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Olympic Games 27 July - 12 August

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Handball

Originally played outdoors as field handball, the sport first appeared at the Berlin 1936 Games.

Basketball Arena
The new Basketball Arena is one of the largest temporary venues ever built for a Games. The arena will be one of the most heavily-used venues within the Olympic Park, with competition events taking place almost every day.
Copper Box
The iconic Copper Box will host some of the most exciting action on the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Games.


Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold Silver Bronze
FRA	1	0	0	gold medals: 1 1 Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze silver medals: 0 bronze medals: 0
NOR	1	0	0	gold medals: 1 1 Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze silver medals: 0 bronze medals: 0
ISL	0	1	0	gold medals: 0 0 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze silver medals: 1 bronze medals: 0

Men's competition

Women's competition

Historically, the three most successful nations are Denmark, Korea and Russia in the women’s and Russia, Yugoslavia and Sweden in the men’s Olympic competitions.
Handball is considered to be one of the oldest sports, based on a reference in Homer's Odyssey and a third century bronze statuette found in Dodoni.
A beach version of Handball, played on outdoor sand courts, is growing in popularity. Thousands of spectators attend the annual Beach Handball tournament on Weymouth Beach in England.