As of the 2008 Bejing Olympics the following countries have won a gold medal in volleyball at the olympics:
United States 3 mens 3 mens beach 2 womens beach
Soviet Union 3 mens 4 womens
Brazil 2 mens 1 womens 1 mens beach 1 womens beach
Japan 1 mens 2 womens
Cuba 3 womens
China 2 womens
Netherlands 1 mens
Poland 1 mens
Australia 1 womens beach
Yugoslavia 1 mens
Brazil has won their most overall medals in sailing, volleyball (indoor and beach), judo, athletics, and swimming. They have won their most gold medals in sailing, volleyball (indoor and beach), and athletics.
Indoor volleyball has been an official Olympic event since the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Beach volleyball has been an official Olympic event since the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, she has won two gold medals in beach volleyball (2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing) with her partner Kerri Walsh.
1) Torben Grael won 5 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) in sailing. 2) Robert ScheIdit won 4 medals (2 gold, 2 silver) in sailing. 3) Gustavo Borges won 4 medals (2 silver, 2 bronze) in swimming. 4) Marcelo Ferreira won 3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze) in sailing. 5) Ricardo Alex Costa Santos won 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) in beach volleyball. 6) Rodrigo Pessoa won 3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze) in equestrianism. 7) Hélia Souza (Fofão) won 3 medals (1 gold, 2 bronze) in volleyball. 8) Adhemar da Silva won 2 gold medals in athletics. 9) Giovane Gávio won 2 gold medals in volleyball. 10) Maurício Lima won 2 gold medals in volleyball.
Yes, there were two American women's beach volleyball teams in the gold medal final in London 2012
Yes. Medals are awarded for men's and women's indoor volleyball and men's and women's beach volleyball.
Brazil has won their most overall medals in sailing, volleyball (indoor and beach), judo, athletics, and swimming. They have won their most gold medals in sailing, volleyball (indoor and beach), and athletics.
She won 3 Olympic gold medals for beach volleyball
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.
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Karch Kiraly. Karch won gold in indoor volleyball at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Games and in beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Games.
Beach volleyball with 2 people and indoor volleyball with a team of 6 on the court.
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.
Misty May has won olympic medals in beach volleyball as well as winning many titles and different AVP tournements.
The Americans won one medal at the 2004 Games in Athens and that was the gold in women's beach volleyball. Brazil won gold in men's beach volleyball, China won gold in regular women's volleyball and Brazil won gold in regular men's volleyball.
The 1996 Atlanta Games was the first Olympics to have beach volleyball.
The 2008 Games was Todd Rogers first Olympics. The gold he won with Phil Dalhausser in men's beach volleyball was his first and only Olympic medal.