Handball at the Summer Olympics | |
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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, also on German territory. Women's handball competition was introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Men
Summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 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 | 3 | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 nations) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Participating nations
Nation | ![]() 1936 |
![]() 1972 |
![]() 1976 |
![]() 1980 |
![]() 1984 |
![]() 1988 |
![]() 1992 |
![]() 1996 |
![]() 2000 |
![]() 2004 |
![]() 2008 |
![]() 2012 |
![]() 2016 |
![]() 2020 |
![]() 2024 |
![]() 2028 |
Years |
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10th | 12th | 10th | 10th | 4 | ||||||||||||
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10th | 10th | Q | 3 | |||||||||||||
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12th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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2nd | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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Q | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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12th | 11th | 10th | 11th | 7th | Q | 6 | ||||||||||
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11th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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12th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5 | |||||||||||
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11th | 11th | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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2nd | 7th | 6th | 9th | 4 | ||||||||||||
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13th | 8th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 1st | Q | 8 | ||||||||
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4th | 1st | 7th | 3 | |||||||||||||
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11th | 6th | 7th | 12th | 10th | 9th | Q | 7 | |||||||||
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3rd | 4th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Q | Q | 9 | |||||||
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1st | 10th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 9th | 3rd | Q | 8 | ||||||||
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12th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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6th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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4th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 8 | ||||||||
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12th | 6th | 8th | 4th | 9th | 2nd | 5th | 7 | |||||||||
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11th | 9th | 10th | 11th | Q | 5 | |||||||||||
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12th | 12th | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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9th | Q | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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10th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 4th | 5 | |||||||||||
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Q | 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 | 3 | |||||||||||||
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11th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 7 | |||||||||
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5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4 | ||||||||||||
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15th | 5th | 8th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 7th | Q | 11 | |||||
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7th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 11th | Q | 9 | |||||||
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3rd | 8th | 7th | 8th | 4 | ||||||||||||
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16th | WD | 10th | 8th | 12th | 5 | |||||||||||
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1st | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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6th | 14th | 10th | 9th | 12th | 9th | Q | 7 | |||||||||
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6th | 4th | 2nd | 3 | |||||||||||||
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1st | 5th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 6 | ||||||||||
Total | 6 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Women
Summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 nations) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Participating nations
Nation | ![]() 1976 |
![]() 1980 |
![]() 1984 |
![]() 1988 |
![]() 1992 |
![]() 1996 |
![]() 2000 |
![]() 2004 |
![]() 2008 |
![]() 2012 |
![]() 2016 |
![]() 2020 |
![]() 2024 |
![]() 2028 |
Years |
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7th | 9th | 9th | 12th | 10th | 8th | Q | 7 | |||||||
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12th | 1 | |||||||||||||
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10th | 1 | |||||||||||||
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6th | 5th | 5th | 3 | |||||||||||
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8th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 5th | Q | 6 | ||||||||
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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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5th | 5th | 2 | ||||||||||||
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1st | 1st | 1st | 9th | 4 | ||||||||||
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2nd | 3rd | 2 | ||||||||||||
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6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | Q | Q | 7 | |||||||
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4th | 6th | 11th | 3 | |||||||||||
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12th | 1 | |||||||||||||
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10th | 1 | |||||||||||||
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3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | Q | 7 | |||||||
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8th | 1 | |||||||||||||
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5th | Q | 2 | ||||||||||||
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10th | 1 | |||||||||||||
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2nd | 11th | Q | 3 | |||||||||||
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4th | Q | 2 | ||||||||||||
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8th | 1 | |||||||||||||
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2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | Q | 8 | ||||||
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4th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 4 | ||||||||||
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2nd | 8th | 1st | Q | 4 | ||||||||||
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2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 10th | Q | 10 | ||||
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1st | 1st | 3rd | 3 | |||||||||||
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7th | 6th | 3rd | 6th | Q | 5 | |||||||||
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8th | 11th | 7th | Q | 4 | ||||||||||
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3rd | 1 | |||||||||||||
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3rd | 1 | |||||||||||||
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5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | Q | 5 | |||||||||
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4th | 1 | |||||||||||||
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2nd | 1st | 4th | 3 | |||||||||||
Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Combined medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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 | |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (24 nations) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
See also
References and notes
- ^ In 1936, it was played as Field handball.