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).
Events
Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
Referees
The executive committee of the International Handball Federation appointed 17 referee pairs for the 2012 Games:
- Charlotte Bonaventura and Julie Bonaventura
- Diana-Carmen Florescu and Anamaria DuÃÂÃÂ
- Carlos MarÃÂa Mariana and DarÃÂo Leonel Minore
- Yalatima Coulibali and Mamoudou Diabaté
- Matija Gubica and Boris MiloÃ
¡eviÃÂ
- Václav HoráÃÂek and JiÃ
ÂàNovotný
- Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen
- Oscar Raluy and ÃÂngel Sabroso
- Nordine Lazaar and Laurent Reveret
- Brian Bartlett and Allan Stokes
- Lars Geipel and Marcus Helbig
- Gjorgi Nachevski and Slave Nikolov
- Kenneth Abrahamsen and Arne M. Kristiansen
- Mansour Abdulla Al-Suwaidi and Saleh Jamaan Bamurtef
- Nenad KrstiÃÂ and Peter LjubiÃÂ
- Nenad NikoliÃÂ and DuÃ
¡an StojkoviÃÂ
- 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
Women
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<sup>â </sup> Sweden qualified as 2010 European Championship runner up because Norway qualified as the 2011 World Champion.
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
References
External links