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Facts about Volleyball in the Olympics

Olympics	Volleyball has been part of the $games_typen program 15 times (including this year).

Medals	A total of 44 Volleyball events have been held all-time in $games_typen (including planned events this year).

Events	There has been 4 different events in Olympic Volleyball.


Medal table for Volleyball in the Olympics


		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total

1.	USA	11	5	6	22



2.	BRA	8	11	5	24



3.	URS	7	4	1	12



4.	JPN	3	3	3	9



5.	CHN	3	2	3	8




			All-time Olympic Volleyball Medal table



Volleyball in the Olympic Programme


Olympic Games	Venue	Events
			Women	Men

Tokyo 1964	Komazawa Volleyball Court		1	1
Mexico City 1968	Arena Revolucion		1	1
Munich 1972	Volleyballhalle, Olympiapark		1	1
Montreal 1976	Montreal Forum		1	1
Moscow 1980	Druzhba Multipurpose Arena		1	1
Los Angeles 1984	Long Beach Arena		1	1
Seoul 1988	Chamsil Gymnasium		1	1
Barcelona 1992	Palau Sant Jordi		1	1
Atlanta 1996	Omni Coliseum		2	2
Sydney 2000	Sydney Entertainment Centre, Darling Harbour		2	2
Athens 2004	Sports Pavilion Faliro		2	2
Beijing 2008	Capital Indoor Stadium		2	2
London 2012	Earls Court		2	2
Rio 2016	Maracanazinho Arena		2	2
Tokyo 2020	Ariake Arena		2	2


International Volleyball Federation

The Olympic competitions in Volleyball is organized by the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) in cooperation with the host city of the specific games. Follow the link for more information about world championships, the international organization, general history of

These facts about Volleyball in the Olympics is based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database

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