From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Handball at the Summer Olympics
Handball at the Summer Olympics
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1936 Berlin Germany (GER) Austria (AUT) Switzerland (SUI)
1948-1968 not included in the Olympic program
1972 Munich Yugoslavia (YUG) Czechoslovakia (TCH) Romania (ROU)
1976 Montreal Soviet Union (URS) Romania (ROU) Poland (POL)
1980 Moscow East Germany (GDR) Soviet Union (URS) Romania (ROU)
1984 Los Angeles Yugoslavia (YUG) West Germany (FRG) Romania (ROU)
1988 Seoul Soviet Union (URS) South Korea (KOR) Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 Barcelona Unified Team (EUN) Sweden (SWE) France (FRA)
1996 Atlanta Croatia (CRO) Sweden (SWE) Spain (ESP)
2000 Sydney Russia (RUS) Sweden (SWE) Spain (ESP)
2004 Athens Croatia (CRO) Germany (GER) Russia (RUS)
2008 Beijing France (FRA) Iceland (ISL) Spain (ESP)
2012 London
Handball at the Summer Olympics Medalists
Governing body IHF
Men
Events 2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
Women
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 Medal table
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952
1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 Nations
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000
Total
2004 • 2008 • 2012
Only players who participated in at least one game are
Medalists (men • women) counted.
In 1936 the competition was field handball. Women
Team handball was introduced as an Olympic sport for competed first in 1976.
men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but dropped
after that, only to be resumed at the 1972 Summer Men
Olympics, again on German territory. Women’s team
handball competition was introduced at the 1976 Sum- Women
mer Olympics.
See also
• List of Olympic venues in handball
References
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Handball at the Summer Olympics
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1976 Montreal Soviet Union (URS) East Germany (GDR) Hungary (HUN)
1980 Moscow Soviet Union (URS) Yugoslavia (YUG) East Germany (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles Yugoslavia (YUG) South Korea (KOR) China (CHN)
1988 Seoul South Korea (KOR) Norway (NOR) Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelona South Korea (KOR) Norway (NOR) Unified Team (EUN)
1996 Atlanta Denmark (DEN) South Korea (KOR) Hungary (HUN)
2000 Sydney Denmark (DEN) Hungary (HUN) Norway (NOR)
2004 Athens Denmark (DEN) South Korea (KOR) Ukraine (UKR)
2008 Beijing Norway (NOR) Russia (RUS) South Korea (KOR)
2012 London
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 Croatia (CRO) 2 0 0 2
6 Norway (NOR) 1 2 1 4
7 Germany (GER) 1 2 0 3
8 East Germany (GDR) 1 1 1 3
Russia (RUS) 1 1 1 3
10 France (FRA) 1 0 1 2
Unified Team (EUN) 1 0 1 2
12 Sweden (SWE) 0 3 0 3
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
18 Spain (ESP) 0 0 3 3
19 China (CHN) 0 0 1 1
Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1
Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 1 1
Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 1 1
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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 Years
Algeria (ALG) 14 15 14
Austria (AUT) 22 15
Brazil (BRA) X
Canada (CAN) 28
China (CHN) 13 12
Congo (CGO) 14
Côte d’Ivoire (CIV) 14
Cuba (CUB) 13
Czechoslova- 16 13 13 29 X
kia (TCH)
Denmark (DEN) 16 13 14 14
Egypt (EGY) X
France (FRA) X
Germany (GER) 22 X
East Ger- 16 14 28 13
many (GDR)
West Ger- 16 14 28
many (FRG)
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 15 28 27 29
Union (URS)
Spain (ESP) 15 13 15 15 X
Sweden (SWE) 16 15 14 X
Switzerland (SUI) 17 14 15
Tunisia (TUN) 15
Unified X
Team (EUN)
United 13 15 14 27 28
States (USA)
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 10
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Handball at the Summer Olympics
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 Years
Algeria (ALG) 14 15 14
Austria (AUT) 22
Canada (CAN) 14
Cuba (CUB) 13
Czechoslova- 16 13 14
kia (TCH)
Denmark (DEN) 16 13 14 14
Germany (GER) 22
East Ger- 16 14 13
many (GDR)
West Ger- 16 14 15
many (FRG)
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 15 14 14 14
Union (URS)
Spain (ESP) 15 13 15 15
Sweden (SWE) 16 15 14
Switzerland (SUI) 17 14 15
Tunisia (TUN) 15
United 13 15 14 14 14
States (USA)
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 10
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Handball at the Summer Olympics
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 Years
Austria (AUT) 15
Canada (CAN) 14
China (CHN) 13 12
Congo (CGO) 14
Côte d’Ivoire (CIV) 14
Czechoslova- 13 15
kia (TCH)
East Ger- 14 14
many (GDR)
West Ger- 13
many (FRG)
Hungary (HUN) 14 14
Japan (JPN) 12
Norway (NOR) 15
Romania (ROU) 14
South Korea (KOR) 13 12
Soviet 14 13 15
Union (URS)
United 13 14
States (USA)
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 8
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