Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was held from 20 September to 1 October 1988 at the Suwon Gymnasium with the final round matches contested at the Seoul Olympic Gymnastics Arena.
The women's handball tournament was expanded to eight teams from six at Los Angeles 1984; hence, two preliminary pool matches would determine the top four teams advancing to the next round.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Norway |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
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| Men | Soviet Union Viatcheslav Atavin Konstantine Charovarov Youri Chevtsov Valeri Gopin Alexandre Karchakevitch Andrei Lavrov Youri Nesterov Valdemar Novitski Alexandre Rymanov Gueorgui Sviridenko Igor Tchoumak Andrei Tioumentsev Alexandre Toutchkine Mikhail Vassiliev |
South Korea Choi Sook-jae Kang Jae-won Kim Jae-hwan Koh Suk-chang Lee Sang-hyo Lim Jin-suk Oh Young-ki Park Do-hun Park Young-dae Roh Hyun-suk Shim Jae-hong Sin Young-suk Yoon Tae-il |
Yugoslavia Mirko Basic Jozef Holpert Boris Jarak Slobodan Kuzmanovski Muhamed Memic Alvaro Nacinovic Goran Perkovac Zlatko Portner Iztok Puc Rolando Pusnik Momir Rnic Zlatko Saracevic Irfan Smajlagic Ermin Velic Veselin Vujovic |
| Women | South Korea Han Hyun-sook Ki Mi-sook Kim Choon-rye Kim Hyun-mee Kim Kyung-soon Kim Myung-soon Lee Ki-soon Lim Mi-kyung Son Mi-na Song Ji-hyun Suk Min-hee Sung Kyung-hwa |
Norway Kjerstin Andersen Berit Digre Marte Eliasson Trine Haltvik Hanne Hegh Hanne Hogness Vibeke Johnsen Kristin Midthun Karin Pettersen Karin Singstad Annette Skotvoll Ingrid Steen Heidi Sundal Cathrine Svendsen |
Soviet Union Natalia Anissimova Marina Bazanova Tatiana Djandjgava Tatiana Gorb Elina Gouszeva Larissa Karlova Natalia Lapitskaia Svetlana Mankova Natalia Mitruiuk Natalia Morskova Elena Nemachkalo Natalia Rousnatchenko Olga Semenova Zinaida Tourtchina Evguenia Tovstogan |
Statistics[]
- There were 282 total athletes from 15 countries.
- Koko Elleingand was the youngest participant with 16 years and 271 days.
- Zinaida Tourtchina was the oldest participant with 42 years and 135 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- South Korea won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Norway won its first-ever medal in the sport.