Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

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.

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

Medal summary

Sitting

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

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

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

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)7209
2 Germany (GER)4239
3 China (CHN)3205
4 Israel (ISR)3104
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2316
 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)23232369

Ranking

Source:[2][3]

Men Sitting
Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12thRef
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 EUN 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
Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thRef
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[20]

Men Standing
Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thRef
1976  ISR GBR FIN CAN[21]
1980  ISR POL FRG GBR EGY[22]
1984  ISR FRG FRA GBR CAN USA MYA[23]
1988  FRG ISR POL KOR GBR USA[24]
1992  GER POL TCH USA FRA ISR GBR[25]
1996  GER SVK POL USA FRA ISR GBR CZE[26]
2000  GER CAN SVK USA POL ISR CAM AUS[27]

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 768084889296000408121620Total
 Argentina (ARG)    12 / -1
 Australia (AUS)    11 / 81
 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)    65444
 Burma (BIR)    - / 71
 Cambodia (CAM)    - / 71
 Canada (CAN)    - / 4- / 6- / 2nd place, silver medalist(s)3
 China (CHN)    57774
 Czech Republic (CZE)    - / 81
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)    - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1
 Egypt (EGY)    6 / 57 / -9 / -8 / -4 / -3rd place, bronze medalist(s)463rd place, bronze medalist(s)510
 Finland (FIN)    - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4 / -4 / -4 / -3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / -3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / -57
 France (FRA)    - / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)- / 5- / 52
 Germany (GER)    3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / 1st place, gold medalist(s)6 / 1st place, gold medalist(s)5 / 1st place, gold medalist(s)43rd place, bronze medalist(s)667
 Great Britain (GBR)    - / 2nd place, silver medalist(s)- / 4- 4 / 5- / 7- / 786
 Greece (GRE)    81
 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 / -72
 Israel (ISR)    - / 1st place, gold medalist(s)- / 1st place, gold medalist(s)- / 1st place, gold medalist(s)- / 2nd place, silver medalist(s)- / 6- / 6- / 67
 Japan (JPN)    9 / -7884
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)    8 / -1
 Libya (LBA)    8 / -1
 Luxembourg (LUX)    7 / -1
 Morocco (MAR)    91
 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)- / 55
 Russia (RUS)    9 / -3rd place, bronze medalist(s)43
 RPC (RPC)    2nd place, silver medalist(s)1
 Rwanda (RWA)    101
 Slovakia (SVK)    - / 2nd place, silver medalist(s)- / 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2
 South Korea (KOR)    8 / 410 / -2
 Spain (ESP)    12 / -1
 Sweden (SWE)    2nd place, silver medalist(s) / -3rd place, bronze medalist(s) / -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)    - / 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
Nations4111013171817881088
Year60646872768084889296000408121620

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 768084889296000408121620Total
 Brazil (BRA)    53rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3
 Canada (CAN)    742
 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)    61
 Great Britain (GBR)    81
 Italy (ITA)    61
 Japan (JPN)    8783
 Latvia (LAT)    71
 Lithuania (LTU)    61
 Netherlands (NED)    2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)464
 RPC (RPC)    51
 Rwanda (RWA)    872
 Slovenia (SLO)    4463
 Ukraine (UKR)    553rd place, bronze medalist(s)44
 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
Nations68888
Year60646872768084889296000408121620

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
1Isaa Zirahi Iran (IRI)2000-20206M4206
2 Ali Kashfia  Iran (IRI) 1988–2000 4 M 4 0 0 4
3Jalil Imeri Iran (IRI)1996-20125M3205
4 Ali Golkar  Iran (IRI) 1992-2004 4 M 3 1 0 4
5Hadi Rezaei Iran (IRI)1988-19963M3003
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
10Sabahudin Delalić Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2000-20165M2305
11Asim Medić Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2000-20165M2305
12Dževad Hamzić Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2000-20165M2305
13Adnan Manko Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2000-20165M2305
14Ismet Godinjak Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2000-20165M2305
15Eliezer Kalina Israel (ISR)1976-19884M3104
16Hagai Zamir Israel (ISR)1976-19884M3104
17Igal Pazi Israel (ISR)1976-1980, 19883M2103
18Johan Reekers Netherlands (NED)1980-19924M2103

See also

References
  1. "Standing Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20230628060901/https://www.worldparavolley.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sitting-Volleyball-Magazine-FINAL-WEBSITE-ONLINE-ONLY.pdf
  3. https://www.paralympic.org/paralympic-games-results
  4. https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/volleyball
  5. https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-volleyball
  6. https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-volleyball
  7. https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-volleyball
  8. https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-volleyball
  9. https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-volleyball
  10. https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-volleyball
  11. https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-volleyball
  12. https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-tournament
  13. https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-volleyball
  14. https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/volleyball/mens-sitting-volleyball
  15. https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/volleyball
  16. https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/volleyball/womens-sitting-volleyball
  17. https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/volleyball/womens-sitting-volleyball
  18. https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/volleyball/womens-sitting-volleyball
  19. https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/volleyball/womens-sitting-volleyball
  20. https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/volleyball
  21. https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/volleyball/mens-standing-volleyball
  22. https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/volleyball/mens-standing-volleyball
  23. https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/volleyball/mens-standing-volleyball
  24. https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/volleyball/mens-standing-volleyball
  25. https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/volleyball/mens-standing-volleyball
  26. https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/volleyball/mens-standing-volleyball
  27. https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/volleyball/mens-standing-volleyball
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