Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
# Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

| 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 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's indoor details | United States (USA) Lloy Ball Sean Rooney David Lee Richard Lambourne William Priddy Ryan Millar Riley Salmon Thomas Hoff (c) Clayton Stanley Kevin Hansen Gabriel Gardner Scott Touzinsky Head coach: Hugh McCutcheon | Brazil (BRA) Bruno Rezende Marcelo Elgarten André Heller Samuel Fuchs Gilberto Godoy Filho (c) Murilo Endres André Nascimento Sérgio Santos Anderson Rodrigues Gustavo Endres Rodrigo Santana Dante Amaral Head coach: Bernardinho | Russia (RUS) Aleksandr Korneev Semyon Poltavskiy Aleksandr Kosarev Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Vadim Khamuttskikh (c) Yury Berezhko Aleksey Ostapenko Aleksandr Volkov Aleksey Verbov Maxim Mikhaylov Aleksey Kuleshov Head coach: Vladimir Alekno |
| Women's indoor details | Brazil (BRA) Walewska Oliveira Carolina Albuquerque Marianne Steinbrecher Paula Pequeno Thaisa Menezes Hélia Souza (c) Valeska Menezes Fabiana Claudino Welissa Gonzaga Jaqueline Carvalho Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira Head coach: Zé Roberto | United States (USA) Ogonna Nnamani Danielle Scott-Arruda Tayyiba Haneef-Park Lindsey Berg Stacy Sykora Nicole Davis Heather Bown Jennifer Joines Kim Glass Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (c) Kim Willoughby Logan Tom Head coach: Jenny Lang Ping | China (CHN) Wang Yimei Feng Kun (c) Yang Hao Liu Yanan Wei Qiuyue Xu Yunli Zhou Suhong Zhao Ruirui Xue Ming Li Juan Zhang Na Ma Yunwen Head coach: Chen Zhonghe |
| Men's beach details | Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser (USA) | Fábio Luiz Magalhães and Márcio Araújo (BRA) | Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego (BRA) |
| Women's beach details | Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor (USA) | Wang Jie and Tian Jia (CHN) | Zhang Xi and Xue Chen (CHN) |
