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Handball, Women

Date	21 – 29 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Dvorets sporta Dynamo, Moskva / Dvorets sporta Sokolniki, Mosvka
Participants	82 from 6 countries
Format	Round-robin tournament.

The top four of the 1978 worlds (DDR, USSR, Hungary, Czechslovakia) plus the host nation (5th place Yugoslavia substituted for the Soviets) were pre-qualified. The sixth nation was decided in a tournament between South Korea, Congo-Brazzaville and the US. The South Koreans won, but as they ended up boycotting the Games, second-placed Congo was promoted to the Olympics. The African side turned out to be horribly outmatched by the other five competitors. They lost all five games, scoring only 9.2 goals per game, while having to deal with an average 31.8 goals against. Their loss against Yugoslavia (9-39), stands out as the most lopsided women’s match in Olympic history, second only to the 44-10 thrashing of Kuwait in the men’s competition in Moscow.

The East German women were favored because they had won the 1978 world title (as well as in 1971 and 1975), but they first faltered in a draw with Yugoslavia (15-15). Pitted against the Soviets in the final match, they could still win the tournament if they could claim a victory, similar to the 1976 Olympics. But there was no chance of that happening. The Soviets, who had solidly won all their prior matches, led 7-6 at half-time and then moved away from their opponents to win 18-13. Woman of the match was Olha Zubareva, who scored eight times.

This meant Yugoslavia and East Germany were equal in points, and because they had drawn in their match, goal difference would decide. The Yugoslav women ended with the aforementioned wash-out of Congo, brushing up their goal difference to +40, which beat the +33 advantage of the German women, who had “only” beaten Congo by 22 points.

Pos	Team	NOC	Games	Goals / Saves	Attempts / Shots on Goal	Shots % / Save %	Wing Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	7 metre Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Fastbreak Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Breakthrough Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Technical Faults	Warnings	Suspensions	Disqualifications	Exclusions	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	5	99	151	0.656	0/0	27/34	17/22	55/95	40	9	17	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Gold
	Nataliya Sherstyuk-Timoshkina		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Larisa Karlova		5	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Irina Palchikova		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zinaida Turchina		5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Tatyana Makarets-Kochergina		5	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lyudmila Bobrus-Poradnik		5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Larisa Savkina		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Aldona Česaitytė-Nenėnienė		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Yuliya Safina		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Olga Zubareva		5	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Valentina Lutayeva		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lyubov Berezhnaya-Odinokova		5	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sigita Strečen-Mažeikaitė		4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Nataliya Lukyanenko DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Mikhail Lutsenko
2	Yugoslavia	YUG	5	107	169	0.633	0/8	29/36	12/18	66/107	54	7	13	2	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Silver
	Ana Titlić		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Slavica Jeremić		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zorica Vojinović		5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Radmila Drljača		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Katica Ileš		5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mirjana Ognjenović		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Svetlana Anastasovska-Obućina		5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rada Savić		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Svetlana Dašić-Kitić		5	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mirjana Đurica		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Biserka Višnjić		5	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Vesna Radović		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jasna Kolar-Merdan		5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Vesna Milošević		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Milorad Milatović
3	East Germany	GDR	5	91	144	0.632	0/4	23/29	12/15	56/96	47	6	12	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Bronze
	Hannelore Zober		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Katrin Krüger		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Evelyn Matz		5	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Roswitha Krause		4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Christina Rost		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Petra Uhlig		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Claudia Wunderlich		4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sabine Röther		5	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kornelia Kunisch		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Marion Tietz		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kristina Richter		5	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Waltraud Kretzschmar		1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Birgit Heinecke		1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Renate Rudolph		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Peter Kretzschmar
4	Hungary	HUN	5	80	159	0.503	0/5	19/25	15/17	46/112	58	10	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mária Berzsenyi		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Erzsébet Németh-Csajbók		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rozália Tomann-Lelkes		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Éva Csulik		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Amália Sterbinszky		5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Klára Horváth		4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Marianna Nagy-Gódor		5	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ilona Samus-Mihályka		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mária Vanya-Vadász		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Erzsébet Balogh		4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Éva Angyal		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Györgyi Őri-Győrvári		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Piroska Budai		4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Klára Bonyhádi		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Lájos Gati
5	Czechoslovakia	TCH	5	65	125	0.520	0/9	25/30	5/6	35/80	53	7	12	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mária Končeková		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Elena Boledovičová		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Daniela Trandžíková-Nováková		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Katarína Lamrichová		5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Alena Horalová		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jolana Némethová		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Viola Pavlasová		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Priska Polačeková		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jana Kuťková		5	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Věra Datínská		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Milena Foltýnová-Gschiessl		5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Elena Brezányová		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Petra Komínková		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mária Benová DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Lubomír Snitzer
6	Congo	CGO	5	46	171	0.269	2/14	6/8	2/4	36/145	87	8	20	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Madeleine Mitsotso		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Pascaline Bobeka		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Angelik Abebame		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Nicole Oba		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Henriette Koula		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Solange Koulinka		5	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Isabelle Azanga		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Micheline Okemba		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Viviane Okoula		3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Germaine Djimbi		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Yolande Kada-Gango		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Pemba Lopez		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Julienne Malaki		4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Yvonne Makouala		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Sebastian Bitambiki

Round-Robin

Date	21 – 29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul 17:00	Soviet Union	URS	30 – 11	Congo	CGO
Match #2	21 Jul 18:30	East Germany	GDR	16 – 10	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #3	21 Jul 20:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	19 – 10	Hungary	HUN
Match #4	23 Jul 17:00	Soviet Union	URS	17 – 7	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #5	23 Jul 18:30	Hungary	HUN	39 – 10	Congo	CGO
Match #6	23 Jul 20:00	East Germany	GDR	15 – 15	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match #7	25 Jul 17:00	Soviet Union	URS	16 – 12	Hungary	HUN
Match #8	25 Jul 18:30	East Germany	GDR	28 – 6	Congo	CGO
Match #9	25 Jul 20:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	25 – 15	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #10	27 Jul 17:00	Soviet Union	URS	18 – 9	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match #11	27 Jul 18:30	Czechoslovakia	TCH	23 – 10	Congo	CGO
Match #12	27 Jul 20:00	East Germany	GDR	19 – 9	Hungary	HUN
Match #13	29 Jul 13:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	39 – 9	Congo	CGO
Match #14	29 Jul 14:30	Hungary	HUN	10 – 10	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #15	29 Jul 18:30	Soviet Union	URS	18 – 13	East Germany	GDR