Handball at the Summer Olympics

Handball at the Summer Olympics

Governing body	IHF
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Medalists men women

Handball at the Summer Olympics was introduced for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but dropped after that, only for handball to be resumed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, again on German territory. Women's handball competition was introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists	Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place
1936 Details	Berlin	Germany	Round robin	Austria	Switzerland	Round robin	Hungary
Not Held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Details	Munich	Yugoslavia	21 – 16	Czechoslovakia	Romania	19 – 16	East Germany
1976 Details	Montreal	Soviet Union	19 – 15	Romania	Poland	21 – 18	West Germany
1980 Details	Moscow	East Germany	23 – 22 Over Time	Soviet Union	Romania	20 – 18	Hungary
1984 Details	Los Angeles	Yugoslavia	18 – 17	West Germany	Romania	23 – 19	Denmark
1988 Details	Seoul	Soviet Union	32 – 25	South Korea	Yugoslavia	27 – 23	Hungary
1992 Details	Barcelona	Unified Team	22 – 20	Sweden	France	24 – 20	Iceland
1996 Details	Atlanta	Croatia	27 – 26	Sweden	Spain	27 – 25	France
2000 Details	Sydney	Russia	28 – 26	Sweden	Spain	26 – 22	Yugoslavia
2004 Details	Athens	Croatia	26 – 24	Germany	Russia	28 – 26	Hungary
2008 Details	Beijing	France	28 – 23	Iceland	Spain	35 – 29	Croatia
2012 Details	London	France	22 – 21	Sweden	Croatia	33 – 26	Hungary
2016 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Denmark	28 – 26	France	Germany	31 – 25	Poland

Men's medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	2	1	1	4
2	Soviet Union	2	1	0	3
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	3
3	Croatia	2	0	1	3
5	Germany	1	2	1	4
6	Russia	1	0	1	2
7	Denmark	1	0	0	1
	East Germany	1	0	0	1
	Unified Team (EUN)	1	0	0	1
10	Sweden	0	4	0	4
11	Romania	0	1	3	4
12	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Iceland	0	1	0	1
16	Spain	0	0	3	3
17	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
17	Poland	0	0	1	1
Total		13	13	13	39

Women

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists	Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place
1976 Details	Montreal	Soviet Union	Round robin	East Germany	Hungary	Round robin	Romania
1980 Details	Moscow	Soviet Union	Round robin	Yugoslavia	East Germany	Round robin	Hungary
1984 Details	Los Angeles	Yugoslavia	Round robin	South Korea	China	Round robin	West Germany
1988 Details	Seoul	South Korea	Round robin	Norway	Soviet Union	Round robin	Yugoslavia
1992 Details	Barcelona	South Korea	28 – 21	Norway	Unified Team	24 – 20	Germany
1996 Details	Atlanta	Denmark	37 – 33 Over Time	South Korea	Hungary	20 – 18	Norway
2000 Details	Sydney	Denmark	31 – 27	Hungary	Norway	22 – 21	South Korea
2004 Details	Athens	Denmark	34 – 34 ( 4 – 2 P)	South Korea	Ukraine	21 – 18	France
2008 Details	Beijing	Norway	34 – 27	Russia	South Korea	33 – 28	Hungary
2012 Details	London	Norway	26 – 23	Montenegro	Spain	31 – 29	South Korea
2016 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Russia	22 – 19	France	Norway	36 – 26	Netherlands

Women's medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	3	0	0	3
2	South Korea	2	3	1	6
3	Norway	2	2	2	6
4	Soviet Union	2	0	1	3
5	Russia	1	1	0	2
6	Yugoslavia	1	1	0	2
7	Hungary	0	1	2	3
8	East Germany	0	1	1	2
9	France	0	1	0	1
9	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
11	China	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

* = Russia to compute the Bronze medal in 1992 the Unified Team.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	4	1	1	6
2	Denmark (DEN)	4	0	0	4
3	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	1	1	5
4	South Korea (KOR)	2	4	1	7
5	Norway (NOR)	2	2	2	6
6	France (FRA)	2	2	1	5
7	Russia (RUS)	2	1	0	3
8	Croatia (CRO)	2	0	1	3
9	Germany (GER)	1	2	1	4
10	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	1	3
11	Unified Team (EUN)	1	0	1	2
12	Sweden (SWE)	0	4	0	4
13	Romania (ROU)	0	1	3	4
14	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	2	3
15	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	0	1
19	Spain (ESP)	0	0	4	4
20	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1

Nations

Total

Only players who participated in at least one game are counted.

In 1936 the competition was field handball. Women competed first in 1976.

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96
Algeria (ALG)																			14	15	14
Austria (AUT)										22										15
Brazil (BRA)																						X
Canada (CAN)																		28
China (CHN)																				13	12
Congo (CGO)																			14
Ivory Coast (CIV)																					14
Cuba (CUB)																			13
Czechoslovakia (TCH)																	16	13	13		29	X
Denmark (DEN)																	16	13	14	14
Egypt (EGY)																						X
France (FRA)																						X
Germany (GER)										22												X
East Germany (GDR)																	16	14	28		13
West Germany (FRG)																	16	14		28
Hungary (HUN)										16							15	26	28		14	X
Iceland (ISL)																	15			15	15	X
Japan (JPN)																	15	24		15	15
Kuwait (KUW)																			14
Norway (NOR)																	16				15
Poland (POL)																	15	14	14
Romania (ROU)										15							15	28	14	15		X
South Korea (KOR)																				28	26	X
Soviet Union (URS)																	15	28	27		29
Spain (ESP)																	15		13	15	15	X
Sweden (SWE)																	16			15	14	X
Switzerland (SUI)										17									14	15
Tunisia (TUN)																	15
Unified Team (EUN)																						X
United States (USA)										13							15	14		27	28
Yugoslavia (YUG)																	14	14	28	29	29

Nations	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	12	14	14	15
Handball players	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	242	230	248	259	282
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	10

Men

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16
Algeria (ALG)																			14	15	14		X
Argentina (ARG)																											X	X
Australia (AUS)																								X
Austria (AUT)										22
Brazil (BRA)																						X	X		X	X		X
Canada (CAN)																		14
China (CHN)																										X
Croatia (CRO)																							X		X	X	X	X
Cuba (CUB)																			13					X
Czechoslovakia (TCH)																	16	13			14	X
Denmark (DEN)																	16	13	14	14						X	X	X
Egypt (EGY)																						X	X	X	X	X		X
France (FRA)																						X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Germany (GER)										22												X	X	X	X	X		X
East Germany (GDR)																	16		14		13
West Germany (FRG)																	16	14		15
Great Britain (GBR)																											X
Greece (GRE)																									X
Hungary (HUN)										16							15	12	14		14	X			X		X
Iceland (ISL)																	15			15	15	X			X	X	X
Japan (JPN)																	15	12		15	15
Kuwait (KUW)																			14				X
Norway (NOR)																	16
Poland (POL)																	15	14	14							X		X
Qatar (QAT)																												X
Romania (ROU)										15							15	14	14	15		X
Russia (RUS)																							X	X	X	X
Serbia (SRB)																											X
Slovenia (SLO)																								X	X			X
South Korea (KOR)																				15	14	X		X	X	X	X
Soviet Union (URS)																	15	14	14		14	X^[1]
Spain (ESP)																	15		13	15	15	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sweden (SWE)																	16			15	14	X	X	X			X	X
Switzerland (SUI)										17									14	15			X
Tunisia (TUN)																	15							X			X	X
United States (USA)										13							15	14		14	14		X
Yugoslavia (YUG)																	14	14	14	14	15			X

Nations	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
male handball players	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	242	148	166	177	171
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	10

Women

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16
Angola (ANG)																							X	X	X	X	X	X
Argentina (ARG)																												X
Australia (AUS)																								X
Austria (AUT)																				15		X		X
Brazil (BRA)																								X	X	X	X	X
Canada (CAN)																		14
China (CHN)																				13	12		X		X	X
Congo (CGO)																			14
Croatia (CRO)																											X
Czechoslovakia (TCH)																			13		15
Denmark (DEN)																							X	X	X		X
France (FRA)																								X	X	X	X	X
Germany (GER)																						X	X			X
East Germany (GDR)																		14	14
West Germany (FRG)																				13
Great Britain (GBR)																											X
Greece (GRE)																									X
Hungary (HUN)																		14	14				X	X	X	X
Ivory Coast (CIV)																					14
Japan (JPN)																		12
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																										X
Montenegro (MNE)																											X	X
Netherlands (NED)																												X
Nigeria (NGR)																						X
Norway (NOR)																					15	X	X	X		X	X	X
Romania (ROU)																		14						X		X		X
Russia (RUS)																										X	X	X
South Korea (KOR)																				13	12	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Soviet Union (URS)																		14	13		15	X^[2]
Spain (ESP)																						X			X		X	X
Sweden (SWE)																										X	X	X
Ukraine (UKR)																									X
United States (USA)																				13	14	X	X
Yugoslavia (YUG)																			14	15	14

Nations	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	12
female handball players	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	82	82	82	111
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	8

References

↑ As the Unified Team
↑ As the Unified Team

External links

Handball at the Summer Olympics

Tournaments

1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1948
1952 (demonstration)
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
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1980
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1984
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1988
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1992
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1996
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2000
- men
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2004
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2008
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2012
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2016
- men
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Qualifications

Men	1936 1952 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1936 1952 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Squads

Men	1936 1952 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1936 1952 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

List of medalists
- men
- women
List of venues

Sports at the Olympic Games

Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Beach volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

Future sports	Baseball Softball Karate Skateboarding Sport climbing Surfing

Past sports	Basque pelota Cricket Croquet Jeu de paume Lacrosse Military patrol Polo Rackets Roque Rugby union (15 a-side) Tug of war Water motorsports

Demonstration sports	American football Australian football Bandy Bowling Budo Disabled skiing Gliding Glima Ice stock sport Korfball La canne Pesäpallo Roller hockey Savate Skijoring Sled dog racing Speed skiing Water skiing Winter pentathlon

Unofficial sports	Angling Art competitions Ballooning Boules Cannon shooting Cycle polo Fire fighting Gaelic football Hurling Kaatsen Kite flying Life saving Longue paume Motor racing Motorcycle racing Pigeon racing Wushu

See also: Paralympic sports

International handball

IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women

Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women

Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women

Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women

Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open

Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup

International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

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Handball at the Summer Olympics

Medalists

Men

Women

Medal table

Nations

Total

Men

Women

See also

References

External links