Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 2 events - a men's and a women's team competitions. They were held in two venues: in the Sokolniki Sports Palace (central part of Moscow) and in the Dynamo Sports Palace at Khimki-Khovrino (north-eastern part of Moscow). The schedule began on July 20 and ended on July 30. 100,493 spectators watched 51 matches of handball events at venues, mentioned above.

Soviet Union men's team celebrating their victory over Yugoslavia. RIAN photo.

Soviet Union women's team during the victory ceremony. RIAN photo.

Men's Tournament

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
East Germany (GDR) 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	Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Anpilogov Vladimir Belov Yevgeni Chernyshov Anatoli Fedyukin Mykhaylo Ishchenko Aleksandr Karshakevich Yuri Kidyaev Vladimir Kravtsov Serhiy Kushniryuk Viktor Makhorin Voldemaras Novickis Vladimir Repev Mykola Tomyn Aleksey Zhuk	Romania (ROU) Ştefan Birtalan Iosif Boroş Adrian Cosma Cezar Drăgăniṭă Marian Dumitru Cornel Durău Alexandru Fölker Claudiu Ionescu Nicolae Munteanu Vasile Stîngă Werner Stöckl Lucian Vasilache Neculai Vasilcă Radu Voina Maricel Voinea

Preliminary Round

12 teams played each other in two groups to decide for which place each of them will compete in the Final Round.

Group A

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	East Germany (GDR)	5	4	1	0	108	92	9		X	14:14	21:17	22:21	24:20	27:20
2.	Hungary (HUN)	5	3	2	0	96	88	8		14:14	X	20:17	20:20	16:15	26:22
3.	Spain (ESP)	5	2	1	2	102	106	5		17:21	17:20	X	24:22	20:19	24:24
4.	Poland (POL)	5	2	1	2	123	97	5		21:22	20:20	22:24	X	26:12	34:19
5.	Denmark (DEN)	5	1	0	4	96	104	2		20:24	15:16	19:20	12:26	X	30:18
6.	Cuba (CUB)	5	0	1	4	103	141	1		20:27	22:26	24:24	19:34	18:30	X

• July 20, Sokolniki
  • 17:00 Denmark 30-18 Cuba
  • 18:30 Poland 20-20 Hungary
  • 20:00 GDR 21-17 Spain
• July 22, Dynamo
  • 17:00 Poland 34-19 Cuba
  • 18:30 Denmark 19-20 Spain
  • 20:00 GDR 14-14 Hungary
• July 24, Sokolniki
  • 17:00 Spain 17-20 Hungary
  • 18:30 Denmark 12-26 Poland
  • 20:00 GDR 27-20 Cuba
• July 26, Dynamo
  • 17:00 Spain 24-24 Cuba
  • 18:30 Denmark 15-16 Hungary
  • 20:00 GDR 22-21 Poland
• July 28, Sokolniki
  • 17:00 Hungary 26-22 Cuba
  • 18:30 Poland 22-24 Spain
  • 20:00 GDR 24-20 Denmark

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	5	4	0	1	134	75	8		X	19:22	22:17	22:15	33:10	38:11
2.	Romania (ROU)	5	4	0	1	119	88	8		22:19	X	21:23	18:16	26:18	32:12
3.	Yugoslavia (YUG)	5	4	0	1	132	92	8		17:22	23:21	X	26:21	22:18	44:10
4.	Switzerland (SUI)	5	2	0	3	110	98	4		15:22	16:18	21:26	X	26:18	32:14
5.	Algeria (ALG)	5	1	0	4	94	124	2		10:33	18:26	18:22	18:26	X	30:17
6.	Kuwait (KUW)	5	0	0	5	64	176	0		11:38	12:32	10:44	14:32	17:30	X

Tiebreaker for place one to three:

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	0	1	41	39	2		X	19:22	22:17
2.	Romania (ROU)	2	1	0	1	43	42	2		22:19	X	21:23
3.	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	1	0	1	40	43	2		17:22	23:21	X

• July 20, Dynamo
  • 17:00 Yugoslavia 22-18 Algeria
  • 18:30 Romania 32-12 Kuwait
  • 20:00 USSR 22-15 Switzerland
• July 22, Sokolniki
  • 17:00 Romania 26-18 Algeria
  • 18:30 USSR 38-11 Kuwait
  • 20:00 Yugoslavia 26-21 Switzerland
• July 24, Dynamo
  • 17:00 Switzerland 32-14 Kuwait
  • 18:30 USSR 33-10 Algeria
  • 20:00 Yugoslavia 23-21 Romania
• July 26, Sokolniki
  • 17:00 Switzerland 26-18 Algeria
  • 18:30 Yugoslavia 44-10 Kuwait
  • 20:00 USSR 19-22 Romania
• July 28, Dynamo
  • 17:00 Kuwait 17-30 Algeria
  • 18:30 Romania 18-16 Switzerland
  • 20:00 USSR 22-17 Yugoslavia

Final Round

• 1st-placed teams from each group competed for the 1st place in this round;
• 2nd-placed - competed for the 3rd place
• 3rd-placed - competed for the 5th place
• 4th-placed - competed for the 7th place
• 5th-placed - competed for the 9th place
• 6th-placed - competed for the 11th place

All matches were held on July 30.

11th place match, Dynamo

• 11:00 Cuba 32-24 Kuwait

9th place match, Dynamo

• 12:30 Denmark 28-20 Algeria

7th place match, Dynamo

• 13:00 Poland 23-22 Switzerland

5th place match, Sokolniki

• 14:00 Spain 24-23 Yugoslavia

3rd place match, Sokolniki

• 14:45 Hungary 18-20 Romania

1st place match, Sokolniki

• 18:30 GDR 23-22 USSR OT

Summary

Place	Nation
1	East Germany (GDR)
	Coach: Paul Tiedemann
2	Soviet Union (URS)
3	Romania (ROU)
	Coach: Stavru Pană
4	Hungary (HUN) Béla Bartalos (TBSC) János Fodor (FTC) Ernő Gubányi (TBSC) László Jánovszki (Budapest Spartacus SC) Alpár Jegenyés (Budapest Honvéd SE) József Kenyeres (Budapest Honvéd SE) Zsolt Kontra (TBSC) Péter Kovács (Budapest Honvéd SE) Miklós Kovacsics (PMSC) Ambrus Lele (Szegedi Volán) Árpád Pál (TBSC) László Szabó (Szegedi Volán) István Szilágyi (FTC) Sándor Vass (Elektromos SE)
5	Spain (ESP) 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 Juan Javier Cabanas
6	Yugoslavia (YUG) Zlatan Arnautović Jovica Cvetković Adnan Dizdar Jovica Elezović Mile Isaković Drago Jovović Pavle Jurina Enver Koso Peter Mahne Jasmin Mrkonja Velibor Nenadić Goran Nerić Stjepan Obran Momir Rnić
7	Poland (POL) Janusz Brzozowski Piotr Czaczka Jerzy Garpiel Zbigniew Gawlik Ryszard Jedliński Andrzej Kącki Alfred Kałuziński Jerzy Klempel Grzegorz Kosma Marek Panas Henryk Rozmiarek Zbigniew Tłuczyński Daniel Waszkiewicz Mieczysław Wojczak
8	Switzerland (SUI) 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
9	Denmark (DEN) 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
10	Algeria (ALG) Omar Azeb Abdelatif Bakir Abdelkrim Bendjemil Abdelatif Bergheul Azeddine Bouzerar Ahcene Djeffal Ahmed Farfar Abdelkrim Hamiche Kamel Hebri Mohamed Machou Mouloud Meknache Rachid Mokrani Ali Okacha Abdelmadjid Slimani
11	Cuba (CUB) 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 (KUW) 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's Tournament

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Larysa Karlova Tetyana Kocherhina Valentyna Lutayeva Aldona Nenėnienė Lyubov Odynokova Iryna Palchykova Lyudmila Poradnyk Yuliya Safina Larisa Savkina Sigita Strečen Nataliya Tymoshkina Zinaida Turchyna Olha Zubaryeva Natalya Lukyanenko	Yugoslavia (YUG) Svetlana Anastasovska Mirjana Đurica Radmila Drljača Katica Ileš Slavica Jeremić Svetlana Kitić Jasna Merdan Vesna Milosević Mirjana Ognjenović Vesna Radović Radmila Savić Ana Titlić Biserka Višnjić Zorica Vojinović	East Germany (GDR) Birgit Heinecke Roswitha Krause Waltraud Kretzschmar Katrin Krüger Kornelia Kunisch Evelyn Matz Kristina Richter Christina Rost Sabine Röther Renate Rudolph Marion Tietz Petra Uhlig Claudia Wunderlich Hannelore Zober

Results

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
01 !	Soviet Union (URS)	5	5	0	0	99	52	10		X	18:9	18:13	16:12	17:7	30:11
02 !	Yugoslavia (YUG)	5	3	1	1	107	67	7		9:18	X	15:15	19:10	25:15	39:9
03 !	East Germany (GDR)	5	3	1	1	91	58	7		13:18	15:15	X	19:9	16:10	28:6
4	Hungary (HUN)	5	1	1	3	80	74	3		12:16	10:19	9:19	X	10:10	39:10
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	5	1	1	3	65	78	3		7:17	15:25	10:16	10:10	X	23:10
6	Congo (CGO)	5	0	0	5	46	159	0		11:30	9:39	6:28	10:39	10:23	X

• July 21
  • Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 30-11 People's Rep. of Congo
  • Dynamo 18:30 GDR 16-10 Czechoslovakia
  • Dynamo 20:00 Hungary 10-19 Yugoslavia
• July 23
  • Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 17-7 Czechoslovakia
  • Dynamo 18:30 Hungary 39-10 People's Rep. of Congo
  • Dynamo 20:00 GDR 15-15 Yugoslavia
• July 25
  • Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 16-12 Hungary
  • Dynamo 18:30 GDR 28-6 People's Rep. of Congo
  • Dynamo 20:00 Czechoslovakia 15-25 Yugoslavia
• July 27
  • Sokolniki 17:00 USSR 18-9 Yugoslavia
  • Dynamo 18:30 Czechoslovakia 23-10 People's Rep. of Congo
  • Dynamo 20:00 GDR 19-9 Hungary
• July 29
  • Sokolniki 13:00 Yugoslavia 39-9 People's Rep. of Congo
  • Sokolniki 14:30 Hungary 10-10 Czechoslovakia
  • Sokolniki 18:30 GDR 13-18 USSR

Summary

Place	Nation
1	Soviet Union (URS)
	Coach: Igor Turchyn reserve player Natalya Lukyanenko
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)
	Coach: Josip Samarjia Svetlana Anastasovska (ORK Beograd) Mirjana Đurica (Bane Sekulić Sombor) Radmila Drljača (Radnički Beograd) Katica Ileš (Osijek) Slavica Jeremić (Radnički Beograd) Svetlana Kitić (Radnički Beograd) Jasna Merdan (Lokomotiva Mostar) Vesna Milosević (DIN Niš) Mirjana Ognjenović (Trešnjevka Zagreb) Vesna Radović (Radnički Beograd) Radmila Savić (ORK Beograd) Ana Titlić (Lokomotiva Zagreb) Biserka Višnjić (Trešnjevka Zagreb) Zorica Vojinović (Bane Sekulić Sombor)
3	East Germany (GDR)
4	Hungary (HUN) Éva Angyal (Vasas SC) Erzsébet Baloghné (Budapest Spartacus SC) Mária Berzsenyi (FTC) Klára Bonyhádi (Építők SC) Piroska Budai (Bakony Vegyész) Erzsébet Csajbókné (FTC) Klára Csíkné (Vasas SC) Éva Csulikné (FTC) Ilona Mihálykáné (Vasas SC) Marianna Nagy (Vasas SC) Rozália Lelkesné (FTC) Gyöngyi Őriné (Vasas SC) Amália Sterbinszky (Vasas SC) Mária Vadászné (Vasas SC)
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Elena Boledovičová Elena Brezányiová Vera Datínská Milena Foltýnová Alena Horalová Petra Komínková Mária Končeková Jana Kuťková Katarína Lamrichová Jolana Neméthová Daniela Nováková Viola Pavlasová Priska Polačeková Mária Beňová
6	Congo (CGO) Angélique Abemane Isabelle Azanga Pascaline Bobeka Germaine Djimbi Yolande Kada-Gango Henriette Koula Solange Koulinka Pemba Lopez Yvonne Makouala Julienne Malaki Madeleine Mitsotso Nicole Oba Micheline Okemba Viviane Okoula

Participating nations

Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Four nations competed in both tournaments.

A total of 248(*) handball players (166 men and 82 women) from 14 nations (men from 12 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Moscow Games:

• Algeria (14) (men:14 women:0)
• Congo (14) (men:0 women:14)
• Cuba (13) (men:13 women:0)
• Czechoslovakia (13) (men:0 women:13)
• Denmark (14) (men:14 women:0)
• East Germany (28) (men:14 women:14)
• Hungary (28) (men:14 women:14)
• Kuwait (14) (men:14 women:0)
• Poland (14) (men:14 women:0)
• Romania (14) (men:14 women:0)
• Soviet Union (27) (men:14 women:14)
• Spain (13) (men:13 women:0)
• Switzerland (14) (men:14 women:0)
• Yugoslavia (28) (men:14 women:14)

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	0	2
2	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	1	2
3	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	0	1
4	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1

Remark:country names are not given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.

References

• Official Olympic Report

Handball at the Summer Olympics
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