Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

12th Volleyball Olympic Tournament Beijing, China 2008
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Tournament details
Olympics	2008 Summer Olympics
Host nation	China
City	Beijing, China
Duration	9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)– 24 August 2008 (2008-08-24)
Men's teams	12
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Brazil
Bronze medalists	Russia
Women's teams	12
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	Brazil
Silver medalists	United States
Bronze medalists	China

4th Beach Volleyball Olympic Tournament Beijing 2008
Tournament details
City	Beijing
Duration	9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)– 22 August 2008 (2008-08-22)
Men's teams	24
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Brazil
Bronze medalists	Brazil
Women's teams	24
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	China
Bronze medalists	China

Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Indoor
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women
Beach
Tournament		men		women
Rosters		men		women

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

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