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 1988 |
| Teams | 20 |
| Venue(s) | Olympic Gymnastics Arena Suwon Gymnasium |
| 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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Korean handball players' uniforms at the 1988 Olympics
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 entries) | 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.
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