Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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10th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Sydney 2000
Olympic rings.svg
Tournament details
Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics
Host nationFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
City Sydney
Dates16 September 2000 (2000-09-16)
1 October 2000 (2000-10-01)
Men's Medals(12 teams)
Gold medal icon.svg GoldFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia
Silver medal icon.svg SilverFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Women's Medals(12 teams)
Gold medal icon.svg GoldFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg SilverFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2nd Beach Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Sydney 2000
Tournament details
City Sydney
Dates16 September 2000 (2000-09-16)
26 September 2000 (2000-09-26)
Men's Medals(24 teams)
Gold medal icon.svg GoldFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg SilverFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Women's Medals(24 teams)
Gold medal icon.svg GoldFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg SilverFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, four volleyball events were contested – men's and women's indoor volleyball, and men's and women's beach volleyball. [1]

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Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1001
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1001
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 1001
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1001
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0224
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0202
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's indoor
details
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia  (YUG)
Vladimir Batez
Slobodan Kovač
Slobodan Boškan
Đula Mešter
Vasa Mijić
Nikola Grbić
Vladimir Grbić
Andrija Gerić
Goran Vujević
Ivan Miljković
Veljko Petković
Igor Vušurović

Head coach: Zoran Gajić
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Vadim Khamuttskikh
Ruslan Olikhver
Valeri Goryushev
Igor Shulepov
Aleksey Kazakov
Evgeni Mitkov
Sergey Tetyukhin
Roman Yakovlev
Konstantin Ushakov
Aleksandr Gerasimov
Ilya Savelev
Aleksey Kuleshov

Head coach: Gennady Shipulin
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Andrea Gardini
Marco Meoni
Pasquale Gravina
Luigi Mastrangelo
Paolo Tofoli
Samuele Papi
Andrea Sartoretti
Marco Bracci
Simone Rosalba
Mirko Corsano
Andrea Giani
Alessandro Fei

Head coach: Andrea Anastasi
Women's indoor
details
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
Taimaris Aguero
Zoila Barros
Regla Bell
Marlenis Costa
Ana Fernández
Mirka Francia
Idalmis Gato
Lilia Izquierdo
Mireya Luis
Yumilka Ruíz
Martha Sánchez
Regla Torres

Head coach: Luis Calderon
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Yevgeniya Artamonova
Anastasiya Belikova
Lioubov Kılıç
Yekaterina Gamova
Yelena Godina
Tatyana Gracheva
Natalya Morozova
Olga Potachova
Inessa Korkmaz
Elizaveta Tishchenko
Elena Tyurina (L)
Yelena Vasilevskaya

Head coach: Nikolay Karpol
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
Leila Barros
Erika Coimbra
Janina Conceição
Virna Dias
Kely Fraga
Ricarda Lima (L)
Kátia Lopes
Elisângela Oliveira
Walewska Oliveira
Karin Rodrigues
Raquel Silva
Hélia Souza

Head coach: Bernardinho
Men's beach
details
Flag of the United States.svg  Dain Blanton
and Eric Fonoimoana  (USA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Zé Marco de Melo
and Ricardo Santos  (BRA)
Flag of Germany.svg  Axel Hager
and Jörg Ahmann  (GER)
Women's beach
details
Flag of Australia.svg  Natalie Cook
and Kerri Pottharst  (AUS)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Shelda Bede
and Adriana Behar  (BRA)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Adriana Samuel
and Sandra Pires  (BRA)

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References

  1. "Volleyball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2019.