Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Handball at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Handball
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates18–28 July 1976
Teams18
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (men)
 Soviet Union (women)
Runner-up Romania (men)
 East Germany (women)
Third place Poland (men)
 Hungary (women)
Fourth place West Germany (men)
 Romania (women)
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Team handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women.[1]

On 26 July, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's match between SFR Yugoslavia and West Germany and set fire to the Yugoslav flag before being detained by security.[2]

  1. ^ "Handball at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. ^ Istaknute akcije hrvatskih emigranata Archived 17 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine