Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 26 July to 9 August 1992 at Palau Sant Jordi, Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, and Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Unified Team | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medalists[]
Event | |||
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Men | Brazil Jorge Edson Brito Janelson Carvalho Douglas Chiarotti Andre Ferreira Giovane Gavio Antonio Gouveia Mauricio Lima Marcelo Negrao Talmo Oliveira Amauri Ribeiro Alexandre Samuel Paulo Silva |
Netherlands Edwin Benne Peter Blange Ronald Boudrie Hank-Jan Held Martin van der Horst Marko Klok Roelof van der Meulen Jan Posthuma Avital Selinger Martin Teffer Ronald Zoodsma Ronald Zwerver |
United States Nick Adrian Becker Carlos Briceno Robert Ctrvtlik Scott Fortune Daniel Greenbaum Brent Hilliard Bryan Eric Ivie Douglas Partie Robert Samuelson Eric Anthony Sato Jeffrey Stork Stephen Timmons |
Women | Cuba Regla Bell Mckenzie Mercedes Calderon Martinez Magalis Carvajal Rivera Marlenis Costa Blanco Ana Ibis Fernandez Valle Idalmis Gato Moya Lilia Izquierdo Aguirre Norka Latamblet Daudinot Mireia Luis Hernandez Tania Ortiz Calvo Raisa O'Farril Bolanos Regla Torres Herrera |
Unified Team Evguenia Artamonova Elena Batukhtina Elena Chebukina Svetlana Korytova Galina Lebedeva Tatiana Menshova Natalia Morozova Marina Nikulina Valentina Oguienko Tatiana Sidorenko Irina Smirnova Svetlana Vasilevskaya |
United States Tara Battle Janet Cobbs Lori Endicott Ruth Lawanson Caren Kemner Tammy Liley Elaina Oden Kimberly Oden Liane Sato Tonya Sanders Paula Weishoff Yoko Zetterlund |
Statistics[]
- There were 231 total athletes from 13 countries.
- Evguenia Artamonova was the youngest participant with 17 years and 12 days.
- Stephen Timmons was the oldest participant with 33 years and 254 days.
- Morad Sennoun of Algeria and Kumi Nakada of Japan were the only volleyball players chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- Cuba won its first-ever gold medal in the sport and its first medal since Montreal 1976.
- Brazil won its first-ever gold medal in the sport and its first medal since Los Angeles 1984.