HANDBALL Womens team handball was introduced at the

HANDBALL Women's team handball was introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Handball has been at the Olympics 19 times for 38 years – WOW! Handball was introduced in the 1936 Olympics for men in Berlin but dropped after that and resumed in the 1972 Olympics again in Germany.

History Mark Schering scored the most points in one game against Russia. He scored 32 points in one game. James Rutherford from Norway scored the second most amount of points in one game – 27! Norway is one of the best sides of playing handball and next in line is Russia.

CHAMPIONS: MEDALS ATHLETE NAME: COUNTRY: Their result. GOLD: Mark Schering Russia 32 -17 against Norway. SILVER: James Rutherford. Norway. 21 -16 against Korea. BRONZE: Mazda Medmehnic. Spain 22 -20 against Iceland Mark Schering. Mazda Medmehnic.

The kiwis have won 2 of their games in the Olympics. New Zealand won 21 -13 against Kazakhstan, Also they won 17 -14 against Iceland. GO NZ!!

EQUIPMENT Equipment required in handball are: -58 -60 centimetre ball -hard shin pads -mouth guards Well covered shoes , shorts and a t-shirt. A court that is 40 metres long and 20 metres wide. 58 -60 centre meter ball. Hard protective shin pads.

Back in 1972 they didn't have most of the rules they have now and the never use to wear all the equipment as they do now. In 1972 they never used so many players in one team as they do now. Nowadays they have more rules than they did before and now they have to use safety equipment. Today they have 7 players playing in a team for one game 6 plus the goalie.

HANDBALL. The rules for handball are very different to your regular sports nowadays. All you have to do is pass the ball to teammates and try to score in opposite goal. A match is 2 periods with 30 minutes long each. Its a fast game and body contact is used. Contact is only allowed when the defence player is between the offence player and the goal. Any contacts from the side or behind will be penalised. When the defender stops the ball it is immediately stopped and the attacking player starts the game again.

Handball in action!! http: //womens handball preliminaries 2012 Olympic games. This is a handball video of the women’s preliminaries final from 2012 Olympic games.

Handball was first played in Scandinavia and Germany at the end of the 19 th century. The country Yugoslavia won the first gold medal in the Olympics for handball. Every ball introduced to handball is made out of rubber for safety reasons.