# Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested by twelve teams divided in two groups, with the top two proceeding to the semifinals and the bottom four proceeding to placement matches.

## Qualification

| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 17 October 1986 | Lausanne | 1 | Spain |
| 1990 World Championship | 28 February – 10 March 1990 | Czechoslovakia | 8 | Sweden Unified Team Romania Hungary Czechoslovakia Germany France Iceland |
| 1991 Pan American Games | 5–12 August 1991 | Havana | 1 | Brazil |
| 1991 Asian Championship | 22 August –1 September 1991 | Hiroshima | 1 | South Korea |
| 1991 African Men's Handball Championship | September 1991 | Cairo | 1 | Egypt |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 86 | +34 | 10 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Iceland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 101 | 99 | +2 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 117 | −3 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 108 | −6 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 94 | 92 | +2 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Brazil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 125 | −29 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
| 27 July 1992 11:30 | Sweden | 20–14 | Czechoslovakia | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 27 July 1992 11:30 | Thorsson 7 | (8–7) | Bergendi 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 27 July 1992 14:30 | Iceland | 19–18 | Brazil | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 27 July 1992 14:30 | Jónasson 6 | (10–10) | Nascimento 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 27 July 1992 19:00 | Hungary | 18–22 | South Korea | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 27 July 1992 19:00 | Iváncsik 7 | (11–11) | Cho C. 9 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 29 July 1992 10:00 | South Korea | 18–28 | Sweden | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| 29 July 1992 10:00 | Cho C. 5 | (6–15) | Thorsson 7 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| 29 July 1992 14:30 | Brazil | 21–27 | Hungary | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| 29 July 1992 14:30 | Nascimento 5 | (10–10) | Iváncsik 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| 29 July 1992 20:30 | Czechoslovakia | 16–16 | Iceland | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 29 July 1992 20:30 | Bergendi 4 | (9–9) | Grímsson 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 31 July 1992 11:30 | Czechoslovakia | 19–20 | South Korea | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 31 July 1992 11:30 | Tonar 6 | (11–7) | Cho C. 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 31 July 1992 14:30 | Iceland | 22–16 | Hungary | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 31 July 1992 14:30 | Grímsson 6 | | Marosi 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 31 July 1992 19:00 | Sweden | 22–15 | Brazil | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 31 July 1992 19:00 | Hedin 6 | (11–7) | Carnasciali 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 2 August 1992 10:00 | Iceland | 26–24 | South Korea | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| 2 August 1992 10:00 | Grímsson 8 | (11–14) | Cho C. 9 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| 2 August 1992 16:00 | Hungary | 21–25 | Sweden | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 2 August 1992 16:00 | Éles 5 | (10–14) | Hajas 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 2 August 1992 19:00 | Brazil | 16–27 | Czechoslovakia | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 2 August 1992 19:00 | Vieira 4 | (9–9) | Tonar 8 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 4 August 1992 11:30 | Hungary | 20–18 | Czechoslovakia | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| 4 August 1992 11:30 | Horváth 7 | (9–8) | Šetlík 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| 4 August 1992 14:30 | South Korea | 30–26 | Brazil | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 4 August 1992 14:30 | Cho C. 9 | (16–13) | Vieira 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 4 August 1992 20:30 | Sweden | 25–18 | Iceland | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| 4 August 1992 20:30 | Carlén 8 | (12–7) | Sveinsson 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Unified Team | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 98 | +23 | 10 | Semifinals |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 98 | +13 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Spain (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 98 | −1 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Romania | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 107 | 115 | −8 | 3 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 103 | −6 | 3 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 113 | −21 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
* 1 2 25% rule: Romania –9 GD; Germany –14 GD
| 27 July 1992 10:00 | Romania | 22–21 | Egypt | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| 27 July 1992 10:00 | Berbece 5 | (10–12) | Belal 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| 27 July 1992 16:00 | Unified Team | 25–15 | Germany | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| 27 July 1992 16:00 | Dujshebaev 7 | (12–7) | Hauck 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| 27 July 1992 20:30 | Spain | 16–18 | France | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 27 July 1992 20:30 | Masip 5 | (7–7) | Volle 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 29 July 1992 11:30 | France | 22–23 | Unified Team | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| 29 July 1992 11:30 | Munier, Portes 4 | (12–14) | Dujshebaev 9 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| 29 July 1992 16:00 | Germany | 20–20 | Romania | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| 29 July 1992 16:00 | Winselmann 5 | (9–13) | Licu, Zaharia 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| 29 July 1992 19:00 | Egypt | 18–23 | Spain | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN) |
| 29 July 1992 19:00 | five players 3 | (11–11) | Urdiales 9 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Goto, Shimada (JPN) |
| 31 July 1992 10:00 | Unified Team | 22–18 | Egypt | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| 31 July 1992 10:00 | Dujshebaev 8 | (12–9) | Abdallah, El-Attar 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Christensen, Jørgensen (DEN) |
| 31 July 1992 16:00 | Germany | 20–23 | France | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| 31 July 1992 16:00 | three players 4 | (9–10) | Lathoud, Munier 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| 31 July 1992 20:30 | Romania | 20–21 | Spain | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| 31 July 1992 20:30 | Licu, Mocanu 4 | (9–14) | Alemany, Urdiales 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| 2 August 1992 11:30 | Romania | 20–26 | France | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 2 August 1992 11:30 | Licu, Zaharia 7 | (11–12) | Lathoud 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 2 August 1992 14:30 | Egypt | 16–24 | Germany | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| 2 August 1992 14:30 | El-Attar 6 | (5–13) | Roos 7 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Convents, Xhonneux (BEL) |
| 2 August 1992 20:30 | Spain | 18–24 | Unified Team | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| 2 August 1992 20:30 | Masip, Muñoz 5 | (5–10) | Gopin 7 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Johansson, Kjellkvist (SWE) |
| 4 August 1992 10:00 | France | 22–19 | Egypt | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| 4 August 1992 10:00 | Munier 8 | (10–7) | Debes, Mohamed 4 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Jug, Jeglič (SLO) |
| 4 August 1992 16:00 | Unified Team | 27–25 | Romania | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 4 August 1992 16:00 | Dujshebaev, Kudinov 6 | (12–12) | Licu 8 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 4 August 1992 19:00 | Spain | 19–18 | Germany | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 4 August 1992 19:00 | Urdiales 7 | (8–8) | Hauck 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 6 August | 6 August |
| Sweden | 25 |
| Sweden | 25 | 8 August | 8 August |
| France | 22 | 8 August | 8 August |
| France | 22 | Sweden | 20 |
| 6 August | 6 August | | Sweden | 20 |
| 6 August | 6 August | Unified Team | 22 |
| Iceland | 19 | Unified Team | 22 |
| Unified Team | 23 | | |
| Unified Team | 23 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 8 August | 8 August |
| | | Iceland | 20 |
| | | France | 24 |

### Semifinals

| 6 August 1992 19:00 | Sweden | 25–22 | France | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 6 August 1992 19:00 | Thorsson 6 | (11–10) | Lathoud 6 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL) |
| 6 August 1992 21:00 | Iceland | 19–23 | Unified Team | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |
| 6 August 1992 21:00 | Grímsson 6 | (9–11) | Dujshebaev 9 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) |

### Eleventh place game

| 7 August 1992 14:00 | Egypt | 27–24 (ET) | Brazil | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Amigo, González (ESP) |
| 7 August 1992 14:00 | Mahmoud 8 | (10–8) | Carnasciali, Nascimento 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Amigo, González (ESP) |
| Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Amigo, González (ESP) |||

### Ninth place game

| 7 August 1992 16:00 | Czechoslovakia | 20–19 | Germany | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |
| 7 August 1992 16:00 | Šetlík 6 | (11–8) | Hahn 5 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Lelong, Tancrez (FRA) |

### Seventh place game

| 7 August 1992 19:00 | Romania | 19–23 | Hungary | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |
| 7 August 1992 19:00 | Prisăcaru 4 | (13–9) | Horváth 7 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) |

### Fifth place game

| 7 August 1992 21:00 | South Korea | 21–36 | Spain | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |
| 7 August 1992 21:00 | Cho C. 7 | (10–18) | Urdiales 10 | Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) |

### Bronze medal game

| 8 August 1992 15:00 | Iceland | 20–24 | France | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |
| 8 August 1992 15:00 | Grímsson 5 | (9–12) | Munier 6 | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Guterman (LTU), Taranukhin (RUS) |

### Gold medal game

| 8 August 1992 17:00 | Sweden | 20–22 | Unified Team | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |
| 8 August 1992 17:00 | Hajas 7 | (9–9) | Gavrilov 5 | Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) |

## Rankings and statistics

Final rankings :
| 1 | Unified Team |
| 2 | Sweden |
| 3 | France |
| 4 | Iceland |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | South Korea |
| 7 | Hungary |
| 8 | Romania |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia |
| 10 | Germany |
| 11 | Egypt |
| 12 | Brazil |
Top goalscorers :
| Player | Games | Goals |
| 1. Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) | 7 | 47 |
| 2. Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) | 6 | 45 |
| 3. Valdimar Grimsson (ISL) | 7 | 35 |
| 4. Robert Licu (ROM) | 6 | 30 |
| 4. Erik Hajas (SWE) | 6 | 30 |
| 4. Alberto Urdiales (ESP) | 4 | 30 |
| 7. Mikhail Yakimovich (EUN) | 7 | 29 |
| 8. Valeri Gopin (EUN) | 7 | 27 |
| 8. Valentin Zaharia (ROM) | 6 | 27 |
All-star team :
| Andrei Lavrov (EUN) |||
| Chi-Hyo Cho (KOR) | Talant Duyshebaev (EUN) | Denis Lathoud (FRA) |
| Per Carlén (SWE) | Pierre Thorsson (SWE) | Valeri Gopine (EUN) |