| | Event type

Handball, Men

Date	20 September – 1 October 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Che-yuk-gwan, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul / Su-won Sil-nae Che-yuk-gwan, Suwon
Participants	170 from 12 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The top six nations of the 1986 World Championships qualified directly for Seoul 1988. First among them was the defending champion Yugoslavia, followed by Hungary, DDR, Sweden, Spain and Iceland. The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia disappointed at that tournament, but were able to secure a spot at the B World Championships the next year. The field was completed by host nation South Korea, and continental representatives Algeria (Africa), Japan (Asia) and the USA (Americas).

Despite their poor qualifying, the Soviets safely navigated through the prelims. After holding off Yugoslavia and Sweden, the squad was virtually certain of the final, especially when Iceland held Yugoslavia to an unexpected 19-19 draw. In pool B, the host nation caused an upset. South Korea competed at its first World Championships in 1986, placing an unremarkable 12th. In its first three matches, however, it held off Hungary (1986 Worlds runners-up), East Germany (bronze at the Worlds) and Czechoslovakia in close matches. Helped enormously by the tournament’s eventual top scorer Gang Jae-Won, the Koreans defeat at the hands of Spain turned out to be meaningless.

But the Soviet Union was one step too far for the Korean hosts, outclassing them 17-11 in the first half. A rally right after half-time brought them back to 20-19, but that was as close as they would get. Their opponents ran away to win comfortably: 32-25. For the first time since 1972 the Olympic handball champion won all of its matches.

Pos	Team	NOC	Games	Goals / Saves	Attempts / Shots on Goal	Shots % / Save %	6 metre Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Wing Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	9 metre Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	7 metre Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Fastbreak Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Breakthrough Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Assists	Technical Faults	Warnings	Suspensions	Disqualifications	Exclusions	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	6	162	253	0.640	65/93	18/30	1/2	19/26	32/41	27/61	99	50	14	27	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Gold
	Andrey Lavrov		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Aleksandr Tuchkin		6	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Aleksandr Rymanov		6	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Aleksandr Karshakevich		5	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Yury Nesterov		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Georgy Sviridenko		6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Valery Gopin		1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Andrey Tyumentsev		6	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mikhail Vasilyev		6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Yury Shevtsov		5	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Vyacheslav Atavin		6	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Valdemaras Novickis		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Igor Chumak		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Konstantin Sharovarov		2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Leonid Doroshenko DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Anatoly Yevtushenko
2	Republic of Korea	KOR	6	152	303	0.502	33/48	20/40	2/4	32/43	17/29	48/139	74	62	11	20	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Silver
	Yun Tae-Il		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kim Jae-Hwan		6	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sin Yeong-Seok		6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Park Do-Heon		6	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Park Yeong-Dae		6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Go Seok-Chang		6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	No Hyeon-Seok		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Oh Yong-Gi		6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Choi Seok-Jae		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Gang Jae-Won		6	49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lee Sang-Hyo		6	31	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sim Jae-Hong		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Im Jin-Seok		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kim Man-Ho DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lee Kyung-Mo DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Yoo Jae-Chung
3	Yugoslavia	YUG	6	143	255	0.561	36/55	17/25	1/1	18/24	17/23	54/127	70	57	14	32	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Bronze
	Rolando Pušnik		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Momir Rnić		6	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Muhamed Memić		3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zlatan Saračević		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Iztok Puc		6	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Goran Perkovac		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Irfan Smajlagić		5	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zlatko Portner		6	31	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Veselin Vujović		6	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jožef Holpert		6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Boris Jarak		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mirko Bašić		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Alvaro Načinović		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Slobodan Kuzmanovski		4	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ermin Velić		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Abas Arslanagić
4	Hungary	HUN	6	125	234	0.534	24/33	23/37	4/5	18/24	17/26	39/109	60	72	14	29	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	László Hoffmann		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	József Bordás		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Péter Kovács		6	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mihály Kovács		6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	János Fodor		6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	László Marosi		6	30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mihály Iváncsik		6	31	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jakab Sibalin		2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	László Szabó		4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Géza Tóth		6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ottó Csicsay		6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Imre Bíró		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	János Gyurka		6	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Tibor Oross		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	János Kakas DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	János Adorján
5	Sweden	SWE	6	133	241	0.552	42/52	19/45	0/4	19/27	25/31	28/82	80	67	14	17	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mats Olsson		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Peder Järphag		6	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Magnus Wislander		6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Johan Eklund		6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ola Lindgren		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Per Carlén		6	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Per Carlsson		4	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Erik Hajas		6	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Björn Jilsén		6	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Pär Jilsén		4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sten Sjögren		4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mats Fransson		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Staffan Olsson		6	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Claes Hellgren		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Pierre Thorsson DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Ragge Carlsson
6	Czechoslovakia	TCH	6	127	213	0.596	38/49	20/29	1/1	11/20	12/17	45/97	59	81	13	33	4	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Michal Barda		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jozef Škandík		6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Miroslav Bajgar		6	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Libor Sovadina		6	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jiří Kotrč		6	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Milan Brestovanský		2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Milan Folta		6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	František Štika		1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Tomáš Bartek		6	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zdeněk Vaněk		6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Petr Baumruk		5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Karel Jindřichovský		4	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jan Novák		6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Peter Mesiarik		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ľubomír Švajlen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Vojtěch Mareš
7	East Germany	GDR	6	140	238	0.588	33/40	27/48	2/5	27/32	20/22	31/91	66	63	15	29	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Peter Hofmann		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Stephan Hauck		6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Peter Pysall		6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Frank-Michael Wahl		6	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Holger Winselmann		6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Andreas Neitzel		3	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Bernd Metzke		4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rüdiger Borchardt		6	42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jens Fiedler		6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mike Fuhrig		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Matthias Hahn		6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Wieland Schmidt		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Holger Schneider		6	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ralf Bausch DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Gunar Schimrock DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Paul Tiedemann
8	Iceland	ISL	6	125	262	0.477	38/52	12/25	2/4	25/34	12/15	36/132	68	62	15	29	2	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Einar Þorvarðarson		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Þorgils Mathiesen		6	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jakob Sigurðsson		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Bjarki Sigurðsson		4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Karl Þráinsson		3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sigurður Gunnarsson		6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Alfreð Gíslason		6	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Páll Ólafsson		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Guðmundur Guðmundsson		6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kristján Arason		6	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Geir Sveinsson		6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Brynjar Kvaran		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sigurður Sveinsson		3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Atli Hilmarsson		6	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Bogdan Kowalczyk
9	Spain	ESP	6	122	227	0.537	28/37	25/38	0/1	22/30	13/19	34/102	60	70	12	24	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Miguel Zúñiga		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan Javier Cabanas		6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan Francisco Muñoz		6	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Javier Reino		4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan de la Puente		5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jesús Fernández		4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ricardo Marín		6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan José Uria		6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jesús Gómez		2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Julián Ruiz		6	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Eugenio Serrano		6	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lorenzo Rico		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jaime Puig		6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan Sagalés		3	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jaume Fort		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Juan Rouan
10	Algeria	ALG	6	104	198	0.525	25/32	26/40	0/2	17/21	14/21	22/82	50	78	12	21	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Brahim Bourdrali		6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abdelhak Bouhalissa		3	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Omar Azzeb		3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ben Ali Beghouach		6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Makhlouf Ait Hocine		5	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Salah Bouchekriou		6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ahcen Djeffal		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mahmoud Bouanik		6	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Fethnour Lacheheb		6	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kamel Ouchia		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abdel Salem Ben Magh Soula		6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zineddine Mohamed Seghir		6	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abu Sofiane Draouci		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mourad Boussebt		6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mohamed Machou DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Mohamed Aziz Derouaz
11	Japan	JPN	6	121	255	0.475	30/37	21/38	0/1	18/26	11/16	41/137	57	87	12	30	2	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hidetada Ito		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kiyoshi Nishiyama		4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kodo Yamamoto		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kenji Tamamura		6	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Yoshihiro Nikawadori		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Shinichi Shudo		6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Izumi Fujii		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Seiichi Takamura		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Koji Tachiki		6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Takashi Taguchi		6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kazuhiro Miyashita		6	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hiroshi Yanai		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Shinji Okuda		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Toshiyuki Yamamura		6	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Yukihiro Hashimoto		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Akira Tsugawa
12	United States	USA	6	102	194	0.526	35/47	7/19	0/1	14/16	11/20	35/91	40	96	14	26	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Joe Story		6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Boyd Janny		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Bryant Johnson		5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Michael Sullivan		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Joe McVein		3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Craig Fitschen		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Steve Goss		6	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jim Buehning		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Scott Driggers		5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Pete Lash, Jr.		6	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rod Oshita		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Robert Hillery		6	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Steve Kirk		4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Bill Kessler		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Brian Bennett DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Branislav Pokrajac

Preliminary Round

Date	20 – 28 September 1988

Group A

Date	20 – 28 September 1988
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	5	0	0	10	130-82
2	Yugoslavia	YUG	3	1	1	7	116-109
3	Sweden	SWE	3	0	2	6	106-91
4	Iceland	ISL	2	1	2	5	96-102
5	Algeria	ALG	1	0	4	2	89-109
6	United States	USA	0	0	5	0	81-125

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep 11:30	Tuchkin / Rymanov / Karshakevich / Nesterov / Sviridenko / Tyumentsev / Vasilyev / Shevtsov / Lavrov / Atavin / Novickis / Chumak	URS	24 – 18	Pušnik / Rnić / Saračević / Puc / Smajlagić / Portner / Vujović / Holpert / Jarak / Bašić / Načinović / Kuzmanovski	YUG
Match #2	20 Sep 14:00	Jilsén / Hellgren / Hajas / Eklund / Wislander / Olsson / Lindgren / Järphag / Carlén / Olsson / Sjögren / Jilsén	SWE	21 – 18	Ben Magh Soula / Beghouach / Bourdrali / Lacheheb / Ouchia / Bouanik / Boussebt / Azzeb / Bouchekriou / Seghir / Djeffal / Ait Hocine	ALG
Match #3	20 Sep 18:00	Gíslason / Hilmarsson / Sigurðsson / Þorvarðarson / Sveinsson / Guðmundsson / Hrafnkelsson / Sigurðsson / Arason / Gunnarsson / Sveinsson / Mathiesen	ISL	22 – 15	Buehning / Driggers / Goss / Hillery / Janny / Johnson / Kessler / Kirk / Lash, Jr. / Oshita / Story / Sullivan	USA
Match #4	22 Sep 10:00	Rnić / Memić / Saračević / Puc / Perkovac / Portner / Vujović / Holpert / Jarak / Bašić / Načinović / Velić	YUG	31 – 23	Buehning / Driggers / Goss / Hillery / Janny / Johnson / Kessler / Lash, Jr. / McVein / Oshita / Story / Sullivan	USA
Match #5	22 Sep 14:00	Tuchkin / Rymanov / Karshakevich / Nesterov / Sviridenko / Tyumentsev / Vasilyev / Shevtsov / Lavrov / Atavin / Novickis / Chumak	URS	22 – 18	Jilsén / Hellgren / Hajas / Eklund / Wislander / Olsson / Lindgren / Järphag / Carlén / Carlsson / Olsson / Sjögren	SWE
Match #6	22 Sep 18:00	Gíslason / Hilmarsson / Sigurðsson / Þorvarðarson / Sveinsson / Guðmundsson / Hrafnkelsson / Sigurðsson / Arason / Ólafsson / Gunnarsson / Mathiesen	ISL	22 – 16	Bouhalissa / Ben Magh Soula / Beghouach / Bourdrali / Lacheheb / Ouchia / Bouanik / Boussebt / Azzeb / Bouchekriou / Seghir / Ait Hocine	ALG
Match #7	24 Sep 10:00	Pušnik / Rnić / Memić / Saračević / Puc / Perkovac / Smajlagić / Portner / Vujović / Holpert / Načinović / Velić	YUG	23 – 22	Draouci / Ben Magh Soula / Beghouach / Bourdrali / Lacheheb / Ouchia / Bouanik / Boussebt / Bouchekriou / Seghir / Djeffal / Ait Hocine	ALG
Match #8	24 Sep 14:00	Jilsén / Hellgren / Hajas / Eklund / Wislander / Olsson / Lindgren / Järphag / Carlén / Carlsson / Olsson / Jilsén	SWE	20 – 14	Gíslason / Hilmarsson / Sigurðsson / Kvaran / Þorvarðarson / Sveinsson / Guðmundsson / Sigurðsson / Arason / Gunnarsson / Sveinsson / Mathiesen	ISL
Match #9	24 Sep 18:00	Tuchkin / Rymanov / Karshakevich / Nesterov / Sviridenko / Tyumentsev / Vasilyev / Lavrov / Atavin / Novickis / Chumak / Sharovarov	URS	26 – 14	Driggers / Goss / Hillery / Janny / Johnson / Kessler / Kirk / Lash, Jr. / McVein / Oshita / Story / Sullivan	USA
Match #10	26 Sep 10:00	Rnić / Saračević / Puc / Perkovac / Smajlagić / Portner / Vujović / Holpert / Bašić / Načinović / Kuzmanovski / Velić	YUG	19 – 19	Gíslason / Hilmarsson / Þorvarðarson / Sveinsson / Guðmundsson / Hrafnkelsson / Sigurðsson / Þráinsson / Arason / Ólafsson / Gunnarsson / Mathiesen	ISL
Match #11	26 Sep 14:00	Jilsén / Hellgren / Hajas / Eklund / Wislander / Olsson / Lindgren / Järphag / Carlén / Olsson / Sjögren / Jilsén	SWE	26 – 12	Buehning / Goss / Hillery / Janny / Johnson / Kessler / Kirk / Lash, Jr. / McVein / Oshita / Story / Sullivan	USA
Match #12	26 Sep 18:00	Tuchkin / Rymanov / Nesterov / Sviridenko / Gopin / Tyumentsev / Vasilyev / Shevtsov / Lavrov / Atavin / Chumak / Sharovarov	URS	26 – 13	Bouhalissa / Ben Magh Soula / Beghouach / Bourdrali / Lacheheb / Ouchia / Bouanik / Boussebt / Draouci / Bouchekriou / Seghir / Djeffal	ALG
Match #13	28 Sep 10:00	Bouhalissa / Ben Magh Soula / Beghouach / Bourdrali / Lacheheb / Ouchia / Bouanik / Boussebt / Bouchekriou / Seghir / Djeffal / Ait Hocine	ALG	20 – 17	Buehning / Driggers / Fitschen / Goss / Hillery / Janny / Kessler / Kirk / Lash, Jr. / Oshita / Story / Sullivan	USA
Match #14	28 Sep 14:00	Tuchkin / Rymanov / Karshakevich / Nesterov / Sviridenko / Tyumentsev / Vasilyev / Shevtsov / Lavrov / Atavin / Novickis / Chumak	URS	32 – 19	Gíslason / Hilmarsson / Þorvarðarson / Sveinsson / Guðmundsson / Hrafnkelsson / Þráinsson / Arason / Ólafsson / Gunnarsson / Sveinsson / Mathiesen	ISL
Match #15	28 Sep 18:00	Pušnik / Rnić / Saračević / Puc / Perkovac / Smajlagić / Portner / Vujović / Holpert / Bašić / Načinović / Kuzmanovski	YUG	25 – 21	Jilsén / Hellgren / Hajas / Eklund / Wislander / Olsson / Lindgren / Järphag / Carlén / Carlsson / Olsson / Sjögren	SWE

Group B

Date	20 – 28 September 1988
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Republic of Korea	KOR	4	1	8	127-117
2	Hungary	HUN	3	2	6	102-93
3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	3	2	6	109-103
4	East Germany	GDR	3	2	6	109-100
5	Spain	ESP	2	3	4	101-106
6	Japan	JPN	0	5	0	97-126

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep 10:00	Choi / Gang / Kim / Go / Im / Oh / Park / Park / Sim / Sin / Yun / Lee	KOR	22 – 20	Tóth / Sibalin / Fodor / Gyurka / Bordás / Marosi / Kovács / Iváncsik / Csicsay / Kovács / Oross / Hoffmann	HUN
Match #2	20 Sep 15:30	Neitzel / Wahl / Schneider / Winselmann / Hahn / Fuhrig / Fiedler / Hofmann / Pysall / Borchardt / Hauck / Schmidt	GDR	25 – 18	Ito / Yanai / Fujii / Miyashita / Tamamura / Nishiyama / Yamamoto / Tachiki / Takamura / Shudo / Taguchi / Yamamura	JPN
Match #3	20 Sep 19:30	Novák / Kotrč / Škandík / Sovadina / Barda / Brestovanský / Folta / Bajgar / Mesiarik / Baumruk / Bartek / Vaněk	TCH	20 – 17	Serrano / Puig / Reino / Gómez / Cabanas / de la Puente / Muñoz / Uria / Ruiz / Rico / Zúñiga / Marín	ESP
Match #4	22 Sep 11:30	Novák / Kotrč / Škandík / Sovadina / Barda / Brestovanský / Folta / Bajgar / Mesiarik / Baumruk / Bartek / Vaněk	TCH	19 – 16	Tóth / Bíró / Sibalin / Fodor / Gyurka / Bordás / Marosi / Kovács / Iváncsik / Csicsay / Kovács / Hoffmann	HUN
Match #5	22 Sep 15:30	Choi / Gang / Kim / Go / Im / Oh / Park / Park / Sim / Sin / Yun / Lee	KOR	23 – 22	Fiedler / Metzke / Wahl / Schneider / Winselmann / Hahn / Fuhrig / Hofmann / Pysall / Borchardt / Hauck / Schmidt	GDR
Match #6	22 Sep 19:30	Serrano / Puig / Reino / Fernández / Cabanas / de la Puente / Muñoz / Uria / Ruiz / Rico / Zúñiga / Marín	ESP	25 – 19	Ito / Miyashita / Tamamura / Nishiyama / Yamamoto / Tachiki / Takamura / Shudo / Okuda / Taguchi / Yamamura / Hashimoto	JPN
Match #7	24 Sep 11:30	Tóth / Bíró / Fodor / Gyurka / Bordás / Marosi / Kovács / Iváncsik / Csicsay / Kovács / Oross / Szabó	HUN	22 – 19	Ito / Yanai / Fujii / Miyashita / Tamamura / Yamamoto / Tachiki / Takamura / Shudo / Taguchi / Yamamura / Nikawadori	JPN
Match #8	24 Sep 15:30	Neitzel / Metzke / Wahl / Schneider / Winselmann / Hahn / Hofmann / Fiedler / Pysall / Borchardt / Hauck / Schmidt	GDR	21 – 20	Serrano / Fort / Puig / Reino / Fernández / Cabanas / de la Puente / Muñoz / Uria / Ruiz / Rico / Marín	ESP
Match #9	24 Sep 19:30	Choi / Gang / Kim / Go / Im / Oh / Park / Park / Sim / Sin / Yun / Lee	KOR	29 – 28	Novák / Kotrč / Škandík / Jindřichovský / Sovadina / Barda / Folta / Bajgar / Mesiarik / Baumruk / Bartek / Vaněk	TCH
Match #10	26 Sep 11:30	Tóth / Szabó / Fodor / Gyurka / Bordás / Marosi / Kovács / Iváncsik / Csicsay / Kovács / Oross / Hoffmann	HUN	26 – 16	Serrano / Puig / Reino / Gómez / Cabanas / Muñoz / Sagalés / Uria / Ruiz / Rico / Zúñiga / Marín	ESP
Match #11	26 Sep 15:30	Metzke / Wahl / Schneider / Winselmann / Hahn / Fuhrig / Hofmann / Pysall / Fiedler / Borchardt / Hauck / Schmidt	GDR	24 – 21	Novák / Kotrč / Škandík / Jindřichovský / Sovadina / Barda / Folta / Bajgar / Mesiarik / Baumruk / Bartek / Vaněk	TCH
Match #12	26 Sep 19:30	Choi / Gang / Kim / Go / Im / Oh / Park / Park / Sim / Sin / Yun / Lee	KOR	33 – 24	Ito / Yanai / Fujii / Miyashita / Tamamura / Nishiyama / Yamamoto / Tachiki / Takamura / Shudo / Taguchi / Yamamura	JPN
Match #13	28 Sep 11:30	Štika / Novák / Kotrč / Škandík / Jindřichovský / Sovadina / Barda / Folta / Bajgar / Mesiarik / Bartek / Vaněk	TCH	21 – 17	Ito / Fujii / Miyashita / Tamamura / Tachiki / Takamura / Shudo / Okuda / Taguchi / Yamamura / Nikawadori / Hashimoto	JPN
Match #14	28 Sep 15:30	Serrano / Fort / Puig / Fernández / Cabanas / de la Puente / Muñoz / Sagalés / Uria / Ruiz / Rico / Marín	ESP	23 – 20	Choi / Gang / Kim / Go / Im / Oh / Park / Park / Sim / Sin / Yun / Lee	KOR
Match #15	28 Sep 19:30	Tóth / Bíró / Szabó / Fodor / Gyurka / Bordás / Marosi / Kovács / Iváncsik / Csicsay / Kovács / Hoffmann	HUN	18 – 17	Metzke / Wahl / Schneider / Winselmann / Hahn / Fuhrig / Hofmann / Pysall / Fiedler / Borchardt / Hauck / Schmidt	GDR

Final Round

Date	30 September – 1 October 1988
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	01 Oct 17:30	Tuchkin / Rymanov / Karshakevich / Nesterov / Sviridenko / Tyumentsev / Vasilyev / Shevtsov / Lavrov / Atavin / Novickis / Chumak	URS	32 – 25	Choi / Gang / Kim / Go / Im / Oh / Park / Park / No / Sin / Yun / Lee	KOR
Match 3/4	01 Oct 16:00	Rnić / Memić / Puc / Perkovac / Smajlagić / Portner / Vujović / Holpert / Bašić / Načinović / Kuzmanovski / Velić	YUG	27 – 23	Tóth / Szabó / Fodor / Gyurka / Bordás / Marosi / Kovács / Iváncsik / Csicsay / Kovács / Oross / Hoffmann	HUN
Match 5/6	30 Sep 15:30	Jilsén / Hajas / Eklund / Wislander / Fransson / Olsson / Lindgren / Järphag / Carlén / Carlsson / Olsson / Jilsén	SWE	27 – 18	Novák / Kotrč / Škandík / Jindřichovský / Sovadina / Barda / Folta / Bajgar / Mesiarik / Baumruk / Bartek / Vaněk	TCH
Match 7/8	30 Sep 14:00	East Germany	GDR	31 – 29	Iceland	ISL	After Extra Time and Penalty Shots
Match 9/10	30 Sep 11:30	Serrano / Puig / Fernández / Cabanas / de la Puente / Muñoz / Sagalés / Uria / Ruiz / Rico / Zúñiga / Marín	ESP	21 – 15	Ben Magh Soula / Beghouach / Bourdrali / Lacheheb / Ouchia / Bouanik / Boussebt / Azzeb / Bouchekriou / Seghir / Djeffal / Ait Hocine	ALG
Match 11/12	30 Sep 10:00	Ito / Yanai / Fujii / Miyashita / Tamamura / Nishiyama / Yamamoto / Tachiki / Takamura / Shudo / Taguchi / Yamamura	JPN	24 – 21	Buehning / Driggers / Fitschen / Goss / Hillery / Janny / Johnson / Kessler / Lash, Jr. / Oshita / Story / Sullivan	USA