996	China	28 : 26	Germany

3rd place match

date		Result
08/03/1996	Hungary	20 : 18	Norway

final

date		Result
08/03/1996	Denmark	37 : 33	South Korea