Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Spain |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 27 July – 8 August |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Unified Team
|
| Runner-up | Sweden |
| Third place | France |
| Fourth place | Iceland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 38 |
| Goals scored | 1,616 (42.53 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) (47 goals) |
The men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom four proceeding to placement matches.
Qualification
| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 17 October 1986 | Lausanne | 1 | Spain |
| 1990 World Championship | 28 February – 10 March 1990 | Czechoslovakia | 8 |
Sweden Unified Team Romania Hungary Czechoslovakia Germany France Iceland |
| 1991 Pan American Games | 5–12 August 1991 | Havana | 1 | Brazil |
| 1991 Asian Championship | 22 August –1 September 1991 | Hiroshima | 1 | South Korea |
| 1991 African Men's Handball Championship | September 1991 | Cairo | 1 | Egypt |
| Total | 12 | |||
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 86 | +34 | 10 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Iceland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 101 | 99 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 117 | −3 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 108 | −6 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 94 | 92 | +2 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Brazil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 125 | −29 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
Source:
| 27 July 1992 11:30 |
Sweden | 20–14 | Czechoslovakia |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| Thorsson 7 | (8–7) | Bergendi 4 | ||
| 27 July 1992 14:30 |
Iceland | 19–18 | Brazil |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| Jónasson 6 | (10–10) | Nascimento 5 | ||
| 27 July 1992 19:00 |
Hungary | 18–22 | South Korea |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| Iváncsik 7 | (11–11) | Cho C. 9 | ||
| 29 July 1992 10:00 |
South Korea | 18–28 | Sweden |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| Cho C. 5 | (6–15) | Thorsson 7 | ||
| 29 July 1992 14:30 |
Brazil | 21–27 | Hungary |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| Nascimento 5 | (10–10) | Iváncsik 5 | ||
| 29 July 1992 20:30 |
Czechoslovakia | 16–16 | Iceland |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| Bergendi 4 | (9–9) | Grímsson 4 | ||
| 31 July 1992 11:30 |
Czechoslovakia | 19–20 | South Korea |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| Tonar 6 | (11–7) | Cho C. 6 | ||
| 31 July 1992 14:30 |
Iceland | 22–16 | Hungary |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| Grímsson 6 | Marosi 4 | |||
| 31 July 1992 19:00 |
Sweden | 22–15 | Brazil |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| Hedin 6 | (11–7) | Carnasciali 5 | ||
| 2 August 1992 10:00 |
Iceland | 26–24 | South Korea |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| Grímsson 8 | (11–14) | Cho C. 9 | ||
| 2 August 1992 16:00 |
Hungary | 21–25 | Sweden |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| Éles 5 | (10–14) | Hajas 6 | ||
| 2 August 1992 19:00 |
Brazil | 16–27 | Czechoslovakia |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| Vieira 4 | (9–9) | Tonar 8 | ||
| 4 August 1992 11:30 |
Hungary | 20–18 | Czechoslovakia |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| Horváth 7 | (9–8) | Šetlík 6 | ||
| 4 August 1992 14:30 |
South Korea | 30–26 | Brazil |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| Cho C. 9 | (16–13) | Vieira 6 | ||
| 4 August 1992 20:30 |
Sweden | 25–18 | Iceland |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| Carlén 8 | (12–7) | Sveinsson 5 | ||
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Unified Team
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 98 | +23 | 10 | Semifinals |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 98 | +13 | 8 | |
| 3 | Spain (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 98 | −1 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Romania | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 107 | 115 | −8 | 3 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 103 | −6 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 113 | −21 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
Source:
(H) Hosts
Notes:
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- 25% rule: Romania –9 GD; Germany –14 GD
| 27 July 1992 10:00 |
Romania | 22–21 | Egypt |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| Berbece 5 | (10–12) | Belal 6 | ||
| 27 July 1992 16:00 |
Unified Team
|
25–15 | Germany |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| Dujshebaev 7 | (12–7) | Hauck 5 | ||
| 27 July 1992 20:30 |
Spain | 16–18 | France |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| Masip 5 | (7–7) | Volle 4 | ||
| 29 July 1992 11:30 |
France | 22–23 |
Unified Team
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| Munier, Portes 4 | (12–14) | Dujshebaev 9 | ||
| 29 July 1992 16:00 |
Germany | 20–20 | Romania |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| Winselmann 5 | (9–13) | Licu, Zaharia 5 | ||
| 29 July 1992 19:00 |
Egypt | 18–23 | Spain |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN) |
| five players 3 | (11–11) | Urdiales 9 | ||
| 31 July 1992 10:00 |
Unified Team
|
22–18 | Egypt |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| Dujshebaev 8 | (12–9) | Abdallah, El-Attar 4 | ||
| 31 July 1992 16:00 |
Germany | 20–23 | France |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| three players 4 | (9–10) | Lathoud, Munier 5 | ||
| 31 July 1992 20:30 |
Romania | 20–21 | Spain |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| Licu, Mocanu 4 | (9–14) | Alemany, Urdiales 4 | ||
| 2 August 1992 11:30 |
Romania | 20–26 | France |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| Licu, Zaharia 7 | (11–12) | Lathoud 6 | ||
| 2 August 1992 14:30 |
Egypt | 16–24 | Germany |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| El-Attar 6 | (5–13) | Roos 7 | ||
| 2 August 1992 20:30 |
Spain | 18–24 |
Unified Team
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| Masip, Muñoz 5 | (5–10) | Gopin 7 | ||
| 4 August 1992 10:00 |
France | 22–19 | Egypt |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| Munier 8 | (10–7) | Debes, Mohamed 4 | ||
| 4 August 1992 16:00 |
Unified Team
|
27–25 | Romania |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| Dujshebaev, Kudinov 6 | (12–12) | Licu 8 | ||
| 4 August 1992 19:00 |
Spain | 19–18 | Germany |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| Urdiales 7 | (8–8) | Hauck 6 | ||
Playoffs
Bracket
| Semifinals | Gold medal | |||||
| 6 August | ||||||
| Sweden | 25 | |||||
| 8 August | ||||||
| France | 22 | |||||
| Sweden | 20 | |||||
| 6 August | ||||||
| Unified Team |
22 | |||||
| Iceland | 19 | |||||
| Unified Team |
23 | |||||
| Bronze medal | ||||||
| 8 August | ||||||
| Iceland | 20 | |||||
| France | 24 | |||||
Semifinals
| 6 August 1992 19:00 |
Sweden | 25–22 | France |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| Thorsson 6 | (11–10) | Lathoud 6 | ||
| 6 August 1992 21:00 |
Iceland | 19–23 |
Unified Team
|
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| Grímsson 6 | (9–11) | Dujshebaev 9 | ||
Eleventh place game
| 7 August 1992 14:00 |
Egypt | 27–24 (ET) | Brazil |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Amigo, González (ESP) |
| Mahmoud 8 | (10–8) | Carnasciali, Nascimento 5 | ||
Ninth place game
| 7 August 1992 16:00 |
Czechoslovakia | 20–19 | Germany |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| Šetlík 6 | (11–8) | Hahn 5 | ||
Seventh place game
| 7 August 1992 19:00 |
Romania | 19–23 | Hungary |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| Prisăcaru 4 | (13–9) | Horváth 7 | ||
Fifth place game
| 7 August 1992 21:00 |
South Korea | 21–36 | Spain |
Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| Cho C. 7 | (10–18) | Urdiales 10 | ||
Bronze medal game
| 8 August 1992 15:00 |
Iceland | 20–24 | France |
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| Grímsson 5 | (9–12) | Munier 6 | ||
Gold medal game
| 8 August 1992 17:00 |
Sweden | 20–22 |
Unified Team
|
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| Hajas 7 | (9–9) | Gavrilov 5 | ||
Rankings and statistics
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