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{{short description|Handball at the Olympics}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox International Handball Competition
| tourney_name   = Handball at the<br>2004 Summer Olympics
| other_titles   = 
| image          = Handball, Athens 2004.png
| size           = 150px
| caption        = 
| country        = Greece
| dates          = 14–29 August 2004
| num_teams      = 22
| confederations = 4
| venues         = 2
| cities         = 1
| champion_other = {{Hb|CRO}} (Men)<br>{{Hbw|DEN}} (Women)
| second_other   = {{Hb|GER}} (Men)<br>{{Hbw|KOR|1997}} (Women)
| third_other    = {{Hb|RUS}} (Men)<br>{{Hbw|UKR}} (Women)
| fourth_other   = {{Hb|HUN}} (Men)<br>{{Hbw|FRA}} (Women)
| previous       = Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
| next           = Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
}}

'''Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics''' included a men's and a women's team competitions with the preliminary rounds taking place in the [[Sports Pavilion (Faliro)|Sports Pavilion]] at the [[Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex]]. From the quarter final stage onwards, the women's event moved to the [[Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena]], a part of the [[Helliniko Olympic Complex]], with the men joining them there for their semi-finals and final.<ref name="SR">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/HAN/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055735/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/HAN/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Handball at the 2004 Athens Summer Games |access-date=25 March 2020 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>

The men's Handball event first made an appearance, played outside, at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] but did not then re-appear until the [[Summer Olympics|Games]] returned to Germany for the [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich Olympics]] in 1972 since when it has been ever present. The women's game debuted in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] and again has been ever present since.

==Medal summary==
{{See also|List of Olympic medalists in handball (men)|List of Olympic medalists in handball (women)}}
{{clear}}
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-valign="top" 
| Men<ref name="Official Results"/><ref name="databaseOlympics"/><br>{{DetailsLink|Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
|{{FlagIOCteam|CRO|2004 Summer}}
[[Ivano Balić]]<br>[[Davor Dominiković]]<br>[[Mirza Džomba]]<br>[[Slavko Goluža]]<br>[[Nikša Kaleb]]<br>[[Blaženko Lacković]]<br>[[Venio Losert]]<br>[[Valter Matošević]]<br>[[Petar Metličić]]<br>[[Vlado Šola]]<br>[[Denis Špoljarić]]<br>[[Goran Šprem]]<br>[[Igor Vori]]<br>[[Drago Vuković]]<br>[[Vedran Zrnić]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|GER|2004 Summer}}
[[Markus Baur]]<br>[[Frank von Behren]]<br>[[Mark Dragunski]]<br>[[Henning Fritz]]<br>[[Pascal Hens]]<br>[[Jan Olaf Immel]]<br>[[Torsten Jansen]]<br>[[Florian Kehrmann]]<br>[[Stefan Kretzschmar]]<br>[[Klaus-Dieter Petersen]]<br>[[Christian Ramota]]<br>[[Christian Schwarzer]]<br>[[Daniel Stephan]]<br>[[Christian Zeitz]]<br>[[Volker Zerbe]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|RUS|2004 Summer}}
[[Pavel Bashkin]]<br>[[Mikhail Chipurin]]<br>[[Aleksandr Gorbatikov]]<br>[[Vyacheslav Gorpishin]]<br>[[Vitali Ivanov]]<br>[[Eduard Koksharov]]<br>[[Alexey Kostygov]]<br>[[Denis Krivoshlykov]]<br>[[Vasily Kudinov]]<br>[[Oleg Kuleshov]]<br>[[Andrey Lavrov]]<br>[[Sergey Pogorelov]]<br>[[Alexey Rastvortsev]]<br>[[Dmitri Torgovanov]]<br>[[Aleksandr Tuchkin]]
|-valign="top"
| Women<ref name="Official Results"/><ref name="databaseOlympics"/><br>{{DetailsLink|Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}
|{{FlagIOCteam|DEN|2004 Summer}}
[[Louise Bager Nørgaard]]<br>[[Rikke Skov]]<br>[[Henriette Rønde Mikkelsen]]<br>[[Mette Vestergaard]]<br>[[Rikke Hørlykke Jørgensen]]<br>[[Camilla Ingemann Thomsen]]<br>[[Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen]]<br>[[Lotte Kiærskou]]<br>[[Trine Jensen]]<br>[[Katrine Fruelund]]<br>[[Rikke Schmidt]]<br>[[Kristine Andersen]]<br>[[Karen Brødsgaard]]<br>[[Line Daugaard]]<br>[[Josephine Touray]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|KOR|2004 Summer}}
[[Oh Yong-Ran]]<br>[[Woo Sun-Hee]]<br>[[Huh Soon-Young]]<br>[[Lee Gong-Joo]]<br>[[Jang So-Hee]]<br>[[Kim Hyun-ok (handball player)|Kim Hyun-Ok]]<br>[[Kim Cha-Youn]]<br>[[Oh Seong-Ok]]<br>[[Huh Young-Sook]]<br>[[Moon Kyeong-Ha]]<br>[[Lim O-Kyeong]]<br>[[Lee Sang-Eun]]<br>[[Myoung Bok-Hee]]<br>[[Choi Im-jeong]]<br>[[Moon Pil-Hee]]
|{{FlagIOCteam|UKR|2004 Summer}}
[[Nataliya Borysenko]]<br>[[Ganna Burmystrova]]<br>[[Tetyana Shynkarenko]]<br>[[Maryna Vergelyuk]]<br>[[Olena Yatsenko]]<br>[[Ganna Siukalo]]<br>[[Olena Radchenko]]<br>[[Olena Tsyhytsia]]<br>[[Galyna Markushevska]]<br>[[Lyudmyla Shevchenko]]<br>[[Iryna Honcharova]]<br>[[Nataliya Lyapina]]<br>[[Anastasiia Borodina]]<br>[[Larysa Zaspa]]<br>[[Oxana Rayhel]]
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = FlagIOCteam
 | event          = 2004 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 0
 | gold_CRO = 1 | silver_CRO = 0 | bronze_CRO = 0
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 0
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0
 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 1
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 1
}}

==Teams==

===Men===
The men's event involved twelve teams split equally into two groups.
{{See also|Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
{{See also|Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters}}
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-1-of-2}}
'''Group A:''' 
*{{FlagIOCteam|CRO|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|KOR|2004 Summer}} 
*{{FlagIOCteam|ISL|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|RUS|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|SLO|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|ESP|2004 Summer}}
{{Col-2-of-2}}
'''Group B:''' 
*{{FlagIOCteam|BRA|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|EGY|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|FRA|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|GER|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|GRE|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|HUN|2004 Summer}}
{{Col-end}}

===Women===
The women's event involved ten teams split in two groups.
{{See also|Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}
{{See also|Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters}}
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-1-of-2}}
'''Group A:''' 
*{{FlagIOCteam|BRA|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|CHN|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|GRE|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|HUN|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|UKR|2004 Summer}}
{{Col-2-of-2}}
'''Group B:''' 
*{{FlagIOCteam|ANG|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|DEN|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|FRA|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|KOR|2004 Summer}}
*{{FlagIOCteam|ESP|2004 Summer}}
{{Col-end}}

When all teams within a group have played each other in both men's and women's competitions the top four from each group will progress into their respective quarter finals.

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Official Results">{{cite web |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/56834/download |title=Athens 2004 Summer Olympics - Handball - Official Results Book |publisher=[[Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004]] |access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="databaseOlympics">{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN |title=2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball |website=databaseOlympics.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407003625/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=HAN |archive-date=7 April 2008}}</ref>
}}

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