Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics | |
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Governing body | World ParaVolley |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
Games | |
Paralympic volleyball was first competed at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1976. That first year, the traditional standing form of volleyball was contested. Sitting volleyball was later introduced as a full Paralympic event in 1980. The 2000 was the last time standing volleyball appeared on the Paralympic programme. The women's sitting volleyball event was also introduced in the 2004.[1]
Medal summary
Updated to the 2012 Summer Paralympics
1 | Iran | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
2 | Germany | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
3 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
16 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- ^ Ng, Kwok (2012). When Sitting is Not Resting: Sitting Volleyball. Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4772-1789-4.
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