Handball at the Summer Olympics refers to two different sports.
Field handball
Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) was a form of what is now handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
The sport is played on a grass field (similar to an association football field) between l ...
was introduced for men at the
1936 Summer Olympics in
Berlin
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, but dropped after that. At the
1952 Olympics, field handball was a demonstration sport.
(Indoor) handball was introduced for men at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
Munich
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. Women's handball competition was introduced at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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in
Montreal
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.
Men
Summary
Medal table
Participating nations
Women
Summary
Medal table
Participating nations
Combined medal table
The table below include teams under the name they had at the time.
It should be mentioned, though, that URS and EUN is the same team like RUS and ROC is the same.
See also
*
List of Olympic venues in handball
References and notes
External links
Men's resultsWomen's results
{{International Handball Federation
Sports at the Summer Olympics
Olympics