Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	WOVD
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 2008 • 2012 • 2016
Medalists

Paralympic volleyball was first competed at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1976. That first year, the traditional standing form of volleyball was contested. Sitting volleyball was later introduced as a full Paralympic event in 1980. The 2000 was the last time standing volleyball appeared on the Paralympic programme. The women's sitting volleyball event was also introduced in the 2004.^[1]

Medal summary

Updated to the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	5	2		7
2	Germany	4	4	3	11
3	Netherlands	3	2	1	6
4	Israel	3	1	0	4
	China	3	1	0	4
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	4
7	Poland	0	2	2	4
8	Norway	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
	Russia	0	1	1	2
	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
12	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
14	Finland	0	0	4	4
	France	0	0	2	2
16	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1

References

1. Ng, Kwok (2012). When Sitting is Not Resting: Sitting Volleyball. Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4772-1789-4.