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

Tourney Name:	1992 Women's Olympic handball tournament
Country:	Spain
Dates:	30 July – 8 August
Num Teams:	8
Confederations:	4
Venues:	Palau d'Esports de Granollers Palau Sant Jordi
Count:	2
Third Other:	Unified Team
Matches:	18
Goals:	802
Top Scorer:	Natalya Morskova (EUN) (41 goals)
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The women's handball tournament at the 1992 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.^[1]

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	17 October 1986	1
	24 November – 4 December 1990	4	Unified Team
	22–31 August 1991	1
	6–13 September 1991	1
	30 September – 6 October 1991	1
Total		8

Squads

See main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women'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
1
2
3	Unified Team
4
5
6
7
8

Top goalscorers! Player !! Games !! Goals !! Attempts
1. Natalya Morskova (EUN)	5	41	61
2. Lim O-kyeong (KOR)	5	30	43
3. Jasna Kolar-Merdan (AUT)	4	23	40
3. Lee Mi-Young (KOR)	5	23	36
5. Silvia Schmitt (GER)	5	22	41
6. Heidi Sundal (NOR)	5	21	32
7. Oh Seong-ok (KOR)	5	20	44
8. Auta Olivia Sana (NGR)	3	19	36
8. Maryna Bazanova (EUN)	5	19	26

-- This is the way the team was set up in the pdf, the positions are unknown -->

**All-star team**
Marianna Racz (AUT)
Maryna Bazhanova (EUN)	Silvia Schmitt (GER)	Natalya Morskova (EUN)
Lee Mi-Young (KOR)	Lim O-Kyeong (KOR)	Heidi Sundal (NOR)

Notes and References

Web site: Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020756/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/HAN/womens-handball.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 22 March 2020 . Sports Reference.