Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the first appearance of a women's handball tournament at the Olympic Games.

1976 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates20–28 July
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up East Germany
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored446 (29.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Terumi Kurata
(28 goals)
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Qualification

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Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
Host nation 12 May 1970   Amsterdam 1   Canada
1975 World Championship 2–13 December 1975   Soviet Union 4   East Germany
  Soviet Union
  Hungary
  Romania
Intercontinental qualification 28 June – 3 July 1976   Milwaukee 1   Japan
Total 6


Results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 92 40 +52 10
    East Germany 5 3 1 1 89 47 +42 7
    Hungary 5 3 1 1 85 55 +30 7
4   Romania 5 2 0 3 73 83 −10 4
5   Japan 5 1 0 4 72 115 −43 2
6   Canada (H) 5 0 0 5 35 106 −71 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
20 July 1976
17:30
Hungary   25–18   Japan Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Vadász 7 (10–7) Matsushita 6
20 July 1976
17:30
Soviet Union   21–3   Canada PEPS, Quebec City
Makarets 8 (8–2) Robert 3
20 July 1976
17:30
East Germany   18–12   Romania Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
Referees: Svensson, Christensen (DEN)
Richter 6 (11–3) Șooș 4

22 July 1976
17:30
Soviet Union   14–8   Romania Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Referees: Valčić, Stanojević (YUG)
Makarets 7 (6–3) Mikloș 3
22 July 1976
17:30
East Germany   24–10   Japan PEPS, Quebec City
Richter 7 (12–3) Matsushita 4
22 July 1976
17:30
Hungary   24–3   Canada Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
Sterbinszky 5 (11–3) three players 1

24 July 1976
17:30
East Germany   29–4   Canada Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Richter 10 (15–2) Lemaire, Tétreault 2
24 July 1976
17:30
Romania   21–20   Japan PEPS, Quebec City
Referees: Rykart, Ischer (SUI)
Arghir 5 (13–11) Kurata 7
24 July 1976
17:30
Soviet Union   12–9   Hungary Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
Turchyna 5 (5–5) Sterbinszky 4

26 July 1976
17:30
Romania   17–11   Canada Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Furcoi 4 (8–5) Robert 4
26 July 1976
17:30
East Germany   7–7   Hungary PEPS, Quebec City
Richter 3 (2–4) Angyal 3
26 July 1976
17:30
Soviet Union   31–9   Japan Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
Shubina 7 (15–5) Kurata 4

28 July 1976
12:00
Japan   15–14   Canada Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Kurata 9 (7–11) Lemaire, Valois 3
28 July 1976
13:15
Hungary   20–15   Romania Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG)
Lelkes, Sterbinszky 5 (10–6) Mikloș 5
28 July 1976
14:30
East Germany   11–14   Soviet Union Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
Krause, Kretzschmar 4 (5–7) Turchyna 7

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Goals
1   Terumi Kurata 28
2   Kristina Richter 27
3   Tetyana Makarets 24
4   Zinaida Turchyna 22
5   Amália Sterbinszky 18
6   Roswitha Krause 16
7   Hitomi Matsushita 15
8   Magdalena Mikloș 14
  Marion Tietz
10   Maria Bosi 13
  Lyudmyla Panchuk

Team rosters

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  Canada   East Germany   Hungary   Japan   Romania   Soviet Union
Lucie Balthazar
Louise Beaumont
Francine Boulay-Parizeau
Manon Charette
Danielle Chenard
Nicole Génier
Mariette Houle
Louise Hurtubise
Denise Lemaire
Monique Prud'homme
Joanes Rail
Nicole Robert (handball player)
Hélène Tétreault
Johanne Valois
Coach: Maurice Loeub
Gabriele Badorek
Hannelore Burosch
Roswitha Krause
Waltraud Kretzschmar
Evelyn Matz
Liane Michaelis
Eva Paskuy
Kristina Richter
Christina Rost
Silvia Siefert
Marion Tietz
Petra Uhlig
Christina Voß
Hannelore Zober
Coach: Peter Kretzschmar
Éva Angyal (Vasas SC)
Mária Berzsenyi (FTC)
Ágota Bujdosó (Vasas SC)
Klára Csík (Vasas SC)
Zsuzsanna Kézi (TBSC)
Katalin Laki (Bakony Vegyész)
Rozália Lelkes (FTC)
Márta Megyeri (Csepel SC)
Ilona Nagy (Csepel SC)
Marianna Nagy (TFSE)
Erzsébet Németh (FTC)
Amália Sterbinszky (Vasas SC)
Borbála Tóth Harsányi (Bakony Vegyész)
Mária Vadász (Vasas SC)
Coach: Bódog Török
Mihoko Hozumi
Mikiko Kato
Eiko Kawada
Nanami Kino
Kuriko Komori
Hiroko Kosahara
Tokuko Kubo
Terumi Kurata
Hitomi Matsushita
Natsue Shimada
Shoko Wada
Emiko Yamashita
Coach: Kaoru Ie
Simona Arghir
Maria Bosi
Doina Cojocaru
Doina Furcoi
Iuliana Hobincu
Elisabeta Ionescu
Viorica Ionică
Maria Lackovics
Georgeta Lăcusta
Magdalena Mikloș
Cristina Petrovici
Constantina Pițigoi
Niculina Sasu
Rozalia Șooș
Coach: Constantin Popescu
Lyubov Berezhnaya
Lyudmyla Bobrus
Aldona Česaitytė
Tetyana Hlushchenko
Larysa Karlova
Mariya Litoshenko
Nina Lobova
Tetyana Makarets
Lyudmyla Panchuk
Rafiga Shabanova
Nataliya Sherstyuk
Lyudmila Shubina
Zinaida Turchyna
Halyna Zakharova
Coach: Igor Turchyn

References

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