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Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of a women's handball tournament at the Olympic Games.

1988 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates21–29 September
Teams8
Final positions
Champions South Korea (1st title)
Runner-up Norway
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored873 (43.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)China Sun Xiulan
(36 goals)
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Qualification edit

Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 30 September 1981   Baden-Baden 1   South Korea
1986 World Championship 4–14 December 1986   Netherlands 3   Soviet Union
  Czechoslovakia
  Norway
1987 African Championship July 1987   Rabat 1   Ivory Coast
1987 Pan American Games 9–16 August 1987   Indianapolis 1   United States
1987 Asian Championship 20–27 August 1987   Amman 1   China
1987 World Championship Group B 9–18 December 1987   Bulgaria 1   Yugoslavia
Total 8

Team rosters edit

Main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea (H) 3 2 0 1 76 67 +9 4[a] Final round
2   Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 58 58 0 4[a]
3   Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 81 69 +12 4[a] Placement round
4   United States 3 0 0 3 55 76 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 25% rule: South Korea +3 GD, Yugoslavia –1 GD, Czechoslovakia –2 GD
21 September 1988
14:00 		Czechoslovakia   27–33   South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Hejtmánková, Lupačová 6 (9–15) Kim H. 8
2×  5×  1×  2×  3× 
21 September 1988
18:00 		Yugoslavia   19–18   United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Galic, S. Mugoša 5 (10–8) Jones 9
2×  3×  2×  3× 
23 September 1988
14:00 		Czechoslovakia   33–19   United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Damitšová 8 (13–11) Jones 10
1×  3×  1×  6× 
23 September 1988
18:00 		Yugoslavia   22–19   South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
Kolega 6 (10–13) Kim C. 6
1×  3×   2× 
25 September 1988
14:00 		South Korea   24–18   United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Blademo, Wester (SWE)
Kim C. 7 (11–10) Jones 6
2×  4×  2×  3× 
25 September 1988
18:00 		Czechoslovakia   21–17   Yugoslavia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Ludvigsen, Sjong (NOR)
Ďurišinová 9 (8–7) Galic 4
2×  6×  1×  7×  1× 

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 75 49 +26 5[a] Final round
2   Norway 3 2 1 0 75 53 +22 5[a]
3   China 3 1 0 2 76 58 +18 2 Placement round
4   Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 37 103 −66 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 25% rule: Soviet Union +5 GD, Norway +2 GD
21 September 1988
15:30 		Soviet Union   24–19   China Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (YUG)
Tovstohan 5 (12–9) Sun 8
3×  4×  3×  1× 
21 September 1988
19:30 		Norway   34–14   Ivory Coast Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
Midthun 7 (15–8) Kramou 5
3×  1×  2×  7× 
23 September 1988
15:30 		Soviet Union   32–11   Ivory Coast Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Zaworotny, Brosio (ARG)
Morskova 8 (14–7) Kramou 4
1×  2×  2×  7× 
23 September 1988
19:30 		Norway   22–20   China Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Hofmann, Prause (FRG)
Steen 6 (12–10) Chen, Sun 4
2×  2×  1×  2× 
25 September 1988
15:30 		China   37–12   Ivory Coast Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Sun 10 (20–4) Djoman 3
2×  3× 
25 September 1988
19:30 		Soviet Union   19–19   Norway Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Lapitskaya 5 (13–10) Svendsen 5
3×  4×  1×  3×  2× 

Placement round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5   Czechoslovakia 3 3 0 0 93 52 +41 6
6   China 3 2 0 1 89 60 +29 4
7   United States 3 1 0 2 68 80 −12 2
8   Ivory Coast 3 0 0 3 40 98 −58 0
Source: [citation needed]
27 September 1988
14:00 		China   31–22   United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
Sun 10 (12–13) Jones 6
3×  3×  3×  2× 
27 September 1988
15:30 		Ivory Coast   12–34   Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Kim, Park (KOR)
Kramou 5 (5–16) Hejtmánková 7
3×  3×  3×  2× 
29 September 1988
14:00 		Ivory Coast   16–27   United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
Bah, Kramou 5 (6–14) three players 4
2×  4×  1×  2× 
29 September 1988
15:30 		China   21–26   Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Blademo, Wester (SWE)
Chen 7 (10–9) Budayová, Ďurišinová 6
2×  3×  2×  3× 

Final round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    South Korea (H) 3 2 0 1 63 61 +2 4
    Norway 3 1 1 1 59 57 +2 3[a]
    Soviet Union 3 1 1 1 56 55 +1 3[a]
4   Yugoslavia 3 1 0 2 52 57 −5 2
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 25% rule: Norway +2 GD, Soviet Union +1 GD
27 September 1988
18:00 		Yugoslavia   15–18   Soviet Union Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Galic 5 (8–9) Morskova 6
2×  5×  1×  4× 
27 September 1988
19:30 		South Korea   23–20   Norway Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Hofmann, Prause (FRG)
Kim H., Kim M. 5 (10–9) Sundal 6
2×  3×  2×  2× 
29 September 1988
18:00 		Yugoslavia   15–20   Norway Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Galic, S. Mugoša 3 (10–9) Steen 5
3×  5×  2×  6× 
29 September 1988
19:30 		South Korea   21–19   Soviet Union Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Lim 6 (13–11) Morskova 7
2×  2×  1×  3× 

Final ranking edit

Rank Team
    South Korea
    Norway
    Soviet Union
4   Yugoslavia
5   Czechoslovakia
6   China
7   United States
8   Ivory Coast

References edit

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