Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Volleyball
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Volleyball; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
	Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre (indoor); Horse Guards Parade (beach)
Dates	28 July – 12 August 2012
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The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August.^[1]

The indoor volleyball competition took place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in west London, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Horse Guards Parade in central London.

Events

Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

Qualifying criteria

Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to enter one men's and one women's qualified team in the volleyball tournaments and two men's and two women's qualified teams in the beach volleyball.^[2]

Men's indoor volleyball qualification

Details of the men's qualification follow:

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Women's indoor volleyball qualification

Details of the women's qualification follow:

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Men's beach volleyball qualification

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking (as of 17 June 2012)	16	Brazil United States Germany Netherlands Poland United States Brazil Germany Spain China Switzerland Czech Republic Latvia Latvia Italy Switzerland
2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (confirmed on 2 July 2012)	5	Venezuela (South America) South Africa (Africa) Canada (North America) Japan (Asia/Oceania) Norway (Europe)
Beach Volleyball World Cup Final Olympic Qualification (26 June – 1 July 2012)	2	Austria Russia
Host nation	1	Great Britain
Total	24

Women's beach volleyball qualification

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking (as of 17 June 2012)	16	Brazil China United States Brazil United States Netherlands Italy Germany Czech Republic Spain Germany Switzerland Austria Australia Czech Republic Greece
2010–12 Continental Beach Volleyball Cup (confirmed on 2 July 2012)	5	Mauritius (Africa) Argentina (South America) Russia (Europe) Canada (North America) Australia (Asia/Oceania)
Beach Volleyball World Cup Final Olympic Qualification (26 June – 1 July 2012)	2	Netherlands Russia
Host nation	1	Great Britain
Total	24

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	1	2	1	4
2	United States	1	2	0	3
3	Germany	1	0	0	1
3	Russia	1	0	0	1
5	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's indoor details	Russia (RUS) Nikolay Apalikov Taras Khtey (captain) Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Aleksandr Sokolov Yury Berezhko Aleksandr Butko Dmitriy Muserskiy Dmitriy Ilinikh Maxim Mikhaylov Aleksandr Volkov Aleksey Obmochaev	Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende Wallace de Souza Sidnei Santos Leandro Vissotto Neves Gilberto Godoy Filho (captain) Murilo Endres Sérgio Santos Thiago Alves Rodrigo Santana Lucas Saatkamp Ricardo Garcia Dante Amaral	Italy (ITA) Cristian Savani (captain) Luigi Mastrangelo Simone Parodi Samuele Papi Michal Lasko Ivan Zaytsev Dante Boninfante Dragan Travica Alessandro Fei Emanuele Birarelli Andrea Bari Andrea Giovi
Women's indoor details	Brazil (BRA) Fabiana Claudino (captain) Dani Lins Paula Pequeno Adenízia da Silva Thaísa Menezes Jaqueline Carvalho Fernanda Ferreira Tandara Caixeta Natália Pereira Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira Fernanda Garay	United States (USA) Danielle Scott-Arruda Tayyiba Haneef-Park Lindsey Berg (captain) Tamari Miyashiro Nicole Davis Jordan Larson Megan Hodge Christa Harmotto Logan Tom Foluke Akinradewo Courtney Thompson Destinee Hooker	Japan (JPN) Hitomi Nakamichi Yoshie Takeshita Mai Yamaguchi Erika Araki (captain) Kaori Inoue Maiko Kano Yuko Sano Ai Otomo Risa Shinnabe Saori Sakoda Yukiko Ebata Saori Kimura

Men's beach details	Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann (GER)	Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego (BRA)	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš and Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
Women's beach details	Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor (USA)	Jennifer Kessy and April Ross (USA)	Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França (BRA)