The former Soviet Union has won the most gold medals in volleyball with 7 (4 women, 3 men). Brazil (2 men, 1 women), Cuba (3 women, 0 men), Japan (2 women, 1 men), and the United States (3 men, 0 women) are next with 3 gold medals each.
Four athletes are tied for the most individual gold medals with 3 each. All four were members of the Cuban women's team that won gold in 1992, 1996, and 2000. They are Regla Bell, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis, and Regla Torres.
Natalie Cook and Kerri Ann Pottharst won for Australia.
Karch Kiraly is the only volleyball player to win 3 gold medals, and he is also the only player to win Olympic medals in both indoor and outdoor volleyball
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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.
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Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh took home the gold in women's beach volleyball in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Karch Kiraly. Karch won gold in indoor volleyball at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Games and in beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Games.
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
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.
Allyson Felix from the United States won the gold with a time of 21.88
Natalie Cook is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist.