Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's handball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 10 to August 24, at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium and National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Twelve nations are represented in the men's tournament.
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round, 5th and 6th teams in each group are classified 9th-12th by the results of their group matches. The losers of quarterfinal matches competed in the 5th-8th place matches by the same elimination system as the winners of the quarterfinals.
This event was the last to be completed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.Qualification
;Olympic Qualifying Tournaments:
- Tournament I:
- *Worlds 2nd:
- *Worlds 7th:
- *Europe:
- *Pan-America:
- Tournament II:
- *Worlds 3rd:
- *Worlds 6th:
- *Africa:
- *Top continent at the Worlds :
- Tournament III:
- *Worlds 4th:
- *Worlds 5th:
- *Asia:
- *2nd continent at the Worlds :
Preliminary round
Seeding
The draw for the groups was held 16 June 2008.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Rosters
Group stage
Group A
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----Medal round
All times are China Standard TimeQuarterfinals
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----Classification
----Semifinals
----7th–8th place
5th–6th place
Rankings and statistics
Final ranking
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: Top goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
| 1 | Johannes Bitter | ' | 41% | 70 | 170 |
| 1 | Thierry Omeyer | ' | 41% | 84 | 204 |
| 3 | Mohamed Nakib | | 40% | 59 | 149 |
| 4 | Sławomir Szmal | | 37% | 85 | 227 |
| 5 | David Barrufet | | 36% | 59 | 165 |
| 5 | Oleg Grams | | 36% | 91 | 250 |
| 5 | Kasper Hvidt | | 36% | 94 | 250 |
| 5 | Alexey Kostygov | | 36% | 31 | 86 |
| 5 | Maik Santos | | 36% | 52 | 145 |
| 10 | Björgvin Páll Gústavsson | | 33% | 75 | 226 |
| 10 | Han Kyung-Tai | | 33% | 67 | 204 |
| 10 | Venio Losert | | 33% | 44 | 135 |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
| 1 | Juan García | | 49 | 65 | 75% |
| 2 | Snorri Guðjónsson | | 48 | 77 | 62% |
| 3 | Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson | | 43 | 66 | 65% |
| 4 | Lars Christiansen | | 42 | 59 | 71% |
| 5 | Michael Kraus | | 38 | 65 | 58% |
| 6 | Mariusz Jurasik | | 37 | 59 | 63% |
| 6 | Nikola Karabatić | | 37 | 69 | 54% |
| 8 | Konstantin Igropulo | | 36 | 63 | 57% |
| 8 | Jesper Nøddesbo | | 36 | 47 | 77% |
| 10 | Bertrand Gille | | 35 | 48 | 73% |
| 10 | Daniel Narcisse | | 35 | 69 | 51% |
| 10 | Albert Rocas | | 35 | 54 | 65% |
