The Handball competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics for women took place in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex for the preliminary competition. From the quarter-final stage onwards the women's event moved to the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena.
The women's event involved ten teams split in two groups: Group A: Brazil, China, Greece, Hungary, and Ukraine Group B: Angola, Denmark, France, South Korea, and Spain.
Denmark won gold medals after beating South Korea in the final 38-36 after extra time and penalty shoot-out. This made Denmark the first nation to win three straight Olympic gold medals.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeLouise Bager NørgaardRikke SkovHenriette MikkelsenMette VestergaardRikke HørlykkeCamilla ThomsenKarin MortensenLotte KiærskouTrine JensenKatrine FruelundRikke Petersen-SchmidtKristine AndersenKaren BrødsgaardLine DaugaardJosephine TourayOh Yong-ranWoo Sun-heeHuh Soon-youngLee Gong-jooJang So-heeKim Hyun-okKim Cha-younOh Seong-okHuh Young-sookMoon Kyeong-haLim O-kyeongLee Sang-eunMyoung Bok-heeChoi Im-jeongMoon Pil-heeNataliya BorysenkoGanna BurmystrovaTetyana ShynkarenkoMaryna VergelyukOlena YatsenkoGanna SiukaloOlena RadchenkoOlena TsyhytsiaGalyna MarkushevskaLyudmyla ShevchenkoIryna HoncharovaNataliya LyapinaAnastasiya BorodinaLarysa ZaspaOxana Rayhel
Qualification Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified Host nation 5 September 1997 Lausanne 1 2002 European Championship 6–15 December 2002 1 2003 Pan American Games 2–12 August 2003 Santo Domingo 1 African qualification tournament 18–21 September 2003 Luanda 1 Asian qualification tournament 23–28 September 2003 1 2003 World Championship 2–14 December 2003 5 Total 10
Rosters
Group stage All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
All-Star Team Goalkeeper: Left wing: Left back: Pivot: Centre back: Right back: Right wing: Source: IHF
Top goalscorers +RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1Bojana Radulović 54 96 56 2Katrine Fruelund 50 73 68 3Lee Sang-eun 44 60 73 4Aline Silva 40 70 57 5Ilda Bengue 38 60 63 6Woo Sun-hee 37 50 74 7Leila Lejeune 36 72 50 8Nataliya Lyapina 35 46 76 9Montserrat Puche 34 47 7210Li Weiwei32 62 52Chao Zhai 70 46
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1Rikke Schmidt 44 86 195 2Nataliya Borysenko 43 59 1363Darly de Paula40 34 85Katalin Palinger 97 240 5Odete Tavares 39 28 716Karin Mortensen37 36 97Eugenia Sánchez 64 172 8Valerie Nicolas 36 57 1579Chana Masson35 76 217Oh Yong-ran 78 224
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