List of Olympic venues in volleyball

For the Summer Olympics there are 32 venues that have been or will be used for beach volleyball or volleyball.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1964 TokyoKomazawa Volleyball CourtsNone3,900[1][2][3]
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium (final)None3,800[1][4]
1968 Mexico CityJuan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium (final)None5,242 [5]
Juan Escutia Sports PalaceBasketball22,370 [6]
Revolution Ice RinkNone1,500 [7]
1972 MunichVolleyballhalleNone3,680 [8]
1976 MontrealMontreal Forum (final)Basketball (final), Boxing (final), Gymnastics, Handball (final)18,000 [9]
Paul Sauvé CentreNone4,000 [10]
1980 MoscowDruzhba Multipurpose ArenaNone3,900 [11]
Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (final)None8,700 [12]
1984 Los AngelesLong Beach ArenaNone12,000 [13]
1988 SeoulHanyang University GymnasiumNone8,000 [14]
Jamsil Gymnasium (final)Basketball12,751 [15][16]
Saemaul Sports HallNone4,500 [14]
1992 BarcelonaPalau dels Esports de BarcelonaGymnastics (rhythmic)8,000 [17]
Palau Sant Jordi (final)Gymnastics (artistic), Handball (final)15,000 [18]
Pavelló de la Vall d'HebronBasque pelota (demonstration)2,500 (volleyball)
3,300 (basque pelota)
[19]
1996 AtlantaAtlanta Beach (beach)None12,600 [20][21]
Omni Coliseum (indoor final)None16,500 [22][23]
University of Georgia Coliseum (indoor)Gymnastics (rhythmic)10,000 [24][25]
2000 SydneyBondi Beach (beach)None10,000 [26]
Sydney Entertainment Centre (indoor final)None11,000 [27]
Sydney Showground Pavilion 4 (indoor)None6,000 [28]
2004 AthensFaliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre (beach)None8,000 [29]
Peace and Friendship Stadium (indoor)None17,000. [30]
2008 BeijingBeijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium (indoor)None5,000 [31]
Capital Indoor Stadium (indoor final)None18,000 [32]
Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground (beach)None12,000 [33]
2012 LondonEarls Court Exhibition Centre (indoor)None15,000 [34]
Horse Guards Parade (beach)None15,000 [35]
2016 Rio de JaneiroCopacabana Arena (beach)None12,000[36]
Maracanãzinho (indoor)None12,000[37]
2020 TokyoAriake Arena (indoor)None15,000
Shiokaze Park (beach)Nonetbc
Druzhba Multipurpose Arena hosted the volleyball preliminaries for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Sydney Entertainment Centre hosted the indoor volleyball final for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Horse Guards Parade hosted the beach volleyball events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Beach venues

Beach Location Games Events Notes
Atlanta Beach Clayton County International Park, Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia, USA Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics Artificial beach [38]
Bondi Beach Bondi Beach, Waverley Council, Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics Ocean coast beach [39][40]
Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex Faliro, Athens, Greece Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Artificial beach [41]
Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground Chaoyang Park, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Artificial beach with sand imported from Hainan [42]
Horse Guards Parade Whitehall, London, England, UK London 2012 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics Artificial beach on royal parade grounds [40]
Copacabana Beach Copacabana Stadium, Copacabana Beach, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio 2016 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics Ocean coast beach [40]
Shiokaze Park Stadium Shiokaze Park, Tokyo Waterfront, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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