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Handball at the
2004 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	14 August - 29 August
Teams	22 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (Men)  Denmark (Women)
Runner-up	Germany (Men)  South Korea (Women)
Third place	Russia (Men)  Ukraine (Women)
Fourth place	Hungary (Men)  France (Women)

Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics had a men's and a women's team competitions with the preliminary rounds taking place in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex. From the quarter final stage onwards the women's event moved to the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena with the men joining them there for their semi-finals and final.

The men's Handball event first made an appearance, played outside, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany but did not then re-appear until the Games returned to Germany for the Munich Olympics in 1972 since when it has been ever present. The women's game debuted in Montreal, Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics and again has been ever present since.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Croatia (CRO)	Germany (GER)	Russia (RUS)
Women details	Denmark (DEN)	South Korea (KOR)	Ukraine (UKR)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
5	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1

Teams

Men

The men's event involved twelve teams split equally into two groups.

Women

The women's event involved ten teams split in two groups.

When all teams within a group have played each other in both men's and women's competitions the top four from each group will progress into their respective quarter finals.

References

• 2004 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2.

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