Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Volleyball
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	University of Georgia Coliseum Omni Coliseum (indoor) Clayton County International Park (beach)
Dates:	July 20 – August 4, 1996
Competitors:	372
Nations:	13
Num Events:	4
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured Men's and Women's beach volleyball for the first time as an official Olympic sport.^{[1] [2]} Men's and Women's indoor volleyball tournaments also took place.

Medal summary

Men's indoor	valign=top	Peter Blangé Guido Görtzen Rob Grabert Henk-Jan Held Misha Latuhihin Jan Posthuma Brecht Rodenburg Richard Schuil Bas van de Goor Mike van de Goor Olof van der Meulen Ron Zwerver Head coach: Joop Alberda	valign=top	Lorenzo Bernardi Vigor Bovolenta Marco Bracci Luca Cantagalli Andrea Gardini Andrea Giani Pasquale Gravina Marco Meoni Samuele Papi Andrea Sartoretti Paolo Tofoli Andrea Zorzi Head coach: Julio Velasco	valign=top	Vladimir Batez Dejan Brđović Đorđe Đurić Andrija Gerić Nikola Grbić Vladimir Grbić Rajko Jokanović Slobodan Kovač Đula Mešter Žarko Petrović Željko Tanasković Goran Vujević Head coach: Zoran Gajić
Women's indoor	valign=top	Taimaris Aguero Regla Bell Magaly Carvajal Marlenis Costa Ana Fernández Mirka Francia Idalmis Gato Lilia Izquierdo Mireya Luis Raisa O'Farrill Yumilka Ruíz Regla Torres Head coach: Eugenio George	valign=top	Cui Yong-Mei He Qi Lai Yawen Li Yan Liu Xiaoning Pan Wenli Sun Yue Wang Lina Wang Yi Wang Ziling Wu Yongmei Zhu Yunying Head coach: Lang Ping	valign=top	Ida Alvares Leila Barros Ericléia Bodziak Hilma Caldeira Ana Paula Connelly Márcia Cunha Virna Dias Ana Moser Ana Flávia Sanglard Hélia Souza Sandra Suruagy Fernanda Venturini Head coach: Bernardinho
Men's beach
Women's beach

External links

• Volleyball

Notes and References

1. Web site: Volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. Olympedia. April 10, 2024.
2. Web site: Beach Volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. Olympedia. April 20, 2024.