Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1996 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates 26 July - 3 August
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions  Denmark
Runner-up  South Korea
Third place  Hungary
Fourth place  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches 18
Goals scored 901 (50.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) O-Kyeong Lim (KOR), 41 goals
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The women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was contested by eight teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom two proceeding to placement matches.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 89 62 +27 6
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 81 70 +11 4
 China 3 1 0 2 71 83 −12 2
 United States 3 0 0 3 64 90 −26 0
Results Denmark Hungary China United States
Denmark  27–22 33–21 29–19
Hungary  22–27 29–19 30–24
China  21–33 19–29 31–21
United States  19–29 24–30 21–31

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 83 60 +23 6
 Norway 3 2 0 1 79 66 +13 4
 Germany 3 1 0 2 70 73 −3 2
 Angola 3 0 0 3 49 82 −33 0
Results South Korea Norway Germany Angola
South Korea  25–21 33–20 25–19
Norway  21–25 28–23 30–18
Germany  20–33 23–28 27–12
Angola  19–25 18–30 12–27

Playoffs

Semi-finals Final
  Denmark  23  
  Norway  19  
 
      Denmark  37
    South Korea  33
Bronze medal match
  Hungary  25   Hungary  20
  South Korea  39     Norway  18

Semifinals

August 1
~11:30		 Denmark  23–19  Norway
(12-6)
August 1
~16:00		 Hungary  25–39  South Korea
(10-19)

7th/8th classification

August 7
10:00		 United States  23–24  Angola
(11-11)

5th/6th classification

August 1
14:30		 Germany  26–28  China
(12-16)

Bronze medal match

August 3
15:30		 Hungary  20–18  Norway
(6-9)

Final

August 3
~17:00		 Denmark  37–33 (ET)  South Korea
(13-17)

FT: 29-29 ET: 37-33

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings
1  Denmark
2  South Korea
3  Hungary
4  Norway
5  China
6  Germany
7  Angola
8  United States
Top goalscorers
Player Games Goals Attempts
1. Lim O-Kyeong (KOR) 5 41 58
2. Kjersti Grini (NOR) 5 39 74
3. Eszter Mátéfi (HUN) 5 35 58
4. Anja Andersen (DEN) 5 33 55
5. Shi Wei (CHN) 4 31 63
6. Zhai Chao (CHN) 4 29 52
7. Chryssandra Hires (USA) 4 26 55
8. Oh Seong-Ok (KOR) 5 24 47
All-star team
Susanne Lauritsen (DEN)
Kjersti Grini (NOR) Anja Andersen (DEN) Hong Jeong-ho (KOR)
Kim Eun-Mi (KOR) Erzsebet Kocsis (HUN) Lim O-Kyeong (KOR)

References

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