Sitting Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

Sitting Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	WOVD
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;
	Medalists;

Sitting volleyball was introduced as a full Paralympic event in 1976. The women's sitting volleyball event was also introduced in the 2004.^[1]

Medal summary

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

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

Medals ranking:


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	6	2	0	8
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	5
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	3	0	5
4	Germany	0	2	2	4
5	Norway	0	1	1	2
5	Sweden	0	1	1	2
7	Finland	0	0	3	3
8	Egypt	0	0	2	2
9	Russia	0	0	1	1
9	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		11	11	11	33

↑ Ng, Kwok (2012). When Sitting is Not Resting: Sitting Volleyball. Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4772-1789-4.

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