Handball at the Summer Olympics

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Team handball was introduced as an Olympic sport for men in the 1936 Summer Olympics, but dropped after that, only to be resumed at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Women's handball competition was introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1936 Berlin	Germany (GER)	Austria (AUT)	Switzerland (SUI)
1948-1968	not included in the Olympic program
1972 Munich	Yugoslavia (YUG)	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Romania (ROM)
1976 Montreal	USSR (URS)	Romania (ROM)	Poland (POL)
1980 Moscow	East Germany (GDR)	USSR (URS)	Romania (ROM)
1984 Los Angeles	Yugoslavia (YUG)	West Germany (FRG)	Romania (ROM)
1988 Seoul	USSR (URS)	Korea (KOR)	Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 Barcelona	Unified Team (EUN)	Sweden (SWE)	France (FRA)
1996 Atlanta	Croatia (CRO)	Sweden (SWE)	Spain (ESP)
2000 Sydney	Russia (RUS)	Sweden (SWE)	Spain (ESP)
2004 Athens	Croatia (CRO)	Germany (GER)	Russia (RUS)

[edit] Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Montreal	USSR (URS)	East Germany (GDR)	Hungary (HUN)
1980 Moscow	USSR (URS)	Yugoslavia (YUG)	East Germany (GDR)
1984 Los Angeles	Yugoslavia (YUG)	Korea (KOR)	China (CHN)
1988 Seoul	Korea (KOR)	Norway (NOR)	USSR (URS)
1992 Barcelona	Korea (KOR)	Norway (NOR)	Unified Team (EUN)
1996 Atlanta	Denmark (DEN)	Korea (KOR)	Hungary (HUN)
2000 Sydney	Denmark (DEN)	Hungary (HUN)	Norway (NOR)
2004 Athens	Denmark (DEN)	Korea (KOR)	Ukraine (UKR)

[edit] See also

• Olympic medalists in handball