Handball at the Friendship Games is the handball tournament organized for the 1984 Summer Olympics boycotting countries. Given that the Eastern Bloc countries and allies were at that time amongst the most competitive teams the tournament's level was rather high. It was contested in two events. Men's event took place in Rostock and Magdeburg, East Germany between 17 and 21 July 1984, with eight teams competing. The women's event was contested at Hala na Sihoti in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia between 21 and 25 August 1984, with six teams competing.

Men's event

Eight teams were drawn into two groups. The host nation, East Germany, had two teams in the tournament. However, the East Germany "B" team competed "off competition". Despite ending the tournament on the sixth place, this result was not included in the final rankings. The seventh team (i. e. Czechoslovakia) was instead counted as the sixth place team, etc.

Group phase

Group A

All matches played in Magdeburg.

Group B

All matches played in Rostock.

Final round

Final

3rd / 4th place

5th / 6th place

7th / 8th place

Final ranking

• – East Germany B competed "off competition" and was not included in the final ranking table.

Top scorer

Top scorers are:

Women's event

Six teams competed in a round-robin tournament.

Results

Winning teams' squads

Medal table