Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

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{{Infobox Paralympic sport

| sport = volleyball

| image = 150px 150px

| caption = {{nowrap|Standing (1976–2000) / Sitting (1980–present)}}

| 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldparavolley.org/disciplines/standing-volleyball/ |title=Standing Volleyball |website=worldparavolley.org |publisher=World ParaVolley |access-date=4 May 2021}} The women's sitting volleyball event was introduced in 2004.

Medal summary

=<u>Men's</u>=

=Sitting=

{{main|Sitting volleyball at the Summer Paralympics}}

Men's sitting volleyball medal winners for every Summer Games was as follows:

File:Competições de voleibol sentado no Riocentro.jpg versus Egypt men's match at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio]]

File:Defense.gov photo essay 120831-A-SR101-1746.jpg versus China women's match at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London]]

File:221000 - Sitting volleyball Australia vs Libya action - 3b - 2000 Sydney match photo.jpg versus Libya men's match at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney]]

{{MedalistTable|type=Year}}

bgcolor=#9acdff

| {{flagIPC|NED|1980 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FRG|1980 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FIN|1980 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|NED|1980 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|SWE|1980 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|YUG|1980 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|NED|1984 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FRG|1984 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|SWE|1984 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|IRN|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|NED|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|NOR|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|IRN|1992 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|NED|1992 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|GER|1992 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|IRN|1996 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|NOR|1996 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FIN|1996 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|IRN|2000 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|BIH|2000 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FIN|2000 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|BIH|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|IRN|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|EGY|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|IRN|2008 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|BIH|2008 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|RUS|2008 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|BIH|2012 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|IRN|2012 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|GER|2012 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|IRN|2016 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|BIH|2016 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|EGY|2016 Summer}}

| {{FlagIPC|IRN|2020 Summer}}

| {{FlagIPC|RPC|2020 Summer}}

| {{FlagIPC|BIH|2020 Summer}}

| {{FlagIPC|IRN|2024 Summer}}

| {{FlagIPC|BIH|2024 Summer}}

| {{FlagIPC|EGY|2024 Summer}}

=Standing=

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

{{MedalistTable|type=Year}}

| {{flagIPC|ISR|1976 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|GBR|1976 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FIN|1976 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|ISR|1980 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|POL|1980 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FRG|1980 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|ISR|1984 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FRG|1984 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FRA|1984 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FRG|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|ISR|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|POL|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|GER|1992 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|POL|1992 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|FIN|1992 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|GER|1996 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|SVK|1996 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|POL|1996 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|GER|2000 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|CAN|2000 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|SVK|2000 Summer}}

=<u>Women's</u>=

=Sitting=

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

{{MedalistTable|type=Year}}

| {{flagIPC|CHN|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|NED|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|USA|2004 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|CHN|2008 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|USA|2008 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|NED|2008 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|CHN|2012 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|USA|2012 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|UKR|2012 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|USA|2016 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|CHN|2016 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|BRA|2016 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|USA|2020 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|CHN|2020 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|BRA|2020 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|USA|2024 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|CHN|2024 Summer}}

| {{flagIPC|CAN|2024 Summer}}

Medals

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIPCteam

| event =

| team =

| gold_ISR = 3 | silver_ISR = 1 | bronze_ISR = 0

| gold_NED = 3 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 1

| gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 2

| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0

| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 4

| gold_FRG = 1 | silver_FRG = 3 | bronze_FRG =1

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1

| gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 0 | bronze_YUG = 1

| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 2 | bronze_POL = 2

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1

| gold_IRI = 8 | silver_IRI = 2 | bronze_IRI = 0

| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 1

| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1

| gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 1 | bronze_SVK = 1

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1

| gold_BIH = 2 | silver_BIH = 4 | bronze_BIH = 1

| gold_CHN = 3 | silver_CHN = 3 | bronze_CHN = 0

| gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 0 | bronze_EGY = 3

| gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 1

| gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 1

| gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 1

| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 2

| gold_RPC = 0 | silver_RPC = 1 | bronze_RPC = 0

}}

Ranking

Source:{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628060901/https://www.worldparavolley.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sitting-Volleyball-Magazine-FINAL-WEBSITE-ONLINE-ONLY.pdf |title=Sitting Volleyball 1980-2020 |url=https://www.worldparavolley.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sitting-Volleyball-Magazine-FINAL-WEBSITE-ONLINE-ONLY.pdf |archive-date=2023-06-28}}{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/paralympic-games-results |title=Paralympic Games - Results}}

=Men Sitting=

=Participating nations=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

bgcolor=

|Team

| {{flagicon|Canada}}
1976

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
1980

| {{flagicon|GBR}}
1984

| {{flagicon|South Korea}}
1988

| {{flagicon|Spain}}
1992

| {{flagicon|USA}}
1996

| {{flagicon|Australia}}
2000

| {{flagicon|Greece}}
2004

| {{flagicon|China}}
2008

| {{flagicon|GBR}}
2012

| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
2016

| {{flagicon|Japan}}
2020

| {{flagicon|France}}
2024

align=left|{{Svb|NED}}

| Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Silver medal icon.svg

Image:Silver medal icon.svg

4th

5th |

align=left|{{Svb|FRG}}

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg |

| Image:Silver medal icon.svg

6th |

align=left|{{Svb|FIN}}

| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

4th |

|Image:Silver medal icon.svg

4th

Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

5th|

align=left|{{Svb|SWE}}

| -

Image:Silver medal icon.svg

Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

7th

7th

9th|

align=left|{{Svb|YUG}}

| -

Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

5th

4th |

align=left|{{Svb|NOR}}

| -

5th

6th

Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

5th

Image:Silver medal icon.svg|

align=left|{{Svb|EGY}}

| -

6th

7th

9th

8th

6th

4th

Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

4th

5th

Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

5th

Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

align=left|{{Svb|LUX}}

| -

7th |

align=left|{{Svb|USA}}

| -

-

8th

10th

11th

11th

12th

6th|

|8th|

align=left|{{Svb|IRI}}

| -

- |

|Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Silver medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Silver medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

align=left|{{Svb|HUN}}

| -

- |

|5th

6th

6th

8th|

align=left|{{Svb|KOR}}

| -

- |

|8th |

|10th|

align=left|{{Svb|GER}}

| -

- |

|Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

5th

6th

4th|

|Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

6th

6th

4th

align=left|{{flagIPCteam|EUN|1992 Summer}}

| -

- |

|9th|

align=left|{{Svb|IRQ}}

| -

- |

|10th|

|7th|

align=left|{{Svb|ESP}}

| -

- |

|12th|

align=left|{{Svb|ARG}}

| -

- |

|12th|

align=left|{{Svb|RUS}}

| -

- |

|10th|

|Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

4th|

align=left|{{Svb|UKR}}

| -

- |

|7th|

|5th|

|7th

align=left|{{Svb|KAZ}}

| -

- |

|8th|

|5th

align=left|{{Svb|BIH}}

| -

- |

|Image:Silver medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Silver medal icon.svg

Image:Gold medal icon.svg

Image:Silver medal icon.svg

Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

Image:Silver medal icon.svg

align=left|{{Svb|LBA}}

| -

- |

|7th|

align=left|{{Svb|JPN}}

| -

- |

|8th

7th

8th

8th|

align=left|{{Svb|AUS}}

| -

- |

|11th|

align=left|{{Svb|GRE}}

| -

- |

|8th|

align=left|{{Svb|CHN}}

| -

- |

|5th

7th

7th

7th|

align=left|{{Svb|BRA}}

| -

- |

|6th

6th

4th

4th

6th

align=left|{{Svb|GBR}}

| -

- |

|8th|

align=left|{{Svb|RWA}}

| -

- |

|9th|

align=left|{{Svb|MAR}}

| -

- |

|10th|

align=left|{{flagIPCteam|RPC|2020 Summer}}

| -

- |

|Image:Silver medal icon.svg|

align=left|{{Svb|FRA}}

| -

- |

|8th

style="background:#ddd" class="sortbottom"

|align=left|Total teams

3

7

8

10

12

12

12

8

8

10

8

8

8

=Women Sitting=

=Participating nations=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
bgcolor= \|Team \| {{flagicon\|Greece}} 2004 \| {{flagicon\|China}} 2008 \| {{flagicon\|GBR}} 2012 \| {{flagicon\|Brazil}} 2016 \| {{flagicon\|Japan}} 2020 \| {{flagicon\|France}} 2024
align=left\|{{Svbw\|CHN}} \| Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Silver medal icon.svg	Image:Silver medal icon.svg	Image:Silver medal icon.svg
align=left\|{{Svbw\|USA}} \| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	Image:Silver medal icon.svg	Image:Silver medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg
align=left\|{{Svbw\|NED}} \| Image:Silver medal icon.svg	Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	4th	6th\|

align=left\|{{Svbw\|SLO}} \| 4th	4th	6th\|

\|6th
align=left\|{{Svbw\|FIN}} \| 5th \|




align=left\|{{Svbw\|UKR}} \| 6th	5th	Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	4th \|

align=left\|{{Svbw\|JPN}} \| -	8th	7th \|
\|8th\|
align=left\|{{Svbw\|LTU}} \| -	6th \|



align=left\|{{Svbw\|LAT}} \| -	7th \|



align=left\|{{Svbw\|BRA}} \| - \|
\|5th	Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	4th
align=left\|{{Svbw\|GBR}} \| - \|
\|7th\|


align=left\|{{Svbw\|CAN}} \| - \|

\|7th	4th	Image:Bronze medal icon.svg
align=left\|{{Svbw\|IRI}} \| - \|

\|5th \|

align=left\|{{Svbw\|RWA}} \| - \|

\|8th	7th	7th
align=left\|{{flagIPC\|RPC\|2020 Summer}} \| - \|


\|5th\|
align=left\|{{Svbw\|ITA}} \| - \|


\|6th	5th
align=left\|{{Svbw\|FRA}} \| - \|



\|8th
style="background:#ddd" class="sortbottom" \|align=left\|Total teams	6	8	8	8	8	8

=Men's Standing=

=Participating nations=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
bgcolor= \|Team \| {{flagicon\|Canada}} 1976 \| {{flagicon\|Netherlands}} 1980 \| {{flagicon\|USA}} 1984 \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} 1988 \| {{flagicon\|Spain}} 1992 \| {{flagicon\|USA}} 1996 \| {{flagicon\|Australia}} 2000
align=left\|{{Svb\|ISR}} \| Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Silver medal icon.svg	Image:Silver medal icon.svg	6th	6th
align=left\|{{Svb\|GBR}} \| Image:Silver medal icon.svg	4th	4th	5th	7th	7th \|
align=left\|{{Svb\|FIN}} \| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	-	-	-	-\|

align=left\|{{Svb\|CAN}} \| 4th	-	5th	-	-\|
\|Image:Silver medal icon.svg
align=left\|{{Svb\|EGY}} \| -	5th	-	-\|

align=left\|{{Svb\|POL}} \| -	Image:Silver medal icon.svg\|
\| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	-	Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	5th
align=left\|{{Svb\|FRG}} \| -	Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	Image:Silver medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg	-\|

align=left\|{{Svb\|FRA}} \| - \|
\|Image:Bronze medal icon.svg	-	5th	5th \|
align=left\|{{Svb\|USA}} \| - \|
\|6th	6th	4th	4th	4th
align=left\|{{Svb\|MYA}} \| - \|
\|7th \|
\| - \|

align=left\|{{Svb\|KOR}} \| - \|

\|4th	- \|

align=left\|{{Svb\|GER}} \| - \|


\| Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg	Image:Gold medal icon.svg
align=left\|{{Svb\|TCH}} \| - \|


\| Image:Bronze medal icon.svg \|

align=left\|{{Svb\|ESP}} \| - \|


\| 8th \|

align=left\|{{Svb\|SVK}} \| - \|


\| -	Image:Silver medal icon.svg	Image:Bronze medal icon.svg
align=left\|{{Svb\|CZE}} \| - \|



\|8th\|
align=left\|{{Svb\|CAM}} \| - \|




\|7th
align=left\|{{Svb\|AUS}} \| - \|




\|8th
style="background:#ddd" class="sortbottom" \|align=left\|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 ! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"\| Gold ! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"\|Silver ! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"\|Bronze ! style="width:4.0em;"\|Total ! Source
class="wikitable sortable"
\|1	Isaa Zirahi	{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}}	2000-2024	7	M	5	2	0	7	{{cite web \|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/isa-zirahi_2499826 \|title=ZIRAHI Isa \|work=Paris 2024 Paralympics}} ([https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/isa-zirahi_2499826 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/isa-zirahi_2499826 alternate link 2])
\|2	Davoud Alipourian	{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}}	2004-2024	6	M	4	2	0	6	{{cite web \|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/davoud-alipourian_2499725 \|title=ALIPOURIAN Davoud \|work=Paris 2024 Paralympics}} ([https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/davoud-alipourian_2499725 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/davoud-alipourian_2499725 alternate link 2])
\|3	Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei	{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}}	2004-2024	6	M	4	2	0	6	{{cite web \|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/ramezan-salehihajikolaei_2499729 \|title=SALEHIHAJIKOLAEI Ramezan \|work=Paris 2024 Paralympics}} ([https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/ramezan-salehihajikolaei_2499729 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/ramezan-salehihajikolaei_2499729 alternate link 2])
2 \|Ali Kashfia \|{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}} \|1988–2000 \|4 \|M \|4 \|0 \|0 \|4
\|3	Jalil Imeri	{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}}	1996-2012	5	M	3	2	0	5
4 \|Ali Golkar \|{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}} \|1992-2004 \|4 \|M \|3 \|1 \|0 \|4
5	Hadi Rezaei	{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}}	1988-1996	3	M	3	0	0	3
6 \|Ahmad Shivani \|{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}} \|1988-1996 \|3 \|M \|3 \|0 \|0 \|3
7 \|Parviz Firouzi \|{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}} \|1992-2000 \|3 \|M \|3 \|0 \|0 \|3
8 \|Ali Akbar Salavatian \|{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}} \|1992-2000 \|3 \|M \|3 \|0 \|0 \|3
9 \|Majid Soleimani \|{{flagIPCteam\|IRI}} \|1992-2000 \|3 \|M \|3 \|0 \|0 \|3
\|10	Sabahudin Delalić	{{flagIPCteam\|BIH}}	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
11	Asim Medić	{{flagIPCteam\|BIH}}	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
12	Dževad Hamzić	{{flagIPCteam\|BIH}}	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
13	Adnan Manko	{{flagIPCteam\|BIH}}	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
14	Ismet Godinjak	{{flagIPCteam\|BIH}}	2000-2016	5	M	2	3	0	5
15	Eliezer Kalina	{{flagIPCteam\|ISR}}	1976-1988	4	M	3	1	0	4
16	Hagai Zamir	{{flagIPCteam\|ISR}}	1976-1988	4	M	3	1	0	4
17	Igal Pazi	{{flagIPCteam\|ISR}}	1976-1980, 1988	3	M	2	1	0	3
18	Johan Reekers	{{flagIPCteam\|NED}}	1980-1992	4	M	2	1	0	3

See also

References

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