Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1992 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Spain
Dates 30 July - 8 August
Teams 8
Venue(s)  (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  South Korea
Runner-up  Norway
Third place  Unified Team
Fourth place  Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches 18
Goals scored 800 (44.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Natalya Morskova (EUN), 41 goals
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The women's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by eight teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom two proceeding to placement matches.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Unified Team 3 3 0 0 77 56 +21 6
 Germany 3 2 0 1 86 61 +25 4
 United States 3 1 0 2 55 76 −21 2
 Nigeria 3 0 0 3 56 81 −25 0
Results Germany United States Nigeria
Unified Team  28–22 23–16 26–18
Germany  22–28 26–24 22–16
United States  16–23 24–26 22–18
Nigeria  18–26 16–22 18–22

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 82 61 +21 5
 Norway 3 2 0 1 55 60 −5 4
 Austria 3 1 1 1 64 62 +2 3
 Spain 3 0 0 3 50 68 −18 0
Results South Korea Norway Austria Spain
South Korea  27–16 27–27 28–18
Norway  16–27 19–17 20–16
Austria  27–27 17–19 20–16
Spain  18–28 16–20 16–20

Playoffs

Semi-finals Final
  Unified Team  22  
  Norway  23  
 
      Norway  21
    South Korea  28
Bronze medal match
  South Korea  26   Unified Team  24
  Germany  25     Germany  20

Semifinals

August 6
14:00		 Unified Team  22–23  Norway
(11-12)
August 6
16:00		 South Korea  26–25  Germany
(17-13)

7th/8th classification

August 7
9:00		 Spain  26–17  Nigeria
(14-5)

5th/6th classification

August 7
11:00		 United States  17–26  Austria
(6-11)

Bronze medal match

August 8
10:00		 Unified Team  24–20  Germany
(10-9)

Final

August 8
12:00		 Norway  21–28  South Korea
(8-16)

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings
1  South Korea
2  Norway
3  Unified Team
4  Germany
5  Austria
6  United States
7  Spain
8  Nigeria
Top goalscorers
Player Games Goals Attempts
1. Natalya Morskova (EUN) 5 41 61
2. Lim O-Kyeong (KOR) 5 30 43
3. Jasna Kolar-Merdan (AUT) 4 23 40
3. Lee Mi-Young (KOR) 5 23 36
5. Silvia Schmitt (GER) 5 22 41
6. Heidi Sundal (NOR) 5 21 32
7. Sung-Ok Oh (KOR) 5 20 44
8. Auta Olivia Sana (NGR) 3 19 36
8. Maryna Bazhanova (EUN) 5 19 26
All-star team
Marianna Racz (AUT)
Maryna Bazhanova (EUN) Silvia Schmitt (GER) Natalya Morskova (EUN)
Lee Mi-Young (KOR) Lim O-Kyeong (KOR) Heidi Sundal (NOR)

References

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