Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Dates 20 – 30 July 1980
Medal Events 2

Handball was one of the sports that was not hurt too much by the Western boycott of the Games. Since the sports re-introduction in 1972, all medals had been won by nations from Eastern Europe. Still, the men’s reigning World Champions, West Germany were missing from the event.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Handball, Men Olympic 20 – 30 July 1980 164 12
Handball, Women Olympic 21 – 29 July 1980 82 6
248 (166/82) 14 (12/6)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Handball, Men East GermanyGDR Soviet UnionURS RomaniaROU
Handball, Women Soviet UnionURS YugoslaviaYUG East GermanyGDR

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 1 1 0 2
East Germany GDR 1 0 1 2
Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
Romania ROU 0 0 1 1