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Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women.

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On July 26, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's match between SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany and burned the Yugoslav flag.

Group B

Tunisia withdrew after 2 matches which they lost to Poland (12:26) and Czechoslovakia (9:21). The results were annulled.

Final Round

9th place match

  • Japan 27-20 United States

    • 7th place match

  • Czechoslovakia 25-21 Denmark

    • 5th place match

  • Yugoslavia 21-19 Hungary

    • 3rd place match

  • Poland 21-18 West Germany

    • 1st place match

  • Soviet Union 19-15 Romania

    • 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.

    References

    Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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