# Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the first appearance of a women's handball tournament at the Olympic Games.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 12 May 1970 | Amsterdam | 1 | Canada |
| 1975 World Championship | 2–13 December 1975 | Soviet Union | 4 | East Germany Soviet Union Hungary Romania |
| Intercontinental qualification | 28 June – 3 July 1976 | Milwaukee | 1 | Japan |
| Total | | | 6 | |

## Results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 40 | +52 | 10 |
| | East Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 47 | +42 | 7 |
| | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 55 | +30 | 7 |
| 4 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 83 | −10 | 4 |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 115 | −43 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 106 | −71 | 0 |
| 20 July 1976 17:30 | Hungary | 25–18 | Japan | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 20 July 1976 17:30 | Vadász 7 | (10–7) | Matsushita 6 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 20 July 1976 17:30 | Soviet Union | 21–3 | Canada | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 20 July 1976 17:30 | Makarets 8 | (8–2) | Robert 3 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 20 July 1976 17:30 | East Germany | 18–12 | Romania | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke Referees: Svensson, Christensen (DEN) |
| 20 July 1976 17:30 | Richter 6 | (11–3) | Șooș 4 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke Referees: Svensson, Christensen (DEN) |
| 22 July 1976 17:30 | Soviet Union | 14–8 | Romania | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Referees: Valčić, Stanojević (YUG) |
| 22 July 1976 17:30 | Makarets 7 | (6–3) | Mikloș 3 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Referees: Valčić, Stanojević (YUG) |
| 22 July 1976 17:30 | East Germany | 24–10 | Japan | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 22 July 1976 17:30 | Richter 7 | (12–3) | Matsushita 4 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 22 July 1976 17:30 | Hungary | 24–3 | Canada | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 22 July 1976 17:30 | Sterbinszky 5 | (11–3) | three players 1 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 24 July 1976 17:30 | East Germany | 29–4 | Canada | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 24 July 1976 17:30 | Richter 10 | (15–2) | Lemaire, Tétreault 2 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 24 July 1976 17:30 | Romania | 21–20 | Japan | PEPS, Quebec City Referees: Rykart, Ischer (SUI) |
| 24 July 1976 17:30 | Arghir 5 | (13–11) | Kurata 7 | PEPS, Quebec City Referees: Rykart, Ischer (SUI) |
| 24 July 1976 17:30 | Soviet Union | 12–9 | Hungary | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 24 July 1976 17:30 | Turchyna 5 | (5–5) | Sterbinszky 4 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 26 July 1976 17:30 | Romania | 17–11 | Canada | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 26 July 1976 17:30 | Furcoi 4 | (8–5) | Robert 4 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 26 July 1976 17:30 | East Germany | 7–7 | Hungary | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 26 July 1976 17:30 | Richter 3 | (2–4) | Angyal 3 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 26 July 1976 17:30 | Soviet Union | 31–9 | Japan | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 26 July 1976 17:30 | Shubina 7 | (15–5) | Kurata 4 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 28 July 1976 12:00 | Japan | 15–14 | Canada | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 28 July 1976 12:00 | Kurata 9 | (7–11) | Lemaire, Valois 3 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 28 July 1976 13:15 | Hungary | 20–15 | Romania | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG) |
| 28 July 1976 13:15 | Lelkes, Sterbinszky 5 | (10–6) | Mikloș 5 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Referees: Falk, Rosmanith (FRG) |
| 28 July 1976 14:30 | East Germany | 11–14 | Soviet Union | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 28 July 1976 14:30 | Krause, Kretzschmar 4 | (5–7) | Turchyna 7 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Goals |
| 1 | Terumi Kurata | 28 |
| 2 | Kristina Richter | 27 |
| 3 | Tetyana Makarets | 24 |
| 4 | Zinaida Turchyna | 22 |
| 5 | Amália Sterbinszky | 18 |
| 6 | Roswitha Krause | 16 |
| 7 | Hitomi Matsushita | 15 |
| 8 | Magdalena Mikloș | 14 |
| 8 | Marion Tietz | 14 |
| 10 | Maria Bosi | 13 |
| 10 | Lyudmyla Panchuk | 13 |

## Team rosters

| Canada | East Germany | Hungary | Japan | Romania | Soviet Union |
| Lucie Balthazar Louise Beaumont Francine Boulay-Parizeau Manon Charette Danielle Chenard Nicole Génier Mariette Houle Louise Hurtubise Denise Lemaire Monique Prud'homme Joanes Rail Nicole Robert (handball player) Hélène Tétreault Johanne Valois Coach: Maurice Loeub | Gabriele Badorek Hannelore Burosch Roswitha Krause Waltraud Kretzschmar Evelyn Matz Liane Michaelis Eva Paskuy Kristina Richter Christina Rost Silvia Siefert Marion Tietz Petra Uhlig Christina Voß Hannelore Zober Coach: Peter Kretzschmar | Éva Angyal (Vasas SC) Mária Berzsenyi (FTC) Ágota Bujdosó (Vasas SC) Klára Csík (Vasas SC) Zsuzsanna Kézi (TBSC) Katalin Laki (Bakony Vegyész) Rozália Lelkes (FTC) Márta Megyeri (Csepel SC) Ilona Nagy (Csepel SC) Marianna Nagy (TFSE) Erzsébet Németh (FTC) Amália Sterbinszky (Vasas SC) Borbála Tóth Harsányi (Bakony Vegyész) Mária Vadász (Vasas SC) Coach: Bódog Török | Mihoko Hozumi Mikiko Kato Eiko Kawada Nanami Kino Kuriko Komori Hiroko Kosahara Tokuko Kubo Terumi Kurata Hitomi Matsushita Natsue Shimada Shoko Wada Emiko Yamashita Coach: Kaoru Ie | Simona Arghir Maria Bosi Doina Cojocaru Doina Furcoi Iuliana Hobincu Elisabeta Ionescu Viorica Ionică Maria Lackovics Georgeta Lăcusta Magdalena Mikloș Cristina Petrovici Constantina Pițigoi Niculina Sasu Rozalia Șooș Coach: Constantin Popescu | Lyubov Berezhnaya Lyudmyla Bobrus Aldona Česaitytė Tetyana Hlushchenko Larysa Karlova Mariya Litoshenko Nina Lobova Tetyana Makarets Lyudmyla Panchuk Rafiga Shabanova Nataliya Sherstyuk Lyudmila Shubina Zinaida Turchyna Halyna Zakharova Coach: Igor Turchyn |