Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Volleyball at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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 2008

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.

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 entries)		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 (c) Clayton Stanley Kevin Hansen Gabriel Gardner Scott Touzinsky Head coach: Hugh McCutcheon	Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende Marcelo Elgarten André Heller Samuel Fuchs Gilberto Godoy Filho (c) Murilo Endres André Nascimento Sérgio Santos Anderson Rodrigues Gustavo Endres Rodrigo Santana Dante Amaral Head coach: Bernardinho	Russia (RUS) Aleksandr Korneev Semyon Poltavskiy Aleksandr Kosarev Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Vadim Khamuttskikh (c) Yury Berezhko Aleksey Ostapenko Aleksandr Volkov Aleksey Verbov Maxim Mikhaylov Aleksey Kuleshov Head coach: Vladimir Alekno
Women's indoor	Brazil (BRA) Walewska Oliveira Carolina Albuquerque Marianne Steinbrecher Paula Pequeno Thaisa Menezes Hélia Souza (c) Valeska Menezes Fabiana Claudino Welissa Gonzaga Jaqueline Carvalho Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira Head coach: Zé Roberto	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 (c) Kim Willoughby Logan Tom Head coach: Jenny Lang Ping	China (CHN) Wang Yimei Feng Kun (c) Yang Hao Liu Yanan Wei Qiuyue Xu Yunli Zhou Suhong Zhao Ruirui Xue Ming Li Juan Zhang Na Ma Yunwen Head coach: Chen Zhonghe
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

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