Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Handball at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country  China
Dates 9 August - 24 August
Teams 24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
 Champions  France (Men)
 Norway (Women)
 Runners-up  Iceland (Men)
 Russia (Women)
 Third place  Spain (Men)
 South Korea (Women)
Fourth place  Croatia (Men)
 Hungary (Women)

Handball competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 24, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium. Medals were awarded for both Men's and Women's team events. A NOC was permitted to enter one Men's team and one Women's team in the handball competitions.

The Beijing National Indoor Stadium prepared for the final handball matches.


Contents

[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
France France (FRA) Iceland Iceland (ISL) Spain Spain (ESP)
Women
details
Norway Norway (NOR) Russia Russia (RUS) South Korea South Korea (KOR)

[edit] Participating teams

Gold medalists France collect their medals on August 24th 2008
Handball at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

[edit] Men

Group A
Group B

[edit] Women

Group A
Group B

[edit] References

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