:Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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{{Infobox international handball competition
|tourney_name = Handball at the
1988 Summer Olympics
|country = South Korea
|dates = 20 September – 1 October 1988
|num_teams = 20
|confederations =
|venues = Olympic Gymnastics Arena
Suwon Gymnasium
|cities =
|champion_other = {{hb|URS}} (men)
{{hbw|KOR|1984}} (women)
|second_other = {{hb|KOR|1984}} (men)
{{hbw|NOR}} (women)
|third_other = {{hb|YUG}} (men)
{{hbw|URS}} (women)
|fourth_other = {{hb|HUN}} (men)
{{hbw|YUG}} (women)
|previous = Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
|next = Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
}}
{{HandballAt1988SummerOlympics}}
File:Seoul Olympic Exhibition Hall 01.jpg
Final results for the handball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/HAN/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044112/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/HAN/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Handball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games |access-date=20 March 2020 |work=Sports Reference}}
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:
- {{flagIOC|ALG|1988 Summer|14}} (men:14 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|CHN|1988 Summer|12}} (men:0 women:12)
- {{flagIOC|CIV|1988 Summer|14}} (men:0 women:14)
- {{flagIOC|TCH|1988 Summer|29}} (men:14 women:15)
- {{flagIOC|GDR|1988 Summer|13}} (men:13 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1988 Summer|14}} (men:14 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|ISL|1988 Summer|15}} (men:15 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|JPN|1988 Summer|15}} (men:15 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|NOR|1988 Summer|15}} (men:0 women:15)
- {{flagIOC|KOR|1988 Summer|26}} (men:14 women:12)
- {{flagIOC|URS|1988 Summer|29}} (men:15 women:15)
- {{flagIOC|ESP|1988 Summer|15}} (men:15 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|SWE|1988 Summer|14}} (men:14 women:0)
- {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer|28}} (men:14 women:14)
- {{flagIOC|YUG|1988 Summer|29}} (men:15 women:14)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host = KOR
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 1988 Summer
| team =
| gold_KOR = 1 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 0 | host_KOR = yes
| gold_URS = 1 | silver_URS = 0 | bronze_URS = 1
| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 0
| gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 0 | bronze_YUG = 1
}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070612020125/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]
{{EventsAt1988SummerOlympics}}
{{Handball at the Summer Olympics}}