France edged Denmark 25-23 on Saturday in Tokyo to become the only men’s handball team with three Olympic titles as they gained revenge for their final defeat in Rio.
Nedim Remili top-scored for the French with five goals, while Mikkel Hansen’s nine goals were still not enough for the Danes.
Denmark had beaten France 28-26 in an equally close final five years ago but France made amends with their third gold in four games.
Spain overcame Egypt 33-31 in the bronze medal game.
Egypt’s fairytale run almost continued as they were level at 26-26 close to the end.
It was 32-31 for Spain when Raul Entrerrios made the game safe with seven seconds left.
dpa
