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 Men's Sitting Men's sitting volleyball medal winners for every Summer Games was as follows: Standing Men's standing volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows: Women's Sitting Women's sitting volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows: Medals ranking Both men's and women's sitting and standing volleyball medal results counted where applicable. Nations Nations that took part in volleyball (both men and women). Men Both sitting (1980 to present) and standing volleyball (1976 to 2000). Nations listed are their rankings during competition. (Key - sitting/standing, blank spaces are nations who didn ...
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Volleyball (indoor) Pictogram
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced to the programme at the Atlanta 1996. The adapted version of volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games is sitting volleyball. The complete set of rules is extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to three times to return the ball to the other side of the court, but individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively. Typi ...
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Volleyball At The 1996 Summer Paralympics
Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta consisted of standing and sitting volleyball events for men. Medal summary Medal table Men's standing volleyball team rosters ''Source: International Paralympic Committee'' Men's sitting volleyball team rosters ''Source: International Paralympic Committee'' References * {{Paralympic Games Volleyball 1996 Summer Paralympics events 1996 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...