List of Olympic champions in handball
The list of Olympic champions in handball lists all winners as well as the second and third placed handball competitions at the Summer Olympic Games , broken down by gender. The national ranking forms the end.
Handball is an Olympic sport for men than field handball only in the XI. Olympic Summer Games in Berlin, 1936 and as indoor handball since the XX. Olympic Summer Games in Munich, 1972 and for women since the XXI. Montreal Summer Olympics, 1976.
Men's Olympic handball tournaments
year | venue | gold | Result | silver | bronze |
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1936 | Berlin | German Empire | no endgame | Austria | Switzerland |
1972 | Munich | Yugoslavia | 21:16 | Czechoslovakia | Romania |
1976 | Montréal | Soviet Union | 19:15 | Romania | Poland |
1980 | Moscow | German Democratic Republic | 23:22 a.d. | Soviet Union | Romania |
1984 | los Angeles | Yugoslavia | 18:17 | BR Germany | Romania |
1988 | Seoul | Soviet Union | 32:25 | South Korea | Yugoslavia |
1992 | Barcelona | United team | 22:20 | Sweden | France |
1996 | Atlanta | Croatia | 27:26 | Sweden | Spain |
2000 | Sydney | Russia | 28:26 | Sweden | Spain |
2004 | Athens | Croatia | 26:24 | Germany | Russia |
2008 | Beijing | France | 28:23 | Iceland | Spain |
2012 | London | France | 22:21 | Sweden | Croatia |
2016 | Rio de Janeiro | Denmark | 28:26 | France | Germany |
Women's Olympic handball tournaments
year | venue | gold | Result | silver | bronze |
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1976 | Montréal | Soviet Union | no endgame | GDR | Hungary |
1980 | Moscow | Soviet Union | no endgame | Yugoslavia | GDR |
1984 | los Angeles | Yugoslavia | no endgame | South Korea | People's Republic of China |
1988 | Seoul | South Korea | no endgame | Norway | Soviet Union |
1992 | Barcelona | South Korea | 28:21 | Norway | United team |
1996 | Atlanta | Denmark | 37:33 a.d. | South Korea | Hungary |
2000 | Sydney | Denmark | 31:27 | Hungary | Norway |
2004 | Athens | Denmark | 38:36 a.s.l. | South Korea | Ukraine |
2008 | Beijing | Norway | 34:27 | Russia | South Korea |
2012 | London | Norway | 26:23 | Montenegro | Spain |
2016 | Rio de Janeiro | Russia | 22:19 | France | Norway |
Nations ranking
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | Total |
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1. | Russia A | 7th | 2 | 3 | 12 |
2. | Denmark | 4th | 0 | 0 | 4th |
3. | Yugoslavia B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
4th | South Korea | 2 | 4th | 1 | 7th |
5. | Germany C | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7th |
6th | Norway | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
7th | France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
8th. | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
9. | Sweden | 0 | 4th | 0 | 4th |
10. | Romania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4th |
11. | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12. | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16. | Spain | 0 | 0 | 4th | 4th |
17th | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
People's Republic of China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
A. including Soviet Union and United Team
B. including Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (until 1992)
C. including Federal Republic of Germany, GDR, German Reich
Men
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia A | 4th | 1 | 1 | 6th |
2 | Germany B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
3 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
4th | Yugoslavia C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Croatia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
6th | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7th | Sweden | 0 | 4th | 0 | 4th |
8th | Romania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4th |
9 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
14th | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
A. including Soviet Union and United Team
B. including Federal Republic of Germany, GDR, German Reich
C. including Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (until 1992)
Women
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russia A | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6th |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 | South Korea | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6th |
4th | Norway | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
5 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6th | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7th | German Democratic Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8th | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | People's Republic of China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
A. including Soviet Union and United Team