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; 2020;
	Medalists men; women; ;

Handball at the Summer Olympics refers to two different sports. Field handball was introduced for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but dropped after that. At the 1952 Olympics, field handball was a demonstration sport. (Indoor) handball was introduced for men at the 1972 Summer Olympics, also on German territory. Women's handball competition was introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Medalists

Men's field handball

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

Men's handball

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists	Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place
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	Denmark	28 – 26	France	Germany	31 – 25	Poland
2020 Details	Tokyo

Men's medal count


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	2	1	1	4
2	Soviet Union	2	1	0	3
3	Croatia	2	0	1	3
3	Yugoslavia	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
	Iceland	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
16	Spain	0	0	3	3
17	Poland	0	0	1	1
17	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 nations)		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	Russia	22 – 19	France	Norway	36 – 26	Netherlands
2020 Details	Tokyo

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
5	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
Totals (14 nations)		11	11	11	33

* = Russia to compute the Bronze medal in 1992 with 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	1	4
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
Totals (23 nations)		24	24	24	72

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	00	04	08	12	16	20
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	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	20

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	20
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	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	20

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	20
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	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	20

References

↑ As the Unified Team
↑ As the Unified Team

External links

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[2] As the Unified Team

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See also: Paralympic sports

International handball
IHF Olympic Games World Championships Men Women National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach handball World Championships World Games
International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Field Handball Youth Olympics Summer Universiade Emerging Nations IHF Inter-Continental Trophy
Africa	African Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games
Americas	Pan American Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth Pan American Games
Asia	Asian Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth Asian Games
Europe	European Championships Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament European Open
Oceania	Oceania Championships Senior Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup French Pacific Championship

Handball at the Summer Olympics

Medalists

Men's field handball

Men's handball

Men's medal count

Women

Women's medal count

Medal table

Nations

Total

Men

Women

See also

References

External links