The men's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom four proceeding to placement matches.
Qualification Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified Host nation 18 September 1990 Tokyo 1 1995 Pan American Games 16–25 March 1995 Mar del Plata 1 1995 World Championship 7–21 May 1995 7 1995 Asian Championship 25 September – 6 October 1995 Kuwait City 1 1996 European Championship 24 May – 2 June 1996 1 African qualification tournament 6-12 October 1995 Cairo 1 Total 12
Squads
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Final round Bracket
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Rankings and statistics + Final rankings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 + Top goalscorers Player Games Goals Attempts 1. Patrik Ćavar (CRO) 6 43 60 2. Stéphane Stoecklin (FRA) 6 36 68 3. Frédéric Volle (FRA) 7 35 58 4. Marc Baumgartner (SUI) 6 35 71 5. Alberto Urdiales (ESP) 7 31 47 6. Irfan Smajlagić (CRO) 6 31 48 7. Valery Gopin (RUS) 6 30 42 7. Erik Hajas (SWE) 6 30 42 7. Pierre Thorsson (SWE) 6 30 42 All-star teamMats Olsson (SWE) Irfan Smajlagić (CRO) Magnus Andersson (SWE) Stéphane Stoecklin (FRA) Dmitri Torgovanov (RUS) Patrik Ćavar (CRO) Frédéric Volle (FRA)
References
External links Handball & Olympic Games 1936-2000, International Handball Federation, pp. 35–37 Atlanta 1996: Handball at marcolympics.org