| 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 the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin, but dropped after that. At the1952 Olympics, field handball was a demonstration sport.(Indoor) handball was introduced for men at the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich. Women's handball competition was introduced at the1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] 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 |
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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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