The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Handball

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

FRANCE - 8 Medals

NORWAY - 8 Medals

DENMARK - 7 Medals

Men's
Women's
Medal Table

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1936
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
1972
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Romania
1976
Soviet Union
Romania
Poland
1980
East Germany
Soviet Union
Romania
1984
Yugoslavia
West Germany
Romania
1988
Soviet Union
South Korea
Yugoslavia
1992
Unified Team
Sweden
France
1996
Croatia
Sweden
Spain
2000
Russia
Sweden
Spain
2004
Croatia
Germany
Russia
2008
France
Iceland
Spain
2012
France
Sweden
Croatia
2016
Denmark
France
Germany
2020
France
Denmark
Spain
2024
Denmark
Germany
Spain

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1976
Soviet Union
East Germany
Hungary
1980
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
East Germany
1984
Yugoslavia
South Korea
China
1988
South Korea
Norway
Soviet Union
1992
South Korea
Norway
Unified Team
1996
Denmark
South Korea
Hungary
2000
Denmark
Hungary
Norway
2004
Denmark
South Korea
Ukraine
2008
Norway
Russia
South Korea
2012
Norway
Montenegro
Spain
2016
Russia
France
Norway
2020
France
Russian Olympic Committee
Norway
2024
Norway
France
Denmark

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
France 4
3
1
8
2
Norway 3
2
3
8
3
Denmark 5
1
1
7
4
South Korea
2
4
1
7
5
Soviet Union
4
1
1
6
6
Spain 0
0
6
6
7
Yugoslavia
3
1
1
5
8
Russia
2
1
1
4
9
Germany 1
2
1
4
10
Sweden
0
4
0
4
11
Romania
0
1
3
4
12
Croatia
2
0
1
3
13
East Germany
1
1
1
3
14
Hungary
0
1
2
3
15
Unified Team
1
0
1
2
16
Austria
0
1
0
1
17
Iceland
0
1
0
1
18
Montenegro
0
1
0
1
19
West Germany
0
1
0
1
20
Czechoslovakia
0
1
0
1
21
Russian Olympic Committee
0
1
0
1
22
Switzerland
0
0
1
1
23
Poland
0
0
1
1
24
China
0
0
1
1
25
Ukraine
0
0
1
1