Men's Tournament
Preliminary Round
Group A
| September 20 |
10:00 |
Yugoslavia |
18 |
– |
24 |
USSR |
| September 20 |
14:00 |
Sweden |
21 |
– |
18 |
Algeria |
| September 20 |
18:00 |
Iceland |
22 |
– |
15 |
United States |
| September 22 |
10:00 |
Yugoslavia |
31 |
– |
23 |
United States |
| September 22 |
14:00 |
Sweden |
18 |
– |
22 |
USSR |
| September 22 |
18:00 |
Iceland |
22 |
– |
16 |
Algeria |
| September 24 |
10:00 |
Yugoslavia |
23 |
– |
22 |
Algeria |
| September 24 |
14:00 |
Sweden |
20 |
– |
14 |
Iceland |
| September 24 |
18:00 |
USSR |
26 |
– |
14 |
United States |
| September 26 |
10:00 |
Yugoslavia |
19 |
– |
19 |
Iceland |
| September 26 |
14:00 |
Sweden |
26 |
– |
12 |
United States |
| September 26 |
18:00 |
USSR |
26 |
– |
13 |
Algeria |
| September 28 |
10:00 |
United States |
17 |
– |
20 |
Algeria |
| September 28 |
14:00 |
Iceland |
19 |
– |
32 |
USSR |
| September 28 |
18:00 |
Yugoslavia |
25 |
– |
21 |
Sweden |
|
Group B
| September 20 |
11:30 |
Hungary |
20 |
– |
22 |
South Korea |
| September 20 |
15:30 |
East Germany |
25 |
– |
18 |
Japan |
| September 20 |
19:30 |
Spain |
17 |
– |
20 |
Czechoslovakia |
| September 22 |
11:30 |
Hungary |
16 |
– |
19 |
Czechoslovakia |
| September 22 |
15:30 |
East Germany |
22 |
– |
23 |
South Korea |
| September 22 |
19:30 |
Spain |
25 |
– |
19 |
Japan |
| September 24 |
11:30 |
Hungary |
22 |
– |
19 |
Japan |
| September 24 |
15:30 |
East Germany |
21 |
– |
20 |
Spain |
| September 24 |
19:30 |
South Korea |
29 |
– |
28 |
Czechoslovakia |
| September 26 |
11:30 |
Hungary |
26 |
– |
16 |
Spain |
| September 26 |
15:30 |
East Germany |
24 |
– |
21 |
Czechoslovakia |
| September 26 |
19:30 |
South Korea |
33 |
– |
24 |
Japan |
| September 28 |
11:30 |
Czechoslovakia |
21 |
– |
17 |
Japan |
| September 28 |
15:30 |
Spain |
23 |
– |
20 |
South Korea |
| September 28 |
19:30 |
Hungary |
18 |
– |
17 |
East Germany |
|
Final Round
5th to 12th places
| 11th - 12th |
| September 30 |
10:00 |
United States |
21 |
– |
24 |
Japan |
| 9th - 10th |
| September 30 |
11:30 |
Algeria |
15 |
– |
21 |
Spain |
| 7th - 8th |
| September 30 |
14:00 |
Iceland |
29 |
– |
31 |
East Germany |
| 5th - 6th |
| September 30 |
15:30 |
Sweden |
27 |
– |
18 |
Czechoslovakia |
Bronze Medal match
| October 1 |
15:00 |
Yugoslavia |
27 |
– |
23 |
Hungary |
Final
| October 1 |
17:00 |
USSR |
32 |
– |
25 |
South Korea |
Team Rosters
4. 
Hungary: Imre Bíró, József Bordás, Ottó Csicsay, János Fodor, János Gyurka, László Hoffmann, Mihály Iváncsik, Mihály Kovács, Péter Kovács, László Marosi, Tibor Oross, Jakab Sibalin, László Szabó, Géza Tóth
5. 
Sweden: Per Carlén, Per Carlsson, Johan Eklund, Mats Fransson, Erik Hajas, Claes Hellgren, Peder Järphag, Björn Jilsén, Pär Jilsén, Ola Lindgren, Staffan Olsson, Mats Olsson, Sten Sjögren, Magnus Wislander
6. 
Czechoslovakia: Miroslav Bajgar, Michal Barda, Tomáš Bártek, Petr Baumruk, Milan Brestovanský, Karel Jindřichovský, Jiří Kotrč, Peter Mesiarik, Jan Novák, Jozef Škandík, Libor Sovadina, František Štika, Zdeněk Vaněk, Milan Folta
7. 
East Germany: Rüdiger Borchardt, Jens Fiedler, Mike Fuhrig, Matthias Hahn, Stephan Hauck, Peter Hofmann, Bernd Metzke, Andreas Neitzel, Peter Pysall, Wieland Schmidt, Holger Schneider, Frank-Michael Wahl, Holger Winselmann
8. 
Iceland: Kristján Arason, Alfreð Gíslason, Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Sigurður Gunnarsson, Atli Hilmarsson, Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson, Brynjar Kvaran, Þorgils Mathiesen, Páll Ólafsson, Bjarki Sigurðsson, Jakob Sigurðsson, Geir Sveinsson, Sigurður Sveinsson, Einar Þorvarðarson, Karl Þráinsson
9. 
Spain: Juan Javier Cabanas, Juan de la Puente, Jesús Ángel Fernández, Jaume Fort, Jesús Gómez, Ricardo Marín, Juan Francisco Muñoz, Jaime Puig, Javier Reino, Lorenzo Rico, Julián Ruiz, Joan Sagalés, Eugenio Serrano, Juan José Uría, Miguel Ángel Zúñiga
10. 
Algeria: Makhlouf Aït Hocine, Omar Azeb, Benali Beghouach, Abdeslam Benmaghsoula, Mahmoud Bouanik, Salah Bouchekriou, Abdelhak Bouhalissa, Brahim Boudrali, Mourad Boussebt, Ahcene Djeffal, Sofiane Draouci, Fethnour Lacheheb, Zineddine Mohamed Seghir, Kamel Ouchia
11. 
Japan: Izumi Fujii, Yukihiro Hashimoto, Hidetada Ito, Kazuhiro Miyashita, Yoshihiko Nikawadori, Kiyoshi Nishiyama, Shinji Okuda, Shinichi Shudo, Koji Tachiki, Takashi Taguchi, Seiichi Takamura, Kenji Tamamura, Kodo Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Yamamura, Hiroshi Yanai
12. 
United States: James Buehning, Scott Driggers, Craig Fitschen, Steven Goss, Bob Hillary, Boyd Janny, Bryant Johnson, William Kessler, Stephen Kirk, Peter Lash, Joseph McVein, Rod Oshita, Joe Story, Mike Sullivan (handballer), Brian Bennett
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