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

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.

## Qualification

| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 17 October 1986 | Lausanne | 1 | Spain |
| 1990 World Championship | 24 November – 4 December 1990 | South Korea | 4 | Unified Team Germany Austria Norway |
| 1991 Asian Championship | 22–31 August 1991 | Hiroshima | 1 | South Korea |
| 1991 African Championship | 6–13 September 1991 | Cairo | 1 | Nigeria |
| 1991 Pan American Championship | 30 September – 6 October 1991 | Maringá | 1 | United States |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Unified Team | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 56 | +21 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 61 | +25 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 81 | −25 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 30 July 1992 10:00 | Germany | 32–17 | Nigeria | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 30 July 1992 10:00 | Mühlner 9 | (14–9) | Sana 7 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 30 July 1992 15:00 | Unified Team | 23–16 | United States | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 30 July 1992 15:00 | Morskova 8 | (14–9) | Peterka 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 1 August 1992 10:00 | Nigeria | 18–26 | Unified Team | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN) |
| 1 August 1992 10:00 | Sana 8 | (5–15) | Horb, Morskova 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN) |
| 1 August 1992 15:00 | United States | 16–32 | Germany | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| 1 August 1992 15:00 | Jones 7 | (6–16) | Fittinger, Leonte 8 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| 3 August 1992 10:00 | United States | 23–21 | Nigeria | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| 3 August 1992 10:00 | Jones 8 | (12–9) | Abi 10 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| 3 August 1992 16:30 | Unified Team | 28–22 | Germany | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| 3 August 1992 16:30 | Morskova 14 | (14–13) | Ciszewski 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 61 | +21 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Spain (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 30 July 1992 11:30 | Austria | 20–16 | Spain | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| 30 July 1992 11:30 | Kolar 5 | (9–4) | Vizcaíno 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| 30 July 1992 16:30 | Norway | 16–27 | South Korea | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 30 July 1992 16:30 | Eftedal 4 | (11–13) | Lim 9 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 1 August 1992 11:30 | Spain | 16–20 | Norway | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 1 August 1992 11:30 | Vizcaíno 6 | (7–9) | Goksør, Svendsen 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 1 August 1992 16:30 | South Korea | 27–27 | Austria | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| 1 August 1992 16:30 | Lim, Oh 6 | (12–12) | Kolar 11 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| 3 August 1992 11:30 | Norway | 19–17 | Austria | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 3 August 1992 11:30 | Sagstuen, Svendsen 4 | (9–10) | Matei 7 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 3 August 1992 15:00 | South Korea | 28–18 | Spain | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| 3 August 1992 15:00 | Lee M. 7 | (15–7) | three players 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 6 August | 6 August |
| Unified Team | 23 |
| Unified Team | 23 | 8 August | 8 August |
| Norway | 24 | 8 August | 8 August |
| Norway | 24 | Norway | 21 |
| 6 August | 6 August | | Norway | 21 |
| 6 August | 6 August | South Korea | 28 |
| South Korea | 26 | South Korea | 28 |
| Germany | 25 | | |
| Germany | 25 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 8 August | 8 August |
| | | Germany | 20 |
| | | Unified Team | 24 |

### Semifinals

| 6 August 1992 14:00 | Unified Team | 23–24 | Norway | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| 6 August 1992 14:00 | Morskova 8 | (11–12) | Sundal, Svendsen 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| 6 August 1992 16:00 | South Korea | 26–25 | Germany | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| 6 August 1992 16:00 | Lim, Nam 5 | (17–13) | Schmitt 7 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |

### Seventh place game

| 7 August 1992 09:00 | Spain | 26–17 | Nigeria | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN) |
| 7 August 1992 09:00 | Gómez 7 | (14–5) | Abi, Anyiam 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN) |

### Fifth place game

| 7 August 1992 11:00 | United States | 17–26 | Austria | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| 7 August 1992 11:00 | Cain 5 | (6–11) | Matei 7 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |

### Bronze medal game

| 8 August 1992 10:00 | Germany | 20–24 | Unified Team | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| 8 August 1992 10:00 | Leonte, Wagner 6 | (9–10) | Morskova 6 | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |

### Gold medal game

| 8 August 1992 12:00 | Norway | 21–28 | South Korea | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| 8 August 1992 12:00 | Sundal 7 | (8–16) | Lim 8 | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |

## Rankings and statistics

Final rankings :
| 1 | South Korea |
| 2 | Norway |
| 3 | Unified Team |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | Austria |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | Nigeria |
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 |
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) |