:Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox international handball competition
|tourney_name = Handball at the
1976 Summer Olympics
|image = Image:Handball pictogram.svg
|caption = Handball
|country = Canada
|dates = 18–28 July 1976
|num_teams = 18
|confederations =
|champion_other = {{hb|URS}} (men)
{{hb|URS}} (women)
|second_other = {{hb|ROM|1965}} (men)
{{hbw|GDR}} (women)
|third_other = {{hb|POL}} (men)
{{hbw|HUN}} (women)
|fourth_other = {{hb|GER|name=West Germany}} (men)
{{hbw|ROM|1965}} (women)
|previous = Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
|next = Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
}}
{{HandballAt1976SummerOlympics}}
Team handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/HAN/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052327/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/HAN/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Handball at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games |access-date=19 March 2020 |work=Sports Reference}}
Medal summary
Participating nations
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in both tournaments. Japan entered only a squad of twelve women and twelve men. Only four male reserve players did not participate (one from Denmark, two from Hungary, and one from Czechoslovakia).
A total of 230(*) handball players (148 men and 82 women) from 12 nations (men from 11 nations – women from 6 nations) competed at the Montreal Games:
- {{flagIOC|CAN|1976 Summer|28}} (men:14 women:14)
- {{flagIOC|TCH|1976 Summer|13}} (men:13 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|DEN|1976 Summer|13}} (men:13 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|GDR|1976 Summer|14}} (men:0 women:14)
- {{flagIOC|FRG|1976 Summer|14}} (men:14 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1976 Summer|26}} (men:12 women:14)
- {{flagIOC|JPN|1976 Summer|24}} (men:12 women:12)
- {{flagIOC|POL|1976 Summer|14}} (men:14 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|ROU|1976 Summer|28}} (men:14 women:14)
- {{flagIOC|URS|1976 Summer|28}} (men:14 women:14)
- {{flagIOC|USA|1976 Summer|14}} (men:14 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|YUG|1976 Summer|14}} (men:14 women:0)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 1976 Summer
| team =
| gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 0 | bronze_URS = 0
| gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 0
| gold_GDR = 0 | silver_GDR = 1 | bronze_GDR = 0
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1
}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070612020125/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]
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Category:Events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:International handball competitions hosted by Canada