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.

1988 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Dates20 September – 1 October
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches36
Top scorer(s) Kang Jae-won
(49 goals)
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Team rosters
Main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

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:
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) Sullivan 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
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[lower-alpha 1] Bronze medal game
3  Czechoslovakia 5 3 0 2 109 103 +6 6[lower-alpha 1] Fifth place game
4  East Germany 5 3 0 2 109 100 +9 6[lower-alpha 1] 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:
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. 25% rule: Hungary +6 GD, Czechoslovakia +2 GD, East Germany +2 GD
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

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
2× 4× 2× 3×

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
2× 3×

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
2× 7× 2× 7×

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
2× 4× 2× 4× 1×

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
2× 6× 1× 2× 4×

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
3× 3× 2× 1×

Final ranking
RankTeam
 Soviet Union
 South Korea
 Yugoslavia
4 Hungary
5 Sweden
6 Czechoslovakia
7 East Germany
8 Iceland
9 Spain
10 Algeria
11 Japan
12 United States

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