Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Volleyball
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium (indoor) Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground (beach)
Dates:	9 – 24 August 2008
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

Volleyball competitions (beach and indoor) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from 9 to 24 August 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach volleyball competitions were held from 9 to 22 August 2008 at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park.^[1]

The 2008 Summer Olympics volleyball competitions brought the introduction of the new ball with a new moulding design making it more softened compared to the Mikasa MVP200.

Events

4 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

• Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams)
• Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams)
• Beach volleyball – men (24 teams)
• Beach volleyball – women (24 teams)

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's indoor	valign=top	Lloy Ball Sean Rooney David Lee Richard Lambourne William Priddy Ryan Millar Riley Salmon Thomas Hoff (c) Clayton Stanley Kevin Hansen Gabriel Gardner Scott Touzinsky Head coach: Hugh McCutcheon	valign=top	Bruno Rezende Marcelo Elgarten André Heller Samuel Fuchs Gilberto Godoy Filho (c) Murilo Endres André Nascimento Sérgio Santos Anderson Rodrigues Gustavo Endres Rodrigo Santana Dante Amaral Head coach: Bernardinho	valign=top	Aleksandr Korneev Semyon Poltavskiy Aleksandr Kosarev Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Vadim Khamuttskikh (c) Yury Berezhko Aleksey Ostapenko Aleksandr Volkov Aleksey Verbov Maxim Mikhaylov Aleksey Kuleshov Head coach: Vladimir Alekno
Women's indoor	valign=top	Walewska Oliveira Carolina Albuquerque Marianne Steinbrecher Paula Pequeno Thaisa Menezes Hélia Souza (c) Valeska Menezes Fabiana Claudino Welissa Gonzaga Jaqueline Carvalho Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira Head coach: Zé Roberto	valign=top	Ogonna Nnamani Danielle Scott-Arruda Tayyiba Haneef-Park Lindsey Berg Stacy Sykora Nicole Davis Heather Bown Jennifer Joines Kim Glass Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (c) Kim Willoughby Logan Tom Head coach: Jenny Lang Ping	valign=top	Wang Yimei Feng Kun (c) Yang Hao Liu Yanan Wei Qiuyue Xu Yunli Zhou Suhong Zhao Ruirui Xue Ming Li Juan Zhang Na Ma Yunwen Head coach: Chen Zhonghe
Men's beach
Women's beach

See also

• Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Site of Beijing 2008 Olympics
• Federation Internationale de Volleyball
• Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Women, Men
• FIVB: The road to Beijing after the FIVB World Cup
• Olympic Volleyball Tournaments matches schedule in Beijing for Men's and Women's are confirmed
• Volleyball – Official Results Book
• Beach Volleyball – Official Results Book

Notes and References

1. Web site: Volleyball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044334/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/VOL/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 13 February 2019.