Participating nations
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: • (men:14 women:0) • (men:0 women:12) • (men:0 women:14) • (men:14 women:15) • (men:13 women:0) • (men:14 women:0) • (men:15 women:0) • (men:15 women:0) • (men:0 women:15) • (men:14 women:12) • (men:15 women:15) • (men:15 women:0) • (men:14 women:0) • (men:14 women:14) • (men:15 women:14) (*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. ==Medal table==