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Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...
at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
was represented by 2 events - a men's and a women's team competitions. They were held in two venues: in the '' Sokolniki Sports Palace'' (central part of Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
) and in the ''Dynamo Sports Palace
Dynamo Palace of Sports (russian: Дворец спорта «Динамо») is an indoor sporting arena located in Khovrino District, Moscow, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 5,000. It was built during the preparations for the 1980 Summer ...
'' at Khimki-Khovrino (north-eastern part of Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
). The schedule began on July 20 and ended on July 30.
100,493 spectators watched 51 matches of handball events at venues, mentioned above.
Medal summary
Participating nations
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. Four nations competed in both tournaments. A total of 248''(*)'' handball players (166 men and 82 women) from 14 nations (men from 12 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Moscow Games: * (men:14 women:0) * (men:0 women:14) * (men:13 women:0) * (men:0 women:13) * (men:14 women:0) * (men:14 women:14) * (men:14 women:14) * (men:14 women:0) * (men:14 women:0) * (men:14 women:0) * (men:14 women:14) * (men:13 women:0) * (men:14 women:0) * (men:14 women:14) ''(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.''Medal table
Remark:country names are not given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.Literature
* (Program magazine)References
External links
Official Olympic Report
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