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Handball, Men

Date27 July – 8 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPalau Sant Jordi, Barcelona / Palacio de Deportes de Granollers, Granollers
Participants179 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The men’s field was largely determined at the 1990 World Championships: champions Sweden, runners-up USSR, Romania, Yugoslavia, Spain, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and East Germany qualified. As Spain was already placed as the host nation, ninth placed France also was invited. The changes in Eastern Europe meant that the Unified Team played instead of the USSR, and the DDR had been merged into Germany. UN sanctions meant that Yugoslavia couldn’t compete, and they were substituted by Iceland, 10th at the Worlds. The continental qualifiers were Egypt, Cuba and South-Korea, but Cuba forfeited its spot, boycotting Seoul, allowing Brazil to make its Olympic début.

In the pool phase, the Swedish World Champions displayed superiority, winning all pool matches with relative ease. More remarkable was the performance of tiny Iceland. The small nation, substituting for Yugoslavia, only lost to Sweden, drew Czechoslovakia and earned a narrow but deserved win over 1988 silver medallist South Korea (26-24). This earned them second place in their pool, and thus a spot in the semis. The picture in the other pool was quite similar: the former Soviets, who had lost the 1990 World Championships final, won all their pool matches. Their only difficult match was against France, the surprise of pool B, defeating Spain in their first match (18-16) and losing narrowly against the Unified Team (23-22).

In the semi-finals, a sensation was in the air, as the Icelandic underdogs were leading 16-15 15 minutes into the second half. But they were eventually defeated by the strong ex-Soviets, Talant Duyshebayev netting nine goals. In the other match, Sweden led France comfortably (20-14) but saw their lead disappear quickly in the last part of the match. The French came to within one goal (23-22) but ultimately were defeated 24-22.

In a rematch of the 1990 World Championship final, the first half remained tied at 9 each. Sweden appeared to distance itself from the Unified Team in the second half (14-12), but this was overcome quickly, and the former Soviet squad won its third title, after 1976 and 1988. In the bronze medal match, the two surprise semi-finalists battled it out, France ending up on the podium.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1Unified TeamEUNGold
Goalkeeper1Andrey Lavrov
Back2Igor Vasilyev
Wing3Yury Gavrilov
Centre4Andrey Barbashinsky
Centre7Sergey Bebeshko
Wing8Valery Gopin
Back9Vasily Kudinov
Centre10Talant Duyshebayev
Back13Mikhail Yakimovich
Centre14Oleg Grebnev
Back15Oleg Kiselyov
Goalkeeper16Igor Chumak
Dmitry Filippov DNS
Vyacheslav Gorpishin DNS
Pavel Sukosyan DNS
Andrey Minevsky DNS
CoachSpartak Mironovich
2SwedenSWESilver
Goalkeeper1Mats Olsson
Back2Robert Hedin
Centre3Magnus Wislander
Centre4Anders Bäckegren
Back5Ola Lindgren
Pivot6Per Carlén
Wing7Erik Hajas
Wing8Magnus Cato
Pivot9Axel Sjöblad
Back10Robert Andersson
Wing11Pierre Thorsson
Goalkeeper12Patrik Liljestrand
Back13Staffan Olsson
Centre14Magnus Andersson
Wing15Tommy Suoraniemi
Goalkeeper16Tomas Svensson
CoachBengt Johansson
3FranceFRABronze
Goalkeeper1Philippe Médard
Back3Pascal Mahé
Back4Philippe Debureau
Centre5Frédéric Volle
Back6Denis Lathoud
Wing8Denis Tristant
Wing9Gaël Monthurel
Wing10Alain Portes
Wing11Éric Quintin
Goalkeeper12Jean-Luc Thiébaut
Wing13Philippe Gardent
Wing14Thierry Perreux
Centre15Laurent Munier
Goalkeeper16Frédéric Perez
Centre17Jackson Richardson
Wing18Stéphane Stoecklin
CoachDaniel Costantini
4IcelandISL
Centre2Birgir Sigurðsson
Wing3Jakob Sigurðsson
Centre5Valdimar Grímsson
Centre6Gunnar Gunnarsson
Back7Sigurður Bjarnason
Back8Patrekur Jóhannesson
Wing9Konráð Ólavsson
Back10Héðinn Gilsson
Centre11Geir Sveinsson
Goalkeeper12Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson
Centre13Gunnar Andrésson
Back14Einar Sigurðsson
Back15Júlíus Jónasson
Goalkeeper16Bergsveinn Bergsveinsson
Gústaf Bjarnason DNS
Sigmar Óskarsson DNS
CoachÞorbergur Aðalsteinsson
5SpainESP
Goalkeeper1Jaume Fort
Wing2Juan Javier Cabanas
Back3Juan Francisco Muñoz
Wing4Fernando Bolea
Centre5Ricardo Marín
Back6Mateo Garralda
Back7Iñaki Urdangarín
Centre8Enric Massip
Back9Juan Francisco Alemany
Wing10Alberto Urdiales
Pivot11Aitor Etxaburu
Goalkeeper12Lorenzo Rico
Pivot13Luis Eduardo García
Wing14Aleix Franch
Back15Ángel Hermida
Goalkeeper16David Barrufet
CoachJavier García
6Republic of KoreaKOR
Back2Lee Gyu-Chang
Centre3Jo Beom-Yeon
Centre4Park Do-Heon
Back5Im Jin-Seok
Wing6Jo Yeong-Sin
Centre7Baek Sang-Seo
Wing8Jeong Gang-Uk
Wing9Yun Gyeong-Sin
Back10Jo Chi-Hyo
Centre11Lee Seon-Sun
Goalkeeper12Choi Seok-Jae
Back13Gang Jae-Won
Wing14Mun Byeong-Uk
Centre15Sim Jae-Hong
Goalkeeper16Lee Gi-Ho
Lee Min-Woo DNS
CoachLee Kyu-Jung
7HungaryHUN
Goalkeeper1János Szathmári
Wing2Ottó Csicsay
Wing3Attila Borsos
Centre4László Sótonyi
Back5Sandor Győrffy
Back6László Marosi
Wing7Mihály Iváncsik
Centre8Jakab Sibalin
Wing9Igor Zubjuk
Back10József Éles
Back11István Csoknyai
Goalkeeper12Imre Bíró 1
Centre14Ferenc Zoltán Füzesi
Centre15Richárd Mezei
Centre17Attila Horváth
Miklós Rosta DNS
CoachAttila Joósz
8RomaniaROU
Back2Cristian Zaharia
Back3Marian Dumitru
Centre5Alexandru Dedu
Back7Robert Licu
Centre8Rudi Prisăcaru
Wing9Dumitru Berbece
Ionel Radu
Centre10Ion Mocanu
Wing11Adi Popovici
Goalkeeper12Alexandru Buligan
Pivot13Costica Neagu
Wing15Gheorghe Răduță
Goalkeeper16Sorin Toacsen
Centre17Mitică Bontaș
Centre18Maricel Voinea
CoachCezar Nica
9CzechoslovakiaTCH
Goalkeeper1Peter Kakaščík
Pivot2Peter Kalafut
Centre3Roman Bečvář
Back4Petr Baumruk
Wing5Bohumír Prokop
Pivot6Martin Šetlík
Pivot7Milan Folta
Back8Václav Lanča
Wing9Ľuboš Hudák
Back10Zdeněk Vaněk
Wing11Michal Tonar
Goalkeeper12Ľubomír Švajlen
Centre13Petr Házl
Back14Zoltán Bergendi
Centre15Ján Sedláček
Goalkeeper16Peter Mesiarik
CoachFrantišek Šulc
10GermanyGER
Goalkeeper1Michael Krieter
Back2Hendrik Ochel
Back3Frank-Michael Wahl
Pivot4Klaus-Dieter Petersen
Centre5Stephan Hauck
Pivot6Matthias Hahn
Back8Richard Ratka
Wing9Holger Winselmann
Centre10Michael Klemm
Back11Volker Zerbe
Goalkeeper12Andreas Thiel
Wing13Holger Schneider
Wing14Jochen Fraatz
Wing15Bernd Roos
Goalkeeper16Jan Holpert
Back19Wolfgang Schwenke
CoachHorst Bredemeier
11EgyptEGY
Goalkeeper1Khaled El-Kordy
Back2Ahmed El-Attar
Wing3Amer Serageldin
Back4Hosam Abdallah
Wing5Mohamed Abdel Mohamed
Centre6Aser El-Kasaby
Wing7Adel El-Sharkawy
Centre9Yasser Mahmoud
Centre11Gohar Nabil
Goalkeeper12Ahmed El-Awady
Wing14Ahmed Debes
Back15Ashraf Mabrouk Awaad
Goalkeeper16Ayman Abdel Hamid Soliman
Centre17Ahmed Belal
Mahmoud Soliman DNS
Sameh Abdel Waress DNS
CoachPaul Tiedemann
12BrazilBRA
Wing2Drean Dutra
Wing4Paulo Moratore
Back5 SB
Back6Rodrigo Hoffelder
Wing7José Luiz Aguiar e Ramalho
Wing8Gilberto Cardoso
Back9 Miltinho
Centre10Cláudio Brito
Back11José Luiz Vieira
Goalkeeper12 Xexa
Back13 Macarrão
Centre14Edson Rizzo
Centre15Sérgio Carnasciali
Goalkeeper16 Jabá 2
Ricardo Pereira DNS
CoachAntonio Simões

Preliminary Round

Date27 July – 4 August 1992

Group A

Date27 July – 4 August 1992
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1SwedenSWE50010120-86
2IcelandISL3117101-99
3Republic of KoreaKOR3026114-117
4HungaryHUN2034102-108
5CzechoslovakiaTCH113394-92
6BrazilBRA005096-125
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #127 Jul 11:30SwedenSWE20 – 14CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #227 Jul 14:30IcelandISL19 – 18BrazilBRA
Match #327 Jul 19:00Republic of KoreaKOR22 – 18HungaryHUN
Match #429 Jul 10:00SwedenSWE28 – 18Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #529 Jul 14:30HungaryHUN27 – 21BrazilBRA
Match #629 Jul 20:30IcelandISL16 – 16CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #731 Jul 11:30Republic of KoreaKOR20 – 19CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #831 Jul 14:30IcelandISL22 – 16HungaryHUN
Match #931 Jul 19:00SwedenSWE22 – 15BrazilBRA
Match #1002 Aug 10:00IcelandISL26 – 24Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1102 Aug 16:00SwedenSWE25 – 21HungaryHUN
Match #1202 Aug 19:00CzechoslovakiaTCH27 – 16BrazilBRA
Match #1304 Aug 11:30HungaryHUN20 – 18CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #1404 Aug 14:30Republic of KoreaKOR30 – 26BrazilBRA
Match #1504 Aug 20:30SwedenSWE25 – 18IcelandISL

Group B

Date27 July – 4 August 1992
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosTeamNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsGoals
1Unified TeamEUN50010121-98
2FranceFRA4018111-98
3SpainESP302697-98
4RomaniaROU1133107-115
5GermanyGER113397-103
6EgyptEGY005092-113
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #127 Jul 10:00RomaniaROU22 – 21EgyptEGY
Match #227 Jul 16:00Unified TeamEUN25 – 15GermanyGER
Match #327 Jul 20:30FranceFRA18 – 16SpainESP
Match #429 Jul 11:30Unified TeamEUN23 – 22FranceFRA
Match #529 Jul 16:00GermanyGER20 – 20RomaniaROU
Match #629 Jul 19:00SpainESP23 – 18EgyptEGY
Match #731 Jul 10:00Unified TeamEUN22 – 18EgyptEGY
Match #831 Jul 16:00FranceFRA23 – 20GermanyGER
Match #931 Jul 20:30SpainESP21 – 20RomaniaROU
Match #1002 Aug 11:30FranceFRA26 – 20RomaniaROU
Match #1102 Aug 14:30GermanyGER24 – 16EgyptEGY
Match #1202 Aug 20:30Unified TeamEUN24 – 18SpainESP
Match #1304 Aug 10:00FranceFRA22 – 19EgyptEGY
Match #1404 Aug 16:00Unified TeamEUN27 – 25RomaniaROU
Match #1504 Aug 19:00SpainESP19 – 18GermanyGER

Semi-Finals

Date6 August 1992
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Aug 19:00SwedenSWE25 – 22FranceFRA
Match #206 Aug 21:00Unified TeamEUN23 – 19IcelandISL

Final Round

Date7 – 8 August 1992
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/208 Aug 17:00Unified TeamEUN22 – 20SwedenSWE
Match 3/408 Aug 15:00FranceFRA24 – 20IcelandISL
Match 5/607 Aug 21:00SpainESP36 – 21Republic of KoreaKOR
Match 7/807 Aug 19:00HungaryHUN23 – 19RomaniaROU
Match 9/1007 Aug 16:00CzechoslovakiaTCH20 – 19GermanyGER
Match 11/1207 Aug 14:00EgyptEGY27 – 24BrazilBRAAfter Extra Time and Penalty Shots