| 9th Volleyball Olympic Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Atlanta 1996 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Olympics | 1996 Summer Olympics |
| Host nation |  United States |
| City | Atlanta |
| Dates | July 20, 1996– this is edited so wrong I don’t know what I’m talking about |
| Men's Medals(12 teams) | |
 Gold |  Netherlands |
 Silver |  Italy |
 Bronze | %3b_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%e2%80%932006).svg.png){kind=small} FR Yugoslavia |
| Women's Medals(12 teams) | |
| Gold |  Cuba |
| Silver |  China |
| Bronze |  Brazil |
| 1st Beach Volleyball Olympic Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Atlanta 1996 | |
| Tournament details | |
| City | Atlanta |
| Dates | July 23, 1996– July 28, 1996 |
| Men's Medals | |
| Gold | United States |
| Silver | United States |
| Bronze | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
| Women's Medals | |
| Gold | Brazil |
| Silver | Brazil |
| Bronze | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured men's and women's Beach volleyball for the first time as an official Olympic sport.[1] Men's and Women's indoor volleyball tournaments also took place.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 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 | |
%3b_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%e2%80%932006).svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's indoor | 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 indoor | 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) |
References
- ^ "Volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2019.