The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1988 Summer Olympics. It was the sixth appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games.
Qualification Mean of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified Host nation 30 September 1981 Baden-Baden 1 1986 World Championship 25 February – 8 March 1986 6 1987 World Championship Group B 17–28 February 1987 2 1987 African Championship 3–12 July 1987 Rabat 1 1987 Pan American Games 9–16 August 1987 Indianapolis 1 1987 Asian Championship 20–29 August 1987 Amman 1 Total 12
Team rosters
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Final round Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Rankings and statistics
Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Top goalscorers + Rank Name Goals 1 Kang Jae-won 49 2 Rüdiger Borchardt 42 3 Kenji Tamamura 34 4 Kristján Arason 335 Mihály Iváncsik 31 Lee Sang-hyo Zlatko Portner 8 László Marosi 309 Aleksandr Tuchkin 29 Veselin Vujović
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