Handball at the Summer Olympics
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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]
Men's tournaments
Summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Croatia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  East Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Unified Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Sweden | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 |  Romania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 18 |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
Participating nations
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- – Hosts
- = – More than one team tied for that rank
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
| Nation |  1936 | 1972 |  1976 | 1980 |  1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 |  2000 |  2004 |  2008 |  2012 |  2016 |  2020 | 2024 | 2028 | 2032 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 | |
Women's tournaments
Summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | South Korea | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 ROC (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Unified Team | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
Participating nations
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- – Hosts
- = – More than one team tied for that rank
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
| Nation | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | 2028 | 2032 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 | |
Overall medal table
The table below include teams under the name they had at the time.[3] When the Soviet Union broke up in 1991 they played one last tournament in 1992 as the Unified Team, which they won for the men and got a bronze medal for the women. Russia is a break-away from the Soviet Union and ROC is Russia under another name. Croatia is a break-away from Yugoslavia, which ceased to exist in 1992. German Democratic Republic and West Germany were created after World War II. They were united into Germany in 1990.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | South Korea | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Unified Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Sweden | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| ROC (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 22 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (25 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 | |
See also
Notes
- Serbia and Montenegro's total includes one appearance as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2000.
- Soviet Union's total includes one appearance as Unified Team in 1992.
- Russia's total includes one appearance as Russian Olympic Committee in 2020.