Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 20–30 July 1980 |
Teams | 18 |
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Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() ![]() |
Third place | ![]() ![]() |
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Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||
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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.[1] 100,493 spectators watched 51 matches of handball events at venues, mentioned above.
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Medal summary
[edit]Participating nations
[edit]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)
Republic of the 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
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Remark:country names are not given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.
Literature
[edit]- Гандбол [Handball] (in Russian). Moskau: ФИЗКУЛЬТУРА И СПОРТ. 1980. (Program magazine)
References
[edit]- ^ "Handball at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.