Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Team handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women. It was the first time women's handball was a part of the Olympics.[1]
Handball pictogram | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Canada |
| Dates | 18–28 July 1976 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Soviet Union (men) Soviet Union (women) |
| Runners-up |  Romania (men) East Germany (women) |
| Third place |  Poland (men) Hungary (women) |
| Fourth place |  West Germany (men) Romania (women) |
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:
Canada (28) (men:14 women:14)
Czechoslovakia (13) (men:13 women:0)
Denmark (13) (men:13 women:0)
East Germany (14) (men:0 women:14)
West Germany (14) (men:14 women:0)
Hungary (26) (men:12 women:14)
Japan (24) (men:12 women:12)
Poland (14) (men:14 women:0)
Romania (28) (men:14 women:14)
Soviet Union (28) (men:14 women:14)
United States (14) (men:14 women:0)
Yugoslavia (14) (men:14 women:0)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |