Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 6 to 21 August 2016 at Future Arena.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  France |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Norway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
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| Men | Denmark Mads Christiansen Michael Damgaard Nielsen Jannick Green Krejberg Mikkel Hansen Niklas Landin Jacobsen Mads Mensah Larsen Henrik Mollgaard Jensen Casper Mortensen Jesper Noddesbo Morten Olsen Kasper Sondergaard Lasse Svan Henrik Toft Hansen Rene Toft Hansen |
France Luc Abalo Adrien Dipanda Ludovic Fabregas Vincent Gerard Mathieu Grebille Michael Guigou Luka Karabatic Nikola Karabatic Kentin Mahe Daniel Narcisse Timothey N'Guessan Olivier Nyokas Thierry Omeyer Valentin Porte Cedric Sorhaindo |
Germany Christian Dissinger Paul Drux Steffen Fath Uwe Gensheimer Kai Hafner Silvio Heinevetter Julius Kuhn Finn Lemke Hendrik Pekeler Tobias Reichmann Martin Strobel Steffen Weinhold Fabian Wiede Patrick Wiencek Andreas Wolff |
| Women | Russia Olga Akopian Irina Bliznova Vladlena Bobrovnikova Daria Dmitrieva Tatiana Erokhina Ekaterina Ilina Viktoriia Kalinina Polina Kuznetsova Ekaterina Marennikova Mayya Petrova Anna Sedoykina Anna Sen Marina Sudakova Anna Vyakhireva Victoria Zhilinskayte |
France Camille Ayglon Saurina Chloe Bulleux Siraba Dembele Beatrice Edwige Laura Glauser Tamara Horacek Manon Houette Alexandra Lacrabere Laurica Landre Amandine Leynaud Gnonsiane Niombla Estelle Nze-Minko Allison Pineau Marie Prouvensier Grace Zaadi Deuna |
Norway Ida Alstad Emilie Hegh Arntzen Marit Malm Frafjord Kari Aalvik Grimsbo Camilla Herrem Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren Veronica Kristiansen Amanda Kurtovic Heidi Loke Katrine Lunde Mari Molid Nora Mork Stine Bredal Oftedal Sanna Solberg |
Statistics[]
- There were 353 total athletes from 20 countries.
- Đurđina Jauković was the youngest participant with 19 years and 163 days.
- Oh Yeong-ran was the oldest participant with 43 years and 334 days.
- 4 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- France won 2 medals, more than any other nation.
