1984 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	August 1–9
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Top scorer(s)	Jasna Kolar-Merdan (48 goals)

Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
	men	women

The women's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1984 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of a women's handball tournament at the Olympic Games.^[1]

Results

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	5	5	0	0	143	102	10		X	29:23	31:25	20:19	33:20	30:15
	South Korea (KOR)	5	3	1	1	125	119	7		23:29	X	24:24	26:17	29:27	23:22
	China (CHN)	5	2	1	2	112	115	5		25:31	24:24	X	20:19	22:25	21:16
4.	West Germany (FRG)	5	2	0	3	91	100	4		19:20	17:26	19:20	X	18:17	18:17
5.	United States (USA)	5	2	0	3	114	123	4		20:33	27:29	25:22	17:18	X	25:21
6.	Austria (AUT)	5	0	0	5	91	117	0		15:30	22:23	16:21	17:18	21:25	X

Summary

Place	Nation
1	Yugoslavia (YUG)
	Coach: Josip Samaržija Svetlana Anastasovska (ORK Beograd) Alenka Cuderman (Olimpija Ljubljana) Svetlana Dašić-Kitić (Radnički Beograd) Slavica Đukić (Radnički Beograd) Dragica Đurić (Radnički Beograd) Mirjana Đurica (Radnički Beograd) Emilija Erčić (Radnički Beograd) Ljubinka Janković (Radnički Beograd) Jasna Kolar-Merdan (Lokomotiva Mostar) Ljiljana Mugoša (Budućnost Titograd) Svetlana Mugoša (Budućnost Titograd) Mirjana Ognjenović (Lokomotiva Zagreb) Zorica Pavićević (Budućnost Titograd) Jasna Ptujec (Lokomotiva Zagreb) Biserka Višnjić (Trešnjevka Zagreb)
2	South Korea (KOR)
	Han Hwa-Soo Jeong Hyoi-Soon Jeung Soon-Bok Kim Choon-Rye Kim Kyung-Soon Kim Mi-sook Kim Ok-Hwa Lee Soon-Ei Lee Young-Ja Shon Mi-Na Sung Kyung-Hwa Yoon Byung-Soon Yoon Soo-Kyung
3	China (CHN)
	Chen Zhen Gao Xiumin He Jianping Li Lan Liu Liping Liu Yumei Sun Xiulan Wang Linwei Wang Mingxing Wu Xingjiang Zhang Weihong Zhang Peijun Zhu Juefeng
4	West Germany (FRG) Maike Becker Elke Blumauer Sabine Erbs Astrid Huhn Kerstin Jonsson Sabrina Koschella Corinna Kunze Roswitha Mroczynski Petra Platen Vanadis Putzke Silvia Schmitt Dagmar Stelberg Claudia Sturm
5	United States (USA) Coach: Klement Capilar Pamela Boyd Reita Clanton Theresa Contos Sandra de la Riva Mary Dwight Carmen Forest Melinda Hale Leora Jones Carol Lindsey Cynthia Stinger Penelope Stone Janice Trombly Sherry Winn Dorothy Franco-Reed Kim Howard
6	Austria (AUT) Gabriele Gebauer Milena Gschiessl-Foltyn Karin Hillinger Ulrike Huber Martina Neubauer Gudrun Neunteufel Ulrike Popp Karin Prokop Vesna Radovic Silvia Steinbauer Maria Sykora Monika Unger Susanne Unger Elisabeth Zehetner Teresa Zielewicz

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