Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 24 July to 4 August 1996 at the Georgia World Congress Center with the final round matches contested at the Georgia Dome.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Croatia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  South Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Hungary |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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| Men | Croatia Patrik Cavar Valner Frankovic Slavko Goluza Bruno Gudelj Vladimir Jelcic Bozidar Jovic Nenad Kljaic Venio Losert Valter Matosevic Zoran Mikulic Alvaro Nacinovic Goran Perkovac Iztok Puc Zlatko Saracevic Irfan Smajlagic Vladimir Sujster |
Sweden Magnus Andersson Robert Andersson Per Carlen Martin Frandesjo Erik Hajas Robert Hedin Andreas Larsson Ola Lindgren Stefan Lovgren Mats Olsson Staffan Olsson Johan Peterson Thomas Sivertsson Thomas Svensson Pierre Thorsson Magnus Wislander |
Spain Talant Dujshebaev Salvador Esquer Aitor Etxaburu Jesus Fernandez Jaume Fort Mateo Garralda Raul Gonzalez Rafael Guijosa Fernando Hernandez Jose Hombrados Demetrio Lozano Jordi Nunez Jesus Olalla Juan Perez Inaki Urdangarin Alberto Urdiales |
| Women | Denmark Anja Jul Andersen Camilla Andersen Kristine Andersen Heidi Astrup Tina Bottzau Marianne Florman Conny Hamann Anja Byrial Hansen Anette Hoffmann Tonje Kjaergaard Janne Kolling Susanne Lauritsen Gitte Madsen Lene Rantala Gitte Sunesen Anne Dorthe Tanderup |
South Korea Cho Eun-hee Han Sun-hee Hong Jeong-ho Huh Soon-young Kim Cheong-shim Kim Eun-mi Kim Jeong-mi Kim Mi-sim Kim Rang Kwak Hye-jeong Lee Sang-eun Lim O-kyeong Moon Hyang-ja Oh Seong-ok Oh Yong-ran Park Jeong-rim |
Hungary Eva Erdos Andrea Farkas Beata Hoffmann Aniko Kantor Erzsebet Kocsis Beatrix Kokeny Eszter Matfei Auguszta Matyas Aniko Meksz Aniko Nagy Helga Nemeth Ildiko Padar Beata Siti Anna Szanto Katalin Szilagyi Beatrix Toth |
Statistics[]
- There were 300 total athletes from 18 countries.
- Justina Praca was the youngest participant with 17 years and 61 days.
- Wang Tao was the oldest participant with 39 years and 50 days.
- 6 countries won an Olympic medal, the highest amount possible.
- 4 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Croatia, Denmark, and Spain won their first-ever medal in the sport.
- Hungary won its first medal in the sport since Montreal 1976.
