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Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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The handball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August in the Olympic Park.

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Preliminary rounds and the quarter-finals were held in the Copper Box while the semi-finals and final took place in the larger Basketball Arena.

Medals were awarded in a men's tournament and a women's tournament. The gold medals were won by France (men) and Norway (women).

Events

Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

Referees

The Copper Box staged the preliminary matches.

The executive committee of the International Handball Federation appointed 17 referee pairs for the 2012 Games:[1]

  • France Charlotte Bonaventura and Julie Bonaventura
  • Romania Diana-Carmen Florescu and Anamaria Duță
  • Argentina Carlos María Mariana and Darío Leonel Minore
  • Ivory Coast Yalatima Coulibali and Mamoudou Diabaté
  • Croatia Matija Gubica and Boris Milošević
  • Czech Republic Václav Horáček and Jiří Novotný
  • Denmark Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen
  • Spain Oscar Raluy and Ángel Sabroso
  • France Nordine Lazaar and Laurent Reveret
  • United Kingdom Brian Bartlett and Allan Stokes
  • Germany Lars Geipel and Marcus Helbig
  • North Macedonia Gjorgi Nachevski and Slave Nikolov
  • Norway Kenneth Abrahamsen and Arne M. Kristiansen
  • Qatar Mansour Abdulla Al-Suwaidi and Saleh Jamaan Bamurtef
  • Slovenia Nenad Krstič and Peter Ljubič
  • Serbia Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković
  • United Arab Emirates Omar Mohammed Zubaeer Al-Marzouqi and Mohammed Rashid Mohamed Al-Nuaimi

Qualifying criteria

Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.

Men

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
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Women

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
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† Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.

Medal summary

Medal table

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Medalists

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References

  1. [1]
    "London 2012 Olympic Handball Tournaments – 17 referee couples nominated". International Handball Federation. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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