Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the sixth appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games.

1988 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Dates20 September – 1 October
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches36
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Results

Preliminary Round

Group A

PLD W D L F A Pts
 Soviet Union (URS) 5 5 0 0 130 82 10
 Yugoslavia (YUG) 5 3 1 1 116 109 7
 Sweden (SWE) 5 3 0 2 106 91 6
 Iceland (ISL) 5 2 1 2 96 102 5
 Algeria (ALG) 5 1 0 4 89 109 2
 United States (USA) 5 0 0 5 81 125 0
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

PLD W D L F A Pts
 South Korea (KOR) 5 4 0 1 127 117 8
 Hungary (HUN) 5 3 0 2 102 93 6
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 5 3 0 2 109 103 6
 East Germany (GDR) 5 3 0 2 109 100 6
 Spain (ESP) 5 2 0 3 101 106 4
 Japan (JPN) 5 0 0 5 97 126 0


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

References

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