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
Medalists Men's indoorLloy BallSean RooneyDavid LeeRich Lambourne (L)William PriddyRyan MillarRiley SalmonThomas Hoff (c)Clayton StanleyKevin HansenGabriel GardnerScott TouzinskyBruno RezendeMarcelo ElgartenAndré HellerSamuel FuchsGiba (c)Murilo EndresAndré NascimentoSérgio Santos (L)Anderson RodriguesGustavo EndresRodrigo SantanaDante AmaralAleksandr KorneevSemyon PoltavskiyAleksandr KosarevSergey GrankinSergey TetyukhinVadim Khamuttskikh (c)Yury BerezhkoAleksey OstapenkoAleksandr VolkovAleksey Verbov (L)Maxim MikhaylovAleksey KuleshovWomen's indoorWalewska OliveiraCarolina AlbuquerqueMarianne SteinbrecherPaula PequenoThaisa MenezesHélia Souza (c)Valeska MenezesFabiana ClaudinoWelissa GonzagaJaqueline CarvalhoSheilla CastroFabi (L)Ogonna NnamaniDanielle Scott-ArrudaTayyiba Haneef-ParkLindsey BergStacy Sykora (L)Nicole Davis (L)Heather BownJennifer JoinesKim GlassRobyn Ah Mow-Santos (c)Kim WilloughbyLogan TomWang YimeiFeng Kun (c)Yang HaoLiu YananWei QiuyueXu YunliZhou SuhongZhao RuiruiXue MingLi JuanZhang Na (L)Ma YunwenMen's beachWomen's beach
See also Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
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