View source for Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

{{short description|None}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox International Handball Competition
| tourney_name   = Handball at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
| other_titles   = 
| image          = Handball, London 2012.png 
| size           = 300px
| caption        = 
| country        = United Kingdom
| dates          = 28 July – 9 August 2012
| num_teams      = 24
| confederations = 9
| venues         = [[Basketball Arena (London)|Basketball Arena]]<br>[[Copper Box Arena]]
| cities         = 
| champion_other = {{hb|FRA}} (men)<br>{{hbw|NOR}} (women)
| second_other   = {{hb|SWE}} (men)<br>{{hbw|MNE}} (women)
| third_other    = {{hb|CRO}} (men)<br>{{hbw|ESP}} (women)
| fourth_other   = {{hb|HUN}} (men)<br>{{hbw|KOR}} (women)
| previous       = Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
| next           = Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
}}
{{HandballAt2012SummerOlympics}}

The [[handball]] tournaments at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic Games]] in [[London]] was held from 28 July to 12 August in the [[Olympic Park, London|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 (London)|Basketball Arena]].

Medals were awarded in a men's tournament and a women's tournament. The gold medals were won by [[France at the 2012 Summer Olympics|France]] (men) and [[Norway at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Norway]] (women).

==Events==
Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

* [[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Men's handball]] (12 teams)
* [[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Women's handball]] (12 teams)

== Referees ==
[[File:Copper Box interior.JPG|thumb|The [[Copper Box]] staged the preliminary matches.]]
The executive committee of the [[International Handball Federation]] appointed 17 referee pairs for the 2012 Games:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/OlympicGames/OlympicGamesLondon2012/News/NewsDetails/tabid/5921/Default.aspx?ID=1007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519202928/http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/OlympicGames/OlympicGamesLondon2012/News/NewsDetails/tabid/5921/Default.aspx?ID=1007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 May 2014 |title=London 2012 Olympic Handball Tournaments – 17 referee couples nominated |access-date=17 March 2012 |date=27 February 2012 |publisher=International Handball Federation}}</ref>

* {{flagicon|France}} Charlotte Bonaventura and Julie Bonaventura
* {{flagicon|Romania}} Diana-Carmen Florescu and Anamaria Duță
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos María Mariana and Darío Leonel Minore
* {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Yalatima Coulibali and Mamoudou Diabaté
* {{flagicon|Croatia}} Matija Gubica and Boris Milošević
* {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Václav Horáček and Jiří Novotný
* {{flagicon|Denmark}} Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen
* {{flagicon|Spain}} Oscar Raluy and Ángel Sabroso
* {{flagicon|France}} Nordine Lazaar and Laurent Reveret
* {{flagicon|UK}} Brian Bartlett and Allan Stokes
* {{flagicon|Germany}} Lars Geipel and Marcus Helbig
* {{flagicon|Macedonia}} Gjorgi Nachevski and Slave Nikolov
* {{flagicon|Norway}} Kenneth Abrahamsen and Arne M. Kristiansen
* {{flagicon|Qatar}} Mansour Abdulla Al-Suwaidi and Saleh Jamaan Bamurtef
* {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Nenad Krstič and Peter Ljubič
* {{flagicon|Serbia}} Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković
* {{flagicon|UAE}} Omar Mohammed Zubaeer Al-Marzouqi and Mohammed Rashid Mohamed Al-Nuaimi

== Qualifying criteria ==
Each [[National Olympic Committee]] may enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments.

=== Men ===

{{main|Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! Date !! Venue !! Vacancies !! Qualified
|-
| Host nation ||6 July 2005 ||{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Singapore]] ||align="center"|1 || {{hb|GBR}}
|-
| [[2011 World Men's Handball Championship|2011 World Championship]] || 13–30 January 2011 || {{SWE}} || align="center"|1 || {{hb|FRA}}
|-
| [[Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament|2011 Pan American Games]] || 16–24 October 2011 || {{MEX}} || align="center"| 1 || {{hb|ARG}}
|-
| [[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification#Asia (3rd ranking continent)|2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament]] || 23 October – 2 November 2011 || {{KOR}} || align="center"| 1 || {{hb|KOR}}
|-
| [[2012 African Men's Handball Championship|2012 African Championship]] || 11–20 January 2012 || {{MAR}} || align="center"| 1 || {{hb|TUN}}
|-
| [[2012 European Men's Handball Championship|2012 European Championship]] || 15–29 January 2012 || {{SRB}} || align="center"| 1 || {{hb|DEN}}
|-
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 || 6–8 April 2012 || {{ESP}} || align="center"| 2 || {{hb|ESP}}<br />{{hb|SRB}}
|-
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 || 6–8 April 2012 ||  {{SWE}} || align="center"| 2 || {{hb|SWE}}<br />{{hb|HUN}}
|-
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 || 6–8 April 2012 || {{CRO}} || align="center"| 2 || {{hb|CRO}}<br />{{hb|ISL}}
|-
! Total !! colspan="2"| !! 12 !!
|}

===Women===
{{main|Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! Date !! Venue !! Vacancies !! Qualified
|-
| Host Nation ||6 July 2005 ||{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Singapore]] ||align="center"| 1 || {{hbw|GBR}}
|-
| [[2010 European Women's Handball Championship|2010 European Championship]] || 7–19 December 2010 || {{DEN}}<br />{{NOR}} || align="center"| 1 || {{hbw|SWE}}<sup>[[#Notes1|†]]</sup>
|-
| [[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification#Asia (4th ranking continent)|2011 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament]] || 12–21 October 2011 || {{CHN}} || align="center"| 1 || {{hbw|KOR}}
|-
| [[Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|2011 Pan American Games]] || 15–23 October 2011 || {{MEX}} || align="center"| 1 || {{hbw|BRA}}
|-
| [[2011 World Women's Handball Championship|2011 World Championship]] || 2–18 December 2011 || {{BRA}} || align="center"| 1 || {{hbw|NOR}}
|-
| [[2012 African Women's Handball Championship|2012 African Championship]] || 11–20 January 2012 || {{MAR}} || align="center"| 1 || {{hbw|ANG}}
|-
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #1 || 25–27 May 2012 || {{FRA}} || align="center"| 2 || {{hbw|MNE}}<br />{{hbw|FRA}}
|-
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #2 || 25–27 May 2012 || {{ESP}} || align="center"| 2 || {{hbw|ESP}}<br />{{hbw|CRO}}
|-
| 2012 IHF Qualification Tournament #3 || 25–27 May 2012 || {{DEN}} || align="center"| 2 || {{hbw|RUS}}<br />{{hbw|DEN}}
|-
! Total !! colspan="2"| !! 12 !!
|}

<div id="Notes1"></div>
:<sup>†</sup> Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.

==Medal summary==
===Medal table===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 2012 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0
 | gold_MNE = 0 | silver_MNE = 1 | bronze_MNE = 0
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0
 | gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 0 | bronze_CRO = 1
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
}}

===Medalists===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-valign="top"
|[[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Men's handball]]
| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|2012 Summer}}<br />[[Jérôme Fernandez]]<br />[[Didier Dinart]]<br />[[Xavier Barachet]]<br />[[Guillaume Gille]]<br />[[Bertrand Gille (handballer)|Bertrand Gille]]<br />[[Daniel Narcisse]]<br />[[Guillaume Joli]]<br />[[Samuel Honrubia]]<br />[[Daouda Karaboué]]<br />[[Nikola Karabatić]]<br />[[Thierry Omeyer]]<br />[[William Accambray]]<br />[[Luc Abalo]]<br />[[Cédric Sorhaindo]]<br />[[Michaël Guigou]]
| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|2012 Summer}}<br />[[Mattias Andersson (handballer)|Mattias Andersson]]<br />[[Mattias Gustafsson]]<br />[[Kim Andersson]]<br />[[Jonas Källman]]<br />[[Magnus Jernemyr]]<br />[[Niclas Ekberg]]<br />[[Dalibor Doder]]<br />[[Jonas Larholm]]<br />[[Tobias Karlsson (handballer)|Tobias Karlsson]]<br />[[Johan Jakobsson]]<br />[[Johan Sjöstrand]]<br />[[Fredrik Petersen]]<br />[[Kim Ekdahl du Rietz]]<br />[[Mattias Zachrisson]]<br />[[Andreas Nilsson (handballer)|Andreas Nilsson]]
| {{flagIOCteam|CRO|2012 Summer}}<br />[[Venio Losert]]<br />[[Ivano Balić]]<br />[[Domagoj Duvnjak]]<br />[[Blaženko Lacković]]<br />[[Marko Kopljar]]<br />[[Igor Vori]]<br />[[Jakov Gojun]]<br />[[Zlatko Horvat]]<br />[[Drago Vuković]]<br />[[Damir Bičanić]]<br />[[Denis Buntić]]<br />[[Mirko Alilović]]<br />[[Manuel Štrlek]]<br />[[Ivan Čupić]]<br />[[Ivan Ninčević]]
|-valign="top"
|[[Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Women's handball]]
| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|2012 Summer}}<br />[[Kari Aalvik Grimsbø]]<br />[[Ida Alstad]]<br />[[Heidi Løke]]<br />[[Tonje Nøstvold]]<br />[[Karoline Dyhre Breivang]]<br />[[Kristine Lunde-Borgersen]]<br />[[Kari Mette Johansen]]<br />[[Marit Malm Frafjord]]<br />[[Linn Jørum Sulland]]<br />[[Katrine Lunde Haraldsen]]<br />[[Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren]]<br />[[Gøril Snorroeggen]]<br />[[Amanda Kurtović]]<br />[[Camilla Herrem]]
| {{flagIOCteam|MNE|2012 Summer}}<br />[[Marina Vukčević]]<br />[[Radmila Miljanić]]<br />[[Jovanka Radičević]]<br />[[Ana Đokić]]<br />[[Marija Jovanović]]<br />[[Ana Radović (handball)|Ana Radović]]<br />[[Anđela Bulatović]]<br />[[Sonja Barjaktarović]]<br />[[Maja Savić]]<br />[[Bojana Popović]]<br />[[Suzana Lazović]]<br />[[Katarina Bulatović]]<br />[[Majda Mehmedović]]<br />[[Milena Knežević]]
| {{flagIOCteam|ESP|2012 Summer}}<br />[[Andrea Barnó]]<br />[[Carmen Martín]]*<br />[[Nely Carla Alberto]]<br />[[Beatriz Fernández]]<br />[[Verónica Cuadrado]]<br />[[Marta Mangué]]<br />[[Macarena Aguilar]]<br />[[Silvia Navarro (handballer)|Silvia Navarro]]<br />[[Jessica Alonso]]<br />[[Elisabeth Pinedo]]<br />[[Begoña Fernández]]<br />[[Vanessa Amorós]]<br />[[Patricia Elorza]]<br />[[Mihaela Ciobanu]]<br />[[Marta López]]*
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline}}
* {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130228083620/http://www.london2012.com/handball/ |date=dmy |title=Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ''London2012.com''.}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511023549/http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/sport/General/01/40/83/74/HBResultsBookV1_Neutral.pdf |date=dmy |title=Official results book – Handball. ''London2012.com''.}}
* [http://teamhandballnews.com/2012-olympic-qual-men/ 2012 Olympic handball qualification – men (format and results). ''TeamHandballNews.com''.]
* [http://teamhandballnews.com/2012-olympic-qual-women/ 2012 Olympic handball qualification – women (format and results). ''TeamHandballNews.com''.]
* {{SR/Olympics sport at games|archive=20160114213400}}
* [http://www.ihf.info International Handball Federation]
* [http://www.eurohandball.com European Handball Federation]

{{Events at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{Handball at the Summer Olympics}}

{{coord|51.5486|N|0.0139|W|source:wikidata|display=title}}

[[Category:Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics| ]]
[[Category:2012 in handball]]
[[Category:2012 Summer Olympics events]]
[[Category:Handball at the Summer Olympics|2012]]
[[Category:International handball competitions hosted by the United Kingdom]]