Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 28 July 1976 at the Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard, and PEPS.
The women's handball tournament was officially introduced to the Olympic program for the first time in this edition.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  East Germany |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Romania |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Hungary |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Poland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Soviet Union Alexandr Anpilogov Anatoli Fedjukin Valeri Gassiy Vasili Iljin Mikhail Istchenko Juri Kidjaev Juri Klimov Vladimir Kravzov Sergei Kushnirjuk Juri Lagutin Vladimir Maximov Alexandr Rezanov Evgeni Tchernyshov Anatoli Tomin |
Romania Stefan Birtalan Adrian Cosma Cezar Draganita Alexandru Folker Cristian Gatu Mircea Grabovschi Roland Gunesch Gabriel Kicsid Ghita Licu Nicolae Munteanu Cornel Penu Werner Stockl Constantin Tudosie Radu Voina |
Poland Zdzislaw Antczak Janusz Brzozowski Piotr Ciesla Jan Gmyrek Alfred Kaluzinski Jerzy Klempel Zygfryd Kuchta Jerzy Melcer Ryszard Przybysz Henryk Rozmiarek Andrzej Sokolowski Andrzej Szymczak Mieczyslaw Wojczak Wlodzimierz Zielinski |
| Women | Soviet Union Lubov Berezhnaja Ludmila Bobrus Aldona Chesaitite Tatiana Glustchenko Larisa Karlova Maria Litoshenko Nina Lobova Tatjana Makarets Ludmila Pantchuk Rafiga Shabanova Natalia Sherstjuk Ludmila Shubina Zinaida Turchina Galina Zakharova |
East Germany Gabriele Badorek Hannelore Burosch Roswitha Krause Waltraud Kretzschmar Evelyn Matz Liane Michaelis Eva Paskuy Kristina Richter Christina Rost Silvia Siefert Marion Tietz Petra Uhlig Christina Voss Hannelore Zober |
Hungary Eva Angyal Maria Berzsenyi Agota Bujdoso Klara Csik Zsuzsa Kezi Katalin Laki Rozalia Leikes Marta Megyeri Ilona Nagy Marianna Nagy Erzsebet Nemeth Amalia Sterbinszky Borbala Toth-Harsanyi Maria Vadasz |
Statistics[]
- There were 243 total athletes from 13 countries.
- Louise Beaumont was the youngest participant with 17 years and 179 days.
- Sandor Rivnyak was the oldest participant with 38 years and 271 days.
- Hrvoje Horvat of Yugoslavia was the only handball player chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Soviet Union won its first-ever 2 gold medals in the sport.
- East Germany, Hungary, and Poland won their first-ever medal in the sport.
