Handball at the 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]
| Handball at the Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC Discipline Code | HBL |
| Governing body | IHF |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
| Games | |
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Men
Summary
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia (YUG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | |
| 16 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 nations) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Participating nations
| Nation | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1936 | 1972 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1976 | 1980 |  1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2000 |  2004 |  2008 |  2012 |  2016 |  2020 | 2024 | 2028 | 2032 | Years |
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 Algeria |
10th | 12th | 10th | 10th | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Argentina |
10th | 10th | 12th | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Australia |
12th | Q | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Austria |
2nd | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Bahrain |
8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil |
12th | 11th | 10th | 11th | 7th | 10th | 6 | |||||||||||
| Canada |
11th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| China |
12th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia |
1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Cuba |
11th | 11th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
2nd | 7th | 6th | 9th | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Denmark |
13th | 8th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 8 | |||||||||
| East Germany |
4th | 1st | 7th | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Egypt |
11th | 6th | 7th | 12th | 10th | 9th | 4th | 7 | ||||||||||
| France |
3rd | 4th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | Q | 9 | ||||||||
| Germany |
1st | 10th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 9th | 3rd | 6th | 8 | |||||||||
| Great Britain |
12th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece |
6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Hungary |
4th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 8 | |||||||||
| Iceland |
12th | 6th | 8th | 4th | 9th | 2nd | 5th | 7 | ||||||||||
| Japan |
11th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 11th | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Kuwait |
12th | 12th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
 Norway |
9th | 7th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Poland |
10th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 4th | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Portugal |
9th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Qatar |
8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania |
5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 6 | |||||||||||
| Russia |
5th | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Serbia |
9th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Slovenia |
8th | 11th | 6th | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea |
11th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 7 | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union |
5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Spain |
15th | 5th | 8th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 11 | ||||||
| Sweden |
7th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 11th | 5th | 9 | ||||||||
| Switzerland |
3rd | 8th | 7th | 8th | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Tunisia |
16th | WD | 10th | 8th | 12th | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Unified Team |
1st | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| United States |
6th | 14th | 10th | 9th | 12th | 9th | Q | 7 | ||||||||||
| West Germany |
6th | 4th | 2nd | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
1st | 5th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 6 | |||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Women
Summary
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 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 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Participating nations
| Nation | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | 2028 | Years |
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 Angola |
7th | 9th | 9th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 7 | |||||||
| Argentina |
12th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Australia |
10th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Austria |
6th | 5th | 5th | 3 | |||||||||||
| Brazil |
8th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 11th | 6 | ||||||||
| Canada |
6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| China |
3rd | 6th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 5 | |||||||||
 Congo |
6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia |
7th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
5th | 5th | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Denmark |
1st | 1st | 1st | 9th | 4 | ||||||||||
| East Germany |
2nd | 3rd | 2 | ||||||||||||
| France |
6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | Q | 7 | |||||||
| Germany |
4th | 6th | 11th | 3 | |||||||||||
| Great Britain |
12th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Greece |
10th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary |
3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 7th | 7 | |||||||
 Ivory Coast |
8th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Japan |
5th | 12th | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Kazakhstan |
10th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Montenegro |
2nd | 11th | 6th | 3 | |||||||||||
 Netherlands |
4th | 5th | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Nigeria |
8th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Norway |
2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 8 | ||||||
| Romania |
4th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 4 | ||||||||||
| ROC |
2nd | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Russia |
2nd | 8th | 1st | 3 | |||||||||||
| South Korea |
2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 10th | 8th | 10 | ||||
| Soviet Union |
1st | 1st | 3rd | 3 | |||||||||||
| Spain |
7th | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 9th | 5 | |||||||||
| Sweden |
8th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 4 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine |
3rd | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Unified Team |
3rd | 1 | |||||||||||||
| United States |
5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | Q | 5 | |||||||||
| West Germany |
4th | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
2nd | 1st | 4th | 3 | |||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Combined medal table
The table below include teams under the name they had at the time.[3] It should be mentioned, though, that URS and EUN is the same team like RUS and ROC is the same.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | France (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Denmark (DEN) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Germany (GER) | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 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 nations) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 | |
See also
References and notes
- 🖉"Montreal Olympics photo flashback: More women competed thanks to three new events | Montreal Gazette". web.archive.org. 24 May 2018.
- In 1936, it was played as Field handball.
- "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
External links
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