Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 9 to 24 August 2008 at the Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium (indoor) and Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground (beach).
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Brazil |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  China |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Russia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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|---|---|---|---|
| Men's indoor | United States Lloy Ball Gabriel Gardner Kevin Hansen Thomas Hoff Richard Lambourne David Lee Ryan Millar William Priddy Sean Rooney Riley Salmon Clayton Stanley Scott Touzinsky |
Brazil Dante Amaral Marcelo Elgarten Gustavo Endres Murilo Endres Samuel Fuchs Gilberto Godoy Filho Andre Heller Andre Nascimento Bruno Rezende Anderson Rodrigues Rodrigo Santana Sergio Santos |
Russia Yury Berezhko Sergey Grankin Vadim Khamuttskikh Alexander Korneev Alexander Kosarev Alexey Kuleshov Maxim Mikhaylov Alexey Ostapenko Semen Poltavskiy Sergey Tetyukhin Alexey Verbov Alexander Volkov |
| Women's indoor | Brazil Carolina Albuquerque Jaqueline Carvalho Sheilla Castro Fabiana Claudino Welissa Gonzaga Thaisa Menezes Valeska Menezes Fabiana de Oliveira Walewska Oliveira Paula Pequeno Helia Souza Marianna Steinbrecher |
United States Robyn Ah Mow-Santos Lindsey Berg Heather Bown Nicole Davis Kimberly Glass Tayyiba Haneef-Park Jennifer Joines Oganna Nnamani Danielle Scott-Arruda Stacy Sykora Logan Tom Kim Willoughby |
China Feng Kun Li Juan Liu Yanan Ma Yunwen Wang Yimei Wei Qiuyue Xu Yunli Xue Ming Yang Hao Zhang Na Zhao Ruirui Zhou Suhong |
| Men's beach | Philip Dalhausser Todd Rogers
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Marcio Araujo Fabio Magalhaes
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Emanuel Rego Ricardo Santos
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| Women's beach | Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh
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Tian Jia Wang Jie
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Xue Chen Zhang Xi
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Statistics[]
- There were 379 total athletes from 25 countries.
- Roslandy Acosta was the youngest participant with 16 years and 166 days.
- Ivan Tasev was the oldest participant with 41 years and 144 days.
- None of the participating athletes were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- United States won a medal in all 4 events.