Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Handball at the
2008 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	China
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–24 August 2008
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	France (men) Norway (women)
Runner-up	Iceland (men) Russia (women)
Third place	Spain (men) South Korea (women)
Fourth place	Croatia (men) Hungary (women)

The Beijing National Indoor Stadium prepared for the final handball matches.

Handball competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held from 9 to 24 August at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium. Medals were awarded for both men's and women's team events. A National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter one men's team and one women's team in the handball competitions.

Medal summary

See also: List of Olympic medalists in handball (men) and List of Olympic medalists in handball (women)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	France (FRA) Luc Abalo Joël Abati Cédric Burdet Didier Dinart Jérôme Fernandez Bertrand Gille Guillaume Gille Olivier Girault Michaël Guigou Nikola Karabatić Daouda Karaboué Christophe Kempe Daniel Narcisse Thierry Omeyer Cédric Paty	Iceland (ISL) Sturla Ásgeirsson Arnór Atlason Logi Geirsson Snorri Guðjónsson Hreiðar Guðmundsson Róbert Gunnarsson Björgvin Páll Gústavsson Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson Ingimundur Ingimundarson Sverre Andreas Jakobsson Alexander Petersson Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson Sigfús Sigurðsson Ólafur Stefánsson	Spain (ESP) David Barrufet Jon Belaustegui David Davis Alberto Entrerríos Raúl Entrerríos Rubén Garabaya Juanín García José Javier Hombrados Demetrio Lozano Cristian Malmagro Carlos Prieto Albert Rocas Iker Romero Víctor Tomás
Women	Norway (NOR) Ragnhild Aamodt Karoline Dyhre Breivang Marit Malm Frafjord Gro Hammerseng Katrine Lunde Haraldsen Kari Aalvik Grimsbø Kari Mette Johansen Tonje Larsen Kristine Lunde Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk Tonje Nøstvold Katja Nyberg Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Gøril Snorroeggen	Russia (RUS) Yekaterina Andryushina Irina Bliznova Yelena Dmitriyeva Anna Kareyeva Yekaterina Marennikova Yelena Polenova Irina Poltoratskaya Lyudmila Postnova Oxana Romenskaya Natalia Shipilova Maria Sidorova Inna Suslina Emiliya Turey Yana Uskova	South Korea (KOR) An Jung-Hwa Bae Min-Hee Choi Im-Jeong Hong Jeong-ho Huh Soon-Young Kim Cha-Youn Kim Nam-Sun Kim On-a Lee Min-Hee Moon Pil-Hee Oh Seong-Ok Oh Yong-Ran Park Chung-Hee Song Hai-Rim

Participating teams

Gold medalists France collect their medals on 24 August 2008.

Men

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Group A Brazil China Croatia France Poland Spain

Group B Denmark Egypt Germany Iceland Russia South Korea

Women

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Group A Angola China France Kazakhstan Norway Romania

Group B Brazil Germany Hungary Russia South Korea Sweden

References

• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
• International Handball Federation
• European Handball Federation
• Team Handball News 2008 Men's Olympic Qualification Summary
• Team Handball News 2008 Women's Olympic Qualification Summary

External links

• Handball – Official Results Book