Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The handball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August in the Olympic Park.

Handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country United Kingdom
Venue(s)Basketball Arena
Copper Box Arena
Dates28 July – 9 August 2012
Teams24 (from 9 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France (men)
 Norway (women)
Runner-up Sweden (men)
 Montenegro (women)
Third place Croatia (men)
 Spain (women)
Fourth place Hungary (men)
 South Korea (women)
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Preliminary rounds and the quarter-finals were held in the Copper Box while the semi-finals and final took place in the larger Basketball Arena.

Medals were awarded in a men's tournament and a women's tournament. The gold medals were won by France (men) and Norway (women).

Events

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Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

Referees

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The Copper Box staged the preliminary matches.

The executive committee of the International Handball Federation appointed 17 referee pairs for the 2012 Games:[1]

  •   Charlotte Bonaventura and Julie Bonaventura
  •   Diana-Carmen Florescu and Anamaria Duță
  •   Carlos María Mariana and Darío Leonel Minore
  •   Yalatima Coulibali and Mamoudou Diabaté
  •   Matija Gubica and Boris Milošević
  •   Václav Horáček and Jiří Novotný
  •   Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen
  •   Oscar Raluy and Ángel Sabroso
  •   Nordine Lazaar and Laurent Reveret
  •   Brian Bartlett and Allan Stokes
  •   Lars Geipel and Marcus Helbig
  •   Gjorgi Nachevski and Slave Nikolov
  •   Kenneth Abrahamsen and Arne M. Kristiansen
  •   Mansour Abdulla Al-Suwaidi and Saleh Jamaan Bamurtef
  •   Nenad Krstič and Peter Ljubič
  •   Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković
  •   Omar Mohammed Zubaeer Al-Marzouqi and Mohammed Rashid Mohamed Al-Nuaimi

Qualifying criteria

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Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 6 July 2005   Singapore 1   Great Britain
2011 World Championship 13–30 January 2011   Sweden 1   France
2011 Pan American Games 16–24 October 2011   Mexico 1   Argentina
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 23 October – 2 November 2011   South Korea 1   South Korea
2012 African Championship 11–20 January 2012   Morocco 1   Tunisia
2012 European Championship 15–29 January 2012   Serbia 1   Denmark
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 6–8 April 2012   Spain 2   Spain
  Serbia
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 6–8 April 2012   Sweden 2   Sweden
  Hungary
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 6–8 April 2012   Croatia 2   Croatia
  Iceland
Total 12

Women

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Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 6 July 2005   Singapore 1   Great Britain
2010 European Championship 7–19 December 2010   Denmark
  Norway
1   Sweden
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament 12–21 October 2011   China 1   South Korea
2011 Pan American Games 15–23 October 2011   Mexico 1   Brazil
2011 World Championship 2–18 December 2011   Brazil 1   Norway
2012 African Championship 11–20 January 2012   Morocco 1   Angola
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 25–27 May 2012   France 2   Montenegro
  France
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 25–27 May 2012   Spain 2   Spain
  Croatia
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 25–27 May 2012   Denmark 2   Russia
  Denmark
Total 12
Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France1001
  Norway1001
3  Montenegro0101
  Sweden0101
5  Croatia0011
  Spain0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's handball   France (FRA)
Jérôme Fernandez
Didier Dinart
Xavier Barachet
Guillaume Gille
Bertrand Gille
Daniel Narcisse
Guillaume Joli
Samuel Honrubia
Daouda Karaboué
Nikola Karabatić
Thierry Omeyer
William Accambray
Luc Abalo
Cédric Sorhaindo
Michaël Guigou
  Sweden (SWE)
Mattias Andersson
Mattias Gustafsson
Kim Andersson
Jonas Källman
Magnus Jernemyr
Niclas Ekberg
Dalibor Doder
Jonas Larholm
Tobias Karlsson
Johan Jakobsson
Johan Sjöstrand
Fredrik Petersen
Kim Ekdahl du Rietz
Mattias Zachrisson
Andreas Nilsson
  Croatia (CRO)
Venio Losert
Ivano Balić
Domagoj Duvnjak
Blaženko Lacković
Marko Kopljar
Igor Vori
Jakov Gojun
Zlatko Horvat
Drago Vuković
Damir Bičanić
Denis Buntić
Mirko Alilović
Manuel Štrlek
Ivan Čupić
Ivan Ninčević
Women's handball   Norway (NOR)
Kari Aalvik Grimsbø
Ida Alstad
Heidi Løke
Tonje Nøstvold
Karoline Dyhre Breivang
Kristine Lunde-Borgersen
Kari Mette Johansen
Marit Malm Frafjord
Linn Jørum Sulland
Katrine Lunde Haraldsen
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren
Gøril Snorroeggen
Amanda Kurtović
Camilla Herrem
  Montenegro (MNE)
Marina Vukčević
Radmila Miljanić
Jovanka Radičević
Ana Đokić
Marija Jovanović
Ana Radović
Anđela Bulatović
Sonja Barjaktarović
Maja Savić
Bojana Popović
Suzana Lazović
Katarina Bulatović
Majda Mehmedović
Milena Knežević
  Spain (ESP)
Andrea Barnó
Carmen Martín*
Nely Carla Alberto
Beatriz Fernández
Verónica Cuadrado
Marta Mangué
Macarena Aguilar
Silvia Navarro
Jessica Alonso
Elisabeth Pinedo
Begoña Fernández
Vanessa Amorós
Patricia Elorza
Mihaela Ciobanu
Marta López*

References

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  1. ^ "London 2012 Olympic Handball Tournaments – 17 referee couples nominated". International Handball Federation. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
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