The women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics was contested by eight teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom two proceeding to placement matches.
Qualification Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified 1994 European Championship 17–25 September 1994 1 * 1995 Pan American Games 15–24 March 1995 Mar del Plata 1 As host country, an extra spot was given to the 4th placed team at the 1995 World Championship. 1995 Asian Championship 6–8 May 1995 Seoul1 * African qualification tournament 9 August 1995 Abidjan 1 1995 World Championship 5–17 December 1995 4 Total 8
Squads
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Playoffs Bracket
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Rankings and statistics + Final rankings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 + Top goalscorers Player Games Goals Attempts 1. Lim O-kyeong 5 41 58 2. Kjersti Grini 5 39 74 3. Eszter Mátéfi 5 35 58 4. Anja Andersen 5 33 55 5. Shi Wei 4 31 63 6. Zhai Chao 4 29 52 7. Chryssandra Hires 4 26 55 8. Oh Seong-ok 5 24 47 All-star team Susanne Lauritsen (goalkeeper) Kjersti Grini (left back) Anja Andersen (right back) Hong Jeong-ho (right wing) Kim Eun-mi (left wing) Erzsébet Kocsis (line player) Lim O-kyeong (central back)
References
External links Handball & Olympic Games 1936-2000, International Handball Federation, pp. 38–39 Barcelona 1996: Handball at marcolympics.org