Sitting volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
Appearance
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2016) |
Sitting volleyball at the Summer Paralympics | |
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Governing body | World ParaVolley |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
Games | |
Sitting volleyball was introduced as a full Paralympic event in 1976. The women's sitting volleyball event was also introduced in the 2004.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Men's sitting volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows:
Women's sitting volleyball results:
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2004 | China | Netherlands | United States |
2008 | China | United States | Netherlands |
2012 | China | United States | Ukraine |
2016 | United States | China | Brazil |
2020 | United States | China | Brazil |
2024 | United States | China | Canada |
Medals ranking:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Iran | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
2 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
3 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
4 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
7 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | RPC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
13 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
References
[edit]- ^ Ng, Kwok (2012). When Sitting is Not Resting: Sitting Volleyball. Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4772-1789-4.