Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1976 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Dates	20–28 July
Teams	6
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up	East Germany
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches	15
Goals scored	446 (29.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Terumi Kurata; (28 goals)
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The women's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the first appearance of a women's handball tournament at the Olympic Games.

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	12 May 1970	Amsterdam	1	Canada
1975 World Championship	2–13 December 1975	Soviet Union	4	East Germany Soviet Union Hungary Romania
Intercontinental qualification	28 June – 3 July 1976	Milwakee	1	Japan
Total			6

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	92	40	+52	10
	East Germany	5	3	1	1	89	47	+42	7
	Hungary	5	3	1	1	85	55	+30	7
4	Romania	5	2	0	3	73	83	−10	4
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	72	115	−43	2
6	Canada (H)	5	0	0	5	35	106	−71	0

Source:
(H) Host.

20 July 1976 17:30	Hungary	25–18	Japan	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Vadász 7	(10–7)	Matsushita 6

20 July 1976 17:30	Soviet Union	21–3	Canada	PEPS, Quebec City
	Makarets 8	(8–2)	Robert 3

20 July 1976 17:30	East Germany	18–12	Romania	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke Referees: Svensson, Christensen (DEN)
	Richter 6	(11–3)	Șooș 4

22 July 1976 17:30	Soviet Union	14–8	Romania	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Referees: Valčić, Stanojević (YUG)
	Makarets 7	(6–3)	Mikloș 3

22 July 1976 17:30	East Germany	24–10	Japan	PEPS, Quebec City
	Richter 7	(12–3)	Matsushita 4

22 July 1976 17:30	Hungary	24–3	Canada	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
	Sterbinszky 5	(11–3)	three players 1

24 July 1976 17:30	East Germany	29–4	Canada	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Richter 10	(15–2)	Lemaire, Tétreault 2

24 July 1976 17:30	Romania	21–20	Japan	PEPS, Quebec City Referees: Rykart, Ischer (SUI)
	Arghir 5	(13–11)	Kurata 7

24 July 1976 17:30	Soviet Union	12–9	Hungary	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
	Turchyna 5	(5–5)	Sterbinszky 4

26 July 1976 17:30	Romania	17–11	Canada	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Furcoi 4	(8–5)	Robert 4

26 July 1976 17:30	East Germany	7–7	Hungary	PEPS, Quebec City
	Richter 3	(2–4)	Angyal 3

26 July 1976 17:30	Soviet Union	31–9	Japan	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
	Shubina 7	(15–5)	Kurata 4

28 July 1976 12:00	Japan	15–14	Canada	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Kurata 9	(7–11)	Lemaire, Valois 3

28 July 1976 13:15	Hungary	20–15	Romania	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG)
	Lelkes, Sterbinszky 5	(10–6)	Mikloș 5

28 July 1976 14:30	East Germany	11–14	Soviet Union	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Krause, Kretzschmar 4	(5–7)	Turchyna 7

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Terumi Kurata	28
2	Kristina Richter	27
3	Tetyana Makarets	24
4	Zinaida Turchyna	22
5	Amália Sterbinszky	18
6	Roswitha Krause	16
7	Hitomi Matsushita	15
8	Magdalena Mikloș	14
8	Marion Tietz	14
10	Maria Bosi	13
10	Lyudmyla Panchuk	13

Team rosters

Canada	East Germany	Hungary	Japan	Romania	Soviet Union
Lucie Balthazar Louise Beaumont Francine Boulay-Parizeau Manon Charette Danielle Chenard Nicole Génier Mariette Houle Louise Hurtubise Denise Lemaire Monique Prud'homme Joanes Rail Nicole Robert Hélène Tétreault Johanne Valois Coach: Maurice Loeub	Gabriele Badorek Hannelore Burosch Roswitha Krause Waltraud Kretzschmar Evelyn Matz Liane Michaelis Eva Paskuy Kristina Richter Christina Rost Silvia Siefert Marion Tietz Petra Uhlig Christina Voß Hannelore Zober Coach: Peter Kretzschmar	Éva Angyal (Vasas SC) Mária Berzsenyi (FTC) Ágota Bujdosó (Vasas SC) Klára Csík (Vasas SC) Zsuzsanna Kézi (TBSC) Katalin Laki (Bakony Vegyész) Rozália Lelkes (FTC) Márta Megyeri (Csepel SC) Ilona Nagy (Csepel SC) Marianna Nagy (TFSE) Erzsébet Németh (FTC) Amália Sterbinszky (Vasas SC) Borbála Tóth Harsányi (Bakony Vegyész) Mária Vadász (Vasas SC) Coach: Bódog Török	Mihoko Hozumi Mikiko Kato Eiko Kawada Nanami Kino Kuriko Komori Hiroko Kosahara Tokuko Kubo Terumi Kurata Hitomi Matsushita Natsue Shimada Shoko Wada Emiko Yamashita Coach: Kaoru Ie	Simona Arghir Maria Bosi Doina Cojocaru Doina Furcoi Iuliana Hobincu Elisabeta Ionescu Viorica Ionică Maria Lackovics Georgeta Lăcusta Magdalena Mikloș Cristina Petrovici Constantina Pițigoi Niculina Sasu Rozalia Șooș Coach: Constantin Popescu	Lyubov Berezhnaya Lyudmyla Bobrus Aldona Česaitytė Tetyana Hlushchenko Larysa Karlova Mariya Litoshenko Nina Lobova Tetyana Makarets Lyudmyla Panchuk Rafiga Shabanova Nataliya Sherstyuk Lyudmila Shubina Zinaida Turchyna Halyna Zakharova Coach: Igor Turchyn

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