Tournament details | |
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Host country | United Kingdom |
Venue(s) |
Basketball Arena Copper Box Arena |
Dates | 28 July – 9 August 2012 |
Teams | 24 (from 9 confederations) |
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) |
Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Tournament | ||
men | women | |
Rosters | ||
men | women | |
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).
Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
The executive committee of the International Handball Federation appointed 17 referee pairs for the 2012 Games: [1]
Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.
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 |
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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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 |
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 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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