Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the U.S. has won 7 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) in indoor volleyball and 7 medals (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) in beach volleyball.
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That is Paula Weishoff who won two medals, a silver with the 1984 team and a bronze with the 1992 team.
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U.S. indoor volleyball teams have won 3 Olympic gold medals ... 1984, 1988, and 2008 all by the men's team. U.S. beach volleyball teams have won 5 Olympic gold medals ... 1996, 2000, and 2008 by the men and 2004 and 2008 by the women.
As of the 2008 Games, Australia has won one gold medal in beach volleyball and no gold medals in indoor volleyball. The gold came in 2000 by the women's team of Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst. Australia has also won a bronze medal in beach volleyball. That came in 1996 by the team of Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst in the women's event. Australia's indoor volleyball team has never medalled at the Olympics.
There are 6 players on a regular volleyball team
There are two players on a beach volleyball team.
Medals are awarded for events and 962 were awarded. The 42 medals awarded just for the Men and Women's Basketball, Handball, Soccer, Volleyball, Water Polo, and Field Hockey were received by over 500 athletes because every member of a team gets a medal. Every Athlete from the 2 athlete team for Beach Volleyball or the 12 Member Indoor Volleyball Team to the 16 member Field Hockey's Team has earned an event medal that is counted as a single medal.
12 players on any volleyball team
In women's beach volleyball, the United States team of Misty May (now May-Treanor) and Kerri Walsh (now Walsh Jennings) won the first of three consecutive gold medals, the only team to defend a beach volleyball gold medal.
Two people play on a beach volleyball team.
There are 6 players on a regulation volleyball team.