Handball at the Summer Olympics | |
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IOC Code | HBL |
Governing body | IHF |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
Summer Olympics | |
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 in Munich. Women's handball competition was introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Unified Team (EUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
11 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
12 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
18 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Nation | 1936 |
1972 |
1976 |
1980 |
1984 |
1988 |
1992 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2020 |
2024 |
2028 |
2032 |
Years |
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Algeria | • | • | • | 10th | 12th | 10th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||
Argentina | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 4 | ||
Australia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 | |
Austria | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Bahrain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | 1 | ||
Brazil | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 11th | • | 10th | 11th | • | 7th | 10th | • | 6 | ||
Canada | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
China | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | 1st | • | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 5th | • | 9th | 6 | |||||||
Cuba | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
Denmark | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 9 | ||
Egypt | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 6th | 7th | 12th | 10th | • | 9th | 4th | 5th | 8 | ||
France | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 8th | 9 | ||
Germany | 1st | See GDR and FRG | 10th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 9th | • | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 9 | ||||||
Great Britain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Hungary | 4th | 8th | 6th | 4th | • | 4th | 7th | • | • | 4th | • | 4th | • | • | 10th | 9 | ||
Iceland | • | 12th | • | • | 6th | 8th | 4th | • | • | 9th | 2nd | 5th | • | • | • | 7 | ||
Japan | • | 11th | 9th | • | 10th | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 11th | 6 | ||
Kuwait | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
Norway | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 6th | 3 | ||
Poland | • | 10th | 3rd | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 4th | • | • | 5 | ||
Portugal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 1 | ||
Qatar | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | 1 | ||
Romania | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||
Russia | See Soviet Union | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 6th | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||
Serbia | See Yugoslavia | See Serbia and Montenegro | • | 9th | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||
Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | 6th | • | 4th | 4 | |||||||
South Korea | • | • | • | • | 11th | 2nd | 6th | • | 9th | 8th | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | 7 | ||
Spain | • | 15th | • | 5th | 8th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 7th | • | 3rd | 3rd | 12 | ||
Sweden | • | 7th | • | • | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | • | • | 2nd | 11th | 5th | 7th | 10 | ||
Switzerland | 3rd | • | • | 8th | 7th | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||
Tunisia | • | 16th | WD | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | 8th | 12th | • | • | 5 | ||
United States | 6th | 14th | 10th | • | 9th | 12th | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 7 | |
Discontinued nations | ||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | • | 2nd | 7th | • | • | 6th | 9th | See Czech Republic | 4 | |||||||||
East Germany | G | 4th | • | 1st | • | 7th | See Germany | 3 | ||||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro | See Yugoslavia | • | • | 4th | • | See Serbia | 1[A] | |||||||||||
Soviet Union | • | 5th | 1st | 2nd | • | 1st | 1st | See Russia | 5[B] | |||||||||
West Germany | G | 6th | 4th | • | 2nd | • | See Germany | 3 | ||||||||||
Yugoslavia | • | 1st | 5th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia | 5 | |||||||||
Total | 6 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
2 | Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
9 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ROC (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Nation | 1976 |
1980 |
1984 |
1988 |
1992 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2020 |
2024 |
2028 |
2032 |
Years |
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Angola | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 9th | 9th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 8 | ||
Argentina | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | 1 | ||
Australia | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 | |
Austria | • | • | 6th | • | 5th | • | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||
Brazil | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 11th | 7th | 7 | ||
Canada | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
China | • | • | 3rd | 6th | • | 5th | • | 8th | 6th | • | • | • | • | 5 | ||
Congo | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
Denmark | • | • | • | • | • | 1st | 1st | 1st | • | 9th | • | • | 3rd | 5 | ||
France | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 7 | ||
Germany | See GDR and FRG | 4th | 6th | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 8th | 4 | |||||
Great Britain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Hungary | 3rd | 4th | • | • | • | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | • | • | 7th | 6th | 8 | ||
Ivory Coast | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Japan | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | 2 | ||
Kazakhstan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||
Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Serbia and Montenegro | • | 2nd | 11th | 6th | • | 3 | ||||||||
Netherlands | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 5th | 5th | 3 | ||
Nigeria | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Norway | • | • | • | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | • | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 9 | ||
Romania | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | 7th | • | 9th | • | • | 4 | ||
Russia | See Soviet Union | • | • | • | 2nd | 8th | 1st | 2nd | • | 4[C] | ||||||
Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 1 | |||||
South Korea | • | • | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 11 | ||
Spain | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 6th | • | 3rd | 6th | 9th | 12th | 6 | ||
Sweden | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5 | ||
Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||
United States | • | • | 5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 5 | |
Discontinued nations | ||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | • | 5th | • | 5th | • | See Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||
East Germany | 2nd | 3rd | • | • | See Germany | 2 | ||||||||||
Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | • | 3rd | 3rd | See Russia | 4[B] | |||||||||
West Germany | • | • | 4th | • | See Germany | 1 | ||||||||||
Yugoslavia | • | 2nd | 1st | 4th | See Serbia and Montenegro | See Serbia | 3 | |||||||||
Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
The table below include teams under the name they had at the time.[3]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | France (FRA) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
6 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
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 | |
ROC (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
22 | 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 (25 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |
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International handball | ||
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International men's handball | |
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Africa | |
Asia & Oceania | |
Europe | |
North America and Caribbean | |
South & Central America | |
Multi-sport events | |
Discontinued |
International women's handball | |
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Africa | |
Asia & Oceania | |
Europe | |
North America and Caribbean | |
South & Central America | |
Multi-sport events | |
Discontinued |