# Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1984 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of a women's handball tournament at the Olympic Games.

## Summary

| Place | Nation |
| 1 | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
| | Coach: Josip Samaržija Svetlana Anastasovska (ORK Beograd) Alenka Cuderman (Olimpija Ljubljana) Svetlana Dašić-Kitić (Radnički Beograd) Slavica Đukić (Radnički Beograd) Dragica Đurić (Radnički Beograd) Mirjana Đurica (Radnički Beograd) Emilija Erčić (Radnički Beograd) Ljubinka Janković (Radnički Beograd) Jasna Kolar-Merdan (Lokomotiva Mostar) Ljiljana Mugoša (Budućnost Titograd) Svetlana Mugoša (Budućnost Titograd) Mirjana Ognjenović (Lokomotiva Zagreb) Zorica Pavićević (Budućnost Titograd) Jasna Ptujec (Lokomotiva Zagreb) Biserka Višnjić (Trešnjevka Zagreb) |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) |
| | Han Hwa-Soo Jeong Hyoi-Soon Jeung Soon-Bok Kim Choon-Rye Kim Kyung-Soon Kim Mi-sook Kim Ok-Hwa Lee Soon-Ei Lee Young-Ja Shon Mi-Na Sung Kyung-Hwa Yoon Byung-Soon Yoon Soo-Kyung |
| 3 | China (CHN) |
| | Chen Zhen Gao Xiumin He Jianping Li Lan Liu Liping Liu Yumei Sun Xiulan Wang Linwei Wang Mingxing Wu Xingjiang Zhang Weihong Zhang Peijun Zhu Juefeng |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG)Maike Becker Elke Blumauer Sabine Erbs Astrid Huhn Kerstin Jonsson Sabrina Koschella Corinna Kunze Roswitha Mroczynski Petra Platen Vanadis Putzke Silvia Schmitt Dagmar Stelberg Claudia Sturm |
| 5 | United States (USA)Coach: Klement Capilar Pamela Boyd Reita Clanton Theresa Contos Sandra de la Riva Mary Dwight Carmen Forest Melinda Hale Leora Jones Carol Lindsey Cynthia Stinger Penelope Stone Janice Trombly Sherry WinnDorothy Franco-Reed Kim Howard |
| 6 | Austria (AUT)Gabriele Gebauer Milena Gschiessl-Foltyn Karin Hillinger Ulrike Huber Martina Neubauer Gudrun Neunteufel Ulrike Popp Karin Prokop Vesna Radovic Silvia Steinbauer Maria Sykora Monika Unger Susanne Unger Elisabeth Zehetner Teresa Zielewicz |

## Results

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 102 | 10 |
| | South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 119 | 7 |
| | China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 112 | 115 | 5 |
| 4. | West Germany (FRG) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 100 | 4 |
| 5. | United States (USA) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 123 | 4 |
| 6. | Austria (AUT) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 117 | 0 |
| 1 August 1984 18:30 | South Korea | 23–22 | Austria | Titan Gym Referees: Christensen, Wøhlk (DEN) |
| 1 August 1984 18:30 | Kim 8 | (11–15) | Gschiessl 8 | Titan Gym Referees: Christensen, Wøhlk (DEN) |
| 1 August 1984 18:30 | 1× 3× | | 2× 4× | Titan Gym Referees: Christensen, Wøhlk (DEN) |
| 1 August 1984 20:00 | Yugoslavia | 20–19 | West Germany | Titan Gym Referees: Szendrey, Somhegy (HUN) |
| 1 August 1984 20:00 | Kolar-Merdan 10 | (11–12) | Kunze, Platen 4 | Titan Gym Referees: Szendrey, Somhegy (HUN) |
| 1 August 1984 20:00 | 3× 1× | | 3× 1× | Titan Gym Referees: Szendrey, Somhegy (HUN) |
| 1 August 1984 21:30 | United States | 25–22 | China | Titan Gym Referees: Marin, Serban (ROU) |
| 1 August 1984 21:30 | Stinger 7 | (9–12) | He J., Zhu J. 4 | Titan Gym Referees: Marin, Serban (ROU) |
| 1 August 1984 21:30 | 4× 7× 1× | | 3× 6× | Titan Gym Referees: Marin, Serban (ROU) |
| 3 August 1984 18:30 | Yugoslavia | 30–15 | Austria | Titan Gym Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR) |
| 3 August 1984 18:30 | Kolar-Merdan 7 | (15–8) | Zielewicz 6 | Titan Gym Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR) |
| 3 August 1984 18:30 | 3× 6× | | 3× 4× | Titan Gym Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR) |
| 3 August 1984 20:00 | China | 20–19 | West Germany | Titan Gym Referees: Nilsson, Wester (SWE) |
| 3 August 1984 20:00 | Wang M. 6 | (11–8) | Jönßon 6 | Titan Gym Referees: Nilsson, Wester (SWE) |
| 3 August 1984 20:00 | 3× 7× | | 2× 4× | Titan Gym Referees: Nilsson, Wester (SWE) |
| 3 August 1984 21:30 | South Korea | 29–27 | United States | Titan Gym Referees: Ischer, Rykart (SUI) |
| 3 August 1984 21:30 | Yoon 9 | (16–11) | Jones 9 | Titan Gym Referees: Ischer, Rykart (SUI) |
| 3 August 1984 21:30 | 3× 6× | | 3× 7× | Titan Gym Referees: Ischer, Rykart (SUI) |
| 5 August 1984 18:30 | West Germany | 18–17 | Austria | Titan Gym Referees: Ischer, Rykart (SUI) |
| 5 August 1984 18:30 | three players 3 | (7–5) | Gschiessl 7 | Titan Gym Referees: Ischer, Rykart (SUI) |
| 5 August 1984 18:30 | 3× 4× | | 4× 2× | Titan Gym Referees: Ischer, Rykart (SUI) |
| 5 August 1984 20:00 | China | 24–24 | South Korea | Titan Gym Referees: Anthonsen, Bolstad (NOR) |
| 5 August 1984 20:00 | Liu L. 7 | (10–14) | Yoon 6 | Titan Gym Referees: Anthonsen, Bolstad (NOR) |
| 5 August 1984 20:00 | 1× 3× | | 2× | Titan Gym Referees: Anthonsen, Bolstad (NOR) |
| 5 August 1984 21:30 | Yugoslavia | 33–20 | United States | Titan Gym Referees: Anthonsen, Bolstad (NOR) |
| 5 August 1984 21:30 | Kolar-Merdan 17 | (14–10) | Stinger 11 | Titan Gym Referees: Anthonsen, Bolstad (NOR) |
| 5 August 1984 21:30 | 2× 5× | | 2× 6× 1× | Titan Gym Referees: Anthonsen, Bolstad (NOR) |
| 7 August 1984 18:30 | China | 21–16 | Austria | Titan Gym Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 7 August 1984 18:30 | Wang L., Chen Z. 4 | (10–7) | Gschiessl 9 | Titan Gym Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 7 August 1984 18:30 | 2× 3× | | 2× 4× | Titan Gym Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 7 August 1984 20:00 | Yugoslavia | 29–23 | South Korea | Titan Gym Referees: Marin, Serban (ROU) |
| 7 August 1984 20:00 | Kolar-Merdan 8 | (15–14) | Sung 5 | Titan Gym Referees: Marin, Serban (ROU) |
| 7 August 1984 20:00 | 2× 5× | | 2× 5× | Titan Gym Referees: Marin, Serban (ROU) |
| 7 August 1984 21:30 | West Germany | 18–17 | United States | Titan Gym Referees: Koppe, Nusser (NED) |
| 7 August 1984 21:30 | Schmitt 7 | (10–7) | Jones 8 | Titan Gym Referees: Koppe, Nusser (NED) |
| 7 August 1984 21:30 | 2× 6× | | 3× 6× | Titan Gym Referees: Koppe, Nusser (NED) |
| 9 August 1984 18:30 | United States | 25–21 | Austria | Titan Gym Referees: Christensen, Wøhlk (DEN) |
| 9 August 1984 18:30 | Stinger 10 | (11–9) | Gschiessl 5 | Titan Gym Referees: Christensen, Wøhlk (DEN) |
| 9 August 1984 18:30 | 2× 4× | | 1× 2× | Titan Gym Referees: Christensen, Wøhlk (DEN) |
| 9 August 1984 20:00 | South Korea | 26–17 | West Germany | Titan Gym Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 9 August 1984 20:00 | Yoon 16 | (11–9) | Stelberg 8 | Titan Gym Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 9 August 1984 20:00 | 2× 1× | | 1× | Titan Gym Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 9 August 1984 21:30 | Yugoslavia | 31–25 | China | Titan Gym Referees: Koppe, Nusser (NED) |
| 9 August 1984 21:30 | Jasna Kolar-Merdan 7 | (15–15) | three players 5 | Titan Gym Referees: Koppe, Nusser (NED) |
| 9 August 1984 21:30 | 2× 5× | | 1× 3× | Titan Gym Referees: Koppe, Nusser (NED) |