List of Olympic venues in handball

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Olympiahalle hosted the handball final for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Olympia Munchen (1972) Eingang Olympiahalle.JPG
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. Dynamo msk.jpg
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.

GamesVenueOther sports hosted at venue for those gamesCapacityRef.
1936 Berlin BSV 92 Field & Stadium Cycling (track)1,000 [1]
Olympic Stadium (final) Athletics, equestrian (jumping), football (final)100,000 [2]
Police Stadium NoneNot listed [3]
1972 Munich Böblingen Sportshalle NoneNot listed [4] [5] [6]
Donauhalle Ulm None2,300 [4] [5] [7]
Hohenstaufenhalle Göppingen None5,599 [4] [5] [8]
Olympiahalle (final) Gymnastics 10,563 [9]
Sporthalle Augsburg None3,093 [4] [5] [10]
1976 Montreal Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Handball 4,721 (Handball)
2,755 (Water polo)
[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 None3,732 [13]
1980 Moscow Dynamo Palace of Sports None5,000 [14]
Sokolniki Sports Palace (final)None6,800 [15]
1984 Los Angeles Titan Gymnasium None3,300 [16]
1988 Seoul Suwon Gymnasium None6,000 [17]
1992 Barcelona Palau D'Esports de Granollers None5,500 [18]
Palau Sant Jordi (final) Gymnastics (artistic), volleyball (final)15,000 [19]
1996 Atlanta Georgia Dome (men's final) Basketball (final), gymnastics (artistic)35,000 [20] [21]
Georgia World Congress Center Fencing, judo, modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting), table tennis, weightlifting, wrestling 7,300 (handball)
3,900 (fencing)
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 None7,000 [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 None12,000 [31]
2020 Tokyo Yoyogi National Gymnasium None10,200
2024 Paris Stade Pierre-Mauroy (finals) Basketball (preliminaries)26,000 [32]
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles Table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting 6,000
2028 Los Angeles Long Beach Arena None12,000 [33]
2032 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre None11,000

References

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  6. Official website. Accessed 8 November 2010. (in German)
  7. Ulm.de profile of Donauhalle. Accessed 8 November 2010. (in German)
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  14. 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 86-9. Accessed 18 November 2010.
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  27. "National Indoor Stadium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  28. "Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  29. London2012.com profile of the Basketball Arena. Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 30 December 2010.
  30. London2012.com profile of the Handball Arena. Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 31 March 2011.
  31. "Olympic Handball". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  32. "Pierre Mauroy Stadium". 2024 Summer Olympics . Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  33. "Governance, Legal and Venue Funding" (PDF). LA 2024 . Retrieved 2018-04-16.