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Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
Standing (1976–2000) / Sitting (1980–present)
Governing bodyWorld ParaVolley
Events2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games

Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics was first held in 1976, when the traditional form of standing volleyball for men was contested and sitting volleyball for men was a demonstration sport. From 1980 through 2000, men's standing and sitting events were contested.[1] The women's sitting volleyball event was introduced in 2004.

Medal summary

Men's

Sitting

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

Men's sitting volleyball medal winners for every Summer Games was as follows:

Brazil versus Egypt men's match at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio
United States versus China women's match at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
Australia versus Libya men's match at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney
Year Gold Silver Bronze
1976  Netherlands  West Germany  Finland
1980  Netherlands  Sweden  Yugoslavia
1984  Netherlands  West Germany  Sweden
1988  Iran  Netherlands  Norway
1992  Iran  Netherlands  Germany
1996  Iran  Norway  Finland
2000  Iran  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Finland
2004  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Iran  Egypt
2008  Iran  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Russia
2012  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Iran  Germany
2016  Iran  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Egypt
2020  Iran  RPC  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024  Iran  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Egypt

Standing

Men's standing volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows:

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1976  Israel  Great Britain  Finland
1980  Israel  Poland  West Germany
1984  Israel  West Germany  France
1988  West Germany  Israel  Poland
1992  Germany  Poland  Finland
1996  Germany  Slovakia  Poland
2000  Germany  Canada  Slovakia

Women's

Sitting

Women's sitting volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows:

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2004  China  Netherlands  United States
2008  China  United States  Netherlands
2012  China  United States  Ukraine
2016  United States  China  Brazil
2020  United States  China  Brazil
2024  United States  China  Canada

Medals

Both men's and women's sitting and standing volleyball medal results counted where applicable. Exclude 1976 men sitting that was a demonstration sport.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran (IRI)82010
2 Germany (GER)4239
3 China (CHN)3205
4 Israel (ISR)3104
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2417
6 Netherlands (NED)2316
7 United States (USA)2215
8 Poland (POL)0224
9 Norway (NOR)0112
 Slovakia (SVK)0112
 Sweden (SWE)0112
12 Canada (CAN)0101
 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 RPC (RPC)0101
15 Finland (FIN)0033
16 Brazil (BRA)0022
 Egypt (EGY)0022
18 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (22 entries)24242371

Ranking

Source:[2][3]

Men Sitting

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Ref
1976  NED  FRG  FIN [4]
1980  NED  SWE  YUG  FIN  NOR  EGY  LUX [5]
1984  NED  GER  SWE  FIN  YUG  NOR  USA  EGY [6]
1988  IRI  NED  NOR  YUG  HUN  GER  SWE  KOR  EGY  USA [7]
1992  IRI  NED  GER  FIN  NOR  HUN  SWE  EGY  Unified Team  IRQ  USA  ESP [8]
1996  IRI  NOR  FIN  NED  GER  HUN  UKR  KAZ  RUS  SWE  USA  ARG [9]
2000  IRI  BIH  FIN  EGY  GER  NED  HUN  LBA  JPN  KOR  AUS  USA [10]
2004  BIH  IRI  EGY  GER  FIN  USA  JPN  GRE [11]
2008  IRI  BIH  RUS  EGY  CHN  BRA  JPN  IRQ [12]
2012  BIH  IRI  GER  RUS  BRA  EGY  CHN  GBR  RWA  MAR [13]
2016  IRI  BIH  EGY  BRA  UKR  GER  CHN  USA [14]
2020  IRI  RUS  BIH  BRA  EGY  GER  CHN  JPN [15]

Women Sitting

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Ref
2004  CHN  NED  USA  SLO  UKR  FIN [16]
2008  CHN  USA  NED  SLO  UKR  LTU  LAT  JPN [17]
2012  CHN  USA  UKR  NED  BRA  SLO  JPN  GBR [18]
2016  USA  CHN  BRA  UKR  IRI  NED  CAN  RWA [19]
2020  USA  CHN  BRA  CAN  RUS  ITA  RWA  JPN [15]

Men Standing

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Ref
1976  ISR  GBR  FIN  CAN [20]
1980  ISR  POL  FRG  GBR  EGY [21]
1984  ISR  FRG  FRA  GBR  CAN  USA  MYA [22]
1988  FRG  ISR  POL  KOR  GBR  USA [23]
1992  GER  POL  TCH  USA  FRA  ISR  GBR  ESP [24]
1996  GER  SVK  POL  USA  FRA  ISR  GBR  CZE [25]
2000  GER  CAN  SVK  USA  POL  ISR  CAM  AUS [26]

Nations

Nations that took part in volleyball (both men and women).

Men

Both sitting (1980 to present) and standing volleyball (1976 to 2000). Nations listed are their rankings during competition. (Key - sitting/standing, blank spaces are nations who didn't compete that year but did earlier or later.)

Nation 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Argentina (ARG)         12 / - 1
 Australia (AUS)         11 / 8 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)         2nd place, silver medalist(s) / - 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6
 Brazil (BRA)         6 5 4 4 4
 Burma (BIR)         - / 7 1
 Cambodia (CAM)         - / 7 1
 Canada (CAN)         - / 4 - / 6 - / 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3
 China (CHN)         5 7 7 7 4
 Czech Republic (CZE)         - / 8 1
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)         - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1
 Egypt (EGY)         6 / 5 7 / - 9 / - 8 / - 4 / - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 10
 Finland (FIN)         - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 / - 4 / - 4 / - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / - 5 7
 France (FRA)         - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) - / 5 - / 5 2
 Germany (GER)         3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 / 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 / 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 6 7
 Great Britain (GBR)         - / 2nd place, silver medalist(s) - / 4 - 4 / 5 - / 7 - / 7 8 6
 Greece (GRE)         8 1
 Hungary (HUN)         5 / - 6 / - 5 / - 8 / 4
 Iran (IRI)         1st place, gold medalist(s) / - 1st place, gold medalist(s) / - 1st place, gold medalist(s) / - 1st place, gold medalist(s) / - 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9
 Iraq (IRQ)         10 / - 7 2
 Israel (ISR)         - / 1st place, gold medalist(s) - / 1st place, gold medalist(s) - / 1st place, gold medalist(s) - / 2nd place, silver medalist(s) - / 6 - / 6 - / 6 7
 Japan (JPN)         9 / - 7 8 8 4
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)         8 / - 1
 Libya (LBA)         8 / - 1
 Luxembourg (LUX)         7 / - 1
 Morocco (MAR)         9 1
 Netherlands (NED)         1st place, gold medalist(s) / - 1st place, gold medalist(s) / - 2nd place, silver medalist(s) / - 2nd place, silver medalist(s) / - 4 / - 6 / - 6
 Norway (NOR)         5 / - 6 / - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / - 5 / - 2nd place, silver medalist(s) / - 5
 Poland (POL)         - / 2nd place, silver medalist(s) - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) - / 2nd place, silver medalist(s) - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) - / 5 5
 Russia (RUS)         9 / - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 3
 RPC (RPC)         2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1
 Rwanda (RWA)         10 1
 Slovakia (SVK)         - / 2nd place, silver medalist(s) - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2
 South Korea (KOR)         8 / 4 10 / - 2
 Spain (ESP)         12 / - 1
 Sweden (SWE)         2nd place, silver medalist(s) / - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / - 7 / - 7 / - 10 / - 5
 Ukraine (UKR)         7 / - 5 2
 Unified Team (EUN)         9 / - 1
 United States (USA)         8 / - 10 / 6 11 / 4 11 / 4 12 / 4 6 8 7
 West Germany (FRG)         - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) / 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 / 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3
 Yugoslavia (YUG)         3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / - 5 / - 4 / - 3
Nations 4 11 10 13 17 18 17 8 8 10 8 8
Year 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20

Women

Sitting volleyball competitions have only been contested by women since 2004 Summer Paralympics. Nations listed are their rankings during competition.

Nation 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Brazil (BRA)         5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3
 Canada (CAN)         7 4 2
 China (CHN)         1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
 Finland (FIN)         6 1
 Great Britain (GBR)         8 1
 Italy (ITA)         6 1
 Japan (JPN)         8 7 8 3
 Latvia (LAT)         7 1
 Lithuania (LTU)         6 1
 Netherlands (NED)         2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 6 4
 RPC (RPC)         5 1
 Rwanda (RWA)         8 7 2
 Slovenia (SLO)         4 4 6 3
 Ukraine (UKR)         5 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 4
 United States (USA)         3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5
Nations 6 8 8 8 8
Year 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20

Multi-medalists

Volleyball players who have won at least two gold medals. Athletes in bold are athletes who are still active.

No. Athlete Country Years Games Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total Source
1 Isaa Zirahi  Iran (IRI) 2000-2024 7 M 5 2 0 7 [27]
2 Davoud Alipourian  Iran (IRI) 2004-2024 6 M 4 2 0 6 [28]
3 Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei  Iran (IRI) 2004-2024 6 M 4 2 0 6 [29]
2 Ali Kashfia  Iran (IRI) 1988–2000 4 M 4 0 0 4
3 Jalil Imeri  Iran (IRI) 1996-2012 5 M 3 2 0 5
4 Ali Golkar  Iran (IRI) 1992-2004 4 M 3 1 0 4
5 Hadi Rezaei  Iran (IRI) 1988-1996 3 M 3 0 0 3
6 Ahmad Shivani  Iran (IRI) 1988-1996 3 M 3 0 0 3
7 Parviz Firouzi  Iran (IRI) 1992-2000 3 M 3 0 0 3
8 Ali Akbar Salavatian  Iran (IRI) 1992-2000 3 M 3 0 0 3
9 Majid Soleimani  Iran (IRI) 1992-2000 3 M 3 0 0 3
10 Sabahudin Delalić  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 2000-2016 5 M 2 3 0 5
11 Asim Medić  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 2000-2016 5 M 2 3 0 5
12 Dževad Hamzić  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 2000-2016 5 M 2 3 0 5
13 Adnan Manko  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 2000-2016 5 M 2 3 0 5
14 Ismet Godinjak  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 2000-2016 5 M 2 3 0 5
15 Eliezer Kalina  Israel (ISR) 1976-1988 4 M 3 1 0 4
16 Hagai Zamir  Israel (ISR) 1976-1988 4 M 3 1 0 4
17 Igal Pazi  Israel (ISR) 1976-1980, 1988 3 M 2 1 0 3
18 Johan Reekers  Netherlands (NED) 1980-1992 4 M 2 1 0 3

See also

References

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Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_Summer_Paralympics