List of Olympic medalists in volleyball
Volleyball is one of the sports that is played at the Summer Olympic Games in two disciplines: the traditional six-per-side indoor game, and the newer game of beach volleyball. Indoor volleyball was added to the Olympic programme in 1957 at the 53rd session of the International Olympic Committee.
(IOC) in Sofia, Bulgaria, and the first competitions were held at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2] The Soviet Union won a medal in both the men's and women's competition at the first five Olympics that included volleyball, including the men's gold medal in Tokyo. The Japanese women's team won the gold at the inaugural Olympic volleyball competition, and the silver at the following two Games. The Montreal Games of 1976 saw the Polish men win the nation's only gold medal in the sport, after the women had won bronze in 1964 and 1968. At the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the hosts won gold in both competitions. The Bulgarian team won their only two volleyball medals in Moscow, a silver and a bronze in the men's and women's tournament, respectively.
Following the United States-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics,[3] the Soviet Union and some of its allies responded by boycotting the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, citing security concerns.[4] The United States won its first medals in volleyball at the Los Angeles Games: a gold in the men's competition, and a silver in the women's.[5][6] The People's Republic of China won the gold medal in the women's competition in Los Angeles, their first time participating in an Olympic volleyball competition.[7] The United States successfully defended their men's gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and Peru won their only medal in volleyball, a silver in the women's competition. The Soviet Union won a silver medal in the men's competition and a gold in the women's at what would be their final Olympics.[8] Following the 1990–91 breakup of the Soviet Union, 12 of the 15 newly independent countries competed together as the Unified Team in Barcelona.[9] In the women's competition, the Unified Team won the silver medal, and Cuba won their first of three consecutive gold medals. In the men's competition, Brazil won its first gold medal, and the Netherlands its first overall medal in the sport.
On 18 September 1993, at the 101st IOC session in Monte Carlo, the Committee voted to add beach volleyball for both men and women to the Olympic programme effective with the 1996 Atlanta Games.[2] A National Olympic Committee is permitted to enter two teams in the beach volleyball tournament; a rule that allowed the United States and Brazil to win both gold and silver in men's and women's beach volleyball respectively that year.[10][11] Atlanta also saw the Dutch men's indoor team improve their Barcelona silver to a gold. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the host Australian team won the gold medal in the women's beach volleyball competition, and the Russian Federation took home its first volleyball medals as an independent country with silver in both indoor competitions. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Spain won its only medal in volleyball, a silver in the men's beach volleyball competition. In women's beach volleyball, the United States team of Misty May (now May-Treanor) and Kerri Walsh (now Walsh Jennings) won the first of three consecutive gold medals, the only team to defend a beach volleyball gold medal. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the United States men's indoor team won all their matches on the way to their third gold medal win. This equalled the former Soviet Union's record for the most men's championships.[12] The Soviets won twelve medals in the indoor competition, and Brazilian teams have won eleven medals in beach competition; respectively the most in each discipline. The Brazilians teams, however, with nine indoor medals lead all nations with a total of twenty medals in volleyball events at the Olympics.[13][14]
Four athletes have each won four medals in volleyball. Cuban Ana Fernández has three gold and one bronze,[nb 1] Soviet Inna Ryskal has two gold and two silver medals, Russian Sergey Tetyukhin has one gold, one silver, and two bronzes, and Italian Samuele Papi has two silvers and two bronzes. Eight athletes have won three gold medals. Five, including Fernández, were members of the Cuban women's indoor team that won consecutive golds in 1992, 1996 and 2000. May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings, as noted above, won beach volleyball gold medals in 2004, 2008 and 2012. The other is Karch Kiraly, who won gold with the United States men's indoor team in 1984 and 1988 and in beach volleyball in 1996. Kiraly is the only player of either sex to win medals in both indoor and beach volleyball.[15] Apart from May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings, Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego of Brazil are the only athletes with three medals in beach volleyball. They have one gold and one bronze as a team, and each has one silver with other partners.
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Volleyball (indoor)
Men
Women
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Beach volleyball
Men
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta |
 Karch Kiralyand Kent Steffes (USA)[10] |
Michael Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh (USA)[10] |
 John Childand Mark Heese (CAN)[73] |
| 2000 Sydney |
Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana (USA)[74] |
 Zé Marco de Meloand Ricardo Santos (BRA)[75] |
 Axel Hagerand Jörg Ahmann (GER)[76] |
| 2004 Athens |
Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego (BRA)[77] |
 Javier Bosmaand Pablo Herrera (ESP)[78] |
 Stefan Kobeland Patrick Heuscher (SUI)[79] |
| 2008 Beijing |
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers (USA)[80] |
Márcio Araújo and Fábio Luiz Magalhães (BRA)[81] |
Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego (BRA)[81] |
| 2012 London |
Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann (GER) |
Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego (BRA) |
 Mārtiņš Pļaviņšand Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Women
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta |
Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires (BRA)[82] |
Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel (BRA)[82] |
 Natalie Cookand Kerri Pottharst (AUS)[83] |
| 2000 Sydney |
Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst (AUS)[84] |
Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)[75] |
Adriana Samuel and Sandra Pires (BRA)[75] |
| 2004 Athens |
Kerri Walsh and Misty May (USA)[85] |
Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar (BRA)[77] |
Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs (USA)[85] |
| 2008 Beijing |
Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor (USA)[80] |
 Wang Jieand Tian Jia (CHN)[86] |
Xue Chen and Zhang Xi (CHN)[86] |
| 2012 London |
Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor (USA) |
Jennifer Kessy and April Ross (USA) |
Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França (BRA) |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Statistics
Medal leaders
Athletes who have won three or more medals are listed below.[13][14]
| Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Discipline | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Fernández[nb 1] |  Cuba (CUB) |
1992–2004 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Indoor | Female |
| Inna Ryskal |  Soviet Union (URS) |
1964–1976 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Indoor | Female |
| Sergey Tetyukhin |  Russia (RUS) |
2000–2012 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Indoor | Male |
| Samuele Papi |  Italy (ITA) |
1996–2004, 2012 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Indoor | Male |
| Karch Kiraly[15] | United States (USA) |
1984–1988, 1996 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Indoor (2) Beach (1) |
Male |
| Mireya Luis | Cuba (CUB) |
1992–2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Indoor | Female |
| Marlenis Costa | Cuba (CUB) |
1992–2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Indoor | Female |
| Regla Torres | Cuba (CUB) |
1992–2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Indoor | Female |
| Regla Bell | Cuba (CUB) |
1992–2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Indoor | Female |
| Misty May-Treanor | United States (USA) |
2004–2012 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Beach | Female |
| Kerri Walsh Jennings | United States (USA) |
2004–2012 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Beach | Female |
| Lyudmila Buldakova | Soviet Union (URS) |
1964–1972 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Indoor | Female |
| Nina Smoleeva | Soviet Union (URS) |
1968–1976 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Indoor | Female |
| Steve Timmons | United States (USA) |
1984–1992 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Indoor | Male |
| Yumilka Ruíz | Cuba (CUB) |
1996–2004 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Indoor | Female |
| Yuriy Poyarkov | Soviet Union (URS) |
1964–1972 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Indoor | Male |
| Vyacheslav Zaytsev | Soviet Union (URS) |
1976–1980; 1988 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Indoor | Male |
| Dante Amaral | Brazil (BRA) |
2004–2012 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Indoor | Male |
| Gilberto Godoy Filho | Brazil (BRA) |
2004–2012 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Indoor | Male |
| Rodrigo Santana | Brazil (BRA) |
2004–2012 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Indoor | Male |
| Sérgio Santos | Brazil (BRA) |
2004–2012 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Indoor | Male |
| Masayuki Minami |  Japan (JPN) |
1964–1972 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Indoor | Male |
| Katsutoshi Nekoda | Japan (JPN) |
1964–1972 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Indoor | Male |
| Vladimir Kondra | Soviet Union (URS) |
1972–1980 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Indoor | Male |
| Ricardo Santos | Brazil (BRA) |
2000–2008 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Beach | Male |
| Emanuel Rego | Brazil (BRA) |
2004–2012 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Beach | Male |
| Hélia Souza | Brazil (BRA) |
1996–2008 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Indoor | Female |
| Yelena Tyurina | Russia (RUS) |
1992–2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Indoor | Female |
| Yevgeniya Artamonova | Russia (RUS) |
1992–2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Indoor | Female |
| Andrea Sartoretti | Italy (ITA) |
1996–2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Indoor | Male |
| Andrea Giani | Italy (ITA) |
1996–2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Indoor | Male |
| Paolo Tofoli | Italy (ITA) |
1996–2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Indoor | Male |
| Vadim Khamuttskikh | Russia (RUS) |
2000–2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Indoor | Male |
| Aleksey Kuleshov | Russia (RUS) |
2000–2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Indoor | Male |
See also
- Volleyball at the Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics
- Lists of Olympic medalists
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Although Sports-Reference does not list Ana Fernández among the medalists in 1992, her name is contained in the International Olympic Committee's database, and the Official Report of the Barcelona Olympics as having won a gold medal with the Cuban team in 1992.[64] For her medals in 1996, 2000, and 2004 no such disagreement exists.
- 2. Several of the names listed here are spelled differently from in the corresponding Wikipedia article. This article follows the spelling given in the IOC's database of medal winners.
- 3. Some Brazilian players are better known by their apelidos (nicknames) than their birth names, and may have Wikipedia articles at those locations instead of their birth names.
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