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Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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.[1]

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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Qualification edit

Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 30 September 1981   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   Rabat 1   Algeria
1987 Pan American Games 9–16 August 1987   Indianapolis 1   United States
1987 Asian Championship 20–29 August 1987   Amman 1   Japan
Total 12

Team rosters edit

Main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

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
3×  4×  2×  5× 
20 September 1988
14:00 		Sweden   21–18   Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Hajas, Järphag 4 (14–9) Seghir 5
2×  4×  3×  6× 
20 September 1988
18:00 		Iceland   22–15   United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Arason 8 (8–8) Lash 4
3×  2×  3×  5× 
22 September 1988
10:00 		Yugoslavia   31–23   United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
Vujović 7 (17–11) Goss 7
2×  3×  1×  5× 
22 September 1988
14:00 		Sweden   18–22   Soviet Union Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Hajas 6 (7–11) Karshakevich 9
3×  3×  2×  7× 
22 September 1988
18:00 		Iceland   22–16   Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Zaworotny, Brosio (ARG)
Arason 8 (11–8) Seghir 4
2×  6×  2×  6× 
24 September 1988
10:00 		Yugoslavia   23–22   Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Smajlagić 7 (10–11) three players 4
3×  7×  3×  3× 
24 September 1988
14:00 		Sweden   20–14   Iceland Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Sjong, Ludvigsen (NOR)
Carlén, Hajas 5 (12–6) three players 3
2×  3×  2×  4× 
24 September 1988
18:00 		Soviet Union   26–14   United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
Tyumentsev 6 (10–5) Goss 5
2×  3×  3×  3× 
26 September 1988
10:00 		Yugoslavia   19–19   Iceland Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
Portner 6 (8–10) Gíslason, Þráinsson 5
2×  11×  3×  8× 
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
2×  1×  2×  5× 
26 September 1988
18:00 		Soviet Union   26–13   Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
Gopin, Nesterov 4 (13–5) Bouanik 5
2×  2×  1×  4× 
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
3×  4×  3×  2× 
28 September 1988
14:00 		Iceland   19–32   Soviet Union Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Gíslason 6 (8–15) Tuchkin 11
3×  2×  3×  7× 
28 September 1988
18:00 		Yugoslavia   25–21   Sweden Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Puc 5 (14–10) Carlén, B. Jilsén 5
2×  1×  3×  2× 

Group B edit

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
2×  5×  3×  4×  1× 
20 September 1988
15:30 		East Germany   25–18   Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
Borchardt, Wahl 6 (14–10) Miyashita 6
2×  4×  3×  4× 
20 September 1988
19:30 		Spain   17–20   Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Wester, Blademo (SWE)
Serrano 7 (5–10) Bartek 6
2×  4×  2×  7×  2× 
22 September 1988
11:30 		Hungary   16–19   Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
Iváncsik 6 (6–12) Kotrč 7
3×  3×  2×  4× 
22 September 1988
15:30 		East Germany   22–23   South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (YUG)
Borchardt 8 (13–9) Kang 9
3×  4×  1×  3× 
22 September 1988
19:30 		Spain   25–19   Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Sjong, Ludvigsen (NOR)
Muñoz 8 (13–5) Yamamura 6
2×  5×  2×  6×  1× 
24 September 1988
11:30 		Hungary   22–19   Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Wester, Blademo (SWE)
Marosi 11 (10–11) Tamamura 13
2×  6×  1×  9×  1× 
24 September 1988
15:30 		East Germany   21–20   Spain Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Borchardt 8 (11–8) Muñoz 6
2×  4×  2×  5×  1× 
24 September 1988
19:30 		South Korea   29–28   Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Hofmann, Prause (FRG)
Lee 9 (15–12) Sovadina 10
3×  5×  3×  7× 
26 September 1988
11:30 		Hungary   26–16   Spain Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (YUG)
Marosi 8 (14–8) Muñoz 5
2×  5×  2×  5× 
26 September 1988
15:30 		East Germany   24–21   Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Borchardt 9 (11–9) Bajgar, Bartek 5
3×  8×  2×  6×  1× 
26 September 1988
19:30 		South Korea   33–24   Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
Kang 10 (18–11) Yamamura 7
 6×  2×  6× 
28 September 1988
11:30 		Czechoslovakia   21–17   Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (YUG)
Sovadina 6 (13–7) Tamamura, Yamamura 5
2×  5×  2×  2× 
28 September 1988
15:30 		Spain   23–20   South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Wester, Blademo (SWE)
Serrano 8 (10–9) Lee 8
2×  2×  2×  1× 
28 September 1988
19:30 		Hungary   18–17   East Germany Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
Iváncsik 8 (7–9) Hahn, Schneider 4
3×  6×  2×  6× 

Final round edit

Eleventh place game edit

30 September 1988
10:00 		United States   21–24   Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Brosio, Zaworotny (ARG)
Goss 8 (11–8) Tamamura 10
2×  4×  2×  3× 

Ninth place game edit

30 September 1988
11:30 		Algeria   15–21   Spain Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Ludvigsen, Sjong (NOR)
Seghir 5 (6–11) Marín 4
2×  3× 

Seventh place game edit

30 September 1988
14:00 		Iceland   29–31 (ET)   East Germany Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Arason 9 (13–12) Borchardt 8
2×  7×  2×  7× 

FT: 23–23 ET: 2–2, 3–3 Pen: 1–3

Fifth place game edit

30 September 1988
15:30 		Sweden   27–18   Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Järphag 8 (14–8) Bartek 5
2×  4×  2×  4×  1× 

Bronze medal game edit

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
2×  6×  1×  2×  4× 

Gold medal game edit

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
3×  3×  2×  1× 

Rankings and statistics edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's Handball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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