Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
| Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics | |
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_pictogram.svg.png) .svg.png) Standing (1976–2000) / Sitting (1980–present) | |
| Governing body | World ParaVolley |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
| Games | |
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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:
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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
| 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 |
.jpg){kind=small} 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 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 | |
Ranking
Men Sitting
Participating nations
| Team | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 |  1988 |  1992 | 1996 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
Women Sitting
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 |
Men's Standing
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
- https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/volleyball
- https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/volleyball
- 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
- ^ "Standing Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Sitting Volleyball 1980-2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-28.
- ^ "Paralympic Games - Results".
- ^ "ZIRAHI Isa". Paris 2024 Paralympics. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
- ^ "ALIPOURIAN Davoud". Paris 2024 Paralympics. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
- ^ "SALEHIHAJIKOLAEI Ramezan". Paris 2024 Paralympics. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
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