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Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Team handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women.[1]

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On 26 July, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's match between SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany and set fire to the Yugoslav flag before being detained by security.[2]

Medal summary

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Participating nations

Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in both tournaments. Japan entered only a squad of twelve women and twelve men. Only four male reserve players did not participate (one from Denmark, two from Hungary, and one from Czechoslovakia).

A total of 230(*) handball players (148 men and 82 women) from 12 nations (men from 11 nations – women from 6 nations) competed at the Montreal Games:

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

Medal table

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References

  1. [1]
    "Handball at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. [2]
    Istaknute akcije hrvatskih emigranata Archived 17 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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