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Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women. Due to the USSR-led boycott some strong handball nations from Eastern Bloc did not compete; this gave an opportunity to the Yugoslav team to take both gold medals. Games were played at Titan Gym in Fullerton, California.[1]

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Qualification

Men

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Women

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1:Teams joined Soviet lead boycott
2: Canada was invited to replace  Cuba, but rejected the invitation, because COA supposed the team is not good enough. Then, IHF invited  Iceland.[2]
3: Brazil and  Canada withdraw. So  China qualified without play.[3]

Medal summary

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Participating nations

Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 15 players and they all were eligible for participation. Four nations competed in both tournaments.

A total of 259(*) handball players (177 men and 82 women) from 14 nations (men from 12 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Los Angeles Games:

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

Medal table

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Handball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Men Handball III Panamerica Championship". Todor66. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Women Handball Intercontinental Olympic Qualification 1984". Todor66. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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