Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
Standing (1976–2000) / Sitting (1980–present)
Governing body	World ParaVolley
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Medalists

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.

Medal summary

Sitting

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

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
2024	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

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
2024	United States	China	Canada

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran  (IRI)	8	2	0	10
2	Netherlands  (NED)	3	3	1	7
3	China  (CHN)	3	3	0	6
4	United States  (USA)	3	2	1	6
5	Israel  (ISR)	3	1	0	4
6	Germany  (GER)	3	0	2	5
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)	2	4	1	7
8	West Germany  (FRG)	1	3	1	5
9	Poland  (POL)	0	2	2	4
10	Canada  (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Norway  (NOR)	0	1	1	2
	Slovakia  (SVK)	0	1	1	2
	Sweden  (SWE)	0	1	1	2
14	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	RPC  (RPC)	0	1	0	1
16	Finland  (FIN)	0	0	4	4
17	Egypt  (EGY)	0	0	3	3
18	Brazil  (BRA)	0	0	2	2
19	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	France  (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Russia  (RUS)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine  (UKR)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia  (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		26	26	26	78

Ranking

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

Participating nations

Team	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
Netherlands						4th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Germany		-		6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Finland		4th	-		4th			5th	-	-	-	-	-
Sweden	-			7th	7th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yugoslavia	-		5th	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norway	-	5th	6th		5th		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	-	6th	7th	9th	8th	6th	4th		4th	5th		5th
Luxembourg	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United States	-	-	8th	10th	11th	11th	12th	6th	-	-	8th	-	-
Iran	-	-	-
Hungary	-	-	-	5th	6th	6th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Korea	-	-	-	8th	-	-	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-
Germany	-	-	-	-		5th	6th	4th	-		6th	6th	4th
Unified Team  (EUN)	-	-	-	-	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iraq	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-
Spain	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russia	-	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-		4th	-	-	-
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	5th	-	7th
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	7th	8th	8th	-	-	-
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	7th	7th	7th	-
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	6th	4th	4th	6th
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-
Rwanda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	-	-	-
Morocco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-
RPC  (RPC)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th
Total teams	3	7	8	10	12	12	12	8	8	10	8	8	8

Participating nations

Team	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
China
United States
Netherlands			4th	6th	-	-
Slovenia	4th	4th	6th	-	-	6th
Finland	5th	-	-	-	-	-
Ukraine	6th	5th		4th	-	-
Japan	-	8th	7th	-	8th	-
Lithuania	-	6th	-	-	-	-
Latvia	-	7th	-	-	-	-
Brazil	-	-	5th			4th
Great Britain	-	-	7th	-	-	-
Canada	-	-	-	7th	4th
Iran	-	-	-	5th	-	-
Rwanda	-	-	-	8th	7th	7th
RPC	-	-	-	-	5th	-
Italy	-	-	-	-	6th	5th
France	-	-	-	-	-	8th
Total teams	6	8	8	8	8	8

Participating nations

Team	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000
Israel						6th	6th
Great Britain		4th	4th	5th	7th	7th	-
Finland		-	-	-	-	-	-
Canada	4th	-	5th	-	-	-
Egypt	-	5th	-	-	-	-
Poland	-		-		-		5th
West Germany	-				-	-	-
France	-	-		-	5th	5th	-
United States	-	-	6th	6th	4th	4th	4th
Myanmar	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-
South Korea	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-
Germany	-	-	-	-
Czechoslovakia	-	-	-	-		-	-
Spain	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-
Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-
Cambodia	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th
Total teams	4	5	7	6	8	8	8

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	Source
1	Isaa Zirahi	Iran  (IRI)	2000-2024	7	M	5	2	0	7	[4]
2	Davoud Alipourian	Iran  (IRI)	2004-2024	6	M	4	2	0	6	[5]
3	Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei	Iran  (IRI)	2004-2024	6	M	4	2	0	6	[6]
2	Ali Kashfia	Iran  (IRI)	1988–2000	4	M	4	0	0	4
3	Jalil Imeri	Iran  (IRI)	1996-2012	5	M	3	2	0	5
4	Ali Golkar	Iran  (IRI)	1992-2004	4	M	3	1	0	4
5	Hadi Rezaei	Iran  (IRI)	1988-1996	3	M	3	0	0	3
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
10	Sabahudin Delalić	Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
11	Asim Medić	Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
12	Dževad Hamzić	Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
13	Adnan Manko	Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
14	Ismet Godinjak	Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
15	Eliezer Kalina	Israel  (ISR)	1976-1988	4	M	3	1	0	4
16	Hagai Zamir	Israel  (ISR)	1976-1988	4	M	3	1	0	4
17	Igal Pazi	Israel  (ISR)	1976-1980, 1988	3	M	2	1	0	3
18	Johan Reekers	Netherlands  (NED)	1980-1992	4	M	2	1	0	3

Complete Results

1. https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/volleyball
2. https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/volleyball
3. https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/volleyball
4. https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/volleyball
5. https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/volleyball
6. https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/volleyball
7. https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/volleyball
8. https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/volleyball
9. https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/volleyball
10. https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/volleyball
11. https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/volleyball
12. https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/volleyball

See also

• World ParaVolley
• World Para Volleyball Championship
• Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
• Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships
• Men's European Sitting Volleyball Championships

References

1. "Standing Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley . Retrieved 4 May 2021.
2. "Sitting Volleyball 1980-2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-28.
3. "Paralympic Games - Results".
4. "ZIRAHI Isa". Paris 2024 Paralympics . (alternate link, alternate link 2)
5. "ALIPOURIAN Davoud". Paris 2024 Paralympics . (alternate link, alternate link 2)
6. "SALEHIHAJIKOLAEI Ramezan". Paris 2024 Paralympics . (alternate link, alternate link 2)