Below you'll find all participating squads of the 1996 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the

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Pool A

* Fernando Borrero *

Jorge Elgueta Jorge Elgueta (born ) is a former Argentine male volleyball player and current coach. He was part of the Argentina men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournamen ...

* Sebastián Firpo * Sebastián Jabif * Leonardo Maly * Guillermo Martínez * Marcos Milincovic * Pablo Pereira * Guillermo Quaini * Eduardo Rodríguez * Alejandro Romano *

Javier Weber Carlos Javier Weber (born 6 January 1966) is an Argentine professional volleyball coach and former player, a former member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team, Argentina national team. Weber represented his native country in 3 Olympi ...

( c) *Head coach:
Daniel Castellani

* Gilson Bernardo *

Nalbert Bitencourt Nalbert Tavares Bitencourt (born March 9, 1974), known as Nalbert, is a former Brazilian professional volleyball player. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. Nalbert is and played as passer-attacker. With Brazil national team he won two World Lea ...

Giovane Gávio Giovane Farinazzo Gavio (born September 7, 1970 in Juiz de Fora), known as Giovane, is a retired Brazilian volleyball coach and former player, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summ ...

* Antonio Carlos Gouveia *

Mauricio Lima Mauricio may refer to: * Mauricio (given name) *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício *Maurício (footballer) (Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, born 1988), Brazilian footballer *216428 ...

* Fábio Marcelino *

Marcelo Negrão Marcelo Teles Negrão (born October 10, 1972 in São Paulo) is a volleyball player from Brazil, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating T ...

* Cássio Pereira * Max Pereira * Alexandre Samuel * Carlos Schwanke * Paulo André Silva *Head coach:
José Roberto Guimarães

* Lubomir Ganev * Ivaylo Gavrilov * Plamen Hristov * Evgeni Ivanov * Nikolay Ivanov *

Plamen Konstantinov Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov ( bg, Пламен Георгиев Константинов) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team, head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and ...

* Lyudmil Naydenov * Nayden Naydenov * Petar Ouzounov * Martin Stoev * Dimo Tonev ( c) * Nikolay Jeliazkov *Head coach:
Bogdan Kjutchoukov

* Alexis Batle * Angel Beltrán * Fredy Brooks *

Joel Despaigne Joel or Yoel is a name meaning "Yahweh Is God" and may refer to: * Joel (given name), origin of the name including a list of people with the first name. * Joel (surname), a surname * Joel (footballer, born 1904), Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Brazili ...

* Raúl Diago * Jhosvany Hernández *

Osvaldo Hernández Osvaldo Hernández Chambell (born 11 July 1970 in Camagüey) is an Italian volleyball player originally from Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the isl ...

* Lazaro Martín * Alain Roca * Rodolfo Sanchez * Ricardo Vantes *

Nicolas Vives Nicolas Ernestos Vives Coffibny (born ) is a former Cuban male volleyball player. He was part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2000 ...

*Head coach:
Juan Díaz Marino

* Damian Dacewicz *

Piotr Gruszka Piotr Łukasz Gruszka (born 8 March 1977) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1995 to 2011. A participant in the Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), a ...

* Krzysztof Janczak * Marcin Nowak * Robert Prygiel * Witold Roman ( c) * Krzysztof Śmigiel * Andrzej Stelmach *

Krzysztof Stelmach Krzysztof Stelmach (born 11 November 1967) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1987 to 1997 and a participant in the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996. Personal life He has a ...

* Mariusz Szyszko * Leszek Urbanowicz *

Paweł Zagumny Paweł Zagumny (born 18 October 1977) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Poland national team in 1996–2014. A participant at the Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), the ...

*Head coach:
Wiktor Krebok

Lloy Ball Lloy James Ball (born February 17, 1972, in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American volleyball player, a member of American national team in 1993–2008, a participant of the Olympic Games (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004) and gold medalist ...

Bob Ctvrtlik Robert Jan "Bob" Ctvrtlik (; born July 8, 1963) is an American volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist, businessman and former member of the International Olympic Committee. He is a 1985 graduate of Pepperdine University. Early life Bob Ctvr ...

* Scott Fortune * John Hyden * Bryan Ivie * Michael Lambert * Dan Landry *

Jeff Nygaard Jeff Wayne Nygaard (born August 3, 1972, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American volleyball and beach volleyball player who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Dain Blanton in Athens, Greece. In 1996 and 2000 he was a member of th ...

Tom Sorensen Thomas Sorensen (born April 6, 1971, in Racine, Wisconsin) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Sorenson graduated from Raci ...

Jeff Stork Jeffrey Malcolm Stork (born July 8, 1960 in Longview, Washington) is an American former volleyball player. He was a member of the US national team that won the gold medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympi ...

* Ethan Watts * Brett Winslow *Head coach:
Fred Strum

Pool B

Lorenzo Bernardi Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion (1990, 1994), and a two–time European Champion (1989, 1995). ...

Vigor Bovolenta Vigor Bovolenta (30 May 1974 – 24 March 2012) was a volleyball player from Italy. Bovolenta was part of the men's national team that won the European Championship in 1995 and the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He died at the age of ...

Marco Bracci Marco Bracci (born August 23, 1966 in Fucecchio, province of Florence) is a former Italian volleyball player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter. B ...

* Luca Cantagalli *

Andrea Gardini Andrea Gardini (born 1 October 1965) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver (Atlanta 1996) and bronze (Sydney 2000) Olympic Games medallist, three–time World Champion (1990, 1994, 1998), and four–time Europea ...

Andrea Giani Andrea Giani (born 22 April 1970) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player who scored numerous successes in the 1990s, including three World Championships with his national team. He is considered one of the best volleyball pl ...

Pasquale Gravina Pasquale Gravina (born 1 May 1970 in Campobasso, Molise) is a manager and a former Italian professional volleyball player. Athlete Gravina is 201 cm and played as middle attacker. After some experiences for minor leagues, he made his debut ...

* Marco Meoni *

Samuele Papi Samuele Papi (born 20 May 1973) is an Italian former volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team in 1993-2012, silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games, multiple winner of the European Championship and World Champi ...

Andrea Sartoretti Andrea Sartoretti (born 19 June 1971) is an Italian former volleyball player. Biography Born at Perugia, Sartoretti debuted in the Italian Serie in 1991, winning the Award as best Under 23 player. A 1.94 cm athlete, he usually played oppos ...

Paolo Tofoli Paolo Tofoli (born August 14, 1966 in Fermo) is a former Italian volleyball player and current coach, standing at 188 cm. He played 342 times for the Italy national volleyball team. Tofoli was two time world champion in 1990 and 1994. He w ...

Andrea Zorzi Andrea Zorzi (born 29 July 1965 in Noale, province of Venice) is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effec ...

*Head coach:

Julio Velasco Julio Velasco (born 9 February 1952) is an Argentine former professional volleyball player and coach. He's had Italian citizenship obtained in 1992. Velasco was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2005. Velasco currently serves as a spor ...

Peter Blangé Peter Blangé (born 9 December 1964 in Voorburg, South Holland) is a retired volleyball player (game), player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Volleyball at the 1988 Summer ...

Bas van de Goor Sebastiaan Jacques Henri "Bas" van de Goor (born 4 September 1971, in Oss) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He was elected twi ...

Mike van de Goor Mike Willem Frank van de Goor (born 14 May 1973 in Oss) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. As a reserve-player he won the gold medal at h ...

* Rob Grabert * Henk-Jan Held *

Guido Görtzen Guido Görtzen (born 9 November 1970 in Heerlen, Limburg) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the gold m ...

Misha Latuhihin Misha Jonas Emanuel Latuhihin (born 26 December 1970 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia under the guidance of coach Joo ...

* Olof van der Meulen * Jan Posthuma *

Brecht Rodenburg Engelbrecht "Brecht" Rodenburg (born 24 December 1967 in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, South Holland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he ...

* Richard Schuil * Ronald Zwerver *Head coach:

Joop Alberda Joop Alberda (born 25 October 1952 in Oosterwolde, Friesland) is a retired volleyball coach from the Netherlands. In 1996, under his directions, the Dutch Men's National Team won the gold medal in Atlanta, Georgia by defeating Italy in the f ...

* Oleg Chatounov * Pavel Chichkin * Igor Chulepov * Stanislav Dineikine * Dmitry Fomin * Valery Goryuchev * Alexey Kazakov *

Vadim Khamuttskikh Vadim Anatolyevich Khamuttskikh (russian: Вадим Анатольевич Хамутцких; 26 November 1969 – 31 December 2021) was a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the men's national team that won the silver medal at the ...

* Ruslan Olikhver * Sergey Orlenko *

Konstantin Ushakov Konstantin Anatolyevich Ushakov (russian: Константин Анатольевич Ушаков; born 24 March 1970) is a Russian retired volleyball player, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summ ...

* Serguei Tetioukine *Head coach:
Vyatcheslav Platonov

* Bang Sin-Bong * Shin Young-Chul * Choi Cheon-Sik * Ha Jong-Hwa * Im Do-Hun * Kim Sang-Woo * Kim Se-Jin * Lee Sung-Hee *

Park Hee-Sang Park Hee-sang (; born ) is a former South Korean male volleyball player. He was part of the South Korea men's national volleyball team. He played for Inha University. He competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Aus ...

* Park Seon-chul * Sin Jin-sik * Sin Jeong-seop *Head coach:
Song Man-Duck

* Tarek Aouni * Mohamed Baghdadi * Khaled Belaïd * Faycal Ben Amara *

Hichem Ben Romdhane Hichem Ben Romdhane (born 25 January 1972) is a Tunisian volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 a ...

* Riadh Ghandri *

Noureddine Hfaiedh Noureddine Hfaiedh (born August 27, 1973 in Jendouba) is a Tunisian volleyball player and a coach. He is 197 cm high and plays as wing spiker. Hfaiedh has played more than 160 games with the Tunisia men's national volleyball ...

* Ghazi Koubba * Atif Loukil * Riadh Hedhili * Ghazi Guidara * Majdi Toumi *Head coach:
Fathi M'Kaouar

* Vladimir Batez * Dejan Brđović ( c) * Đorđe Đurić *

Andrija Gerić Andrija Gerić ( sr-cyrl, Андрија Герић, ; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12. Career Gerić made a debut fo ...

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. The Olympic Champion Sydney 2000, a bro ...

Vladimir Grbić Vladimir "Vanja" Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Вања Грбић; born 14 December 1970) is a Serbian former volleyball player. He is 193 cm and played as passer-side attacker. He is Nikola Grbić's brother and a member of the Volley ...

* Rajko Jokanović * Slobodan Kovač * Đula Mešter * Željko Tanasković * Žarko Petrović * Goran Vujević *Head coach:

Zoran Gajić Zoran Gajić ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Гајић; born 28 December 1958) is a Serbian volleyball coach serving as minister of sports since 2022. As a volleyball coach, he coached Rabita Baku, and FR Yugoslavia, Ira ...

References

External links

Team rosters at Todor66.com
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