Handball - Men's Olympic Games - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1936

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  France	3	2008	2021
  Yougoslavia	2	1972	1984
  Croatia	2	1996	2004
  Denmark	2	2016	2024
  USSR	2	1976	1988
  Germany	1	1936	1936
  Russia	1	2000	2000
  Community of Independent States	1	1992	1992
  East Germany	1	1980	1980

• Winners and finalists since 1936

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  France	3	1
  Denmark	2	1
  USSR	2	1
  Yougoslavia	2	0
  Croatia	2	0
  Germany	1	2
  Russia	1	0
  Community of Independent States	1	0
  East Germany	1	0
  Sweden		4
  Romania		1
  Iceland		1
  Republic of Korea		1
  Czechoslovakia		1
  West Germany		1
  Austria		1
  Spain
  Poland
  Switzerland

• Various statistics since 1936
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Spain	12
  2	Sweden	10
  3	Denmark	9
  4	France	9
  5	Germany	9
  6	Hungary	9
  7	Egypt	8
  8	Iceland	7
  9	Republic of Korea	7
  10	Brazil	6

  Number of matches

  1	Spain	74
  2	France	62
  3	Sweden	60
  4	Denmark	53
  5	Germany	52
  6	Hungary	51
  7	Republic of Korea	45
  8	Egypt	44
  9	Iceland	44
  10	Yougoslavia	39

  Games per appearance

  1	Greece	8
  2	Russia	7.5
  3	Community of Independent S.	7
  4	France	6.9
  5	Yougoslavia	6.5
  6	Poland	6.4
  7	Republic of Korea	6.4
  8	East Germany	6.3
  9	Iceland	6.3
  10	USSR	6.3

  ---

  Wins

  1	France	47
  2	Spain	42
  3	Sweden	39
  4	Germany	31
  5	Croatia	29
  6	Denmark	29
  7	Yougoslavia	29
  8	Hungary	22
  9	Romania	21
  10	Iceland	20

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Community of Independent S.	100 %
  2	Austria	80 %
  3	Croatia	78 %
  4	France	76 %
  5	East Germany	74 %
  6	Yougoslavia	74 %
  7	USSR	72 %
  8	Sweden	65 %
  9	Romania	64 %
  10	Germany	60 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Iceland	6
  2	Czechoslovakia	3
  3	Denmark	3
  4	Egypt	3
  5	Germany	3
  6	Poland	3
  7	Sweden	3
  8	USSR	3
  9	Brazil	2
  10	France	2

  ---

  Losses

  1	Spain	31
  2	Republic of Korea	28
  3	Egypt	27
  4	Hungary	27
  5	Brazil	26
  6	United States	26
  7	Algeria	21
  8	Denmark	21
  9	Japan	21
  10	Germany	18

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Australia	100 %
  2	Canada	100 %
  3	China	100 %
  4	Great-Britain	100 %
  5	Kuwait	100 %
  6	Algeria	88 %
  7	Argentina	87 %
  8	United States	84 %
  9	Bahrain	83 %
  10	Tunisia	82 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	Qatar	17 %
  2	Iceland	14 %
  3	Czechoslovakia	13 %
  4	USSR	12 %
  5	Norway	9 %
  6	Poland	9 %
  7	Cuba	8 %
  8	Egypt	7 %
  9	Brazil	6 %
  10	Denmark	6 %

• All time table since 1936

  (Based on W=3 pts, D=2 pts and L=1 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	France	9	1992	1st	96	62	47	2	13	1715	1452	+263
  2	Spain	12	1972	3rd	85	74	42	1	31	1863	1774	+89
  3	Sweden	10	1972	2nd	81	60	39	3	18	1495	1294	+201
  4	Germany	9	1936	0th	65	52	31	3	18	1319	1140	+179
  5	Denmark	9	1972	1st	61	53	29	3	21	1305	1238	+67
  6	Yougoslavia	6	1972	1st	60	39	29	2	8	914	761	+153
  7	Croatia	6	1996	1st	58	37	29	0	8	1043	925	+118
  8	Iceland	7	1972	2nd	46	44	20	6	18	1096	1074	+22
  9	Hungary	9	1936	0th	46	51	22	2	27	1045	1072	-27
  10	Romania	6	1936	2nd	44	33	21	2	10	644	565	+79
  11	USSR	4	1972	1st	39	25	18	3	4	539	381	+158
  12	Russia	4	1996	1st	37	30	18	1	11	815	757	+58
  13	Poland	5	1972	3rd	37	32	17	3	12	779	727	+52
  14	Republic of Korea	7	1984	2nd	32	45	15	2	28	1121	1232	-111
  15	Egypt	8	1992	4th	31	44	14	3	27	1084	1121	-37
  16	East Germany	3	1972	1st	29	19	14	1	4	374	328	+46
  17	West Germany	3	1972	2nd	23	19	11	1	7	344	316	+28
  18	Czechoslovakia	4	1972	2nd	23	24	10	3	11	465	443	+22
  19	Switzerland	4	1936	-	18	23	9	0	14	408	430	-22
  20	Slovenia	4	2000	4th	17	20	8	1	11	536	559	-23
  21	Community of Independent States	1	1992	1st	14	7	7	0	0	166	137	+29
  22	Japan	6	1972	-	14	28	7	0	21	572	682	-110
  23	Brazil	6	1992	-	14	34	6	2	26	806	966	-160
  24	Norway	3	1972	-	13	11	6	1	4	251	250	+1
  25	United States	6	1936	-	9	31	4	1	26	547	740	-193
  26	Austria	1	1936	-	8	5	4	0	1	60	29	+31
  27	Tunisia	4	1972	-	7	22	3	1	18	465	561	-96
  28	Greece	1	2004	-	6	8	3	0	5	188	220	-32
  29	Qatar	1	2016	-	5	6	2	1	3	144	161	-17
  30	Cuba	2	1980	-	5	12	2	1	9	289	347	-58
  31	Algeria	4	1980	-	5	24	2	1	21	435	556	-121
  32	Argentina	4	2012	-	4	15	2	0	13	348	418	-70
  33	Serbia	1	2012	-	2	5	1	0	4	120	131	-11
  34	Portugal	1	2021	-	2	5	1	0	4	143	156	-13
  35	Bahrain	1	2021	-	2	6	1	0	5	157	191	-34
  36	Canada	1	1976	-	0	5	0	0	5	75	122	-47
  37	China	1	2008	-	0	5	0	0	5	104	164	-60
  38	Australia	1	2000	-	0	6	0	0	6	130	204	-74
  39	Great-Britain	1	2012	-	0	5	0	0	5	96	192	-96
  40	Kuwait	2	1980	-	0	12	0	0	12	213	397	-184

General Informations

• First edition : 1936
• Editions : 15 (including 2024)
• First winner : Germany
• Most wins : France (3)
• Most recent winner : Denmark