Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Handball at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	China
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–24 August 2008
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	France (men); Norway (women)
Runners-up	Iceland (men); Russia (women)
Third place	Spain (men); South Korea (women)
Fourth place	Croatia (men); Hungary (women)
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The Beijing National Indoor Stadium prepared for the final handball matches.

Handball competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held from 9 to 24 August at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium. Medals were awarded for both men's and women's team events. A National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter one men's team and one women's team in the handball competitions.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	France (FRA) Luc Abalo Joël Abati Cédric Burdet Didier Dinart Jérôme Fernandez Bertrand Gille Guillaume Gille Olivier Girault Michaël Guigou Nikola Karabatić Daouda Karaboué Christophe Kempe Daniel Narcisse Thierry Omeyer Cédric Paty	Iceland (ISL) Sturla Ásgeirsson Arnór Atlason Logi Geirsson Snorri Guðjónsson Hreiðar Guðmundsson Róbert Gunnarsson Björgvin Páll Gústavsson Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson Ingimundur Ingimundarson Sverre Andreas Jakobsson Alexander Petersson Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson Sigfús Sigurðsson Ólafur Stefánsson	Spain (ESP) David Barrufet Jon Belaustegui David Davis Alberto Entrerríos Raúl Entrerríos Rubén Garabaya Juanín García José Javier Hombrados Demetrio Lozano Cristian Malmagro Carlos Prieto Albert Rocas Iker Romero Víctor Tomás
Women details	Norway (NOR) Ragnhild Aamodt Karoline Dyhre Breivang Marit Malm Frafjord Gro Hammerseng Katrine Lunde Haraldsen Kari Aalvik Grimsbø Kari Mette Johansen Tonje Larsen Kristine Lunde Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk Tonje Nøstvold Katja Nyberg Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Gøril Snorroeggen	Russia (RUS) Yekaterina Andryushina Irina Bliznova Yelena Dmitriyeva Anna Kareyeva Yekaterina Marennikova Yelena Polenova Irina Poltoratskaya Lyudmila Postnova Oxana Romenskaya Natalia Shipilova Maria Sidorova Inna Suslina Emiliya Turey Yana Uskova	South Korea (KOR) An Jung-Hwa Bae Min-Hee Choi Im-Jeong Hong Jeong-ho Huh Soon-Young Kim Cha-Youn Kim Nam-Sun Kim On-a Lee Min-Hee Moon Pil-Hee Oh Seong-Ok Oh Yong-Ran Park Chung-Hee Song Hai-Rim

Participating teams

Gold medalists France collect their medals on 24 August 2008.

Men

Group A

Group B

Women

Group A

Group B

References

External links

Handball – Official Results Book