1988 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates20 September – 1 October
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored1,556 (43.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Kang Jae-won
(49 goals)

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.

Qualification

Mean of qualificationDateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation30 September 1981West Germany Baden-Baden1 South Korea
1986 World Championship25 February – 8 March 1986  Switzerland6 Yugoslavia
 Hungary
 East Germany
 Sweden
 Spain
 Iceland
1987 World Championship Group B17–28 February 1987 Italy2 Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia
1987 African Championship3–12 July 1987Morocco Rabat1 Algeria
1987 Pan American Games9–16 August 1987United States Indianapolis1 United States
1987 Asian Championship20–29 August 1987Jordan Amman1 Japan
Total12

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
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20 September 1988
14:00		 Sweden  21–18  Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA)
Hajas, Järphag 4 (14–9) Seghir 5
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20 September 1988
18:00		 Iceland  22–15  United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Arason 8 (8–8) Lash 4
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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
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22 September 1988
14:00		 Sweden  18–22  Soviet Union Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Hajas 6 (7–11) Karshakevich 9
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22 September 1988
18:00		 Iceland  22–16  Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Zaworotny, Brosio (ARG)
Arason 8 (11–8) Seghir 4
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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
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24 September 1988
14:00		 Sweden  20–14  Iceland Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Sjong, Ludvigsen (NOR)
Carlén, Hajas 5 (12–6) three players 3
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24 September 1988
18:00		 Soviet Union  26–14  United States Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
Tyumentsev 6 (10–5) Goss 5
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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
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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
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26 September 1988
18:00		 Soviet Union  26–13  Algeria Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Park (KOR)
Gopin, Nesterov 4 (13–5) Bouanik 5
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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
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28 September 1988
14:00		 Iceland  19–32  Soviet Union Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Rauchfuß, Buchda (GDR)
Gíslason 6 (8–15) Tuchkin 11
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28 September 1988
18:00		 Yugoslavia  25–21  Sweden Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Puc 5 (14–10) Carlén, B. Jilsén 5
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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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 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
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20 September 1988
15:30		 East Germany  25–18  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Haak, Koppe (NED)
Borchardt, Wahl 6 (14–10) Miyashita 6
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20 September 1988
19:30		 Spain  17–20  Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Wester, Blademo (SWE)
Serrano 7 (5–10) Bartek 6
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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
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22 September 1988
15:30		 East Germany  22–23  South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Jug, Jeglič (YUG)
Borchardt 8 (13–9) Kang 9
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22 September 1988
19:30		 Spain  25–19  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Sjong, Ludvigsen (NOR)
Muñoz 8 (13–5) Yamamura 6
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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
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24 September 1988
15:30		 East Germany  21–20  Spain Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN)
Borchardt 8 (11–8) Muñoz 6
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24 September 1988
19:30		 South Korea  29–28  Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Hofmann, Prause (FRG)
Lee 9 (15–12) Sovadina 10
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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
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26 September 1988
15:30		 East Germany  24–21  Czechoslovakia Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Marin, Şerban (ROU)
Borchardt 9 (11–9) Bajgar, Bartek 5
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26 September 1988
19:30		 South Korea  33–24  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
Kang 10 (18–11) Yamamura 7
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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
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28 September 1988
15:30		 Spain  23–20  South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Wester, Blademo (SWE)
Serrano 8 (10–9) Lee 8
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28 September 1988
19:30		 Hungary  18–17  East Germany Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Guterman, Taranuhin (URS)
Iváncsik 8 (7–9) Hahn, Schneider 4
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rankings and statistics

References

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