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 Germany |  GDR |
Soviet Union |  URS |
Romania |  ROU |
| Handball, Women | Soviet Union | URS |
Yugoslavia |  YUG |
East Germany | GDR |
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 |