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Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Field	Value
event	Volleyball
games	2008 Summer
image	[[File:Volleyball 2008.png	100px]] [[File:Beach Volleyball 2008.png	100px]]
caption	Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right)
venue	Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium (indoor)
Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground (beach)
dates	9 – 24 August 2008
prev	2004
next	2012

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-Treanor	Wang Jie
and Tian Jia	Zhang Xi
and Xue Chen

References

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

Wikipedia Source

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