Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

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 ;
	Medalists ;

Last updated January 10, 2024

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

Men's

Sitting

Men's sitting volleyball medal winners for every Summer Games was as follows:

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

Women's

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.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran (IRI)	7	2	0	9
2	Germany (GER)	4	2	3	9
3	China (CHN)	3	2	0	5
4	Israel (ISR)	3	1	0	4
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	2	3	1	6
5	Netherlands (NED)	2	3	1	6
7	United States (USA)	2	2	1	5
8	Poland (POL)	0	2	2	4
9	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
12	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	RPC (RPC)	0	1	0	1
15	Finland (FIN)	0	0	3	3
16	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	2	2
16	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	2	2
18	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 (22 entries)		23	23	23	69

Ranking

Source:^[2]^[3]

Men Sitting

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Ref
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	Unified Team	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

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Ref
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

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Ref
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	ESP		^[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	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Total
Argentina (ARG)										12 / -							1
Australia (AUS)											11 / 8						1
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)											/ -						6
Brazil (BRA)													6	5	4	4	4
Burma (BIR)							- / 7										1
Cambodia (CAM)											- / 7						1
Canada (CAN)					- / 4		- / 6				- /						3
China (CHN)													5	7	7	7	4
Czech Republic (CZE)										- / 8							1
Czechoslovakia (TCH)									- /								1
Egypt (EGY)						6 / 5	7 / -	9 / -	8 / -		4 / -		4	6		5	10
Finland (FIN)					- /	4 / -	4 / -		4 / -	/ -	/ -	5					7
France (FRA)							- /		- / 5	- / 5							2
Germany (GER)									/	6 /	5 /	4			6	6	7
Great Britain (GBR)					- /	- / 4	- 4 / 5		- / 7	- / 7				8			6
Greece (GRE)												8					1
Hungary (HUN)								5 / -	6 / -	5 / -	8 /						4
Iran (IRI)								/ -	/ -	/ -	/ -						9
Iraq (IRQ)									10 / -				7				2
Israel (ISR)					- /	- /	- /	- /	- / 6	- / 6	- / 6						7
Japan (JPN)											9 / -	7	8			8	4
Kazakhstan (KAZ)										8 / -							1
Libya (LBA)											8 / -						1
Luxembourg (LUX)						7 / -											1
Morocco (MAR)														9			1
Netherlands (NED)						/ -	/ -	/ -	/ -	4 / -	6 / -						6
Norway (NOR)						5 / -	6 / -	/ -	5 / -	/ -							5
Poland (POL)						- /		- /	- /	- /	- / 5						5
Russia (RUS)										9 / -				4			3
RPC (RPC)																	1
Rwanda (RWA)														10			1
Slovakia (SVK)										- /	- /						2
South Korea (KOR)								8 / 4			10 / -						2
Spain (ESP)									12 / -								1
Sweden (SWE)						/ -	/ -	7 / -	7 / -	10 / -							5
Ukraine (UKR)										7 / -					5		2
Unified Team (EUN)									9 / -								1
United States (USA)							8 / -	10 / 6	11 / 4	11 / 4	12 / 4	6			8		7
West Germany (FRG)						- /	/	6 /									3
Yugoslavia (YUG)						/ -	5 / -	4 / -									3

Nations					4	11	10	13	17	18	17	8	8	10	8	8
Year	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20

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	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Total
Brazil (BRA)														5			3
Canada (CAN)															7	4	2
China (CHN)																	5
Finland (FIN)												6					1
Great Britain (GBR)														8			1
Italy (ITA)																6	1
Japan (JPN)													8	7		8	3
Latvia (LAT)													7				1
Lithuania (LTU)													6				1
Netherlands (NED)														4	6		4
RPC (RPC)																5	1
Rwanda (RWA)															8	7	2
Slovenia (SLO)												4	4	6			3
Ukraine (UKR)												5	5		4		4
United States (USA)																	5

Nations												6	8	8	8	8
Year	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20

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	Total
1	Isaa Zirahi	Iran (IRI)	2000-2020	6	M	4	2	6
2	Ali Kashfia	Iran (IRI)	1988–2000	4	M	4	0	4
3	Jalil Imeri	Iran (IRI)	1996-2012	5	M	3	2	5
4	Ali Golkar	Iran (IRI)	1992-2004	4	M	3	1	4
5	Hadi Rezaei	Iran (IRI)	1988-1996	3	M	3	0	3
6	Ahmad Shivani	Iran (IRI)	1988-1996	3	M	3	0	3
7	Parviz Firouzi	Iran (IRI)	1992-2000	3	M	3	0	3
8	Ali Akbar Salavatian	Iran (IRI)	1992-2000	3	M	3	0	3
9	Majid Soleimani	Iran (IRI)	1992-2000	3	M	3	0	3
10	Sabahudin Delalić	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	5
11	Asim Medić	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	5
12	Dževad Hamzić	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	5
13	Adnan Manko	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	5
14	Ismet Godinjak	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	5
15	Eliezer Kalina	Israel (ISR)	1976-1988	4	M	3	1	4
16	Hagai Zamir	Israel (ISR)	1976-1988	4	M	3	1	4
17	Igal Pazi	Israel (ISR)	1976-1980, 1988	3	M	2	1	3
18	Johan Reekers	Netherlands (NED)	1980-1992	4	M	2	1	3

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Contents

Medal summary

Men's

Sitting

Standing

Women's

Sitting

Medals

Ranking

Men Sitting

Women Sitting

Men Standing

Nations

Men

Women

Multi-medalists

See also

Related Research Articles

References