| Volleyball at the XI Paralympic Games | ||||||||||
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  Paralympic standing and sitting volleyball | ||||||||||
| Venue | The Dome and Exhibition Complex | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney consisted of standing and sitting volleyball events for men.
| Volleyball at the XI Paralympic Games | ||||||||||
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| Paralympic standing and sitting volleyball | ||||||||||
| Venue | The Dome and Exhibition Complex | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney consisted of standing and sitting volleyball events for men.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Source: International Paralympic Committee [1]
 Australia (AUS) |  Cambodia (CAM) | Canada (CAN) | Germany (GER) |
 Israel (ISR) |  Poland (POL) | Slovakia (SVK) |  United States (USA) |
Source: International Paralympic Committee [2]
| Australia (AUS) | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) |  Egypt (EGY) | Finland (FIN) |
| Germany (GER) |  Hungary (HUN) | Iran (IRI) |  Japan (JPN) |
 South Korea (KOR) |  Libya (LBA) |  Netherlands (NED) | United States (USA) |
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 sit on the floor to play.
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 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.
Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's team event. Sitting volleyball was also included as a demonstration event.
Ukraine made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with thirty athletes competing in archery, track and field, powerlifting, swimming, and sitting volleyball. Vasyl Lishchynskyy won Ukraine's first Paralympic gold medal, in the shot put, and Ukrainians also won four silver medals and two bronze. Ukrainians had previously participated within the Soviet Union's delegation in 1988, and as part of the Unified Team in 1992. Ukraine, following its independence from the Soviet Union, missed out on the 1994 Winter Games, but made its Winter Paralympics début at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano. Ukraine has competed at every edition of the Summer and Winter Games since then and have done so with remarkable success.
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.
The volleyball tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were played between 24 July and 8 August 2021. 24 volleyball teams and 48 beach volleyball teams participated in the tournament. The indoor volleyball competition took place at Ariake Arena in Ariake, and the beach volleyball tournament at Shiokaze Park, in the temporary Shiokaze Park Stadium.
Germany competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in sailing events. They also qualified athletes in archery, cycling, equestrian, paracanoeing, paratriathlon, rowing and wheelchair basketball.
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 2016 Summer Paralympics was held from 9 September to 18 September at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.
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.
