Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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9th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Atlanta 1996
Yugoslavia
Women's Medals(12 teams)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Brazil
1st Beach Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Atlanta 1996
Tournament details
CityAtlanta
DatesJuly 23, 1996 (1996-07-23)
July 28, 1996 (1996-07-28)
Men's Medals
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Canada
Women's Medals
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 
FR Yugoslavia
0011
Totals (9 entries)44412

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's indoor
details
 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

Head coach: Joop Alberda
 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

Head coach: Julio Velasco
 
Women's indoor
details
 
Yumilka Ruíz
Regla Torres

Head coach: Eugenio George
   
Men's beach
details
 Karch Kiraly
and Kent Steffes (USA)
 
Michael Dodd
and Mike Whitmarsh (USA
)
 
John Child
and Mark Heese (CAN
)
Women's beach
details
 Jackie Silva
and Sandra Pires (BRA)
 Mônica Rodrigues
and Adriana Samuel (BRA)
 Natalie Cook
and Kerri Pottharst (AUS)

References

  1. ^ "Volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

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