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Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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1992 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)Palau d'Esports de Granollers
Palau Sant Jordi
Dates30 July – 8 August
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (2nd title)
Runner-up Norway
Third place Unified Team
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored802 (44.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Natalya Morskova (EUN)
(41 goals)
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The women's handball tournament at the 1992 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.[1]

Qualification

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Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 17 October 1986 Switzerland Lausanne 1  Spain
1990 World Championship 24 November – 4 December 1990  South Korea 4 Unified Team
 Germany
 Austria
 Norway
1991 Asian Championship 22–31 August 1991 Japan Hiroshima 1  South Korea
1991 African Championship 6–13 September 1991 Egypt Cairo 1  Nigeria
1991 Pan American Championship 30 September – 6 October 1991 Brazil Maringá 1  United States
Total 8

Squads

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Unified Team 3 3 0 0 77 56 +21 6 Semifinals
2  Germany 3 2 0 1 86 61 +25 4
3  United States 3 1 0 2 55 76 −21 2 Fifth place game
4  Nigeria 3 0 0 3 56 81 −25 0 Seventh place game
Source: [citation needed]


30 July 1992
10:00
Germany  32–17  Nigeria Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Mühlner 9 (14–9) Sana 7
30 July 1992
15:00
Unified Team 23–16  United States Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Morskova 8 (14–9) Peterka 4

1 August 1992
10:00
Nigeria  18–26 Unified Team Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN)
Sana 8 (5–15) Horb, Morskova 5
1 August 1992
15:00
United States  16–32  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
Jones 7 (6–16) Fittinger, Leonte 8

3 August 1992
10:00
United States  23–21  Nigeria Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Jones 8 (12–9) Abi 10
3 August 1992
16:30
Unified Team 28–22  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
Morskova 14 (14–13) Ciszewski 5

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 2 1 0 82 61 +21 5 Semifinals
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 55 60 −5 4
3  Austria 3 1 1 1 64 62 +2 3 Fifth place game
4  Spain (H) 3 0 0 3 50 68 −18 0 Seventh place game
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts


30 July 1992
11:30
Austria  20–16  Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
Kolar 5 (9–4) Vizcaíno 6
30 July 1992
16:30
Norway  16–27  South Korea Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
Eftedal 4 (11–13) Lim 9

1 August 1992
11:30
Spain  16–20  Norway Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS)
Vizcaíno 6 (7–9) Goksør, Svendsen 5
1 August 1992
16:30
South Korea  27–27  Austria Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Lim, Oh 6 (12–12) Kolar 11

3 August 1992
11:30
Norway  19–17  Austria Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Sagstuen, Svendsen 4 (9–10) Matei 7
3 August 1992
15:00
South Korea  28–18  Spain Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Lee M. 7 (15–7) three players 4

Playoffs

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Bracket

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SemifinalsGold medal
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
 Unified Team23
 
8 August
 
 Norway24
 
 Norway21
 
6 August
 
 South Korea28
 
 South Korea26
 
 
 Germany25
 
Bronze medal
 
 
8 August
 
 
 Germany20
 
 
 Unified Team24

Semifinals

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6 August 1992
14:00
Unified Team 23–24  Norway Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO)
Morskova 8 (11–12) Sundal, Svendsen 6

6 August 1992
16:00
South Korea  26–25  Germany Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Lim, Nam 5 (17–13) Schmitt 7

Seventh place game

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7 August 1992
09:00
Spain  26–17  Nigeria Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN)
Gómez 7 (14–5) Abi, Anyiam 4

Fifth place game

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7 August 1992
11:00
United States  17–26  Austria Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL)
Cain 5 (6–11) Matei 7

Bronze medal game

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8 August 1992
10:00
Germany  20–24 Unified Team Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE)
Leonte, Wagner 6 (9–10) Morskova 6

Gold medal game

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8 August 1992
12:00
Norway  21–28  South Korea Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Sundal 7 (8–16) Lim 8

Rankings and statistics

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Final rankings
1  South Korea
2  Norway
3 Unified Team
4  Germany
5  Austria
6  United States
7  Spain
8  Nigeria
Top goalscorers
Player Games Goals Attempts
1. Natalya Morskova (EUN) 5 41 61
2. Lim O-kyeong (KOR) 5 30 43
3. Jasna Kolar-Merdan (AUT) 4 23 40
3. Lee Mi-Young (KOR) 5 23 36
5. Silvia Schmitt (GER) 5 22 41
6. Heidi Sundal (NOR) 5 21 32
7. Oh Seong-ok (KOR) 5 20 44
8. Auta Olivia Sana (NGR) 3 19 36
8. Maryna Bazanova (EUN) 5 19 26
All-star team
Marianna Racz (AUT)
Maryna Bazhanova (EUN) Silvia Schmitt (GER) Natalya Morskova (EUN)
Lee Mi-Young (KOR) Lim O-Kyeong (KOR) Heidi Sundal (NOR)

References

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  1. ^ "Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.