Tourney Name: | Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics |
Country: | United States |
Venues: | Titan Gym |
Num Teams: | 18 |
Dates: | 31 July – 11 August 1984 |
Champion Other: | (men) (women) |
Second Other: | (men) (women) |
Third Other: | (men) (women) |
Fourth Other: | (men) (women) |
Previous: | Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics |
Next: | Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics |
Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women. Due to the USSR-led boycott some strong handball nations from Eastern Bloc did not compete; this gave an opportunity to the Yugoslav team to take both gold medals. Games were played at Titan Gym in Fullerton, California, and the finals were at the Forum, later the Kia Forum, in Inglewood, California.[1] [2]
width=30% | Qualification! | width=23% | Date! | width=22% | Host! | width=10% | Vacancies! | width=15% | Qualified |
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Host nation | 18 May 1978 | 1 | |||||||
23 February – 7 March 1982 | 6 | ||||||||
1983 World Championship B | 25 February – 6 March 1983 | 2 | |||||||
12–20 November 1983 | 1 | ||||||||
2–6 February 1972 | |||||||||
22–31 July 1983 | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 12 |
width=30% | Qualification! | width=23% | Date! | width=22% | Host! | width=10% | Vacancies! | width=15% | Qualified |
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Host nation | 18 May 1978 | 1 | |||||||
2–12 December 1982 | |||||||||
Intercontinental Olympic Qualification | - | - | 1 | 3 | |||||
1983 World Championship B | 7–15 December 1983 | ||||||||
Total | 6 |
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 15 players and they all were eligible for participation. Four nations competed in both tournaments.
A total of 259(*) handball players (177 men and 82 women) from 14 nations (men from 12 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Los Angeles Games:
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
The only multi-casualty event noted in the 1984 official report of the Los Angeles Olympics was a small one at team handball where a railing on the bleachers collapsed. The first aid team and the chief medical officer handled the situation quickly and professionally. First aid teams were responsible for moving victims from the stands and broken railings. However, a concern that was not anticipated was the lack of experience in carrying patients from the stands.[5] Four of eight spectators who fell through a wooden railing while trying to catch bouquets from victorious Olympic medal-winners suffered minor injuries but were not hospitalized.[6]