Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 27 July to 8 August 1992 at Palacio de Deportes de Granollers with the final round matches contested at Palau Sant Jordi.
For the first time, a semifinal round was added to the knockout phase of both the men's and women's tournament.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Unified Team |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  South Korea |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Norway |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  France |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Unified Team Andrei Barbachinski Serguei Bebechko Talant Douichebaev Dmitri Filippov Iouri Gavrilov Valeri Gopine Viatcheslav Gorpichine Oleg Grebnev Mikhail Iakimovitch Oleg Kiselev Vassili Koudinov Andrei Lavrov Andrei Minevski Pavel Soukossian Igor Tchoumak Igor Vassiliev |
Sweden Magnus Andersson Robert Andersson Anders Backegren Per Carlen Magnus Cato Erik Hajas Robert Hedin Patrik Liljestrand Ola Lindgren Mats Olsson Staffan Olsson Axel Sjoeblad Tommy Suoraniemi Tomas Svensson Pierre Thorsson Magnus Wislander |
France Philippe Debureau Philippe Gardent Denis Lathoud Pascal Mahe Philippe Medard Gael Monthurel Laurent Munier Frederic Perez Thierry Perreux Alain Portes Eric Quintin Jackson Richardson Stephane Stoecklin Jean-Luc Thiebaut Denis Tristant Frederic Volle |
| Women | South Korea Cha Jae-kyung Han Hyun-sook Han Sun-hee Hong Jeong-ho Hwang Sun-hee Jang Ri-ra Kim Hwa-sook Lee Ho-youn Lee Mi-young Lim O-kyung Min Hye-sook Moon Hyang-ja Nam Eun-young Oh Sung-ok Park Jeong-lim Park Kap-sook |
Norway Mona Dahle Kristine Duvholt Siri Eftedal Hege Kirsti Froseth Susann Goksor Henriette Henriksen Hanne Hogness Tonje Larsen Karin Pettersen Tonje Sagstuen Anne Brit Skarstein Annette Skotvoll Ingrid Steen Heidi Sundal Cathrine Svendsen Heidi Tjugum |
Unified Team Natalia Anissimova Marina Bazanova Svetlana Bogdanova Galina Borzenkova Natalia Deriouguina Tatiana Djandjgava Tatiana Gorb Lioudmila Goudz Elina Gousseva Larissa Kisseleva Natalia Morskova Galina Onoprienko Svetlana Priahina Svetlana Rozintseva Raissa Verakso |
Statistics[]
- There were 292 total athletes from 16 countries.
- Barbara Diribe was the youngest participant with 15 years and 273 days.
- Mercedes Fuertes Valmana was the oldest participant with 37 years and 102 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- France and Sweden won their first-ever medal in the sport.
