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
Dates	20 September – 1 October
Teams	12
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
Matches	36
Goals scored	1556 (43.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kang Jae-won (49 goals)
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Qualification

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
Asian qualification			1	Japan
Total			12

Team rosters

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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, 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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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

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×

Rankings and statistics

Final ranking Rank Team  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

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals 1 Kang Jae-won 49 2 Rüdiger Borchardt 42 3 Kenji Tamamura 34 4 Kristján Arason 33 5 Mihály Iváncsik 31 Lee Sang-hyo Zlatko Portner 8 László Marosi 30 9 Aleksandr Tuchkin 29 Veselin Vujović

References