Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women.[1]
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Dates | 18–28 July |
Teams | 18 (from 5 confederations) |
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On 26 July, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's match between SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany and set fire to the Yugoslav flag before being detained by security.[2]
Medal summary
Participating nations
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in both tournaments. Japan entered only a squad of twelve women and twelve men. Only four male reserve players did not participate (one from Denmark, two from Hungary, and one from Czechoslovakia).
A total of 230(*) handball players (148 men and 82 women) from 12 nations (men from 11 nations – women from 6 nations) competed at the Montreal Games:
Canada (28) (men:14 women:14) Czechoslovakia (13) (men:13 women:0) Denmark (13) (men:13 women:0) East Germany (14) (men:0 women:14) West Germany (14) (men:14 women:0) Hungary (26) (men:12 women:14) Japan (24) (men:12 women:12) Poland (14) (men:14 women:0) Romania (28) (men:14 women:14) Soviet Union (28) (men:14 women:14) United States (14) (men:14 women:0) Yugoslavia (14) (men:14 women:0)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (5 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
References
- "Handball at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- Istaknute akcije hrvatskih emigranata Archived 17 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine