Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 United Kingdom |
| Dates | 28 July–9 August 2012 |
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 France (men) Norway (women) |
| Runner-up |
 Sweden (men) Montenegro (women) |
| Third place |
 Croatia (men) Spain (women) |
| Fourth place |
 Hungary (men) South Korea (women) |
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The handball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August in the Olympic Park.
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
Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
- Men's handball (12 teams)
- Women's handball (12 teams)
Referees
The Copper Box staged the preliminary matches.
The executive committee of the International Handball Federation appointed 17 referee pairs for the 2012 Games:[1]
- Charlotte Bonaventura and Julie Bonaventura
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Diana-Carmen Florescu and Anamaria Duţă -
Carlos María Mariana and Darío Leonel Minore -
Yalatima Coulibali and Mamoudou Diabaté - Matija Gubica and Boris Milošević
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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
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Lars Geipel and Marcus Helbig -
Gjorgi Nachevski and Slave Nikolov - Kenneth Abrahamsen and Arne M. Kristiansen
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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
Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.
Men
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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| Host nation | 6 July 2005 |  Singapore | 1 | Great Britain |
| 2011 World Championship | 13–30 January 2011 | Sweden | 1 | France |
| 2011 Pan American Games | 16–24 October 2011 |  Mexico | 1 | Argentina |
| 2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | 23 October – 2 November 2011 | South Korea | 1 | South Korea |
| 2012 African Championship | 11–20 January 2012 |  Morocco | 1 |  Tunisia |
| 2012 European Championship | 15–29 January 2012 | Serbia | 1 | Denmark |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 6–8 April 2012 | Spain | 2 | Spain Serbia |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 6–8 April 2012 | Sweden | 2 | Sweden Hungary |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 6–8 April 2012 | Croatia | 2 | Croatia Iceland |
| Total | 12 | |||
Women
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 6 July 2005 | Singapore | 1 | Great Britain |
| 2010 European Championship | 7–19 December 2010 | Denmark Norway | 1 | Sweden† |
| 2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament | 12–21 October 2011 |  China | 1 | South Korea |
| 2011 Pan American Games | 15–23 October 2011 | Mexico | 1 |  Brazil |
| 2011 World Championship | 2–18 December 2011 | Brazil | 1 | Norway |
| 2012 African Championship | 11–20 January 2012 | Morocco | 1 |  Angola |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 | 25–27 May 2012 | France | 2 | Montenegro France |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 | 25–27 May 2012 | Spain | 2 | Spain Croatia |
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 | 25–27 May 2012 | Denmark | 2 |  Russia Denmark |
| Total | 12 | |||
- † Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
References
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Handball Tournaments – 17 referee couples nominated". International Handball Federation. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
External links
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- London 2012 Olympic Games
- International Handball Federation
- European Handball Federation
- 2012 Olympic handball qualification – men (format and results)
- 2012 Olympic handball qualification – women (format and results)
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