Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

Paralympic volleyball was first competed at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1976. That first year, the traditional standing form of volleyball was contested. Sitting volleyball was later introduced as a full Paralympic event in 1980. The 2000 was the last time standing volleyball appeared on the Paralympic programme. The women's sitting volleyball event was also introduced in the 2004.

Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
Governing bodyWOVD
Events2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
  • Medalists

Medal summary

Men's

Sitting

Men's sitting volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games 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

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

Medals ranking

Both men's and women's sitting and standing volleyball medal results counted where applicable.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran6208
2 Germany43310
3 Netherlands3317
4 China3104
 Israel3104
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina2305
7 United States1214
8 Poland0224
9 Norway0112
 Slovakia0112
 Sweden0112
12 Canada0101
 Great Britain0101
14 Finland0044
15 Egypt0022
16 Brazil0011
 Czechoslovakia0011
 France0011
 Russia0011
 Ukraine0011
 Yugoslavia0011
Totals (21 nations)22222266

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.)

Nation606468727680848892960004081216Years
 Argentina (ARG)    12 / -1
 Australia (AUS)    11 / 81
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)     / -5
 Brazil (BRA)    6543
 Burma (BIR)    - / 71
 Cambodia (CAM)    - / 71
 Canada (CAN)    - / 4- / 6- / 3
 China (CHN)    5773
 Czech Republic (CZE)    - / 81
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)    - / 1
 Egypt (EGY)    6 / 57 / -9 / -8 / -4 / -469
 Finland (FIN)    - / 4 / -4 / -4 / - / - / -57
 France (FRA)    - / - / 5- / 52
 Germany (GER)     / 6 / 5 / 466
 Great Britain (GBR)    - / - / 4- 4 / 5- / 7- / 786
 Greece (GRE)    81
 Hungary (HUN)    5 / -6 / -5 / -8 /4
 Iran (IRI)     / - / - / - / -8
 Iraq (IRQ)    10 / -72
 Israel (ISR)    - / - / - / - / - / 6- / 6- / 67
 Japan (JPN)    9 / -783
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)    8 / -1
 Libya (LBA)    8 / -1
 Luxembourg (LUX)    7 / -1
 Morocco (MAR)    91
 Netherlands (NED)     / - / - / - / -4 / -6 / -6
 Norway (NOR)    5 / -6 / - / -5 / - / -5
 Poland (POL)    - / - / - / - / - / 55
 Russia (RUS)    9 / -43
 Rwanda (RWA)    101
 Slovakia (SVK)    - / - / 2
 South Korea (KOR)    8 / 410 / -2
 Spain (ESP)    12 / -1
 Sweden (SWE)     / - / -7 / -7 / -10 / -5
 Ukraine (UKR)    7 / -52
 Unified Team (EUN)    9 / -1
 United States (USA)    8 / -10 / 611 / 411 / 412 / 4687
 West Germany (FRG)    - / / 6 / 3
 Yugoslavia (YUG)     / -5 / -4 / -3
Nations4111013171817881000
Year606468727680848892960004081216

Women

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

Nation606468727680848892960004081216Years
 Brazil (BRA)    52
 Canada (CAN)    71
 China (CHN)    4
 Finland (FIN)    61
 Great Britain (GBR)    81
 Japan (JPN)    872
 Latvia (LAT)    71
 Lithuania (LTU)    61
 Netherlands (NED)    464
 Rwanda (RWA)    81
 Slovenia (SLO)    4463
 Ukraine (UKR)    5544
 United States (USA)    4
Nations6888
Year606468727680848892960004081216

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
1Eliezer Kalina Israel (ISR)1976-19884M3104
Hagai Zamir Israel (ISR)1976-19884M3104
3Hadi Rezaei Iran (IRI)1988-19963M3003
4Sabahudin Delalić Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2000-20165M2305
Asim Medić Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2000-20165M2305
6Igal Pazi Israel (ISR)1976-1980, 19883M2103
Johan Reekers Netherlands (NED)1980-19924M2103

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