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Handball

Games: 11 games in 10 countries
Events: 2

Sports:

Participants: 2,241 (1,433 men and 808 women) from 41 countries
Youngest Participant: ALG Kamel Maoudj (14 years, 336 days), 1984 Summer Games
Oldest Participant: RUS Andrey Lavrov (42 years, 142 days), 2004 Summer Games
Top Athlete Medalist(s): URS EUN RUS Andrey Lavrov and KOR Oh Seong-Ok (4 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): KOR South Korea (7 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 South Korea 2 4 1 7
2 Soviet Union 4 1 1 6
3 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 5
4 Norway 1 2 1 4
5 Romania 0 1 3 4
6 Denmark 3 0 0 3
7 East Germany 1 1 1 3
8 Russia 1 1 1 3
9 Sweden 0 3 0 3
10 Hungary 0 1 2 3
11 Spain 0 0 3 3
12 Croatia 2 0 0 2
13 Germany 1 1 0 2
14 Unified Team 1 0 1 2
15 France 1 0 1 2
16 Czechoslovakia 0 1 0 1
17 West Germany 0 1 0 1
18 Iceland 0 1 0 1
19 Austria 0 1 0 1
20 Switzerland 0 0 1 1
21 Poland 0 0 1 1
22 China 0 0 1 1
23 Ukraine 0 0 1 1

Athlete Medal Leaders

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Andrey Lavrov (URS, RUS, EUN) 3 0 1 4
2 Oh Seong-Ok (KOR) 1 2 1 4
3 Aleksandr Tuchkin (URS, RUS) 2 0 1 3
4 Vasily Kudinov (RUS, EUN) 2 0 1 3
5 Larisa Karlova (URS) 2 0 1 3
6 Zinaida Turchina (URS) 2 0 1 3
7 Im O-Gyeong (KOR) 1 2 0 3
8 Hong Jeong-Ho (KOR) 1 1 1 3
9 Talant Duyshebayev (EUN, ESP) 1 0 2 3
10 Tomas Svensson (SWE) 0 3 0 3
11 Magnus Andersson (SWE) 0 3 0 3
12 Ola Lindgren (SWE) 0 3 0 3
13 Staffan Olsson (SWE) 0 3 0 3
14 Magnus Wislander (SWE) 0 3 0 3
15 Pierre Thorsson (SWE) 0 3 0 3
16 Oh Yeong-Ran (KOR) 0 2 1 3
17 Nicolae Munteanu (ROU) 0 1 2 3
18 Ştefan Birtalan (ROU) 0 1 2 3
19 Adrian Cosma (ROU) 0 1 2 3
20 Alexandru Fölker (ROU) 0 1 2 3
21 Radu Voina (ROU) 0 1 2 3
22 Demetrio Lozano (ESP) 0 0 3 3

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