List of Olympic venues in handball

Olympiahalle hosted the handball final for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Dynamo Palace of Sports hosted several handball events for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

For the Summer Olympics, there are 27 venues that have been or will be used for handball.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1936 Berlin BSV 92 Field & Stadium Cycling (track) 1,000 [1]
Olympic Stadium (final) Athletics, equestrian (jumping), football (final) 100,000 [2]
Police Stadium None Not listed. [3]
1972 Munich Böblingen Sportshalle None Not listed [4][5][6]
Donauhalle Ulm None 2,300 [4][5][7]
Hohenstaufenhalle Göppingen None 5,599 [4][5][8]
Olympiahalle (final) Gymnastics 10.563 [9]
Sporthalle Augsburg None 3,093 [4][5][10]
1976 Montreal Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Handball 2,755 (Water polo)
4,721 (Handball) 		[11]
Montreal Forum (final) Basketball (final), boxing (final), gymnastics, volleyball (final) 18,000 [12]
Pavilion de l'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université Laval None 3,732 [13]
1980 Moscow Dynamo Palace of Sports None 5,000 [14]
Sokolniki Sports Palace (final) None 6,800 [15]
1984 Los Angeles Titan Gymnasium None 3,300 [16]
1988 Seoul Suwon Gymnasium None 6,000 [17]
1992 Barcelona Palau D'Esports de Granollers None 5,500 [18]
Palau Sant Jordi (final) Gymnastics (artistic), volleyball (final) 15,000 [19]
1996 Atlanta Georgia Dome (men's final) Basketball (final), gymnastics (artistic) 34,500 (each side) [20][21]
Georgia World Congress Center Fencing, judo, modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting), table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling 3,900 (fencing)
7,300 (handball)
7,300 (judo)
4,700 (table tennis)
5,000 (weightlifting)
7,300 (wrestling)		 [22][23]
2000 Sydney The Dome and Exhibition Complex Badminton, basketball, gymnastics (rhythmic), modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting), volleyball (indoor) 10,000 [24]
2004 Athens Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena Taekwondo 10,000 [25]
Helliniko Indoor Arena (final) Basketball 15,000 [26]
2008 Beijing Beijing National Indoor Stadium (final) Gymnastics (artistic, trampoline) 19,000 [27]
Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium None 7,000 [28]
2012 London Basketball Arena (medal round) Basketball 12,000 [29]
Copper Box Fencing, modern pentathlon (fencing) 7,000 [30]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Future Arena None 12,000 [31]

References

  1. ↑ 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 926, 1067-73. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  2. ↑ 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 141-9, 154-62. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  3. ↑ 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 1067-73. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 121. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 375. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  6. ↑ Official website. Accessed 8 November 2010. (German)
  7. ↑ Ulm.de profile of Donauhalle. Accessed 8 November 2010. (German)
  8. ↑ Seating plan of the Hohenstaufenhalle Göppinggen. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  9. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. - Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 182-4. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  10. ↑ Augsburg.de profile of Sporthalle Augsburg. Accessed 8 November 2010. (German)
  11. ↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 118-23. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  12. ↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 138-43. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  13. ↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 202-7. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  14. ↑ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 86-9. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  15. ↑ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 114-7. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  16. ↑ 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 135-6. Accessed 24 November 2010.
  17. ↑ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 195. Accessed 1 December 2010.
  18. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 284-7. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  19. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 168-76. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  20. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 540. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  21. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 451, 456. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  22. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 540-1. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  23. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 448, 455, 457, 459-60, 462, 466. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  24. ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 391. Accessed 16 December 2010.
  25. ↑ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 349, 403. Accessed 24 December 2010.
  26. ↑ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 273, 349. Accessed 24 December 2010.
  27. ↑ "National Indoor Stadium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  28. ↑ "Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  29. ↑ London2012.com profile of the Basketball Arena. Accessed 30 December 2010.
  30. ↑ London2012.com profile of the Handball Arena. Accessed 31 March 2011.
  31. ↑ "Olympic Handball". Rio 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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