Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

9th Volleyball Olympic Tournament Atlanta 1996
Tournament details
Olympics	1996 Summer Olympics
Host nation	United States
City	Atlanta
Duration	July 20, 1996– August 4, 1996
Men's teams	12
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	Netherlands
Silver medalists	Italy
Bronze medalists	Yugoslavia
Women's teams	12
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	Cuba
Silver medalists	China
Bronze medalists	Brazil

1st Beach Volleyball Olympic Tournament Atlanta 1996
Tournament details
City	Atlanta
Duration	July 23, 1996– July 28, 1996
Men's teams	24
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	United States
Bronze medalists	Canada
Women's teams	18
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	Brazil
Silver medalists	Brazil
Bronze medalists	Australia

Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured Beach volleyball for the first time as an official Olympic sport.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	1	1	1	3
2	United States	1	1	0	2
3	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	Cuba	1	0	0	1
5	China	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
7	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's volleyball	Netherlands (NED) Peter Blangé Guido Görtzen Rob Grabert Henk-Jan Held Misha Latuhihin Jan Posthuma Brecht Rodenburg Richard Schuil Bas van de Goor Mike van de Goor Olof van der Meulen Ron Zwerver	Italy (ITA) Lorenzo Bernardi Vigor Bovolenta Marco Bracci Luca Cantagalli Andrea Gardini Andrea Giani Pasquale Gravina Marco Meoni Samuele Papi Andrea Sartoretti Paolo Tofoli Andrea Zorzi	Yugoslavia (YUG) Vladimir Batez Dejan Brđović Đorđe Đurić Andrija Gerić Nikola Grbić Vladimir Grbić Rajko Jokanović Slobodan Kovač Đula Mešter Žarko Petrović Željko Tanasković Goran Vujević
Women's volleyball	Cuba (CUB) Taimaris Aguero Regla Bell Magaly Carvajal Marlenis Costa Ana Fernández Mirka Francia Idalmis Gato Lilia Izquierdo Mireya Luis Raisa O'Farrill Yumilka Ruíz Regla Torres	China (CHN) Cui Yong-Mei He Qi Lai Yawen Li Yan Liu Xiaoning Pan Wenli Sun Yue Wang Lina Wang Yi Wang Ziling Wu Yongmei Zhu Yunying	Brazil (BRA) Ida Alvares Leila Barros Ericléia Bodziak Hilma Caldeira Ana Paula Connelly Márcia Cunha Virna Dias Ana Moser Ana Flávia Sanglard Hélia Souza Sandra Suruagy Fernanda Venturini
Men's beach	Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes (USA)	Michael Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh (USA)	John Child and Mark Heese (CAN)
Women's beach	Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires (BRA)	Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel (BRA)	Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst (AUS)

External links

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