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1988 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates20 September – 1 October
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored1,556 (43.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Kang Jae-won
(49 goals)
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The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the sixth appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games.

Qualification

Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 30 September 1981 West Germany Baden-Baden 1  South Korea
1986 World Championship 25 February – 8 March 1986  Switzerland 6  Yugoslavia
 Hungary
 East Germany
 Sweden
 Spain
 Iceland
1987 World Championship Group B 17–28 February 1987  Italy 2  Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia
1987 African Championship 3–12 July 1987 Morocco Rabat 1  Algeria
1987 Pan American Games 9–16 August 1987 United States Indianapolis 1  United States
Asian qualification 1  Japan
Total 12

Team rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 130 82 +48 10 Gold medal game
2  Yugoslavia 5 3 1 1 116 109 +7 7 Bronze medal game
3  Sweden 5 3 0 2 106 91 +15 6 Fifth place game
4  Iceland 5 2 1 2 96 102 −6 5 Seventh place game
5  Algeria 5 1 0 4 89 109 −20 2 Ninth place game
6  United States 5 0 0 5 81 125 −44 0 Eleventh place game
Source: [citation needed]
20 September 1988
10:00
Yugoslavia  18–24  Soviet Union Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Hofmann, Prause (FRG)
Vujović 8 (7–10) Tyumentsev 6
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20 September 1988
14:00
Sweden  21–18  Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Hajas, Järphag 4 (14–9) Seghir 5
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20 September 1988
18:00
Iceland  22–15  United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Arason 8 (8–8) Lash 4
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22 September 1988
10:00
Yugoslavia  31–23  United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
Vujović 7 (17–11) Goss 7
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22 September 1988
14:00
Sweden  18–22  Soviet Union Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Hajas 6 (7–11) Karshakevich 9
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22 September 1988
18:00
Iceland  22–16  Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Zaworotny, Brosio (ARG)
Arason 8 (11–8) Seghir 4
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24 September 1988
10:00
Yugoslavia  23–22  Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Smajlagić 7 (10–11) three players 4
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24 September 1988
14:00
Sweden  20–14  Iceland Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Sjong, Ludvigsen (NOR)
Carlén, Hajas 5 (12–6) three players 3
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24 September 1988
18:00
Soviet Union  26–14  United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
Tyumentsev 6 (10–5) Goss 5
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26 September 1988
10:00
Yugoslavia  19–19  Iceland Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
Portner 6 (8–10) Gíslason, Þráinsson 5
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26 September 1988
14:00
Sweden  26–12  United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Brosio, Zaworotny (ARG)
B. Jilsén 6 (11–6) Lash, Sullivan 4
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26 September 1988
18:00
Soviet Union  26–13  Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
Gopin, Nesterov 4 (13–5) Bouanik 5
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28 September 1988
10:00
United States  17–20  Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Hillery, Lash 5 (8–10) three players 3
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28 September 1988
14:00
Iceland  19–32  Soviet Union Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Gíslason 6 (8–15) Tuchkin 11
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28 September 1988
18:00
Yugoslavia  25–21  Sweden Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Puc 5 (14–10) Carlén, B. Jilsén 5
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea (H) 5 4 0 1 127 117 +10 8 Gold medal game
2  Hungary 5 3 0 2 102 93 +9 6[a] Bronze medal game
3  Czechoslovakia 5 3 0 2 109 103 +6 6[a] Fifth place game
4  East Germany 5 3 0 2 109 100 +9 6[a] Seventh place game
5  Spain 5 2 0 3 101 106 −5 4 Ninth place game
6  Japan 5 0 0 5 97 126 −29 0 Eleventh place game
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 25% rule: Hungary +6 GD, 80 GS; Czechoslovakia +2 GD, 88 GS; East Germany +2 GD, 84 GS
20 September 1988
11:30
Hungary  20–22  South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
P. Kovács 10 (9–11) Kang 7
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20 September 1988
15:30
East Germany  25–18  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
Borchardt, Wahl 6 (14–10) Miyashita 6
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20 September 1988
19:30
Spain  17–20  Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Wester, Blademo (SWE)
Serrano 7 (5–10) Bartek 6
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22 September 1988
11:30
Hungary  16–19  Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
Iváncsik 6 (6–12) Kotrč 7
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22 September 1988
15:30
East Germany  22–23  South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (YUG)
Borchardt 8 (13–9) Kang 9
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22 September 1988
19:30
Spain  25–19  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Sjong, Ludvigsen (NOR)
Muñoz 8 (13–5) Yamamura 6
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24 September 1988
11:30
Hungary  22–19  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Wester, Blademo (SWE)
Marosi 11 (10–11) Tamamura 13
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24 September 1988
15:30
East Germany  21–20  Spain Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Borchardt 8 (11–8) Muñoz 6
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24 September 1988
19:30
South Korea  29–28  Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Hofmann, Prause (FRG)
Lee 9 (15–12) Sovadina 10
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26 September 1988
11:30
Hungary  26–16  Spain Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (YUG)
Marosi 8 (14–8) Muñoz 5
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26 September 1988
15:30
East Germany  24–21  Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Borchardt 9 (11–9) Bajgar, Bartek 5
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26 September 1988
19:30
South Korea  33–24  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
Kang 10 (18–11) Yamamura 7
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28 September 1988
11:30
Czechoslovakia  21–17  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (YUG)
Sovadina 6 (13–7) Tamamura, Yamamura 5
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28 September 1988
15:30
Spain  23–20  South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Wester, Blademo (SWE)
Serrano 8 (10–9) Lee 8
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28 September 1988
19:30
Hungary  18–17  East Germany Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
Iváncsik 8 (7–9) Hahn, Schneider 4
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Final round

Eleventh place game

30 September 1988
10:00
United States  21–24  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Brosio, Zaworotny (ARG)
Goss 8 (11–8) Tamamura 10
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Ninth place game

30 September 1988
11:30
Algeria  15–21  Spain Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Ludvigsen, Sjong (NOR)
Seghir 5 (6–11) Marín 4
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Seventh place game

30 September 1988
14:00
Iceland  29–31 (ET)  East Germany Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Arason 9 (13–12) Borchardt 8
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FT: 23–23 ET: 2–2, 3–3 Pen: 1–3

Fifth place game

30 September 1988
15:30
Sweden  27–18  Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Järphag 8 (14–8) Bartek 5
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Bronze medal game

1 October 1988
15:00
Yugoslavia  27–23  Hungary Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Portner, Vujović 7 (12–13) Iváncsik, P. Kovács 6
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Gold medal game

1 October 1988
17:00
Soviet Union  32–25  South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul
Referees: Hofmann, Prause (FRG)
Rymanov 7 (17–11) Kang 10
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Rankings and statistics

References