Final results for the Handball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics .
Men's Tournament
Preliminary Round
Group A
September 20
10:00
Yugoslavia
18
–
24
USSR
September 20
14:00
Sweden
21
–
18
Algeria
September 20
18:00
Iceland
22
–
15
United States
September 22
10:00
Yugoslavia
31
–
23
United States
September 22
14:00
Sweden
18
–
22
USSR
September 22
18:00
Iceland
22
–
16
Algeria
September 24
10:00
Yugoslavia
23
–
22
Algeria
September 24
14:00
Sweden
20
–
14
Iceland
September 24
18:00
USSR
26
–
14
United States
September 26
10:00
Yugoslavia
19
–
19
Iceland
September 26
14:00
Sweden
26
–
12
United States
September 26
18:00
USSR
26
–
13
Algeria
September 28
10:00
United States
17
–
20
Algeria
September 28
14:00
Iceland
19
–
32
USSR
September 28
18:00
Yugoslavia
25
–
21
Sweden
Group B
September 20
11:30
Hungary
20
–
22
South Korea
September 20
15:30
East Germany
25
–
18
Japan
September 20
19:30
Spain
17
–
20
Czechoslovakia
September 22
11:30
Hungary
16
–
19
Czechoslovakia
September 22
15:30
East Germany
22
–
23
South Korea
September 22
19:30
Spain
25
–
19
Japan
September 24
11:30
Hungary
22
–
19
Japan
September 24
15:30
East Germany
21
–
20
Spain
September 24
19:30
South Korea
29
–
28
Czechoslovakia
September 26
11:30
Hungary
26
–
16
Spain
September 26
15:30
East Germany
24
–
21
Czechoslovakia
September 26
19:30
South Korea
33
–
24
Japan
September 28
11:30
Czechoslovakia
21
–
17
Japan
September 28
15:30
Spain
23
–
20
South Korea
September 28
19:30
Hungary
18
–
17
East Germany
Final Round
5th to 12th places
11th - 12th
September 30
10:00
United States
21
–
24
Japan
9th - 10th
September 30
11:30
Algeria
15
–
21
Spain
7th - 8th
September 30
14:00
Iceland
29
–
31
East Germany
5th - 6th
September 30
15:30
Sweden
27
–
18
Czechoslovakia
Bronze Medal match
October 1
15:00
Yugoslavia
27
–
23
Hungary
Final
October 1
17:00
USSR
32
–
25
South Korea
Team Rosters
4. Hungary : Imre Bíró , József Bordás , Ottó Csicsay , János Fodor , János Gyurka , László Hoffmann , Mihály Iváncsik , Mihály Kovács , Péter Kovács , László Marosi , Tibor Oross , Jakab Sibalin , László Szabó , Géza Tóth
5. Sweden : Per Carlén , Per Carlsson , Johan Eklund , Mats Fransson , Erik Hajas , Claes Hellgren , Peder Järphag , Björn Jilsén , Pär Jilsén , Ola Lindgren , Staffan Olsson , Mats Olsson , Sten Sjögren , Magnus Wislander
6. Czechoslovakia : Miroslav Bajgar , Michal Barda , Tomáš Bártek , Petr Baumruk , Milan Brestovanský , Karel Jindřichovský , Jiří Kotrč , Peter Mesiarik , Jan Novák , Jozef Škandík , Libor Sovadina , František Štika , Zdeněk Vaněk , Milan Folta
7. East Germany : Rüdiger Borchardt , Jens Fiedler , Mike Fuhrig , Matthias Hahn , Stephan Hauck , Peter Hofmann , Bernd Metzke , Andreas Neitzel , Peter Pysall , Wieland Schmidt , Holger Schneider , Frank-Michael Wahl , Holger Winselmann
8. Iceland : Kristján Arason , Alfreð Gíslason , Guðmundur Guðmundsson , Sigurður Gunnarsson , Atli Hilmarsson , Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson , Brynjar Kvaran , Þorgils Mathiesen , Páll Ólafsson , Bjarki Sigurðsson , Jakob Sigurðsson , Geir Sveinsson , Sigurður Sveinsson , Einar Þorvarðarson , Karl Þráinsson
9. Spain : Juan Javier Cabanas , Juan de la Puente , Jesús Ángel Fernández , Jaume Fort , Jesús Gómez , Ricardo Marín , Juan Francisco Muñoz , Jaime Puig , Javier Reino , Lorenzo Rico , Julián Ruiz , Joan Sagalés , Eugenio Serrano , Juan José Uría , Miguel Ángel Zúñiga
10. Algeria : Makhlouf Aït Hocine , Omar Azeb , Benali Beghouach , Abdeslam Benmaghsoula , Mahmoud Bouanik , Salah Bouchekriou , Abdelhak Bouhalissa , Brahim Boudrali , Mourad Boussebt , Ahcene Djeffal , Sofiane Draouci , Fethnour Lacheheb , Zineddine Mohamed Seghir , Kamel Ouchia
11. Japan : Izumi Fujii , Yukihiro Hashimoto , Hidetada Ito , Kazuhiro Miyashita , Yoshihiko Nikawadori , Kiyoshi Nishiyama , Shinji Okuda , Shinichi Shudo , Koji Tachiki , Takashi Taguchi , Seiichi Takamura , Kenji Tamamura , Kodo Yamamoto , Toshiyuki Yamamura , Hiroshi Yanai
12. United States : James Buehning , Scott Driggers , Craig Fitschen , Steven Goss , Bob Hillary , Boyd Janny , Bryant Johnson , William Kessler , Stephen Kirk , Peter Lash , Joseph McVein , Rod Oshita , Joe Story , Mike Sullivan (handballer) , Brian Bennett
Women's Tournament
Preliminary Round
Group A
September 21
10:00
Czechoslovakia
27
–
33
South Korea
September 21
14:00
Yugoslavia
19
–
18
United States
September 23
10:00
Czechoslovakia
33
–
19
United States
September 23
14:00
Yugoslavia
22
–
19
South Korea
September 25
10:00
South Korea
24
–
18
United States
September 25
14:00
Czechoslovakia
21
–
17
Yugoslavia
Group B
September 21
11:30
Soviet Union
24
–
19
China
September 21
15:30
Norway
34
–
14
Ivory Coast
September 23
11:30
Soviet Union
32
–
11
Ivory Coast
September 23
15:30
Norway
22
–
20
China
September 25
11:30
China
37
–
12
Ivory Coast
September 25
15:30
Soviet Union
19
–
19
Norway
Final Round
5th - 8th
September 27
10:00
China
31
–
22
United States
September 27
14:00
Ivory Coast
12
–
34
Czechoslovakia
September 29
10:00
Ivory Coast
16
–
27
United States
September 29
14:00
China
21
–
26
Czechoslovakia
China
37
–
12
Ivory Coast
United States
19
–
33
Czechoslovakia
1st - 4th
September 27
11:30
Yugoslavia
15
–
18
USSR
September 27
15:30
South Korea
23
–
20
Norway
September 29
11:30
Yugoslavia
15
–
20
Norway
September 29
15:30
South Korea
21
–
19
USSR
USSR
19
–
19
Norway
South Korea
19
–
22
Yugoslavia
Team Rosters
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:
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Medal table
References
Tournaments Qualifications
Squads