Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Handball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  South Korea |
| Dates | 20 September – 1 October |
| Teams | 20 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Soviet Union (men).svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Korea (women) |
| Runner-up | South Korea (men) Norway (women) |
| Third place | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia (men) Soviet Union (women) |
| Fourth place |  Hungary (men) Yugoslavia (women) |
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Medal summary
Participating nations
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 15 players and they all were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in both tournaments.
A total of 282(*) handball players (171 men and 111 women) from 15 nations (men from 12 nations - women from 8 nations) competed at the Seoul Games:
Algeria (14) (men:14 women:0)
China (12) (men:0 women:12)
Ivory Coast (14) (men:0 women:14)
Czechoslovakia (29) (men:14 women:15)
East Germany (13) (men:13 women:0)- Hungary (14) (men:14 women:0)
Iceland (15) (men:15 women:0).svg.png.webp)
Japan (15) (men:15 women:0)- Norway (15) (men:0 women:15)
- South Korea (26) (men:14 women:12)
- Soviet Union (29) (men:14 women:15)
Spain (15) (men:15 women:0)
Sweden (14) (men:14 women:0)
United States (28) (men:14 women:14)- Yugoslavia (29) (men:15 women:14)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Medal table
* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | South Korea (KOR)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
References
- "Handball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
External links
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