| Disciplines | Beach Handball, Field Handball, Handball |
|---|---|
| Participants | 3134 |
| NOCs | 50 |
| Competitions held | 28 |
| Distinct events | 7 |
| IF | International Amateur Handball Federation, International Handball Federation |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark |  DEN |
5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| France |  FRA |
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Soviet Union |  URS |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Norway |  NOR |
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Yugoslavia |  YUG |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Republic of Korea |  KOR |
2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Russian Federation |  RUS |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Croatia |  CRO |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Germany |  GER |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| East Germany |  GDR |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Unified Team |  EUN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden |  SWE |
0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Romania |  ROU |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Hungary |  HUN |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Austria |  AUT |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia |  TCH |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Iceland |  ISL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Montenegro |  MNE |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ROC |  ROC |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany |  FRG |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain |  ESP |
0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| People's Republic of China |  CHN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland |  POL |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland |  SUI |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine |  UKR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michaël Guigou | FRA |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nikola Karabatic | FRA |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Luc Abalo | FRA |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Katrine Lunde-Haraldsen | NOR |
3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Andrey Lavrov | RUS URS EUN |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Daniel Narcisse | FRA |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Thierry Omeyer | FRA |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mikkel Hansen | DEN |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Niklas Landin | DEN |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Henrik Møllgaard Jensen | DEN |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Discipline | Name | Gender | Still contested? | Times held? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Handball | Beach Handball | Boys | 1 | |
| Beach Handball | Beach Handball | Girls | 1 | |
| Field Handball | Field Handball | Men | 1 | |
| Handball | Handball | Men | 15 | |
| Handball | Handball | Women | 13 | |
| Handball | Handball | Boys | 2 | |
| Handball | Handball | Girls | 2 |
