# Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics was first held in 1976, when the traditional form of standing volleyball for men was contested and sitting volleyball for men was a demonstration sport. From 1980 through 2000, men's standing and sitting events were contested. The women's sitting volleyball event was introduced in 2004.

## Medal summary
### Sitting

Men's sitting volleyball medal winners for every Summer Games was as follows:
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1976 | Netherlands | West Germany | Finland |
| 1980 | Netherlands | Sweden | Yugoslavia |
| 1984 | Netherlands | West Germany | Sweden |
| 1988 | Iran | Netherlands | Norway |
| 1992 | Iran | Netherlands | Germany |
| 1996 | Iran | Norway | Finland |
| 2000 | Iran | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Finland |
| 2004 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Iran | Egypt |
| 2008 | Iran | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Russia |
| 2012 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Iran | Germany |
| 2016 | Iran | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Egypt |
| 2020 | Iran | RPC | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2024 | Iran | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Egypt |

### Standing

Men's standing volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows:
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1976 | Israel | Great Britain | Finland |
| 1980 | Israel | Poland | West Germany |
| 1984 | Israel | West Germany | France |
| 1988 | West Germany | Israel | Poland |
| 1992 | Germany | Poland | Finland |
| 1996 | Germany | Slovakia | Poland |
| 2000 | Germany | Canada | Slovakia |

### Sitting

Women's sitting volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows:
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2004 | China | Netherlands | United States |
| 2008 | China | United States | Netherlands |
| 2012 | China | United States | Ukraine |
| 2016 | United States | China | Brazil |
| 2020 | United States | China | Brazil |
| 2024 | United States | China | Canada |

## Medals

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Iran (IRI) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Israel (ISR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | RPC (RPC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

## Ranking

Source:

### Participating nations

| Team | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
| Netherlands | | | | | | 4th | 5th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| West Germany | | - | | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finland | | 4th | - | | 4th | | | 5th | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | - | | | 7th | 7th | 9th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yugoslavia | - | | 5th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norway | - | 5th | 6th | | 5th | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Egypt | - | 6th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 6th | 4th | | 4th | 5th | | 5th | |
| Luxembourg | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | - | - | 8th | 10th | 11th | 11th | 12th | 6th | - | - | 8th | - | - |
| Iran | - | - | - | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hungary | - | - | - | 5th | 6th | 6th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Korea | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | 10th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Germany | - | - | - | - | | 5th | 6th | 4th | - | | 6th | 6th | 4th |
| Unified Team (EUN) | - | - | - | - | 9th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iraq | - | - | - | - | 10th | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | - | - | - | - | 12th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | - | - | | 4th | - | - | - |
| Ukraine | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | 5th | - | 7th |
| Kazakhstan | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | |
| Libya | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 7th | 8th | 8th | - | - | - |
| Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greece | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - |
| China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 7th | 7th | 7th | - |
| Brazil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 6th |
| Great Britain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - |
| Rwanda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | - | - | - |
| Morocco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | - | - | - |
| RPC (RPC) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | - |
| France | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th |
| Total teams | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

### Participating nations

| Team | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
| China | | | | | | |
| United States | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | | | 4th | 6th | - | - |
| Slovenia | 4th | 4th | 6th | - | - | 6th |
| Finland | 5th | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ukraine | 6th | 5th | | 4th | - | - |
| Japan | - | 8th | 7th | - | 8th | - |
| Lithuania | - | 6th | - | - | - | - |
| Latvia | - | 7th | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | - | - | 5th | | | 4th |
| Great Britain | - | - | 7th | - | - | - |
| Canada | - | - | - | 7th | 4th | |
| Iran | - | - | - | 5th | - | - |
| Rwanda | - | - | - | 8th | 7th | 7th |
| RPC | - | - | - | - | 5th | - |
| Italy | - | - | - | - | 6th | 5th |
| France | - | - | - | - | - | 8th |
| Total teams | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

### Participating nations

| Team | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 |
| Israel | | | | | | 6th | 6th |
| Great Britain | | 4th | 4th | 5th | 7th | 7th | - |
| Finland | | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada | 4th | - | 5th | - | - | - | |
| Egypt | - | 5th | - | - | - | - |
| Poland | - | | - | | - | | 5th |
| West Germany | - | | | | - | - | - |
| France | - | - | | - | 5th | 5th | - |
| United States | - | - | 6th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th |
| Myanmar | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - |
| South Korea | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - |
| Germany | - | - | - | - | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | - | - | - | - | | - | - |
| Spain | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - |
| Slovakia | - | - | - | - | - | | |
| Czech Republic | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - |
| Cambodia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th |
| Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th |
| Total teams | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

## Multi-medalists

Volleyball players who have won at least two gold medals. Athletes in bold are athletes who are still active.
| No. | Athlete | Country | Years | Games | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Isaa Zirahi | Iran (IRI) | 2000-2024 | 7 | M | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Davoud Alipourian | Iran (IRI) | 2004-2024 | 6 | M | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei | Iran (IRI) | 2004-2024 | 6 | M | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Ali Kashfia | Iran (IRI) | 1988–2000 | 4 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Jalil Imeri | Iran (IRI) | 1996-2012 | 5 | M | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Ali Golkar | Iran (IRI) | 1992-2004 | 4 | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Hadi Rezaei | Iran (IRI) | 1988-1996 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Ahmad Shivani | Iran (IRI) | 1988-1996 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Parviz Firouzi | Iran (IRI) | 1992-2000 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ali Akbar Salavatian | Iran (IRI) | 1992-2000 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Majid Soleimani | Iran (IRI) | 1992-2000 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sabahudin Delalić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2000-2016 | 5 | M | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Asim Medić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2000-2016 | 5 | M | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Dževad Hamzić | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2000-2016 | 5 | M | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Adnan Manko | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2000-2016 | 5 | M | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Ismet Godinjak | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2000-2016 | 5 | M | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Eliezer Kalina | Israel (ISR) | 1976-1988 | 4 | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Hagai Zamir | Israel (ISR) | 1976-1988 | 4 | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Igal Pazi | Israel (ISR) | 1976-1980, 1988 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Johan Reekers | Netherlands (NED) | 1980-1992 | 4 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |