| Volleyball at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)   | |
| Venue | Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium (indoor) Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground (beach) |
| Dates | 9 – 24 August |
Volleyball competitions (beach and indoor) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from 9 to 24 August 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium. Beach volleyball competitions were held from 9 to 22 August 2008 at the Beach Volleyball Ground at Chaoyang Park.[1]
The 2008 Summer Olympics volleyball competitions brought the introduction of the new ball with a new moulding design making it more softened compared to the Mikasa MVP200.
Events
4 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
- Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams)
- Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams)
- Beach volleyball – men (24 teams)
- Beach volleyball – women (24 teams)
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Brazil | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's indoor | United States (USA) Lloy Ball Sean Rooney David Lee Richard Lambourne William Priddy Ryan Millar Riley Salmon Thomas Hoff Clayton Stanley Kevin Hansen Gabriel Gardner Scott Touzinsky | Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende Marcelo Elgarten André Heller Samuel Fuchs Gilberto Godoy Filho Murilo Endres André Nascimento Sérgio Santos Anderson Rodrigues Gustavo Endres Rodrigo Santana Dante Amaral | Russia (RUS) Aleksandr Korneev Semyon Poltavskiy Aleksandr Kosarev Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Vadim Khamuttskikh Yury Berezhko Aleksey Ostapenko Aleksandr Volkov Aleksey Verbov Maxim Mikhaylov Aleksey Kuleshov |
| Women's indoor | Brazil (BRA) Walewska Oliveira Carolina Albuquerque Marianne Steinbrecher Paula Pequeno Thaisa Menezes Hélia Souza Valeska Menezes Fabiana Claudino Welissa Gonzaga Jaqueline Carvalho Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira | United States (USA) Ogonna Nnamani Danielle Scott-Arruda Tayyiba Haneef-Park Lindsey Berg Stacy Sykora Nicole Davis Heather Bown Jennifer Joines Kim Glass Robyn Ah Mow-Santos Kim Willoughby Logan Tom | China (CHN) Wang Yimei Feng Kun Yang Hao Liu Yanan Wei Qiuyue Xu Yunli Zhou Suhong Zhao Ruirui Xue Ming Li Juan Zhang Na Ma Yunwen |
| Men's beach | Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser (USA) | Fábio Luiz Magalhães and Márcio Araújo (BRA) | Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego (BRA) |
| Women's beach | Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor (USA) | Wang Jie and Tian Jia (CHN) | Zhang Xi and Xue Chen (CHN) |
See also
- Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
- ^ "Volleyball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
External links
- Official Site of Beijing 2008 Olympics
- Federation Internationale de Volleyball
- Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Women, Men
- FIVB: The road to Beijing after the FIVB World Cup
- Olympic Volleyball Tournaments matches schedule in Beijing for Men's and Women's are confirmed
- Volleyball – Official Results Book
- Beach Volleyball – Official Results Book