International Olympic Committee included in 1957 volleyball among olympic sports. First time the volleyball has been played on Olympics in Japan 1964, participated ten mens teams and six womens. First time the Olympic winner was the team of Soviet Union.
History of Olympic Games
|
year
|
place
|
gold
|
silver
|
bronze
|
|
1964
|
Japan
|
Soviet Union
|
Czechoslovakia
|
Japan
|
|
1968
|
Mexico
|
Soviet Union
|
Japan
|
Czechoslovakia
|
|
1972
|
Germany
|
Japan
|
GDR
|
Soviet Union
|
|
1976
|
Canada
|
Poland
|
Soviet Union
|
Cuba
|
|
1980
|
Soviet Union
|
Soviet Union
|
Bulgaria
|
Romania
|
|
1984
|
USA
|
USA
|
Brazil
|
Italy
|
|
1988
|
Korea
|
USA
|
Soviet Union
|
Argentina
|
|
1992
|
Spain
|
Brazil
|
Netherlands
|
USA
|
|
1996
|
USA
|
Netherlands
|
Italy
|
Yugoslavia
|
|
2000
|
Australia
|
Yugoslavia
|
Russia
|
Italy
|
|
2004
|
Greece
|
Brazil
|
Italy
|
Russia
|
|
2008
|
China
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
| Country |
medal total
|
gold
|
silver
|
bronze
|
| Soviet Union/Russia |
8
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
| Italy |
4
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| Brazil |
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
| USA |
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
| Japan |
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| Netherlands |
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
| Yugoslavia |
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Czechoslovakia |
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Poland |
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
| GDR |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Bulgaria |
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
| Cuba |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Romania |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Argentina |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
