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Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's team event. Sitting volleyball was also included as a demonstration event. [1]
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Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's team event. Sitting volleyball was also included as a demonstration event. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's standing |  Israel (ISR) [2] Nitzan Atzmon Moshe Barbalat Aharon Danziger Roni Fradkin Daniel Gil Adi Eliezer Kalina Gad Lanzer Yigal Pazi Hagai Zamir |  Great Britain (GBR)Peter Pienerosa Steve Paget Ron Miller Chris Ireland B. Speedy Len Softley T. Puckering J. Anderson T. Burdett Monica Vaughan |  Finland (FIN) |
| Men's sitting |  Netherlands (NED) |  West Germany (FRG) | Finland (FIN) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 nations) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
The 1976 Summer Paralympics, branded as Torontolympiad – 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled, was the fifth Paralympic Games to be held. They were hosted by Toronto, Canada, from 4 to 12 August 1976, marking the first time a Paralympics was held in Americas and in Canada. The games began three days after the close of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from 21 to 27 September. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women. The sport is performed sitting down, on a smaller court with a lower net.
Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability. As opposed to standing volleyball, sitting volleyball players must have at least one buttock in contact with the floor during the game.
Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from 7 September to 15 September. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.
Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney consisted of standing and sitting volleyball events for men.
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. The women's sitting volleyball event was introduced in 2004.
Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta consisted of standing and sitting volleyball events for men.
Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona consisted of standing and sitting volleyball events for men.
Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul consisted of standing and sitting volleyball events for men.
Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York consisted of standing and sitting volleyball events for men.
Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem consisted of standing and sitting volleyball events for men.
Myanmar has been a sporadic participant in the Paralympic Games. It first competed, as Burma, at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, with a delegation in track and field and shooting. These athletes were fairly successful, Tin Ngwe becoming Burma's first Paralympic champion by winning the men's 100m sprint in the C1 category. Aung Than won silver in the same event, while Tin Win took bronze in the men's 100m in category C. Burma was absent from the 1980 Games, returning in 1984 to take part in volleyball and track and field. Tin Ngwe, in category A3, won gold in the men's high jump, and silver in the long jump, while Aung Gyi won silver and bronze, respectively, in those same two events. In both Burma's appearances in the Paralympics, it fielded all-male delegations.
World ParaVolley, formerly the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD), is an international organization that is for people with physical disabilities. It is affiliated with the International Paralympic Committee(IPC). The World Organization Volleyball for Disabled was established in 1981 and was part of the International Sports Organization for Disabled (ISOD). In 1992 the WOVD became its own separate Organization in Barcelona, Spain. The WOVD Headquarters were also established in the Netherlands. The WOVD is responsible for managing and controlling the conduct of international volleyball competitions for men, women and youth. The WOVD also liaises with IPC and with other organizations for people with or without disabilities. The organization adopted its present name World ParaVolley at its 2014 general assembly.
Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held from 30 August to 8 September at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.
Russia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. A total of 182 athletes were sent by the Russian Paralympic Committee to compete in twelve disciplines: athletics, archery, cycling, swimming, wheelchair fencing, table tennis, powerlifting, shooting, rowing, judo, 7-aside football and sitting volleyball.
Iran competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
China has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports China competed in include blind football, archery, boccia, cycling, goalball, judo, paracanoeing, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.
Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.
José Rebelo competed for Canada in the men's standing volleyball event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where he won a silver medal. He also competed with the Canadian teams which won bronze medals in sitting volleyball at the 2011 Parapan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games.
Larry Matthews competed for Canada in the men's standing volleyball event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where he won a silver medal. He also competed with the Canadian teams which won bronze medals in sitting volleyball at the 2011 Parapan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games.
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