Handball at the Summer Olympics

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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.

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Men 1.2 Women 2 Medal tables 2.1 Men 2.2 Women 3 Nations 3.1 Total 3.2 Men 3.3 Women

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Men

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 (ROM)
1976 Montreal	Soviet Union (URS)	Romania (ROM)	Poland (POL)
1980 Moscow	East Germany (GDR)	Soviet Union (URS)	Romania (ROM)
1984 Los Angeles	Yugoslavia (YUG)	West Germany (FRG)	Romania (ROM)
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

[edit] Women

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

See also: List of Olympic medalists in handball

[edit] Medal tables

[edit] Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	0	3
2	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	0	1	3
3	Croatia (CRO)	2	0	0	2
4	Germany (GER)	1	2	0	3
5	Russia (RUS)	1	0	1	2
6	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	0	1
	Unified Team (EUN)	1	0	0	1
8	Sweden (SWE)	0	3	0	3
9	Romania (ROU)	0	1	3	4
10	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
13	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
14	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	0	3
2	South Korea (KOR)	2	3	0	5
3	Soviet Union (URS)	2	0	1	3
4	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	1	0	2
5	Norway (NOR)	0	2	1	3
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	2	3
7	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	1	2
8	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Nations

[edit] Total

There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.

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	Years
Algeria (ALG)																			14	15	14
Austria (AUT)										22										15
Canada (CAN)																		28
China (CHN)																				13	12
Congo (CGO)																			14
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)																					14
Cuba (CUB)																			13
Czechoslovakia (TCH)																	16	13	13		29
Denmark (DEN)																	16	13	14	14
Germany (GER)										22
East Germany (GDR)																	16	14	28		13
West Germany (FRG)																	16	14		28
Hungary (HUN)										16							15	26	28		14
Iceland (ISL)																	15			15	15
Japan (JPN)																	15	24		15	15
Kuwait (KUW)																			14
Norway (NOR)																	16				15
Poland (POL)																	15	14	14
Romania (ROM)										15							15	28	14	15
South Korea (KOR)																				28	26
Soviet Union (URS)																	15	28	27		29
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		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	10

[edit] 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	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 (ROM)										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	10

[edit] 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	Years
Austria (AUT)																				15
Canada (CAN)																		14
China (CHN)																				13	12
Congo (CGO)																			14
Côte d'Ivoire (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 (ROM)																		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	8

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