Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament explained

Tourney Name:1992 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Country:Spain
Dates:27 July – 8 August
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Second:SWE
Third:FRA
Fourth:ISL
Matches:38
Goals:1616
Top Scorer:Talant Duyshebaev (EUN)
(47 goals)
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The men's handball tournament at the 1992 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.[1]

Qualification

Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 17 October 1986 1
28 February – 10 March 1990 8






5–12 August 1991 1
22 August –1 September 1991 1
September 1991 Cairo1
Total 12

Squads

See main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Playoffs

Semifinals

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Gold medal game

Rankings and statistics

Final rankings
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2
3
4
5
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7
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9
10
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12
Top goalscorers! Player !! Games !! Goals
1. Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) 7 47
2. Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) 6 45
3. Valdimar Grimsson (ISL) 7 35
4. Robert Licu (ROM) 6 30
4. Erik Hajas (SWE) 6 30
4. Alberto Urdiales (ESP) 4 30
7. Mikhail Yakimovich (EUN) 7 29
8. Valeri Gopin (EUN) 7 27
8. Valentin Zaharia (ROM) 6 27
<-- This is the way the team was set up in the pdf, the positions are unknown -->
All-star team
Andrei Lavrov (EUN)
Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) Denis Lathoud (FRA)
Per Carlén (SWE) Pierre Thorsson (SWE) Valeri Gopine (EUN)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Handball . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/HAN/mens-handball.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 March 2020 . Sports Reference.