Handball at the Summer Olympics
Appearance
Handball at the Summer Olympics | |
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IOC Code | HBL |
Governing body | IHF |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
Summer Olympics | |
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]
Men's tournaments
[edit]Summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Participating nations
[edit]- 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
Nation | ![]() 1936 |
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![]() 1976 |
![]() 1980 |
![]() 1984 |
![]() 1988 |
![]() 1992 |
![]() 1996 |
![]() 2000 |
![]() 2004 |
![]() 2008 |
![]() 2012 |
![]() 2016 |
![]() 2020 |
![]() 2024 |
![]() 2028 |
![]() 2032 |
Years |
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• | • | • | 10th | 12th | 10th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 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 | • | 9th | 6 | |||||||
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• | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
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• | 13th | 8th | 9th | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 9 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 6th | 7th | 12th | 10th | • | 9th | 4th | 5th | 8 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 8th | 9 | ||
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10th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 9th | • | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 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 | • | • | 10th | 9 | ||
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• | 12th | • | • | 6th | 8th | 4th | • | • | 9th | 2nd | 5th | • | • | • | 7 | ||
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• | 11th | 9th | • | 10th | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 11th | 6 | ||
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• | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||
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• | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 6th | 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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• | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | 6th | • | 4th | 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 | 3rd | 12 | ||
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• | 7th | • | • | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | • | • | 2nd | 11th | 5th | 7th | 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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5 | |||||||||
Total | 6 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Women's tournaments
[edit]Summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 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 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Participating nations
[edit]- 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
Nation | ![]() 1976 |
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![]() 1988 |
![]() 1992 |
![]() 1996 |
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Years |
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• | • | • | • | • | 7th | 9th | 9th | 12th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 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 | 7th | 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 | • | • | 3rd | 5 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 7 | ||
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4th | 6th | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 8th | 4 | |||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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3rd | 4th | • | • | • | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | • | • | 7th | 6th | 8 | ||
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• | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | 2 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 5th | 5th | 3 | ||
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• | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | • | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 9 | ||
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4th | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | 7th | • | 9th | • | • | 4 | ||
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• | • | • | 2nd | 8th | 1st | 2nd | • | 4[C] | ||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 1 | |||||
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• | • | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 11 | ||
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• | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 6th | • | 3rd | 6th | 9th | 12th | 6 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 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 |
Combined medal table
[edit]The table below include teams under the name they had at the time.[3]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 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 | 6 | 6 |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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Totals (25 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Serbia and Montenegro's total includes one appearance as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2000.
- ^ a b Soviet Union's total includes one appearance as Unified Team in 1992.
- ^ Russia's total includes one appearance as Russian Olympic Committee in 2020.
References and notes
[edit]- ^ "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.