Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

1988 Women's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–29 September
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	873 (43.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sun Xiulan (36 goals)

The women's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of a women's handball tournament at the Olympic Games.

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	30 September 1981	Baden-Baden	1	South Korea
1986 World Championship	4–14 December 1986	Netherlands	3	Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Norway
1987 African Championship	July 1987	Rabat	1	Ivory Coast
1987 Pan American Games	9–16 August 1987	Indianapolis	1	United States
1987 Asian Championship	20–27 August 1987	Amman	1	China
1987 World Championship Group B	9–18 December 1987	Bulgaria	1	Yugoslavia
Total			8

Team rosters

Main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Preliminary round

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea (H)	3	2	0	1	76	67	+9	4	Final round
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	58	58	0	4
3	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	81	69	+12	4	Placement round
4	United States	3	0	0	3	55	76	−21	0

Source:
(H) Hosts
Notes:

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21 September 1988 14:00	Czechoslovakia	27–33	South Korea	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
	Hejtmánková, Lupačová 6	(9–15)	Kim H. 8
	2× 5× 1×		2× 3×

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21 September 1988 18:00	Yugoslavia	19–18	United States	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
	Galic, S. Mugoša 5	(10–8)	Jones 9
	2× 3×		2× 3×

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23 September 1988 14:00	Czechoslovakia	33–19	United States	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
	Damitšová 8	(13–11)	Jones 10
	1× 3×		1× 6×

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23 September 1988 18:00	Yugoslavia	22–19	South Korea	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
	Kolega 6	(10–13)	Kim C. 6
	1× 3×		2×

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25 September 1988 14:00	South Korea	24–18	United States	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Blademo, Wester (SWE)
	Kim C. 7	(11–10)	Jones 6
	2× 4×		2× 3×

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25 September 1988 18:00	Czechoslovakia	21–17	Yugoslavia	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Ludvigsen, Sjong (NOR)
	Ďurišinová 9	(8–7)	Galic 4
	2× 6×		1× 7× 1×

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Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	75	49	+26	5	Final round
2	Norway	3	2	1	0	75	53	+22	5
3	China	3	1	0	2	76	58	+18	2	Placement round
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	37	103	−66	0

Source:
Notes:

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21 September 1988 15:30	Soviet Union	24–19	China	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Jug, Jeglič (YUG)
	Tovstohan 5	(12–9)	Sun 8
	3× 4×		3× 1×

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21 September 1988 19:30	Norway	34–14	Ivory Coast	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
	Midthun 7	(15–8)	Kramou 5
	3× 1×		2× 7×

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23 September 1988 15:30	Soviet Union	32–11	Ivory Coast	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Zaworotny, Brosio (ARG)
	Morskova 8	(14–7)	Kramou 4
	1× 2×		2× 7×

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23 September 1988 19:30	Norway	22–20	China	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Hofmann, Prause (FRG)
	Steen 6	(12–10)	Chen, Sun 4
	2× 2×		1× 2×

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25 September 1988 15:30	China	37–12	Ivory Coast	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
	Sun 10	(20–4)	Djoman 3
	2×		3×

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25 September 1988 19:30	Soviet Union	19–19	Norway	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
	Lapitskaya 5	(13–10)	Svendsen 5
	3× 4× 1×		3× 2×

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Placement round

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	93	52	+41	6
6	China	3	2	0	1	89	60	+29	4
7	United States	3	1	0	2	68	80	−12	2
8	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	3	40	98	−58	0

Source:

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27 September 1988 14:00	China	31–22	United States	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
	Sun 10	(12–13)	Jones 6
	3× 3×		3× 2×

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27 September 1988 15:30	Ivory Coast	12–34	Czechoslovakia	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Kim, Park (KOR)
	Kramou 5	(5–16)	Hejtmánková 7
	3× 3×		3× 2×

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29 September 1988 14:00	Ivory Coast	16–27	United States	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
	Bah, Kramou 5	(6–14)	three players 4
	2× 4×		1× 2×

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29 September 1988 15:30	China	21–26	Czechoslovakia	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Blademo, Wester (SWE)
	Chen 7	(10–9)	Budayová, Ďurišinová 6
	2× 3×		2× 3×

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Final round

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	South Korea (H)	3	2	0	1	63	61	+2	4
	Norway	3	1	1	1	59	57	+2	3
	Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	56	55	+1	3
4	Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	52	57	−5	2

Source:
(H) Hosts
Notes:

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27 September 1988 18:00	Yugoslavia	15–18	Soviet Union	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
	Galic 5	(8–9)	Morskova 6
	2× 5×		1× 4×

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27 September 1988 19:30	South Korea	23–20	Norway	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Hofmann, Prause (FRG)
	Kim H., Kim M. 5	(10–9)	Sundal 6
	2× 3×		2× 2×

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29 September 1988 18:00	Yugoslavia	15–20	Norway	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
	Galic, S. Mugoša 3	(10–9)	Steen 5
	3× 5×		2× 6×

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29 September 1988 19:30	South Korea	21–19	Soviet Union	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
	Lim 6	(13–11)	Morskova 7
	2× 2×		1× 3×

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Final ranking

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Norway
	Soviet Union
4	Yugoslavia
5	Czechoslovakia
6	China
7	United States
8	Ivory Coast