| Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
_pictogram.svg) .svg) Standing (1976–2000) / Sitting (1980–present) | |
| Governing body | World ParaVolley |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
| Games | |
Volleyball at theSummer Paralympics was first held in1976, when the traditional form of standing volleyball for men was contested andsitting volleyball for men was ademonstration sport. From1980 through2000, men's standing and sitting events were contested.[1] The women's sitting volleyball event was introduced in2004.
Men's sitting volleyball medal winners for every Summer Games was as follows:
Men's standing volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows:
Women's sitting volleyball medal winning for every Summer Games as follows:
| 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 |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 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 |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Volleyball players who have won at least two gold medals. Athletes inbold are athletes who are still active.
| No. | Athlete | Country | Years | Games | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaa Zirahi | Iran (IRI) | 2000-2024 | 7 | M | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | [4] |
| 2 | Davoud Alipourian | Iran (IRI) | 2004-2024 | 6 | M | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | [5] |
| 3 | Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei | Iran (IRI) | 2004-2024 | 6 | M | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | [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 |
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