SI.com - 2004 Summer Olympics

Croatia's Petar Metlicic celebrates scoring a goal.

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Tuesday August 31, 2004 9:47PM;
Updated: Tuesday August 31, 2004 9:47PM

Handball leaves the Athens Olympics knowing that it has to keep looking over its shoulder. Croatia picked up the men's title, beating Germany in a close final 26-24. On the women's side, Denmark beat South Korea in a penalty shootout for a third consecutive title.

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Date/Time	Status	Event
8/14 - 2:30AM	Complete	Men's Team 1st Round
8/15 - 7:30AM	Complete	Women's Team 1st Round
8/24 - 2:30AM	Complete	Men's Team Final 11-12
8/24 - 4:30AM	Complete	Men's Team Final 9-10
• More schedules and results

• Croatia recaptures gold with two-goal victory over Germany (AP) Sunday August 29, 02:26 PM

• Croatia gets handball gold with victory over Germany (AP) Sunday August 29, 12:43 PM

• Olympic Handball Results (AP) Sunday August 29, 11:51 AM

• Olympic Handball Results (AP) Sunday August 29, 11:27 AM

• Olympic Men's Team Handball Glance (AP) Sunday August 29, 11:25 AM

• BULLETIN (AP) Sunday August 29, 11:16 AM

• Olympic Handball Results (AP) Sunday August 29, 09:05 AM

• Danish women beat South Korea for third straight gold (AP) Sunday August 29, 07:08 AM

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