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Handball, Men

Date31 July – 11 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationThe Forum, Inglewood, California / Titan Gym, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, California
Participants177 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

Six teams qualified directly from the 1982 World Championships. Champion USSR, third-placed Poland and sixth-ranked GDR, however, did not show up in Los Angeles, having joined the Communist Bloc boycott of the Games. They were joined by European qualifiers Hungary and Czechoslovakia (9th and 10th at the 1982 Worlds), as well as Americas qualifier Cuba (13th). They were replaced by West Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, South Korea, Spain and Iceland. Of the teams competing, Yugoslavia, losers of the last World Championship final, were favored for the gold. Contenders were Romania (which did not join the boycott), Denmark (fourth at the Worlds) and West Germany, a former World Champion (1978).

In Group A, Yugoslavia suffered an early set-back in the first match, drawing (22-22) against puny Iceland, having led the game 21-16. They recovered and beat Japan, Algeria and Switzerland. The final pool encounter would decide whether Romania or Yugoslavia would go into the final. Romania was ahead almost the entire match, until the Yugoslavs pulled ahead with a penalty shot netted by Mile Isaković in the final minute of the game. In the other pool, the West Germans and the Danes were the teams to beat. They met in the final pool match, having both won all of their prior matches. The West Germans were helped by Sepp Wunderlich, who scored nine times for a 20-18 victory by Germany.

The teams competing in the final were both coached by medallists from 1972. Yugoslavia’s coach Branislav Pokrajac had won the gold back in 1972, while Romania’s Simion Schobel coached the Federal Republic of Germany. The final was a close affair, the teams remaining in balance through 15-15. The Yugoslavs then scored three times in a row. Germany kept alive, scored twice to 18-17 with less than half a minute remaining, but Yugoslavia sat out the remainder of the match. West Germany’s silver medal meant the first handball medal won by a team outside of Eastern Europe.

PosTeamNOC
1YugoslaviaYUGGold
Zlatan Arnautović
Momir Rnić
Veselin Vuković
Milan Kalina
Jovan Elezović
Zdravko Zovko
Branko Štrbac
Pavao Jurina
Veselin Vujović
Slobodan Kuzmanovski
Mirko Bašić
Dragan Mladenović
Zdravko Rađenović
Mile Isaković
Rolando Pušnik DNS
CoachBranislav Pokrajac
2West GermanyFRGSilver
Andreas Thiel
Arnulf Meffle
Rüdiger Neitzel
Martin Schwalb
Dirk Rauin
Michael Paul
Michael Roth
Thomas Happe
Sepp Wunderlich
Thomas Springel
Klaus Wöller
Jochen Fraatz
Uwe Schwenker
Siegfried Roch
Ulrich Roth
CoachSimion Schobel
3RomaniaROUBronze
Nicolae Munteanu
Marian Dumitru
Iosif Boroș
Maricel Voinea
Vasile Stîngă
Gheorghe Dogărescu
Gheorghe Covaciu
Cornel Durău
Dumitru Berbece
Alexandru Fölker
Neculai Vasilcă
Alexandru Buligan
Vasile Oprea
Mircea Bedivan
Adrian Simion
CoachNiculae Nedeff
4DenmarkDEN
Mogens Jeppesen
Jens Erik Roepstorff
Anders Dahl-Nielsen
Erik Veje Rasmussen
Keld Nielsen
Klaus Sletting Jensen
Morten Stig Christensen
Carsten Haurum
Hans Henrik Hattesen
Jørgen Gluver
Michael Fenger
Poul Sørensen
Michael Strøm
Per Skaarup
Flemming Hansen DNS
CoachLeif Christensen Mikkelsen
5SwedenSWE
Claes Hellgren
Per Öberg
Danny Augustsson
Göran Bengtsson
Christer Magnusson
Per Carlén
Pär Jilsén
Lennarth Ebbinge
Björn Jilsén
Mats Lindau
Sten Sjögren
Rolf Hertzberg
Peter Olofsson
Lars-Erik Hansson
Mats Olsson
CoachRagge Carlsson
6IcelandISL
Einar Þorvarðarson
Þorgils Mathiesen
Þorbergur Aðalsteinsson
Bjarni Guðmundsson
Jakob Sigurðsson
Sigurður Gunnarsson
Steinar Birgisson
Atli Hilmarsson
Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Kristján Arason
Þorbjörn Jensson
Jens Einarsson
Sigurður Sveinsson
Alfreð Gíslason
Brynjar Kvaran
CoachBogdan Kowalczyk
7SwitzerlandSUI
Martin Ott
Martin Glaser
Jürgen Bätschmann
Peter Weber
Max Schär
Heinz Karrer
Martin Rubin
Roland Gassmann
René Barth
Norwin Platzer
Peter Hürlimann
Uwe Mall
Peter Jehle
Max Delhees
Markus Braun
CoachSead Hasanefendic
8SpainESP
Pedro García
Juan Javier Cabanas
Juan Francisco Muñoz
Javier Reino
Juan de la Puente
Cecilio Alonso
José Novoa
Juan José Uria
Agustín Millán
Julián Ruiz
Eugenio Serrano
Lorenzo Rico
Rafael López
Jaime Puig
Juan Pedro de Miguel
CoachCruz María Ibero
9United StatesUSA
Joe Story
Craig Gilbert
Tim Dykstra
Joe McVein
Michael Lenard
Steve Goss
Jim Buehning
Bob Djokovich
Pete Lash, Jr.
Rod Oshita
Greg Morava
Tom Schneeberger
Steve Kirk
Bill Kessler
Tim Wayne Funk DNS
CoachJavier García
10JapanJPN
Takahiro Ohata
Shinji Yamamoto
Seimei Gamo
Mitsuaki Nakamoto
Kenzo Seki
Yasuo Ikoma
Takashi Ikenoue
Nobuo Sasaki
Yoshihiro Shiga
Koji Matsui
Hidetada Ito
Kiyoshi Nishiyama
Seiichi Takamura
Katsutoshi Taguchi
Yukihiko Uemura
CoachNoriyuki Ichihara
11Republic of KoreaKOR
Sim Jeong-Man
Im Yeong-Cheol
Gang Tae-Gu
Gang Deok-Su
Park Yeong-Dae
Go Seok-Chang
Lee Gwang-Nam
Hwang Yak-Na
Choi Geun-Nyeon
Choi Tae-Seop
Park Byeong-Hong
An Jin-Su
Gang Jae-Won
Lee Sang-Hyo
Im Gyu-Ha
CoachKim Sung-Hun
12AlgeriaALG
Kamel Maoudj
Brahim Bourdrali
Hocine Ledra
Omar Azzeb
Mustapha Doballah
Djaffar Bel Hocine
Mouloud Mekhnache
Azzedine Ouhib
Abdel Krim Ben Djemil
Rashid Mokhrani
Kamel Ouchia
Abdel Salem Ben Magh Soula
Zineddine Mohamed Seghir
Abu Sofiane Draouci
Mourad Boussebt
CoachMohamed Aziz Derouaz

Preliminary Round

Date31 July – 8 August 1984
FormatRound-robin pools.

Group A

Date31 July – 8 August 1984
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1YugoslaviaYUG4109123-76
2RomaniaROU4018120-91
3IcelandISL3117102-96
4SwitzerlandSUI203483-102
5JapanJPN104284-117
6AlgeriaALG005075-105
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #131 Jul 18:30IcelandISL22 – 22YugoslaviaYUG
Match #231 Jul 18:30SwitzerlandSUI20 – 13JapanJPN
Match #331 Jul 20:00RomaniaROU25 – 16AlgeriaALG
Match #402 Aug 11:00YugoslaviaYUG32 – 15JapanJPN
Match #502 Aug 18:30RomaniaROU26 – 17IcelandISL
Match #602 Aug 20:00SwitzerlandSUI19 – 18AlgeriaALG
Match #704 Aug 11:00IcelandISL21 – 17JapanJPN
Match #804 Aug 18:30RomaniaROU23 – 17SwitzerlandSUI
Match #904 Aug 20:00YugoslaviaYUG25 – 10AlgeriaALG
Match #1006 Aug 11:00RomaniaROU28 – 22JapanJPN
Match #1106 Aug 18:30IcelandISL19 – 15AlgeriaALG
Match #1206 Aug 20:00YugoslaviaYUG25 – 11SwitzerlandSUI
Match #1308 Aug 11:00IcelandISL23 – 16SwitzerlandSUI
Match #1408 Aug 18:30YugoslaviaYUG19 – 18RomaniaROU
Match #1508 Aug 20:00JapanJPN17 – 16AlgeriaALG

Group B

Date31 July – 8 August 1984
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1West GermanyFRG50010114-95
2DenmarkDEN4018115-99
3SwedenSWE3026119-110
4SpainESP2034105-106
5United StatesUSA014191-100
6Republic of KoreaKOR0141123-157
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #131 Jul 11:00SwedenSWE36 – 23Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #231 Jul 11:00DenmarkDEN21 – 16SpainESP
Match #331 Jul 20:00West GermanyFRG21 – 19United StatesUSA
Match #402 Aug 11:00DenmarkDEN31 – 28Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #502 Aug 18:30West GermanyFRG18 – 16SpainESP
Match #602 Aug 20:00SwedenSWE21 – 18United StatesUSA
Match #704 Aug 11:00SpainESP31 – 25Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #804 Aug 18:30West GermanyFRG18 – 17SwedenSWE
Match #904 Aug 20:00DenmarkDEN19 – 16United StatesUSA
Match #1006 Aug 11:00West GermanyFRG37 – 25Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1106 Aug 12:30DenmarkDEN26 – 19SwedenSWE
Match #1206 Aug 20:00SpainESP17 – 16United StatesUSA
Match #1308 Aug 11:00West GermanyFRG20 – 18DenmarkDEN
Match #1408 Aug 18:30SwedenSWE26 – 25SpainESP
Match #1508 Aug 20:00Republic of KoreaKOR22 – 22United StatesUSA

Final Round

Date10 – 11 August 1984
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/211 Aug 15:30YugoslaviaYUG18 – 17West GermanyFRG
Match 3/411 Aug 14:00RomaniaROU23 – 19DenmarkDEN
Match 5/610 Aug 12:30SwedenSWE26 – 24IcelandISL
Match 7/810 Aug 11:00SwitzerlandSUI18 – 17SpainESP
Match 9/1010 Aug 20:00United StatesUSA24 – 16JapanJPN
Match 11/1210 Aug 18:30Republic of KoreaKOR25 – 21AlgeriaALG