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 was introduced as an Olympic sport for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but dropped after that, only 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
			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

Men's medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	1	0	3
2	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	3
	Russia *	2	0	1	3
	Croatia	2	0	1	3
	France	2	0	1	3
6	Germany	1	2	0	3
7	East Germany	1	0	0	1
8	Sweden	0	4	0	4
9	Romania	0	1	3	4
10	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
	Iceland	0	1	0	1
14	Spain	0	0	3	3
15	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	12	36

* = Russia Won the tournament of 1992 as a Unified Team.

Women

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			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

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	1	5
4	Soviet Union	2	0	1	3
5	Yugoslavia	1	1	0	2
6	Hungary	0	1	2	3
7	East Germany	0	1	1	2
	Russia *	0	1	1	2
9	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
10	China	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

* = Russia Won the Bronze Medal in 1992 as a Unified Team.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	4	1	1	6
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	1	1	5
3	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	0	3
4	South Korea (KOR)	2	4	1	7
5	Norway (NOR)	2	2	1	5
6	France (FRA)	2	0	1	3
	Croatia (CRO)	2	0	1	3
8	Germany (GER)	1	2	0	3
9	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	1	3
	Russia (RUS)	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	00	04	08	12	Years
Algeria (ALG)																			14	15	14
Austria (AUT)										22										15
Brazil (BRA)																						X
Canada (CAN)																		28
China (CHN)																				13	12
Republic of the 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	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	Years
Algeria (ALG)																			14	15	14
Austria (AUT)										22
Canada (CAN)																		14
Cuba (CUB)																			13
Czechoslovakia (TCH)																	16	13			14
Denmark (DEN)																	16	13	14	14
Germany (GER)										22
East Germany (GDR)																	16		14		13
West Germany (FRG)																	16	14		15
Hungary (HUN)										16							15	12	14		14
Iceland (ISL)																	15			15	15
Japan (JPN)																	15	12		15	15
Kuwait (KUW)																			14
Norway (NOR)																	16
Poland (POL)																	15	14	14
Romania (ROU)										15							15	14	14	15
South Korea (KOR)																				15	14
Soviet Union (URS)																	15	14	14		14
Spain (ESP)																	15		13	15	15
Sweden (SWE)																	16			15	14
Switzerland (SUI)										17									14	15
Tunisia (TUN)																	15
United States (USA)										13							15	14		14	14
Yugoslavia (YUG)																	14	14	14	14	15
Nations	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	11	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	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	Years
Austria (AUT)																				15
Canada (CAN)																		14
China (CHN)																				13	12
Republic of the Congo (CGO)																			14
Ivory Coast (CIV)																					14
Czechoslovakia (TCH)																			13		15
East Germany (GDR)																		14	14
West Germany (FRG)																				13
Hungary (HUN)																		14	14
Japan (JPN)																		12
Norway (NOR)																					15
Romania (ROU)																		14
South Korea (KOR)																				13	12
Soviet Union (URS)																		14	13		15
United States (USA)																				13	14
Yugoslavia (YUG)																			14	15	14
Nations	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	6	8
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	8

See also

• List of Olympic venues in handball