Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, took place at The Dome during the preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament.Medalists
Qualification
Squads
All times are local.Group A
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----Knockout stage
Bracket
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Final ranking
Top goalscorers
Top goalkeepers
Minimum 20% of total shots received by team
| Rank | Name | % | Saves | Shots |
| 1 |  Peter Gentzel | 42.3 | 71 | 168 |
| 2 |  Kang Il-koo | 37.0 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 |  Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib | 36.8 | 57 | 155 |
| 4 | Mohamed Sharaf El-Din | 36.0 | 54 | 150 |
| 5 | Tomas Svensson | 35.9 | 56 | 156 |
| 6 |  Andrey Lavrov | 35.7 | 91 | 255 |
| 7 |  Dejan Perić | 35.1 | 79 | 225 |
| 8 |  Bruno Martini | 34.8 | 47 | 135 |
| 9 | Christian Gaudin | 34.6 | 47 | 136 |
| 10 |  David Barrufet | 34.5 | 79 | 229 |
