Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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{{short description|Handball at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox International Handball Competition
| tourney_name = 1984 Men's Olympic handball tournament
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = United States
| dates = July 31 – August 11, 1984
| num_teams = 12
| confederations =
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{hb|YUG}}
| count = 2
| second_other = {{hb|GER|name=West Germany}}
| third_other = {{hb|ROU|1965}}
| fourth_other = {{hb|DEN}}
| matches = 36
| goals = 1502
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Jilsén
(50 goals)
| player =
| updated =
| previous = Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
| next = Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
}}
{{HandballAt1984SummerOlympics}}
The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1984 Summer Olympics. It was the fifth appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/34684|title=Men's Handball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games|accessdate=November 2, 2023|work=Olympedia}}
Results
=Preliminary round=
Teams in two groups played each other in a round to decide, for which place each of them should compete in the Final Round.
==Group A==
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!bgcolor="#efefef"|Rank !bgcolor="#efefef" width="160"|Team !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts !bgcolor="#efefef"| !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|YUG}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|ROU|1965}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|ISL}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|SUI}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|JPN}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|ALG}} | |||||||||||||
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|1. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|YUG|1984 Summer}} |5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 76 | 9 | X | 19:18 | 22:22 | 25:11 | 32:15 | 25:10 | |
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|2. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|ROU|1984 Summer}} |5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 91 | 8 | 18:19 | X | 26:17 | 23:17 | 28:22 | 25:16 | |
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|3. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|ISL|1984 Summer}} |5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 96 | 7 | 22:22 | 17:26 | X | 23:16 | 21:17 | 19:15 | |
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|4. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|SUI|1984 Summer}} |5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 102 | 4 | 11:25 | 17:23 | 16:23 | X | 20:13 | 19:18 | |
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|5. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|JPN|1984 Summer}} |5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 117 | 2 | 15:32 | 22:28 | 17:21 | 13:20 | X | 17:16 | |
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|6. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|ALG|1984 Summer}} |5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 105 | 0 | 10:25 | 16:25 | 15:19 | 18:19 | 16:17 | X |
==Group B==
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!bgcolor="#efefef"|Rank !bgcolor="#efefef" width="160"|Team !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts !bgcolor="#efefef"| !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|FRG}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|DEN}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|SWE}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|ESP}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|USA}} !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|KOR}} | |||||||||||||
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|1. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|FRG|1984 Summer}} |5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 95 | 10 | X | 20:18 | 18:17 | 18:16 | 21:19 | 37:25 | |
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|2. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|DEN|1984 Summer}} |5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 99 | 8 | 18:20 | X | 26:19 | 21:16 | 19:16 | 31:28 | |
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|3. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|SWE|1984 Summer}} |5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 110 | 6 | 17:18 | 19:26 | X | 26:25 | 21:18 | 36:23 | |
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|4. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|ESP|1984 Summer}} |5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 106 | 4 | 16:18 | 16:21 | 25:26 | X | 17:16 | 31:25 | |
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|5. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|USA|1984 Summer}} |5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 91 | 100 | 1 | 19:21 | 16:19 | 18:21 | 16:17 | X | 22:22 | |
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|6. |align=left|{{flagIOCteam|KOR|1984 Summer}} |5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 123 | 157 | 1 | 25:37 | 28:31 | 23:36 | 25:31 | 22:22 | X |
=Final Round=
- 1st-placed teams from each group competed for the 1st place in this round;
- 2nd-placed - competed for the 3rd place
- 3rd-placed - competed for the 5th place
- 4th-placed - competed for the 7th place
- 5th-placed - competed for the 9th place
- 6th-placed - competed for the 11th place
All matches were held on 10 August.
11th place match
- South Korea 25-21 Algeria
9th place match
- United States 24-16 Japan
7th place match
- Switzerland 18-17 Spain
5th place match
- Sweden 26-24 Iceland
3rd place match
- Romania 23-19 Denmark
1st place match
- Yugoslavia 18-17 West Germany
Summary
References
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Handball - Men's tournament}}
{{Handball at the Summer Olympics}}
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