# Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1980 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of a women's handball tournament at the Olympic Games.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 23 October 1974 | Vienna | 1 | Soviet Union |
| 1978 World Championship | 30 November – 10 December 1978 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | East Germany Hungary Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia |
| Intercontinental qualification | 15–20 March 1980 | Brazzaville | 1 | South Korea Congo |
| Total | | | 6 | |

## Results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Soviet Union (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 52 | +47 | 10 |
| | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 67 | +40 | 7 |
| | East Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 58 | +33 | 7 |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 74 | +6 | 3 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 78 | −13 | 3 |
| 6 | Republic of the Congo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 159 | −113 | 0 |
| 21 July 1980 17:00 | Soviet Union | 30–11 | Republic of the Congo | Sokolniki Arena |
| 21 July 1980 17:00 | Kocherhina, Odynokova 8 | (17–4) | Koulinka 5 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 21 July 1980 18:30 | East Germany | 16–10 | Czechoslovakia | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 21 July 1980 18:30 | Richter 4 | (8–6) | Foltýnová, Kuťková 3 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 21 July 1980 20:00 | Hungary | 10–19 | Yugoslavia | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 21 July 1980 20:00 | Csulik 4 | (4–8) | Višnjić 5 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 23 July 1980 17:00 | Soviet Union | 17–7 | Czechoslovakia | Sokolniki Arena |
| 23 July 1980 17:00 | Odynokova 5 | (8–4) | Foltýnová 5 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 23 July 1980 18:30 | Hungary | 39–10 | Republic of the Congo | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 23 July 1980 18:30 | Nagy 13 | (19–6) | Koulinka 7 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 23 July 1980 20:00 | East Germany | 15–15 | Yugoslavia | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 23 July 1980 20:00 | Röther 4 | (8–6) | Višnjić 10 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 25 July 1980 17:00 | Soviet Union | 16–12 | Hungary | Sokolniki Arena |
| 25 July 1980 17:00 | Kocherhina 9 | (9–5) | Nagy, Sterbinszky 4 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 25 July 1980 18:30 | East Germany | 28–6 | Republic of the Congo | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 25 July 1980 18:30 | Matz 6 | (15–4) | Koulinka 3 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 25 July 1980 20:00 | Czechoslovakia | 15–25 | Yugoslavia | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 25 July 1980 20:00 | Kuťková 6 | (7–13) | Višnjić 9 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 27 July 1980 17:00 | Soviet Union | 18–9 | Yugoslavia | Sokolniki Arena |
| 27 July 1980 17:00 | Karlova 8 | (10–4) | Kitić 6 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 27 July 1980 18:30 | Czechoslovakia | 23–10 | Republic of the Congo | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 27 July 1980 18:30 | Kuťková 9 | (9–3) | three players 2 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 27 July 1980 20:00 | East Germany | 19–9 | Hungary | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 27 July 1980 20:00 | Röther 6 | (9–3) | Nagy 4 | Dynamo Sports Palace |
| 29 July 1980 13:00 | Yugoslavia | 39–9 | Republic of the Congo | Sokolniki Arena |
| 29 July 1980 13:00 | Kitić 14 | (16–5) | four players 2 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 29 July 1980 14:30 | Hungary | 10–10 | Czechoslovakia | Sokolniki Arena |
| 29 July 1980 14:30 | Nagy 3 | (3–6) | Kuťková 4 | Sokolniki Arena |
| 29 July 1980 18:30 | East Germany | 13–18 | Soviet Union | Sokolniki Arena |
| 29 July 1980 18:30 | Richter 6 | (6–7) | Zubaryeva 8 | Sokolniki Arena |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Goals |
| 1 | Biserka Višnjić | 33 |
| 2 | Svetlana Kitić | 29 |
| 3 | Tetyana Kocherhina | 28 |
| 4 | Marianna Nagy | 26 |
| 5 | Jana Kuťková | 22 |
| 6 | Olha Zubaryeva | 21 |
| 7 | Larysa Karlova | 19 |
| 7 | Solange Koulinka | 19 |
| 7 | Kristina Richter | 19 |
| 7 | Sabine Röther | 19 |

## Team rosters

| Republic of the Congo | Czechoslovakia | East Germany |
| Angélique Abemane Isabelle Azanga Pascaline Bobeka Germaine Djimbi Yolande Kada-Gango Henriette Koula Solange Koulinka Pemba Lopez Yvonne Makouala Julienne Malaki Madeleine Mitsotso Nicole Oba Micheline Okemba Viviane Okoula | Elena Boledovičová Elena Brezányiová Věra Datínská Milena Foltýnová Alena Horalová Petra Komínková Mária Končeková Jana Kuťková Katarína Lamrichová Jolana Neméthová Daniela Trandžíková-Nováková Viola Pavlasová Priska PolačekováMária Beňová | Birgit Heinecke Roswitha Krause Waltraud Kretzschmar Katrin Krüger Kornelia Kunisch Evelyn Matz Kristina Richter Christina Rost Sabine Röther Renate Rudolph Marion Tietz Petra Uhlig Claudia Wunderlich Hannelore Zober |
| Hungary | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia |
| Éva Angyal (Vasas SC) Erzsébet Balogh (Budapest Spartacus SC) Mária Berzsenyi (FTC) Klára Bonyhádi (Építők SC) Piroska Budai (Bakony Vegyész) Erzsébet Csajbók (FTC) Klára Csík (Vasas SC) Éva Csulik (FTC) Rozália Lelkes (FTC) Ilona Mihályka (Vasas SC) Marianna Nagy (Vasas SC) Györgyi Őri (Vasas SC) Amália Sterbinszky (Vasas SC) Mária Vadász (Vasas SC) | Larysa Karlova Tetyana Kocherhina Valentyna Lutayeva Aldona Nenėnienė Lyubov Odynokova Iryna Palchykova Lyudmila Poradnyk Yuliya Safina Larisa Savkina Sigita Strečen Zinaida Turchyna Nataliya Tymoshkina Olha Zubaryeva Coach: Igor TurchynNatalya Lukyanenko | Svetlana Anastasovska (ORK Beograd) Mirjana Đurica (Bane Sekulić Sombor) Radmila Drljača (Radnički Beograd) Katica Ileš (Osijek) Slavica Jeremić (Radnički Beograd) Svetlana Kitić (Radnički Beograd) Jasna Merdan (Lokomotiva Mostar) Vesna Milošević (DIN Niš) Mirjana Ognjenović (Trešnjevka Zagreb) Vesna Radović (Radnički Beograd) Radmila Savić (ORK Beograd) Ana Titlić (Lokomotiva Zagreb) Biserka Višnjić (Trešnjevka Zagreb) Zorica Vojinović (Bane Sekulić Sombor) Coach: Josip Samaržija |