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Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics


FieldValue
eventVolleyball
games2008 Summer
image[[File:Volleyball 2008.png100px]] [[File:Beach Volleyball 2008.png100px]]
captionPictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
venueCapital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium (indoor)
Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground (beach)
dates9 – 24 August 2008
prev2004
next2012

Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground (beach) 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

Medalists

Women's beach
Kerri Walsh
and Misty May-TreanorWang Jie
and Tian JiaZhang Xi
and Xue Chen

References

References

  1. "Volleyball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports Reference.
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