Olympic Handball Results by Nation, 1972–2024
Final position, wins, ties, losses, points and goals for all 294 team entries at the 27 Olympic handball tournaments since 1972, with goals per match by Games.
This table gives the full final standings of every Olympic indoor handball tournament: 294 team entries from 50 national Olympic committees across 14 men’s and 13 women’s tournaments, 1972 to 2024. Each row carries the team’s placing, matches, wins, ties, losses, points and goals for and against, which together cover 903 matches. Spain has the most appearances, 18.
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Olympic Handball Adds About 4.5 Goals a Match Every Decade
Goals per match here is every goal scored in a tournament divided by its number of matches, one figure per Games and gender. The men's tournament went from 32.5 goals a match in 1972 to 58.4 in 2024, and a straight line through its 14 tournaments rises +4.4 goals per decade, explaining 92% of the variation. The women's tournament went from 29.7 in 1976 to 52.9 in 2024, +4.6 per decade with r² 0.73. Pooling both, the slope is +4.5 goals per decade (r² 0.81). The peaks are 2024 for the men (58.4) and 2020 for the women (57.3).
10 nations have won gold. Denmark has the most, 5, split 2 men's and 3 women's; France leads the men's event with 3 and Denmark and Norway share the women's lead with 3 each. Counting all medals, France and Spain top the men's list with 5 and Norway the women's with 8.
16 of the 27 gold medallists went through the tournament without a loss. The average champion outscored its opponents by 5.5 goals a match; the widest margin was Soviet Union's 10.4 in the 1976 women's tournament and the narrowest Norway's 1.1 in 2012 (women's). 46 of the 903 matches were drawn.
Goals per Match by Games
One point per tournament, one line per gender; the dashed line is the least-squares trend through all 27 tournaments (+4.5 goals per decade, r² 0.81). Hover a point for the value.
Every Team at Every Olympic Tournament, 1972–2024
| Year▼ | Gender▼ | Place▼ | Team▼ | NOC▼ | MP▼ | W▼ | T▼ | L▼ | Pts▼ | GF▼ | GA▼ | Goals / Match▼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Men | 1 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 122 | 89 | 35.2 |
| 1972 | Men | 2 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 102 | 85 | 31.2 |
| 1972 | Men | 3 | Romania | ROU | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 98 | 81 | 29.8 |
| 1972 | Men | 4 | East Germany | GDR | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 89 | 73 | 27.0 |
| 1972 | Men | 5 | Soviet Union | URS | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 80 | 73 | 25.5 |
| 1972 | Men | 6 | West Germany | FRG | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 87 | 93 | 30.0 |
| 1972 | Men | 7 | Sweden | SWE | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 82 | 81 | 27.2 |
| 1972 | Men | 8 | Hungary | HUN | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 110 | 101 | 35.2 |
| 1972 | Men | 9 | Norway | NOR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 90 | 87 | 35.4 |
| 1972 | Men | 10 | Poland | POL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 75 | 78 | 30.6 |
| 1972 | Men | 11 | Japan | JPN | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 82 | 93 | 35.0 |
| 1972 | Men | 12 | Iceland | ISL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 92 | 90 | 36.4 |
| 1972 | Men | 13 | Denmark | DEN | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 78 | 78 | 31.2 |
| 1972 | Men | 14 | United States | USA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 86 | 112 | 39.6 |
| 1972 | Men | 15 | Spain | ESP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 82 | 89 | 34.2 |
| 1972 | Men | 16 | Tunisia | TUN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 125 | 39.6 |
| 1976 | Men | 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 130 | 92 | 37.0 |
| 1976 | Men | 2 | Romania | ROU | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 106 | 90 | 39.2 |
| 1976 | Men | 3 | Poland | POL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 127 | 101 | 38.0 |
| 1976 | Men | 4 | West Germany | FRG | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 115 | 97 | 35.3 |
| 1976 | Men | 5 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 131 | 112 | 40.5 |
| 1976 | Men | 6 | Hungary | HUN | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 111 | 103 | 42.8 |
| 1976 | Men | 7 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 131 | 112 | 40.5 |
| 1976 | Men | 8 | Denmark | DEN | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 113 | 127 | 40.0 |
| 1976 | Men | 9 | Japan | JPN | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 123 | 131 | 42.3 |
| 1976 | Men | 10 | United States | USA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 149 | 49.8 |
| 1976 | Men | 11 | Canada | CAN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 122 | 39.4 |
| 1976 | Men | 12 | Tunisia | TUN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 47 | 34.0 |
| 1976 | Women | 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 92 | 40 | 26.4 |
| 1976 | Women | 2 | East Germany | GDR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 89 | 47 | 27.2 |
| 1976 | Women | 3 | Hungary | HUN | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 85 | 55 | 28.0 |
| 1976 | Women | 4 | Romania | ROU | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 83 | 31.2 |
| 1976 | Women | 5 | Japan | JPN | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 115 | 37.4 |
| 1976 | Women | 6 | Canada | CAN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 106 | 28.2 |
| 1980 | Men | 1 | East Germany | GDR | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 131 | 114 | 40.8 |
| 1980 | Men | 2 | Soviet Union | URS | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 156 | 98 | 42.3 |
| 1980 | Men | 3 | Romania | ROU | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 139 | 106 | 40.8 |
| 1980 | Men | 4 | Hungary | HUN | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 114 | 108 | 37.0 |
| 1980 | Men | 5 | Spain | ESP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 126 | 129 | 42.5 |
| 1980 | Men | 6 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 155 | 116 | 45.2 |
| 1980 | Men | 7 | Poland | POL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 146 | 119 | 44.2 |
| 1980 | Men | 8 | Switzerland | SUI | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 132 | 121 | 42.2 |
| 1980 | Men | 9 | Denmark | DEN | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 124 | 124 | 41.3 |
| 1980 | Men | 10 | Algeria | ALG | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 114 | 152 | 44.3 |
| 1980 | Men | 11 | Cuba | CUB | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 135 | 165 | 50.0 |
| 1980 | Men | 12 | Kuwait | KUW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 88 | 208 | 49.3 |
| 1980 | Women | 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 99 | 52 | 30.2 |
| 1980 | Women | 2 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 107 | 67 | 34.8 |
| 1980 | Women | 3 | East Germany | GDR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 91 | 58 | 29.8 |
| 1980 | Women | 4 | Hungary | HUN | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 74 | 30.8 |
| 1980 | Women | 5 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 78 | 28.6 |
| 1980 | Women | 6 | Congo | CGO | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 159 | 41.0 |
| 1984 | Men | 1 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 141 | 93 | 39.0 |
| 1984 | Men | 2 | West Germany | FRG | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 131 | 113 | 40.7 |
| 1984 | Men | 3 | Romania | ROU | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 143 | 110 | 42.2 |
| 1984 | Men | 4 | Denmark | DEN | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 134 | 122 | 42.7 |
| 1984 | Men | 5 | Sweden | SWE | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 145 | 134 | 46.5 |
| 1984 | Men | 6 | Iceland | ISL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 126 | 122 | 41.3 |
| 1984 | Men | 7 | Switzerland | SUI | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 101 | 119 | 36.7 |
| 1984 | Men | 8 | Spain | ESP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 122 | 124 | 41.0 |
| 1984 | Men | 9 | United States | USA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 115 | 116 | 38.5 |
| 1984 | Men | 10 | Japan | JPN | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 100 | 141 | 40.2 |
| 1984 | Men | 11 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 148 | 178 | 54.3 |
| 1984 | Men | 12 | Algeria | ALG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 130 | 37.7 |
| 1984 | Women | 1 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 143 | 102 | 49.0 |
| 1984 | Women | 2 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 125 | 119 | 48.8 |
| 1984 | Women | 3 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 112 | 115 | 45.4 |
| 1984 | Women | 4 | West Germany | FRG | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 91 | 100 | 38.2 |
| 1984 | Women | 5 | United States | USA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 114 | 123 | 47.4 |
| 1984 | Women | 6 | Austria | AUT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 91 | 117 | 41.6 |
| 1988 | Men | 1 | Soviet Union | URS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 162 | 107 | 44.8 |
| 1988 | Men | 2 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 152 | 149 | 50.2 |
| 1988 | Men | 3 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 143 | 132 | 45.8 |
| 1988 | Men | 4 | Hungary | HUN | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 125 | 120 | 40.8 |
| 1988 | Men | 5 | Sweden | SWE | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 133 | 109 | 40.3 |
| 1988 | Men | 6 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 127 | 130 | 42.8 |
| 1988 | Men | 7 | East Germany | GDR | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 140 | 129 | 44.8 |
| 1988 | Men | 8 | Iceland | ISL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 125 | 133 | 43.0 |
| 1988 | Men | 9 | Spain | ESP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 122 | 121 | 40.5 |
| 1988 | Men | 10 | Algeria | ALG | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 104 | 130 | 39.0 |
| 1988 | Men | 11 | Japan | JPN | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 121 | 147 | 44.7 |
| 1988 | Men | 12 | United States | USA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 149 | 41.8 |
| 1988 | Women | 1 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 120 | 106 | 45.2 |
| 1988 | Women | 2 | Norway | NOR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 115 | 91 | 41.2 |
| 1988 | Women | 3 | Soviet Union | URS | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 112 | 85 | 39.4 |
| 1988 | Women | 4 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 88 | 96 | 36.8 |
| 1988 | Women | 5 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 141 | 102 | 48.6 |
| 1988 | Women | 6 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 128 | 106 | 46.8 |
| 1988 | Women | 7 | United States | USA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 104 | 123 | 45.4 |
| 1988 | Women | 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 164 | 45.8 |
| 1992 | Men | 1 | Unified Team | EUN | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 166 | 137 | 43.3 |
| 1992 | Men | 2 | Sweden | SWE | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 165 | 130 | 42.1 |
| 1992 | Men | 3 | France | FRA | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 157 | 143 | 42.9 |
| 1992 | Men | 4 | Iceland | ISL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 140 | 146 | 40.9 |
| 1992 | Men | 5 | Spain | ESP | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 133 | 119 | 42.0 |
| 1992 | Men | 6 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 135 | 153 | 48.0 |
| 1992 | Men | 7 | Hungary | HUN | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 125 | 127 | 42.0 |
| 1992 | Men | 8 | Romania | ROU | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 126 | 138 | 44.0 |
| 1992 | Men | 9 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 114 | 111 | 37.5 |
| 1992 | Men | 10 | Germany | GER | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 116 | 123 | 39.8 |
| 1992 | Men | 11 | Egypt | EGY | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 119 | 137 | 42.7 |
| 1992 | Men | 12 | Brazil | BRA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 120 | 152 | 45.3 |
| 1992 | Women | 1 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 136 | 107 | 48.6 |
| 1992 | Women | 2 | Norway | NOR | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 100 | 111 | 42.2 |
| 1992 | Women | 3 | Unified Team | EUN | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 124 | 100 | 44.8 |
| 1992 | Women | 4 | Germany | GER | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 131 | 111 | 48.4 |
| 1992 | Women | 5 | Austria | AUT | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 79 | 42.2 |
| 1992 | Women | 6 | United States | USA | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 102 | 43.5 |
| 1992 | Women | 7 | Spain | ESP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 85 | 40.2 |
| 1992 | Women | 8 | Nigeria | NGR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 107 | 45.0 |
| 1996 | Men | 1 | Croatia | CRO | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 183 | 168 | 50.1 |
| 1996 | Men | 2 | Sweden | SWE | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 182 | 141 | 46.1 |
| 1996 | Men | 3 | Spain | ESP | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 161 | 147 | 44.0 |
| 1996 | Men | 4 | France | FRA | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 190 | 165 | 50.7 |
| 1996 | Men | 5 | Russian Federation | RUS | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 166 | 132 | 49.7 |
| 1996 | Men | 6 | Egypt | EGY | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 139 | 132 | 45.2 |
| 1996 | Men | 7 | Germany | GER | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 144 | 128 | 45.3 |
| 1996 | Men | 8 | Switzerland | SUI | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 142 | 138 | 46.7 |
| 1996 | Men | 9 | United States | USA | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 138 | 168 | 51.0 |
| 1996 | Men | 10 | Algeria | ALG | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 121 | 144 | 44.2 |
| 1996 | Men | 11 | Brazil | BRA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 131 | 170 | 50.2 |
| 1996 | Men | 12 | Kuwait | KUW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 125 | 189 | 52.3 |
| 1996 | Women | 1 | Denmark | DEN | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 149 | 114 | 52.6 |
| 1996 | Women | 2 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 155 | 122 | 55.4 |
| 1996 | Women | 3 | Hungary | HUN | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 126 | 127 | 50.6 |
| 1996 | Women | 4 | Norway | NOR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 109 | 45.0 |
| 1996 | Women | 5 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 99 | 109 | 52.0 |
| 1996 | Women | 6 | Germany | GER | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 96 | 101 | 49.2 |
| 1996 | Women | 7 | Angola | ANG | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 105 | 44.5 |
| 1996 | Women | 8 | United States | USA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 114 | 50.2 |
| 2000 | Men | 1 | Russian Federation | RUS | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 219 | 195 | 51.8 |
| 2000 | Men | 2 | Sweden | SWE | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 240 | 197 | 54.6 |
| 2000 | Men | 3 | Spain | ESP | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 222 | 206 | 53.5 |
| 2000 | Men | 4 | Yugoslavia | SCG | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 204 | 203 | 50.9 |
| 2000 | Men | 5 | Germany | GER | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 203 | 180 | 47.9 |
| 2000 | Men | 6 | France | FRA | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 192 | 177 | 46.1 |
| 2000 | Men | 7 | Egypt | EGY | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 197 | 194 | 48.9 |
| 2000 | Men | 8 | Slovenia | SLO | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 209 | 223 | 54.0 |
| 2000 | Men | 9 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 152 | 150 | 50.3 |
| 2000 | Men | 10 | Tunisia | TUN | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 130 | 141 | 45.2 |
| 2000 | Men | 11 | Cuba | CUB | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 154 | 182 | 56.0 |
| 2000 | Men | 12 | Australia | AUS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 130 | 204 | 55.7 |
| 2000 | Women | 1 | Denmark | DEN | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 214 | 165 | 54.1 |
| 2000 | Women | 2 | Hungary | HUN | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 202 | 179 | 54.4 |
| 2000 | Women | 3 | Norway | NOR | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 166 | 137 | 43.3 |
| 2000 | Women | 4 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 216 | 177 | 56.1 |
| 2000 | Women | 5 | Austria | AUT | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 220 | 173 | 56.1 |
| 2000 | Women | 6 | France | FRA | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 180 | 177 | 51.0 |
| 2000 | Women | 7 | Romania | ROU | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 176 | 191 | 52.4 |
| 2000 | Women | 8 | Brazil | BRA | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 180 | 238 | 59.7 |
| 2000 | Women | 9 | Angola | ANG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 124 | 155 | 55.8 |
| 2000 | Women | 10 | Australia | AUS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 163 | 48.0 |
| 2004 | Men | 1 | Croatia | CRO | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 238 | 211 | 56.1 |
| 2004 | Men | 2 | Germany | GER | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 216 | 181 | 49.6 |
| 2004 | Men | 3 | Russian Federation | RUS | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 214 | 216 | 53.8 |
| 2004 | Men | 4 | Hungary | HUN | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 219 | 210 | 53.6 |
| 2004 | Men | 5 | France | FRA | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 221 | 176 | 49.6 |
| 2004 | Men | 6 | Greece | GRE | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 188 | 220 | 51.0 |
| 2004 | Men | 7 | Spain | ESP | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 242 | 222 | 58.0 |
| 2004 | Men | 8 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 221 | 238 | 57.4 |
| 2004 | Men | 9 | Iceland | ISL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 172 | 183 | 59.2 |
| 2004 | Men | 10 | Brazil | BRA | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 130 | 162 | 48.7 |
| 2004 | Men | 11 | Slovenia | SLO | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 160 | 173 | 55.5 |
| 2004 | Men | 12 | Egypt | EGY | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 134 | 163 | 49.5 |
| 2004 | Women | 1 | Denmark | DEN | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 224 | 182 | 58.0 |
| 2004 | Women | 2 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 229 | 196 | 60.7 |
| 2004 | Women | 3 | Ukraine | UKR | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 165 | 152 | 45.3 |
| 2004 | Women | 4 | France | FRA | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 179 | 182 | 51.6 |
| 2004 | Women | 5 | Hungary | HUN | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 215 | 178 | 56.1 |
| 2004 | Women | 6 | Spain | ESP | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 165 | 196 | 51.6 |
| 2004 | Women | 7 | Brazil | BRA | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 178 | 192 | 52.9 |
| 2004 | Women | 8 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 182 | 175 | 51.0 |
| 2004 | Women | 9 | Angola | ANG | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 135 | 154 | 57.8 |
| 2004 | Women | 10 | Greece | GRE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 162 | 51.8 |
| 2008 | Men | 1 | France | FRA | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 228 | 185 | 51.6 |
| 2008 | Men | 2 | Iceland | ISL | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 242 | 234 | 59.5 |
| 2008 | Men | 3 | Spain | ESP | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 246 | 234 | 60.0 |
| 2008 | Men | 4 | Croatia | CRO | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 218 | 199 | 52.1 |
| 2008 | Men | 5 | Poland | POL | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 235 | 214 | 56.1 |
| 2008 | Men | 6 | Russian Federation | RUS | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 216 | 214 | 53.8 |
| 2008 | Men | 7 | Denmark | DEN | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 225 | 211 | 54.5 |
| 2008 | Men | 8 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 198 | 224 | 52.8 |
| 2008 | Men | 9 | Germany | GER | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 126 | 130 | 51.2 |
| 2008 | Men | 10 | Egypt | EGY | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 127 | 132 | 51.8 |
| 2008 | Men | 11 | Brazil | BRA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 129 | 153 | 56.4 |
| 2008 | Men | 12 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 104 | 164 | 53.6 |
| 2008 | Women | 1 | Norway | NOR | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 248 | 185 | 54.1 |
| 2008 | Women | 2 | Russian Federation | RUS | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 229 | 210 | 54.9 |
| 2008 | Women | 3 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 247 | 207 | 56.8 |
| 2008 | Women | 4 | Hungary | HUN | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 211 | 227 | 54.8 |
| 2008 | Women | 5 | France | FRA | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 219 | 217 | 54.5 |
| 2008 | Women | 6 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 188 | 216 | 50.5 |
| 2008 | Women | 7 | Romania | ROU | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 248 | 212 | 57.5 |
| 2008 | Women | 8 | Sweden | SWE | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 196 | 222 | 52.2 |
| 2008 | Women | 9 | Brazil | BRA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 124 | 137 | 52.2 |
| 2008 | Women | 10 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 109 | 137 | 49.2 |
| 2008 | Women | 11 | Germany | GER | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 123 | 134 | 51.4 |
| 2008 | Women | 12 | Angola | ANG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 109 | 147 | 51.2 |
| 2012 | Men | 1 | France | FRA | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 229 | 175 | 50.5 |
| 2012 | Men | 2 | Sweden | SWE | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 228 | 185 | 51.6 |
| 2012 | Men | 3 | Croatia | CRO | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 230 | 183 | 51.6 |
| 2012 | Men | 4 | Hungary | HUN | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 200 | 221 | 52.6 |
| 2012 | Men | 5 | Iceland | ISL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 200 | 166 | 61.0 |
| 2012 | Men | 6 | Denmark | DEN | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 146 | 153 | 49.8 |
| 2012 | Men | 7 | Spain | ESP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 162 | 149 | 51.8 |
| 2012 | Men | 8 | Tunisia | TUN | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 144 | 150 | 49.0 |
| 2012 | Men | 9 | Serbia | SRB | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 120 | 131 | 50.2 |
| 2012 | Men | 10 | Argentina | ARG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 113 | 138 | 50.2 |
| 2012 | Men | 11 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 115 | 140 | 51.0 |
| 2012 | Men | 12 | Great Britain | GBR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 96 | 192 | 57.6 |
| 2012 | Women | 1 | Norway | NOR | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 196 | 187 | 47.9 |
| 2012 | Women | 2 | Montenegro | MNE | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 210 | 197 | 50.9 |
| 2012 | Women | 3 | Spain | ESP | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 201 | 192 | 49.1 |
| 2012 | Women | 4 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 214 | 215 | 53.6 |
| 2012 | Women | 5 | France | FRA | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 147 | 126 | 45.5 |
| 2012 | Women | 6 | Brazil | BRA | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 156 | 143 | 49.8 |
| 2012 | Women | 7 | Croatia | CRO | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 167 | 140 | 51.2 |
| 2012 | Women | 8 | Russian Federation | RUS | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 174 | 149 | 53.8 |
| 2012 | Women | 9 | Denmark | DEN | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 113 | 121 | 46.8 |
| 2012 | Women | 10 | Angola | ANG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 132 | 142 | 54.8 |
| 2012 | Women | 11 | Sweden | SWE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 108 | 131 | 47.8 |
| 2012 | Women | 12 | Great Britain | GBR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 91 | 166 | 51.4 |
| 2016 | Men | 1 | Denmark | DEN | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 230 | 211 | 55.1 |
| 2016 | Men | 2 | France | FRA | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 241 | 209 | 56.2 |
| 2016 | Men | 3 | Germany | GER | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 246 | 217 | 57.9 |
| 2016 | Men | 4 | Poland | POL | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 222 | 227 | 56.1 |
| 2016 | Men | 5 | Croatia | CRO | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 174 | 164 | 56.3 |
| 2016 | Men | 6 | Slovenia | SLO | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 167 | 163 | 55.0 |
| 2016 | Men | 7 | Brazil | BRA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 168 | 184 | 58.7 |
| 2016 | Men | 8 | Qatar | QAT | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 144 | 161 | 50.8 |
| 2016 | Men | 9 | Egypt | EGY | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 129 | 143 | 54.4 |
| 2016 | Men | 10 | Argentina | ARG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 110 | 126 | 47.2 |
| 2016 | Men | 11 | Sweden | SWE | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 132 | 131 | 52.6 |
| 2016 | Men | 12 | Tunisia | TUN | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 118 | 145 | 52.6 |
| 2016 | Women | 1 | Russian Federation | RUS | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 256 | 230 | 60.8 |
| 2016 | Women | 2 | France | FRA | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 188 | 164 | 44.0 |
| 2016 | Women | 3 | Norway | NOR | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 247 | 205 | 56.5 |
| 2016 | Women | 4 | Netherlands | NED | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 216 | 218 | 54.2 |
| 2016 | Women | 5 | Brazil | BRA | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 161 | 149 | 51.7 |
| 2016 | Women | 6 | Spain | ESP | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 151 | 143 | 49.0 |
| 2016 | Women | 7 | Sweden | SWE | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 170 | 174 | 57.3 |
| 2016 | Women | 8 | Angola | ANG | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 143 | 159 | 50.3 |
| 2016 | Women | 9 | Romania | ROU | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 108 | 119 | 45.4 |
| 2016 | Women | 10 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 130 | 136 | 53.2 |
| 2016 | Women | 11 | Montenegro | MNE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 107 | 134 | 48.2 |
| 2016 | Women | 12 | Argentina | ARG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 147 | 49.6 |
| 2020 | Men | 1 | France | FRA | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 256 | 222 | 59.8 |
| 2020 | Men | 2 | Denmark | DEN | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 255 | 212 | 58.4 |
| 2020 | Men | 3 | Spain | ESP | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 245 | 233 | 59.8 |
| 2020 | Men | 4 | Egypt | EGY | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 239 | 220 | 57.4 |
| 2020 | Men | 5 | Sweden | SWE | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 177 | 176 | 58.8 |
| 2020 | Men | 6 | Germany | GER | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 172 | 162 | 55.7 |
| 2020 | Men | 7 | Norway | NOR | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 161 | 163 | 54.0 |
| 2020 | Men | 8 | Bahrain | BRN | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 157 | 191 | 58.0 |
| 2020 | Men | 9 | Portugal | POR | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 143 | 156 | 59.8 |
| 2020 | Men | 10 | Brazil | BRA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 128 | 145 | 54.6 |
| 2020 | Men | 11 | Japan | JPN | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 146 | 170 | 63.2 |
| 2020 | Men | 12 | Argentina | ARG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 125 | 154 | 55.8 |
| 2020 | Women | 1 | France | FRA | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 230 | 209 | 54.9 |
| 2020 | Women | 2 | ROC | ROC | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 232 | 231 | 57.9 |
| 2020 | Women | 3 | Norway | NOR | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 258 | 191 | 56.1 |
| 2020 | Women | 4 | Sweden | SWE | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 237 | 228 | 58.1 |
| 2020 | Women | 5 | Netherlands | NED | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 191 | 175 | 61.0 |
| 2020 | Women | 6 | Montenegro | MNE | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 165 | 174 | 56.5 |
| 2020 | Women | 7 | Hungary | HUN | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 164 | 175 | 56.5 |
| 2020 | Women | 8 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 177 | 204 | 63.5 |
| 2020 | Women | 9 | Spain | ESP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 135 | 142 | 55.4 |
| 2020 | Women | 10 | Angola | ANG | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 130 | 156 | 57.2 |
| 2020 | Women | 11 | Brazil | BRA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 133 | 141 | 54.8 |
| 2020 | Women | 12 | Japan | JPN | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 124 | 150 | 54.8 |
| 2024 | Men | 1 | Denmark | DEN | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 267 | 220 | 60.9 |
| 2024 | Men | 2 | Germany | GER | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 248 | 241 | 61.1 |
| 2024 | Men | 3 | Spain | ESP | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 227 | 223 | 56.2 |
| 2024 | Men | 4 | Slovenia | SLO | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 225 | 224 | 56.1 |
| 2024 | Men | 5 | Egypt | EGY | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 176 | 169 | 57.5 |
| 2024 | Men | 6 | Norway | NOR | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 167 | 169 | 56.0 |
| 2024 | Men | 7 | Sweden | SWE | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 189 | 171 | 60.0 |
| 2024 | Men | 8 | France | FRA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 163 | 166 | 54.8 |
| 2024 | Men | 9 | Croatia | CRO | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 148 | 156 | 60.8 |
| 2024 | Men | 10 | Hungary | HUN | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 137 | 138 | 55.0 |
| 2024 | Men | 11 | Japan | JPN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 173 | 63.2 |
| 2024 | Men | 12 | Argentina | ARG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 131 | 171 | 60.4 |
| 2024 | Women | 1 | Norway | NOR | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 226 | 167 | 49.1 |
| 2024 | Women | 2 | France | FRA | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 237 | 204 | 55.1 |
| 2024 | Women | 3 | Denmark | DEN | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 206 | 191 | 49.6 |
| 2024 | Women | 4 | Sweden | SWE | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 229 | 218 | 55.9 |
| 2024 | Women | 5 | Netherlands | NED | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 177 | 166 | 57.2 |
| 2024 | Women | 6 | Hungary | HUN | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 169 | 176 | 57.5 |
| 2024 | Women | 7 | Brazil | BRA | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 142 | 151 | 48.8 |
| 2024 | Women | 8 | Germany | GER | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 159 | 160 | 53.2 |
| 2024 | Women | 9 | Angola | ANG | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 131 | 154 | 57.0 |
| 2024 | Women | 10 | Republic of Korea | KOR | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 107 | 133 | 48.0 |
| 2024 | Women | 11 | Slovenia | SLO | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 116 | 147 | 52.6 |
| 2024 | Women | 12 | Spain | ESP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 111 | 143 | 50.8 |
Points follow the source's own accounting for each tournament's format. Team names and NOC codes are as the source gives them for that year.
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How the Numbers Were Made
Source and counting. The rows are the final-standings tables on Olympedia's result page for each Olympic handball tournament, 27 pages retrieved 2026-09-13. Only team rows were kept (player rosters nested under each team were dropped) and the goals cell was split into goals for and against. The Goals / Match column is added here: goals for plus goals against, divided by matches played.
The finding. A tournament's goals per match is the sum of goals for and against over all its teams divided by the sum of their matches played; both sums count each match twice, so the ratio is the tournament's true goals per match. The trends are ordinary least-squares lines of that figure on Games year, one per gender and one pooled. Goal difference per match for a champion is goals for minus goals against divided by its matches.
Gaps. The 1936 outdoor field-handball tournament and the 1952 demonstration event used an eleven-a-side game and are excluded; the table starts with the indoor tournament in 1972. Youth Olympic and beach handball events are not included. Teams are named as Olympedia prints them for that Games, so the Soviet Union, the Unified Team and the Russian Federation are separate entries. The tie column is taken from the source as printed.
Licence. Olympedia is a free, editor-run reference for Olympic results. Its pages state no licence (checked 2026-09-13; the about page carries only a copyright line for OlyMADMen). The standings are republished here as attributed factual results with links to the source pages. Anyone reusing the table commercially should check with Olympedia first.
Sources
- Olympedia, Handball at the Olympic GamesprimaryOlympedia · primary · retrieved 2026-09-13 · No licence stated (checked 2026-09-13); attribute Olympedia (OlyMADMen) — Sport overview with medal counts
- Olympedia, Handball, MenprimaryOlympedia · primary · retrieved 2026-09-13 · No licence stated (checked 2026-09-13); attribute Olympedia (OlyMADMen) — Index of the 14 men's tournament result pages
- Olympedia, Handball, WomenprimaryOlympedia · primary · retrieved 2026-09-13 · No licence stated (checked 2026-09-13); attribute Olympedia (OlyMADMen) — Index of the 13 women's tournament result pages