The handball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August in the Olympic Park.
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | Basketball Arena Copper Box Arena |
Dates | 28 July – 9 August 2012 |
Teams | 24 (from 9 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() ![]() |
Third place | ![]() ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() ![]() |
Preliminary rounds and the quarter-finals were held in the Copper Box while the semi-finals and final took place in the larger Basketball Arena.
Medals were awarded in a men's tournament and a women's tournament. The gold medals were won by France (men) and Norway (women).
Events
editTwo sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
- Men's handball (12 teams)
- Women's handball (12 teams)
Referees
editThe executive committee of the International Handball Federation appointed 17 referee pairs for the 2012 Games:[1]
Charlotte Bonaventura and Julie Bonaventura
Diana-Carmen Florescu and Anamaria Duță
Carlos María Mariana and Darío Leonel Minore
Yalatima Coulibali and Mamoudou Diabaté
Matija Gubica and Boris Milošević
Václav Horáček and Jiří Novotný
Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen
Oscar Raluy and Ángel Sabroso
Nordine Lazaar and Laurent Reveret
Brian Bartlett and Allan Stokes
Lars Geipel and Marcus Helbig
Gjorgi Nachevski and Slave Nikolov
Kenneth Abrahamsen and Arne M. Kristiansen
Mansour Abdulla Al-Suwaidi and Saleh Jamaan Bamurtef
Nenad Krstič and Peter Ljubič
Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković
Omar Mohammed Zubaeer Al-Marzouqi and Mohammed Rashid Mohamed Al-Nuaimi
Qualifying criteria
editEach National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.
Men
editDate | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host nation | 6 July 2005 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2011 World Championship | 13–30 January 2011 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2011 Pan American Games | 16–24 October 2011 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | 23 October – 2 November 2011 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2012 African Championship | 11–20 January 2012 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2012 European Championship | 15–29 January 2012 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 6–8 April 2012 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 6–8 April 2012 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 6–8 April 2012 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Total | 12 |
Women
editDate | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host Nation | 6 July 2005 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2010 European Championship | 7–19 December 2010 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | 12–21 October 2011 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2011 Pan American Games | 15–23 October 2011 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2011 World Championship | 2–18 December 2011 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2012 African Championship | 11–20 January 2012 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 25–27 May 2012 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 25–27 May 2012 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 25–27 May 2012 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Total | 12 |
- † Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.
Medal summary
editMedal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Medalists
editReferences
edit- ^ "London 2012 Olympic Handball Tournaments – 17 referee couples nominated". International Handball Federation. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
External links
edit Media related to Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
- Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
- Official results book – Handball. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
- 2012 Olympic handball qualification – men (format and results). TeamHandballNews.com.
- 2012 Olympic handball qualification – women (format and results). TeamHandballNews.com.
- Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- International Handball Federation
- European Handball Federation
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