| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  South Korea |
| Venue(s) | Olympic Gymnastics Arena Suwon Gymnasium |
| Dates | 20 September – 1 October 1988 |
| Teams | 20 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Soviet Union (men) South Korea (women) |
| Runner-up | South Korea (men) Norway (women) |
| Third place |  Yugoslavia (men) Soviet Union (women) |
| Fourth place |  Hungary (men) Yugoslavia (women) |
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Final results for the Handball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Each qualified country was allowed to enter one team of 15 players and they all were eligible for participation. Five nations competed in both tournaments.
A total of 282(*) handball players (171 men and 111 women) from 15 nations (men from 12 nations - women from 8 nations) competed at the Seoul Games:
Algeria (14) (men:14 women:0)
China (12) (men:0 women:12)
Ivory Coast (14) (men:0 women:14)
Czechoslovakia (29) (men:14 women:15)
East Germany (13) (men:13 women:0)
Hungary (14) (men:14 women:0)
Iceland (15) (men:15 women:0)
Japan (15) (men:15 women:0)
Norway (15) (men:0 women:15)
South Korea (26) (men:14 women:12)
Soviet Union (29) (men:14 women:15)
Spain (15) (men:15 women:0)
Sweden (14) (men:14 women:0)
United States (28) (men:14 women:14)
Yugoslavia (29) (men:15 women:14)(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | South Korea (KOR)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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