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Handball, Women

Date	1 – 9 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Titan Gym, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, California
Participants	82 from 6 countries
Format	Round-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.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Games	Goals / Saves	Attempts / Shots on Goal	Shots % / Save %	7 metre Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Fastbreak Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Breakthrough Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Technical Faults	Warnings	Suspensions	Disqualifications	Exclusions
1	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	5	143	253	0.565	31/35	22/25	90/193	72	12	22	0	0	Gold
	1	Jasna Ptujec		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	2	Mirjana Ognjenović		5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	3	Zorica Pavićević		3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0
	4	Ljubinka Janković		5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	5	Svetlana Anastasovski		5	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	6	Svetlana Dašić-Kitić		5	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	0	0
	7	Emilija Erčić		3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	0	0
	8	Alenka Cuderman		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	9	Svetlana Mugoša		3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	0	0
	10	Mirjana Đurica		5	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	0
	11	Biserka Višnjić		4	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0
	12	Slavica Ðukić		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	14	Jasna Kolar-Merdan		5	49	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	0	0
	15	Ljiljana Mugoša		4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	16	Dragica Đurić		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
Coach		Josip Samarzija
2	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	5	125	244	0.512	22/30	14/20	89/194	100	10	15	0	0	Silver
	1	Son Mi-Na		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	3	Kim Gyeong-Sun		5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	4	Lee Sun-Lee		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	5	Jeong Hoe-Sun		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0
	7	Kim Mi-Suk		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	0
	9	Han Hwa-Su		5	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	10	Kim Ok-Hwa		5	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0
	11	Kim Chun-Rye		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0
	12	Jeong Sun-Bok		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	13	Yun Byeong-Sun		5	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0
	14	Lee Yeong-Ja		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0
	15	Seong Gyeong-Hwa		5	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	0	0
	16	Yun Su-Gyeong		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	–	Kang Suk DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	–	Kim Myeong-Hwa DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Chung Hyung-Kyun
3	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	5	112	214	0.523	17/26	18/26	77/162	89	10	22	0	0	Bronze
	1	Wu Xingjiang		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	3	He Jianping		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	0	0
	4	Zhu Juefeng		5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	5	Zhang Weihong		5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	6	Gao Xiumin		4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	7	Wang Linwei		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0
	8	Liu Liping		5	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	0	0
	10	Zhang Peijun		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	11	Sun Xiulan		5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	0	0
	12	Liu Yumei		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	13	Li Lan		5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0
	14	Wang Mingxing		5	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0
	15	Chen Zhen		5	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	0	0
	–	Chen Jing DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	–	Guo Yingze DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Huang Deguo
4	–	West Germany	FRG	5	91	199	0.457	14/20	10/12	67/167	69	11	15	0	0
	2	Elke Blumauer		3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	4	Maike Becker		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	0	0
	5	Corinna Kunze		4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	7	Silvia Schmitt		5	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0
	8	Roswitha Mroczynski		3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	9	Sabine Erbs		5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0
	10	Dagmar Stelberg		5	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	0	0
	11	Kerstin Jönßon		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	12	Astrid Hühn		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	13	Petra Platen		5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0
	14	Claudia Sturm		5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	16	Sabrina Koschella		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	19	Vanadis Putzke		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	–	Eike Bram DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	–	Christel Clages DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ekke Hoffmann
5	–	United States	USA	5	114	225	0.507	22/24	7/11	85/190	82	14	30	2	0
	1	Pam Boyd		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	2	Carol Lindsey		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	1	0
	3	Reita Clanton		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	0
	4	Sherry Winn		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	0	0
	5	Tess Contos		3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	6	Carmen Forest		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	7	Sandra De La Riva		5	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	8	Jan Trombly		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	0	0
	9	Mary Phyl Dwight		5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	1	0
	10	Cindy Stinger		5	39	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	0	0
	11	Melinda Hale		2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	13	Sam Jones		5	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0
	16	Penny Stone		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	–	Dorothy Franco DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	–	Kim Howard DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Klement Capliar
6	–	Austria	AUT	5	91	233	0.391	14/18	5/7	72/208	78	12	16	0	0
	1	Ulrike Huber		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	2	Ulrike Popp		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	3	Martina Neubauer		5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0
	4	Karin Prokop		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	5	Susanne Unger		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0
	6	Milena Gschiessl		5	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	0	0
	7	Maria Sykora		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0
	8	Silvia Steinbauer		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0
	9	Karin Hillinger		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0
	10	Elisabeth Zehetner		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0
	11	Gabriele Gebauer		5	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	7	0	0
	12	Vesna Radović		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	13	Teresa Zielewicz		5	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0
	14	Gudrun Neunteufel		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	16	Monika Unger		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
Coach		László Laurenz

Round-Robin

Date	1 – 9 August 1984
Format	Round-robin pool.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug 18:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	23 – 22	Austria	AUT
Match #2	01 Aug 20:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	20 – 19	West Germany	FRG
Match #3	01 Aug 21:30	United States	USA	25 – 22	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #4	03 Aug 18:30	Yugoslavia	YUG	30 – 15	Austria	AUT
Match #5	03 Aug 20:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	20 – 19	West Germany 1	FRG
Match #6	03 Aug 21:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	29 – 27	United States	USA
Match #7	05 Aug 18:30	West Germany	FRG	18 – 17	Austria 2	AUT
Match #8	05 Aug 20:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	24 – 24	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #9	05 Aug 21:30	Yugoslavia	YUG	33 – 20	United States	USA
Match #10	07 Aug 18:30	People's Republic of China	CHN	21 – 16	Austria	AUT
Match #11	07 Aug 20:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	29 – 23	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #12	07 Aug 21:30	West Germany	FRG	18 – 17	United States	USA
Match #13	09 Aug 18:30	United States	USA	25 – 21	Austria	AUT
Match #14	09 Aug 20:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	26 – 17	West Germany	FRG
Match #15	09 Aug 21:30	Yugoslavia	YUG	31 – 25	People's Republic of China	CHN