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
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
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
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
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

Web links

• IOC athlete database