Handball was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010 for both boys and girls.
| Handball at the Summer Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Governing body | IHF |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; womens: 1) |
| Games | |
From the 2018 edition in Buenos Aires, beach handball replaced handball.
Boys
editSummaries
edit| Year | Host | Event | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 2010[1] Details |
Singapore | Handball |  Egypt |
35 – 25 |  South Korea |
 France |
40 – 27 |  Brazil | ||
| 2014 Details |
Nanjing | Handball |  Slovenia |
31 – 25 | Egypt |
 Norway |
33 – 25 |  Qatar | ||
| 2018 Details |
Buenos Aires | Beach handball |  Spain |
2 – 1 |  Portugal |
 Argentina |
2 – 0 |  Croatia | ||
| 2026 Details |
Dakar | Beach handball | ||||||||
Team appearances
edit| Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
- | - | 3rd | |
 Brazil
|
4th | 5th | - | |
 Chinese Taipei
|
- | - | 9th | |
 Cook Islands
|
6th | – | - | |
 Croatia
|
- | - | 4th | |
 Egypt
|
1st | 2nd | - | |
 France
|
3rd | – | - | |
 Hungary
|
- | - | 5th | |
 Italy
|
- | - | 8th | |
 Mauritius
|
- | - | 12th | |
 Norway
|
– | 3rd | - | |
 Paraguay
|
- | - | 11th | |
 Portugal
|
- | - | 2nd | |
 Qatar
|
– | 4th | - | |
 Senegal
|
– | - | Q | |
 Singapore
|
5th | – | - | |
 Slovenia
|
– | 1st | - | |
 South Korea
|
2nd | – | - | |
 Spain
|
- | – | 1st | |
 Thailand
|
- | – | 6th | |
 Tunisia
|
– | 6th | - | |
 Uruguay
|
- | – | 10th | |
 Venezuela
|
- | – | 7th | |
| Total teams | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 |
Girls
editSummaries
edit| Year | Host | Event | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 2010[2] Details |
Singapore | Handball |  Denmark |
28 – 26 |  Russia |
Brazil |
45 – 23 |  Kazakhstan | ||
| 2014 Details |
Nanjing | Handball | South Korea |
32 – 31 | Russia |
 Sweden |
23 – 16 | Brazil | ||
| 2018 Details |
Buenos Aires | Beach handball | Argentina |
2 – 0 | Croatia |
 Hungary |
2 – 0 |  Netherlands | ||
| 2026 Details |
Dakar | Beach handball | ||||||||
Team appearances
edit| Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 American Samoa
|
- | – | 11th | |
 Angola
|
5th | 5th | - | |
| Argentina
|
- | – | 1st | |
 Australia
|
6th | – | - | |
| Brazil
|
3rd | 4th | - | |
 China
|
– | 6th | - | |
| Chinese Taipei
|
- | – | 6th | |
| Croatia
|
- | – | 2nd | |
 Denmark
|
1st | – | - | |
 Hong Kong
|
- | - | 10th | |
| Hungary
|
- | - | 3rd | |
 Kazakhstan
|
4th | – | - | |
| Mauritius
|
- | - | 12th | |
 Netherlands
|
- | - | 4th | |
| Paraguay
|
- | - | 5th | |
 Russia
|
2nd | 2nd | 7th | |
| Senegal
|
– | - | - | Q |
| South Korea
|
– | 1st | - | |
 Sweden
|
– | 3rd | - | |
 Turkey
|
- | - | 9th | |
| Venezuela
|
- | - | 8th | |
| Total teams | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 |
Medal table
edit- As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Russia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |