Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from September 21 to September 27.

The sport is performed sitting down. Subject to a minimum degree of physical disability there are no classifications in this sport. There are separate men's and women's competitions.

The tournament brought Bosnia and Herzegovina their first ever Paralympic gold medal. Their team consisted of players injured in the War of 1992-95.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's volleyball	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Safet Alibašić Fikret Čaušević Sabahudin Delalić Esad Durmišević Ismet Godinjak Dževad Hamzić Ermin Jusufović Zikret Mahmić Adnan Manko Asim Medić Ejub Mehmedović Nedžad Salkić	Iran (IRI) Davoud Alipourian Sadegh Bigdeli Saeid Ebrahimi Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Mehdi Hamidzadeh Naser Hassanpour Mohammad Riza Rahimi Ramezan Salehi Issa Zirahi	Egypt (EGY) Abd Elaal Abd Elaal Ashraf Abdalla Abdel Naby Abdel Latif Mohamed Abou Elyazid Tamer Awad Taher El Bahaey Rezk El Helbawi Hesham El Shwikh Mohamed Emara Salah Hassanein Yassir Ibrahim Hossam Massoud
Women's volleyball	China (CHN) Yu Ping Chen Bin Gong Li Ping Li Hong Qin Lu Yu Hong Sheng Yanhua Tan Jun Xue Yan Ling Yang Xu Fei Zhang Jin Qiu Zhao Xiong Ying Zheng Hai Hong Zhong	Netherlands (NED) Aletta Adema Salagter Monique Bons Anneke den Haan Karin Harmsen Paula List Maria Poiesz Marijke Roest Jolanda Slenter Alberta Ten Thije Djoke van Marum Els Verwer Petra Westerhof	United States (USA) Allison Ahlfeldt Allison Aldrich Bonnie Brawner Lori Daniels Kendra Lancastier Hope Lewellen Brenda Maymon Gina McWilliams Erica Moyers Penny Ricker Deborah Vosler Lora Webster

References

• "ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games, Volleyball (Sitting), Men". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Sports/Results/paralympics_results.html?sport=volleyball&competition=2004PG&gender=m&discipline=Sitting. Retrieved 2008-08-05. 

• "ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games, Volleyball (Sitting), Women". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Sports/Results/paralympics_results.html?sport=volleyball&competition=2004PG&gender=f&discipline=Sitting. Retrieved 2008-08-05.