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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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]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Nation | ![]() 1936 |
![]() 1972 |
![]() 1976 |
![]() 1980 |
![]() 1984 |
![]() 1988 |
![]() 1992 |
![]() 1996 |
![]() 2000 |
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![]() 2008 |
![]() 2012 |
![]() 2016 |
![]() 2020 |
![]() 2024 |
![]() 2028 |
![]() 2032 |
Years |
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• | • | • | 10th | 12th | 10th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 10th | 12th | Q | 4 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 | |
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2nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 11th | • | 10th | 11th | • | 7th | 10th | • | 6 | ||
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• | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | 1st | • | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 5th | • | Q | 6 | |||||||
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• | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
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• | 13th | 8th | 9th | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | Q | 9 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 6th | 7th | 12th | 10th | • | 9th | 4th | Q | 8 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | Q | 9 | ||
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10th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 9th | • | 3rd | 6th | Q | 9 | ||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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4th | 8th | 6th | 4th | • | 4th | 7th | • | • | 4th | • | 4th | • | • | Q | 9 | ||
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• | 12th | • | • | 6th | 8th | 4th | • | • | 9th | 2nd | 5th | • | • | • | 7 | ||
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• | 11th | 9th | • | 10th | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | Q | 6 | ||
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• | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
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• | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | Q | 3 | ||
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• | 10th | 3rd | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 4th | • | • | 5 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | 1 | ||
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5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||
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5th | 1st | 3rd | 6th | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||
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• | 9th | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||
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• | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | 6th | • | Q | 4 | |||||||
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• | • | • | • | 11th | 2nd | 6th | • | 9th | 8th | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | 7 | ||
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• | 15th | • | 5th | 8th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 7th | • | 3rd | Q | 12 | ||
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• | 7th | • | • | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | • | • | 2nd | 11th | 5th | Q | 10 | ||
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3rd | • | • | 8th | 7th | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||
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• | 16th | WD | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | 8th | 12th | • | • | 5 | ||
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6th | 14th | 10th | • | 9th | 12th | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 7 | |
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3 | ||||||||||
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Total | 6 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Nation | ![]() 1976 |
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Years |
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• | • | • | • | • | 7th | 9th | 9th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 10th | Q | 8 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 | |
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• | • | 6th | • | 5th | • | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 11th | Q | 7 | ||
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6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | 3rd | 6th | • | 5th | • | 8th | 6th | • | • | • | • | 5 | ||
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• | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
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• | • | • | • | • | 1st | 1st | 1st | • | 9th | • | • | Q | 5 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | Q | 7 | ||
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4th | 6th | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | Q | 4 | |||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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3rd | 4th | • | • | • | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | • | • | 7th | Q | 8 | ||
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• | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | 2 | ||
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• | 2nd | 11th | 6th | • | 3 | ||||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 5th | Q | 3 | ||
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• | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | • | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 9 | ||
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4th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | 7th | • | 9th | • | • | 4 | ||
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• | • | • | 2nd | 8th | 1st | 2nd | • | 4[C] | ||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 | ||
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• | • | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 10th | 8th | Q | 11 | ||
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• | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 6th | • | 3rd | 6th | 9th | Q | 6 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 11th | 7th | 4th | Q | 5 | ||
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• | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||
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• | • | 5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 5 | |
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2 | |||||||||
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2 | ||||||||||
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1 | ||||||||||
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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] 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 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (25 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |