HANDBALL
The Dome and Pavilions (22,000)
Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay
MEN
on SEP 30
Russia wins Olympic men's handball for the 4th
time, beating Sweden 28-26. The Russians, who won gold in 1976 and 1988
as the Soviet Union and in 1992 as the Unified Team, upset the world and
European champions to win their third Olympic crown in 12 years. The
Swedes were left clutching silver for the third time in a row after they
were beaten by the Unified Team in the 1992 Olympic final then by
Croatia in the 1996 final. Lavrov (RUS), 38, became the first man to win
three Olympic golds in handball. He was given the honor of carrying the
Russian flag at the Opening Ceremony for the Sydney Games two weeks ago.
Spain beats Yugoslavia 26-22 for bronze repeating their Atlanta
performance.
|
RUSSIA |
|
SWEDEN |
|
SPAIN |
WOMEN
on OCT 1
Denmark came from 6 goals down to beat Hungary 31-26. Norway beats South Korea 22-21 for the
bronze to deny the Koreans a place on the podium for the 1st time in 20
years.
|
DENMARK |
|
HUNGARY |
|
NORWAY |
Country |
|
|
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Denmark (DEN) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Russia (RUS) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Hungary (HUN) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Sweden (SWE) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Norway (NOR) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Spain (ESP) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Total |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
