Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics explained

Sport:	volleyball
Menevents:	1
Womenevents:	1

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

Sitting

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the Summer Paralympics. Men's sitting volleyball medal winners for every Summer Games was as follows:

1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024

Standing

Men's standing volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows:

1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000

Sitting

Women's sitting volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows:

2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024

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.

Ranking

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Participating nations

Team	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
						4th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-
		-		6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		4th	-		4th			5th	-	-	-	-	-
	-			7th	7th	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-		5th	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	5th	6th		5th		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	6th	7th	9th	8th	6th	4th		4th	5th		5th
	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	8th	10th	11th	11th	12th	6th	-	-	8th	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-	5th	6th	6th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	8th	-	-	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-		5th	6th	4th	-		6th	6th	4th
	-	-	-	-	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-		4th	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	5th	-	7th
	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th
	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	7th	8th	8th	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	7th	7th	7th	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	6th	4th	4th	6th
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th
Total teams	3	7	8	10	12	12	12	8	8	10	8	8	8

Participating nations

Team	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
			4th	6th	-	-
	4th	4th	6th	-	-	6th
	5th	-	-	-	-	-
	6th	5th		4th	-	-
	-	8th	7th	-	8th	-
	-	6th	-	-	-	-
	-	7th	-	-	-	-
	-	-	5th			4th
	-	-	7th	-	-	-
	-	-	-	7th	4th
	-	-	-	5th	-	-
	-	-	-	8th	7th	7th
	-	-	-	-	5th	-
	-	-	-	-	6th	5th
	-	-	-	-	-	8th
Total teams	6	8	8	8	8	8

Men Standing

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Ref
1976						^[4]
1980							^[5]
1984									^[6]
1988								^[7]
1992										^[8]
1996									^[9]
2000									^[10]

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		2000-2024	7	M	5	2	0	7	^[11]
2	Davoud Alipourian		2004-2024	6	M	4	2	0	6	^[12]
3	Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei		2004-2024	6	M	4	2	0	6	^[13]
2	Ali Kashfia		1988–2000	4	M	4	0	0	4
3	Jalil Imeri		1996-2012	5	M	3	2	0	5
4	Ali Golkar		1992-2004	4	M	3	1	0	4
5	Hadi Rezaei		1988-1996	3	M	3	0	0	3
6	Ahmad Shivani		1988-1996	3	M	3	0	0	3
7	Parviz Firouzi		1992-2000	3	M	3	0	0	3
8	Ali Akbar Salavatian		1992-2000	3	M	3	0	0	3
9	Majid Soleimani		1992-2000	3	M	3	0	0	3
10	Sabahudin Delalić		2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
11	Asim Medić		2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
12	Dževad Hamzić		2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
13	Adnan Manko		2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
14	Ismet Godinjak		2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
15	Eliezer Kalina		1976-1988	4	M	3	1	0	4
16	Hagai Zamir		1976-1988	4	M	3	1	0	4
17	Igal Pazi		1976-1980, 1988	3	M	2	1	0	3
18	Johan Reekers		1980-1992	4	M	2	1	0	3

See also

• World Para Volleyball Championship
• World ParaVolley
• Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Standing Volleyball . worldparavolley.org . . 4 May 2021.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20230628060901/https://www.worldparavolley.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sitting-Volleyball-Magazine-FINAL-WEBSITE-ONLINE-ONLY.pdf . Sitting Volleyball 1980-2020 . 2023-06-28.
3. Web site: Paralympic Games - Results .
4. Web site: Toronto 1976 - volleyball - mens-standing-volleyball . 2024-01-09 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
5. Web site: Arnhem 1980 - volleyball - mens-standing-volleyball . 2024-01-09 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
6. Web site: Stoke Mandeville & New York 1984 - volleyball - mens-standing-volleyball . 2024-01-09 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
7. Web site: Seoul 1988 - volleyball - mens-standing-volleyball . 2024-01-09 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
8. Web site: Barcelona 1992 - volleyball - mens-standing-volleyball . 2024-01-09 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
9. Web site: Atlanta 1996 - volleyball - mens-standing-volleyball . 2024-01-09 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
10. Web site: Sydney 2000 - volleyball - mens-standing-volleyball . 2024-01-09 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
11. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/isa-zirahi_2499826
12. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/davoud-alipourian_2499725
13. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/ramezan-salehihajikolaei_2499729#bio