Handball_at_the_Olympic_Games
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]
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Handball at the Summer Olympics | |
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IOC Discipline Code | HBL |
Governing body | IHF |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
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Summary
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Medal table
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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 |
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 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
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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
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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 | Q | 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 | • | Q | 6 | |||||||
Cuba | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
Denmark | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | Q | 9 | ||
Egypt | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 6th | 7th | 12th | 10th | • | 9th | 4th | Q | 8 | ||
France | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | Q | 9 | ||
Germany | 1st | See GDR and FRG | 10th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 9th | • | 3rd | 6th | Q | 9 | ||||||
Great Britain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Hungary | 4th | 8th | 6th | 4th | • | 4th | 7th | • | • | 4th | • | 4th | • | • | Q | 9 | ||
Iceland | • | 12th | • | • | 6th | 8th | 4th | • | • | 9th | 2nd | 5th | • | • | • | 7 | ||
Japan | • | 11th | 9th | • | 10th | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | Q | 6 | ||
Kuwait | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
Norway | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | Q | 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 | • | Q | 4 | |||||||
South Korea | • | • | • | • | 11th | 2nd | 6th | • | 9th | 8th | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | 7 | ||
Spain | • | 15th | • | 5th | 8th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 7th | • | 3rd | Q | 12 | ||
Sweden | • | 7th | • | • | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | • | • | 2nd | 11th | 5th | Q | 10 | ||
Switzerland | 3rd | • | • | 8th | 7th | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||
Tunisia | • | 16th | WD | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | 8th | 12th | • | • | 5 | ||
United States | 6th | 14th | 10th | • | 9th | 12th | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 7 | |
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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[upper-alpha 1] | |||||||||||
Soviet Union | • | 5th | 1st | 2nd | • | 1st | 1st | See Russia | 5[upper-alpha 2] | |||||||||
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 |
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Summary
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Medal table
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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 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
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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
More information Nation, Years ...
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 | Q | 8 | ||
Argentina | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | 1 | ||
Australia | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 | |
Austria | • | • | 6th | • | 5th | • | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||
Brazil | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 11th | Q | 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 | • | • | Q | 5 | ||
France | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | Q | 7 | ||
Germany | See GDR and FRG | 4th | 6th | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | Q | 4 | |||||
Great Britain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Hungary | 3rd | 4th | • | • | • | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | • | • | 7th | Q | 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 | Q | 3 | ||
Nigeria | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
Norway | • | • | • | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | • | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 9 | ||
Romania | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | 7th | • | 9th | • | • | 4 | ||
Russia | See Soviet Union | • | • | • | 2nd | 8th | 1st | 2nd | • | 4[upper-alpha 3] | ||||||
Slovenia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 | ||
South Korea | • | • | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 10th | 8th | Q | 11 | ||
Spain | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 6th | • | 3rd | 6th | 9th | Q | 6 | ||
Sweden | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 11th | 7th | 4th | Q | 5 | ||
Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||
United States | • | • | 5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 5 | |
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Czechoslovakia | • | 5th | • | 5th | • | See Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||
East Germany | 2nd | 3rd | • | • | See Germany | 2 | ||||||||||
Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | • | 3rd | 3rd | See Russia | 4[upper-alpha 2] | |||||||||
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 |
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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.
More information Rank, Nation ...
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 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |
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- 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.
- "Montreal Olympics photo flashback: More women competed thanks to three new events | Montreal Gazette". 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-24.
- In 1936, it was played as Field handball.
- "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.