International Handball
The national-team game: every men's Olympic podium — the sport's ultimate trophy — alongside the IHF World Championship since 1938. Soviet, Yugoslav and German lineages fold into their modern successors, attributed per edition.
Olympic podiums
The ultimate trophy. Men's Olympic handball: 1936, then every Games since 1972.
Denmark
Germany
Spain
France
Sweden
Croatia
Iceland
Russia
South Korea
Romania
Poland
Austria
SwitzerlandIHF World Championship
The biennial Worlds, the deepest record in the sport. 29 editions since 1938.
Norway
Slovenia
Qatar
HungaryNations
| Nation | Oly Gold | Oly Medals | Worlds Gold | Worlds Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| Denmark | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Croatia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Serbia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Germany | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| East Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweden | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Romania | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Spain | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sources & methodology
Olympic men's handball podiums (field handball in 1936, indoor from 1972) and the IHF World Championship from 1938. The Soviet Union and the Unified Team fold into Russia; Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia into Serbia; West Germany into Germany; Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic, attributed per edition. East Germany is kept as its own nation. Olympic gold is the headline honour; nations are ranked by it.