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{{Infobox Pan American Games event
|image = Handball pictogram.svg
|image_size = 150
|event = Handball
|games = Pan American Games
|num_events = 2 (men: 1; women: 1)
}}

'''Handball at the Pan American Games''' began at the [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 edition]] in [[Indianapolis]], [[United States]] for both men and women.Due a lack of teams,the [[1991 Pan American Games|1991 edition]] of the [[Pan American Games]], however, held only a men's [[handball]] competition.

==Men's competition==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width="30"|Year
!width="150"|Host
!width="2" rowspan="11"|
!width="125" style="background: gold;"|Gold
!width="125" style="background: silver;"|Silver
!width="125" style="background: #cc9966;"|Bronze
!width="125" style="background: | Fourth place
|-
|1987<br>''[[Handball at the 1987 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|USA}}<br/>[[Indianapolis]],<br>[[United States]]
|'''{{hb-big|USA}}'''
|{{hb-big|CUB}}
|{{hb-big|BRA|1968}}
|{{hb-big|CAN}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1991<br>''[[Handball at the 1991 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CUB}}<br/>[[Havana]],<br>[[Cuba]]
|'''{{hb-big|CUB}}'''
|{{hb-big|BRA|1968}}
|{{hb-big|USA}}
|{{hb-big|CAN}}
|-
|1995<br>''[[Handball at the 1995 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ARG}}<br/>[[Mar del Plata]],<br>[[Argentina]]
|'''{{hb-big|CUB}}'''
|{{hb-big|BRA}}
|{{hb-big|ARG}}
|{{hb-big|USA}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|1999<br>''[[Handball at the 1999 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CAN}}<br/>[[Winnipeg]],<br>[[Canada]]
|'''{{hb-big|CUB}}'''
|{{hb-big|BRA}}
|{{hb-big|ARG}}
|{{hb-big|USA}}
|-
|2003<br>''[[Handball at the 2003 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|DOM}}<br/>[[Santo Domingo]],<br>[[Dominican Republic]]
|'''{{hb-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hb-big|ARG}}
|{{hb-big|USA}}
|{{hb-big|URU}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2007<br>''[[Handball at the 2007 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|BRA}}<br/>[[Rio de Janeiro]],<br>[[Brazil]]
|'''{{hb-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hb-big|ARG}}
|{{hb-big|CUB}}
|{{hb-big|URU}}
|-
|2011<br>''[[Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|MEX}}<br/>[[Guadalajara]],<br>[[Mexico]]
|'''{{hb-big|ARG}}'''
|{{hb-big|BRA}}
|{{hb-big|CHI}}
|{{hb-big|DOM}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2015<br>''[[Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CAN}}<br/>[[Toronto]],<br>[[Canada]]
|'''{{hb-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hb-big|ARG}}
|{{hb-big|CHI}}
|{{hb-big|URU}}
|-
|2019<br>''[[Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|PER}}<br/>[[Lima]],<br>[[Peru]]
|'''{{hb-big|ARG}}'''
|{{hb-big|CHI}}
|{{hb-big|BRA}}
|{{hb-big|MEX}}
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|2023<br>''[[Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CHI}}<br/>[[Santiago]],<br>[[Chile]]
|'''{{hb-big|ARG}}'''
|{{hb-big|BRA}}
|{{hb-big|CHI}}
|{{hb-big|USA}}
|}

===Medal table (men)===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = hb
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_BRA = 3 | silver_BRA = 5 | bronze_BRA = 2
 | gold_CUB = 3 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 1
 | gold_ARG = 3 | silver_ARG = 3 | bronze_ARG = 2
 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 2
 | gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 1 | bronze_CHI = 3
}}

===Participation history (men)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Nation
! {{flagicon|USA}}<br />[[Handball at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987]] !! {{flagicon|CUB}}<br />[[Handball at the 1991 Pan American Games|1991]] !! {{flagicon|ARG}}<br />[[Handball at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995]] !! {{flagicon|CAN}}<br />[[Handball at the 1999 Pan American Games|1999]] !! {{flagicon|DOM}}<br />[[Handball at the 2003 Pan American Games|2003]] !! {{flagicon|BRA}}<br />[[Handball at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007]] !! {{flagicon|MEX}}<br />[[Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament|2011]] !! {{flagicon|CAN}}<br />[[Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games|2015]] !! {{flagicon|PER}}<br />[[Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games|2019]] !! {{flagicon|CHI}}<br />[[Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games|2023]] !!Years
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|ARG}}
| 5th || 5th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' ||'''10'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|BRA}}
| bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' ||'''10'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|CAN}}
| 4th || 4th || - || 5th || - || 7th || 5th || 7th || - || - ||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|CHI}}
| - || - || - || - || 5th || 5th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || '''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|CUB}}
| bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || - || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || - || 6th || 5th || 6th || '''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|DOM}}
| - || - || - || - || 7th || 6th || 4th || 8th || - || 8th || '''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|MEX}}
| - || - || - || - || 8th || 8th || 6th || - || 4th || 7th || '''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|PAR}}
| - || - || 5th || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || '''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|PER}}
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 8th || - || '''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|PUR}}
| - || - || 6th || 7th || 6th || - || - || 5th || 7th || - || '''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|USA}}
| bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || - || 7th || - || 6th || 4th || '''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|URU}}
| - || - || - || 6th || 4th || 4th || - || 4th || - || 5th || '''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hb|VEN}}
| - || - || - || - || - || - || 8th || - || - || - ||'''1'''
|-
! Total || 5 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 
|}

==Women's competition==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width="30"|Year
!width="150"|Host
!width="2" rowspan="10"|
!width="125" style="background: gold;"|Gold
!width="125" style="background: silver;"|Silver
!width="125" style="background: #cc9966;"|Bronze
!width="125" style="background:|Fourth place
|- align=center bgcolor=#fff0ff
|1987<br>''[[Handball at the 1987 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|USA}}<br/>[[Indianapolis]],<br>[[United States]]
|'''{{hbw-big|USA}}'''
|{{hbw-big|CAN}}
|{{hbw-big|BRA|1968}}
|{{hbw-big|CUB}}
|- 
|1995<br>''[[Handball at the 1995 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|ARG}}<br/>[[Mar del Plata]],<br>[[Argentina]]
|'''{{hbw-big|USA}}'''
|{{hbw-big|CAN}}
|{{hbw-big|BRA}}
|{{hbw-big|CUB}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#fff0ff
|1999<br>''[[Handball at the 1999 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CAN}}<br/>[[Winnipeg]],<br>[[Canada]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hbw-big|CAN}}
|{{hbw-big|CUB}}
|{{hbw-big|USA}}
|- 
|2003<br>''[[Handball at the 2003 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|DOM}}<br/>[[Santo Domingo]],<br>[[Dominican Republic]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|URU}}
|{{hbw-big|USA}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#fff0ff
|2007<br>''[[Handball at the 2007 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|BRA}}<br/>[[Rio de Janeiro]],<br>[[Brazil]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hbw-big|CUB}}
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|DOM}}
|-
|2011<br>''[[Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|MEX}}<br/>[[Guadalajara]],<br>[[Mexico]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|DOM}}
|{{hbw-big|MEX}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#fff0ff
|2015<br>''[[Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CAN}}<br/>[[Toronto]],<br>[[Canada]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|URU}}
|{{hbw-big|MEX}}
|-
|2019<br>''[[Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|PER}}<br/>[[Lima]],<br>[[Peru]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|CUB}}
|{{hbw-big|USA}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#fff0ff
|2023<br>''[[Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games|Details]]''
|{{flagicon|CHI}}<br/>[[Santiago]],<br>[[Chile]]
|'''{{hbw-big|BRA}}'''
|{{hbw-big|ARG}}
|{{hbw-big|PAR}}
|{{hbw-big|CHI}}
|}

===Medal table (women)===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = hbw
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_BRA = 7 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 2
 | gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 0
 | gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 5 | bronze_ARG = 1
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 2
 | gold_URU = 0 | silver_URU = 0 | bronze_URU = 2
 | gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 1
 | gold_PAR = 0 | silver_PAR = 0 | bronze_PAR = 1
}}

===Participation history (women)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Nation
! {{flagicon|USA}}<br />[[Handball at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987]] !! {{flagicon|ARG}}<br />[[Handball at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995]] !! {{flagicon|CAN}}<br />[[Handball at the 1999 Pan American Games|1999]] !! {{flagicon|DOM}}<br />[[Handball at the 2003 Pan American Games|2003]] !! {{flagicon|BRA}}<br />[[Handball at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007]] !! {{flagicon|MEX}}<br />[[Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|2011]] !! {{flagicon|CAN}}<br />[[Handball at the 2015 Pan American Games|2015]] !! {{flagicon|PER}}<br />[[Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games|2019]] !! {{flagicon|CHI}}<br />[[Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games|2023]] !!Years
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|ARG}}
| 5th || 5th || 6th || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' ||'''9'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|BRA}}
| bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' ||'''9'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|CAN}}
| bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || - || 6th || - || 7th || 7th || 8th ||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|CHI}}
| - || - || - || - || - || 5th || 8th || - || 4th  ||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|CUB}}
| 4th || 4th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || - || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || - || 5th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || 6th  ||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|DOM}}
| - || - || - || 5th || 4th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || - || 5th || - ||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|MEX}}
| - || - || - || 6th || 5th || 4th || 4th || - || - || '''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|PAR}}
| - || - || - || - || 7th || - || - || - || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || '''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|PER}}
| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 8th || - || '''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|PUR}}
| - || - || - || - || 8th || 6th || 6th || 6th || 5th  || '''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|USA}}
| bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || 4th || 4th || - || 8th || - || 4th || - || '''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{Hbw|URU}}
| - || - || 5th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || - || 7th || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd''' || - || 7th || '''5'''
|-
! Total || 5 || 5 || 6 || 6 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 ||
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = hb
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_BRA = 10 | silver_BRA = 5 | bronze_BRA = 4
 | gold_CUB = 3 | silver_CUB = 2 | bronze_CUB = 3
 | gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 2
 | gold_ARG = 3 | silver_ARG = 8 | bronze_ARG = 3
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 1 | bronze_CHI = 3
 | gold_URU = 0 | silver_URU = 0 | bronze_URU = 2
 | gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 1
 | gold_PAR = 0 | silver_PAR = 0 | bronze_PAR = 1
}}

==See also==
*[[Handball at the Junior Pan American Games]]
==References==
{{reflist}}

{{International Handball}}
{{International Handball (Men)}}
{{International Handball (Women)}}
{{Pan American Games Handball}}
{{Pan American Games sports}}

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[[Category:Sports at the Pan American Games|Handball]]
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[[Category:Handball in South America|Pan American Games]]
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