Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

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

Medal summary

Sitting

Men's sitting volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games 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

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

Medals ranking

Both men's and women's sitting and standing volleyball medal results counted where applicable.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	7	2	0	9
2	Germany	4	3	3	10
3	Netherlands	3	3	1	7
4	China	3	2	0	5
5	Israel	3	1	0	4
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	3	1	6
7	United States	2	2	1	5
8	Poland	0	2	2	4
9	Norway	0	1	1	2
	Russia	0	1	1	2
	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
13	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
15	Finland	0	0	4	4
16	Brazil	0	0	2	2
	Egypt	0	0	2	2
18	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 nations)		24	24	24	72

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)											/ -						5
Brazil (BRA)													6	5	4		3
Burma (BIR)							- / 7										1
Cambodia (CAM)											- / 7						1
Canada (CAN)					- / 4		- / 6				- /						3
China (CHN)													5	7	7		3
Czech Republic (CZE)										- / 8							1
Czechoslovakia (TCH)									- /								1
Egypt (EGY)						6 / 5	7 / -	9 / -	8 / -		4 / -		4	6			9
Finland (FIN)					- /	4 / -	4 / -		4 / -	/ -	/ -	5					7
France (FRA)							- /		- / 5	- / 5							2
Germany (GER)									/	6 /	5 /	4			6		6
Great Britain (GBR)					- /	- / 4	- 4 / 5		- / 7	- / 7				8			6
Greece (GRE)												8					1
Hungary (HUN)								5 / -	6 / -	5 / -	8 /						4
Iran (IRI)								/ -	/ -	/ -	/ -						8
Iraq (IRQ)									10 / -				7				2
Israel (ISR)					- /	- /	- /	- /	- / 6	- / 6	- / 6						7
Japan (JPN)											9 / -	7	8				3
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
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	00
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			2
Canada (CAN)															7		1
China (CHN)																	4
Finland (FIN)												6					1
Great Britain (GBR)														8			1
Japan (JPN)													8	7			2
Latvia (LAT)													7				1
Lithuania (LTU)													6				1
Netherlands (NED)														4	6		4
Rwanda (RWA)															8		1
Slovenia (SLO)												4	4	6			3
Ukraine (UKR)												5	5		4		4
United States (USA)																	4
Nations												6	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	Bronze	Total
1	Isaa Zirahi	Iran (IRI)	2000-2020	6	M	4	2	0	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

See also

• Volleyball at the Summer Olympics