Countries with the most handball Olympic medals 1972-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 11, 2025

Following the 2024 Games, Denmark led the all-time medal table for Olympic handball, winning gold on five occasions. Meanwhile, France ranked second with four golds, three silvers, and one bronze.

Countries with the most Olympic medals for handball as of 2024

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February 2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1972 to 2024

Special properties

indoor handball only; both men's and women's events

Supplementary notes

*The Unified Team represented the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Games (except for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).

**Russian athletes competed as the Russian Olympic Committee in 2020.

Figures were compiled by Statista using information from the International Olympic Committee.

All national teams referred to using their names of the time.

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