Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1984 Summer Olympics. It was the fifth appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games.

Preliminary round
Teams in two groups played each other in a round to decide, for which place each of them should compete in the Final Round.

Final Round
All matches were held on 10 August.
 * 1st-placed teams from each group competed for the 1st place in this round;
 * 2nd-placed - competed for the 3rd place
 * 3rd-placed - competed for the 5th place
 * 4th-placed - competed for the 7th place
 * 5th-placed - competed for the 9th place
 * 6th-placed - competed for the 11th place

11th place match 9th place match 7th place match 5th place match 3rd place match 1st place match
 * South Korea 25-21 Algeria
 * United States 24-16 Japan
 * Switzerland 18-17 Spain
 * Sweden 26-24 Iceland
 * Romania 23-19 Denmark
 * Yugoslavia 18-17 West Germany