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Handball, Women

Date1 – 9 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationTitan Gym, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, California
Participants82 from 6 countries
FormatRound-robin tournament.

The 1982 World Championships had ended with the Soviet Union beating out host nation Hungary, with Yugoslavia taking the bronze. These three squads qualified directly for the Olympics, supplemented with the host nation (US), the best European qualifier (East Germany, also #4 at the 1982 Worlds) and China as the winner of the Africa/Americas/Asia qualification tournament. As the USSR, GDR and Hungary refused to play in Los Angeles, they were replaced, with South Korea (sixth at the Worlds), West Germany (ninth) and Austria (eighth at the 1983 B World Championships) taking their places. This left Yugoslavia the overwhelming favorite for the title.

The first match for Yugoslavia did not yet display this potential, as they beat West Germany by only a single goal (20-19). After that things went easier for them and they won the next two matches. Their fourth match was effectively the “final”. They played South Korea, the second-ranked team with two wins and one loss. A win for Yugoslavia would guarantee the gold medal, which they managed, 29-23. They were helped by eight goals from Jasna Kolar-Merdan, who would tally up 48 goals in the entire tournament, including a record 17 in the 33-20 battering of the home team.

Despite their loss against Yugoslavia, the Koreans held on to win the silver medal, soundly beating West Germany in the final match 26-17, through 16 goals by Yun Byeong-Sun. This defeat cost the West Germans a medal, the bronze now going to China. The two medals for the Asian nations also marked the first time a non-European nation medalled in handball at the Olympics.

PosTeamNOC
1YugoslaviaYUGGold
Jasna Ptujec
Mirjana Ognjenović
Zorica Pavićević
Ljubinka Janković
Svetlana Anastasovska-Obućina
Svetlana Dašić-Kitić
Emilija Erčić
Alenka Cuderman
Svetlana Mugoša-Antić
Mirjana Đurica
Biserka Višnjić
Slavica Djukić
Jasna Kolar-Merdan
Ljiljana Mugoša
Dragica Đurić
CoachJosip Samarzija
2Republic of KoreaKORSilver
Son Mi-Na
Kim Gyeong-Sun
Lee Sun-I
Jeong Hoe-Sun
Kim Mi-Suk
Han Hwa-Su
Kim Ok-Hwa
Kim Chun-Rye
Jeong Sun-Bok
Yun Byeong-Sun
Lee Yeong-Ja
Seong Gyeong-Hwa
Yun Su-Gyeong
Kang Sook DNS
Lee Myung-Hwa DNS
CoachChung Hyung-Kyun
3People's Republic of ChinaCHNBronze
Wu Xingjiang
He Jianping
Zhu Juefeng
Zhang Weihong
Gao Xiumin
Wang Linwei
Liu Liping
Zhang Peijun
Sun Xiulan
Liu Yumei
Li Lan
Wang Mingxing
Chen Zhen
Chen Jing DNS
Guo Yingze DNS
CoachHuang Deguo
4West GermanyFRG
Elke Blumauer
Maike Becker
Corinna Kunze
Silvia Schmitt
Roswitha Mroczynski
Sabine Erbs
Dagmar Stelberg
Kerstin Jönßon
Astrid Hühn
Petra Platen
Claudia Sturm
Sabrina Koschella
Vanadis Putzke
Eike Bram DNS
Christel Clages DNS
CoachEkke Hoffmann
5United StatesUSA
Pam Boyd
Carol Lindsey
Reita Clanton
Sherry Winn
Tess Contos
Carmen Forest
Sandra De La Riva
Jan Trombly
Mary Phyl Dwight
Cindy Stinger
Melinda Hale
Sam Jones
Penny Stone
Dorothy Franco DNS
Kim Howard DNS
CoachKlement Capliar
6AustriaAUT
Ulrike Huber
Ulrike Popp
Martina Neubauer
Karin Prokop
Susanne Unger
Milena Foltýnová-Gschiessl
Maria Sykora
Silvia Steinbauer
Karin Hillinger
Elisabeth Zehetner
Gabriele Gebauer
Vesna Radović
Teresa Zielewicz
Gudrun Neunteufel
Monika Unger
CoachLadislaw Laurenz

Round-Robin

Date1 – 9 August 1984
FormatRound-robin pool.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #101 Aug 18:30Republic of KoreaKOR23 – 22AustriaAUT
Match #201 Aug 20:00YugoslaviaYUG20 – 19West GermanyFRG
Match #301 Aug 21:30United StatesUSA25 – 22People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #403 Aug 18:30YugoslaviaYUG30 – 15AustriaAUT
Match #503 Aug 20:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN20 – 19West GermanyFRG
Match #603 Aug 21:30Republic of KoreaKOR29 – 27United StatesUSA
Match #705 Aug 18:30West GermanyFRG18 – 17AustriaAUT
Match #805 Aug 20:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN24 – 24Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #905 Aug 21:30YugoslaviaYUG33 – 20United StatesUSA
Match #1007 Aug 18:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN21 – 16AustriaAUT
Match #1107 Aug 20:00YugoslaviaYUG29 – 23Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1207 Aug 21:30West GermanyFRG18 – 17United StatesUSA
Match #1309 Aug 18:30United StatesUSA25 – 21AustriaAUT
Match #1409 Aug 20:00Republic of KoreaKOR26 – 17West GermanyFRG
Match #1509 Aug 21:30YugoslaviaYUG31 – 25People's Republic of ChinaCHN