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Handball, Women

Date	20 – 28 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Centre Claude-Robillard, Montréal, Québec / Pavillon de l'Éducation Physique et des Sports de l'Université Laval, Québec, Québec / Palais des Sports, Sherbrooke, Québec
Participants	82 from 6 countries
Format	Round-robin tournament.

Four of the six participating teams came from the 1975 World Championships, in which the DDR had beaten host nation USSR, with Hungary and Romania following suit. These four were completed by the host nation (Canada) and Japan, which won a tournament with African and American teams.

While a round-robin only competition, the draw of the tournament was matched with the teams’ abilities. After four rounds, the Soviets had won all four matches, but could still lose the gold if they lost to East Germany. Similarly, the bronze medal was to be decided between Hungary and Romania - Hungary could even earn a silver if both matches would turn out to be a high-scoring affair.

The unofficial “final” started well for the Soviets, leading all the way to the half-time signal, with the score 7-5. But the East German women started the second half strongly, and pulled ahead 8-7. With the match in the balance, the DDR team likely lost it on penalty shots, missing important opportunities at 8-8 and 9-10. The final score was 14-11. The star Soviet player was Zinaïda Turchyna, scoring half of her team’s goals in this match. A veteran on the team, she was married to the team coach, Igor Turchyn. The best scoring player on the German side was Roswitha Krause, with four. She was also the only player in the event to win her second Olympic medal. Back in 1968 she had competed in swimming, and had claimed a silver medal with the East German 4 x 100 m freestyle relay squad.

Pos	Team	NOC	Games	Goals / Saves	Attempts / Shots on Goal	Shots % / Save %	Wing Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	7 metre Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Fastbreak Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Breakthrough Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Technical Faults	Warnings	Suspensions	Disqualifications	Exclusions	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	5	92	159	0.579	0/10	17/20	15/33	60/96	53	7	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Gold
	Nataliya Sherstyuk-Timoshkina		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rafiga Shabanova		3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lyubov Berezhnaya-Odinokova		5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zinaida Turchina		5	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Tatyana Makarets-Kochergina		5	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mariya Litoshenko		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lyudmila Bobrus-Poradnik		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Tatyana Glushchenko		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lyudmila Shubina		3	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Galina Zakharova		3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Aldona Česaitytė-Nenėnienė		1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Nina Lobova		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lyudmila Panchuk		5	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Larisa Karlova		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Igor Turchin
2	East Germany	GDR	5	89	165	0.539	0/3	16/23	27/44	46/95	46	10	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Silver
	Hannelore Zober		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Gabriele Badorek		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Evelyn Matz		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Roswitha Krause		5	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Christina Rost		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Petra Uhlig		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Christina Voß		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Liane Michaelis		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Silvia Siefert		4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Marion Tietz		5	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kristina Richter		5	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Eva Paskuy		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Waltraud Kretzschmar		3	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hannelore Burosch		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Peter Kretzschmar
3	Hungary	HUN	5	85	161	0.528	0/3	12/16	19/33	54/109	57	9	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Bronze
	Ágota Bujdosó		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Márta Pacsai-Megyeri		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Borbála Tóth Harsányi		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Katalin Tóth Harsányi-Laki		5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Amália Sterbinszky		5	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ilona Nagy		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Klára Horváth		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rozália Tomann-Lelkes		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mária Vanya-Vadász		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Erzsébet Németh-Csajbók		4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Éva Angyal		5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mária Berzsenyi		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Marianna Nagy-Gódor		5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zsuzsanna Pethő		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Bódog Török
4	Romania	ROU	5	73	170	0.429	0/9	9/14	15/27	49/120	56	7	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Elisabeta Ionescu		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rozalia Șoș		4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Simona Arghir		4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Georgeta Lăcustă		3	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Doina Furcoi		4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Niculina Sasu		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Cristina Petrovici		4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Constantina Pițigoi		5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Doina Cojocaru		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Magdalena Mikloș		5	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Maria Bosi		5	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Viorica Ionică		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Maria Lackovics		3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Iuliana Hobincu		3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Constantin Popescu
5	Japan	JPN	5	72	195	0.369	0/14	21/25	7/28	44/128	57	5	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Shoko Wada		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hiroko Kosahara		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Natsue Shimada		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Terumi Kurata		5	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mikiko Kato		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hitomi Matsushita		5	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Emiko Yamashita		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kuriko Komori		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Eiko Kawada		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mihoko Hozumi		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Nanami Kino		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Tokuko Kubo		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Ie Kaoru
6	Canada	CAN	5	35	130	0.269	0/5	12/15	4/17	19/93	102	11	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Danielle Chenard		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Louise Hurtubise		4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Denise Lemaire		4	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Francine Boulay-Parizeau		4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Joanes Rail		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Nicole Genier		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lucie Balthazar		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hélène Tétreault		3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Manon Charette		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Monique Prud'homme		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Louise Beaumont		4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mariette Houle		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Nicole Robert		4	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Johanne Valois		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Maurice Loeub

Round-Robin

Date	20 – 28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul 17:30	Hungary	HUN	25 – 18	Japan	JPN
Match #2	20 Jul 17:30	Soviet Union	URS	21 – 3	Canada	CAN
Match #3	20 Jul 17:30	East Germany	GDR	18 – 12	Romania	ROU
Match #4	22 Jul 17:30	Soviet Union	URS	14 – 8	Romania	ROU
Match #5	22 Jul 17:30	East Germany	GDR	24 – 10	Japan	JPN
Match #6	22 Jul 17:30	Hungary	HUN	24 – 3	Canada	CAN
Match #7	24 Jul 17:30	East Germany	GDR	29 – 4	Canada	CAN
Match #8	24 Jul 17:30	Romania	ROU	21 – 20	Japan	JPN
Match #9	24 Jul 17:30	Soviet Union	URS	12 – 9	Hungary	HUN
Match #10	26 Jul 17:30	Romania	ROU	17 – 11	Canada	CAN
Match #11	26 Jul 17:30	East Germany	GDR	7 – 7	Hungary	HUN
Match #12	26 Jul 17:30	Soviet Union	URS	31 – 9	Japan	JPN
Match #13	28 Jul 12:00	Japan	JPN	15 – 14	Canada	CAN
Match #14	28 Jul 13:15	Hungary	HUN	20 – 15	Romania	ROU
Match #15	28 Jul 14:30	Soviet Union	URS	14 – 11	East Germany	GDR