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[[Volleyball]] has been part of the [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympics]] program for both men and women consistently since [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]].

[[Brazil men's national volleyball team|Brazil]], [[France men's national volleyball team|France]], the [[United States men's national volleyball team|United States]] and the former [[Soviet Union men's national volleyball team|Soviet Union]] are the only teams to win multiple gold medals at the men's tournament since its introduction. The remaining six editions of the Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament were won each by a different country including [[Japan men's national volleyball team|Japan]], [[Poland men's national volleyball team|Poland]], [[Netherlands men's national volleyball team|Netherlands]], [[Russia men's national volleyball team|Russia]] and the defunct [[FR Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team|Yugoslavia]].

Gold medals are less evenly distributed in women's volleyball than in men's; the sixteen editions of the Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament were won by seven countries: [[Brazil women's national volleyball team|Brazil]], [[Cuba women's national volleyball team|Cuba]], [[China women's national volleyball team|China]], [[Japan women's national volleyball team|Japan]], [[Italy women's national volleyball team|Italy]], the [[United States women's national volleyball team|United States]] and the former [[Soviet Union women's national volleyball team|Soviet Union]].

==History==
===Origins===
The history of Olympic volleyball can be traced back to the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]], where it was an unofficial demonstration event. Its addition to the Olympic program, however, was given only after [[World War II]], with the foundation of the [[FIVB]] and of some of the continental confederations. In 1957, a special tournament was held during the [[List of IOC meetings|53rd IOC session]] in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], to support such request. The competition was a success, and the sport was officially introduced in [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]]. The International Olympic Committee attempted to drop volleyball for the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Olympics]], but this was met with protest.<ref>{{cite book|title=Black Belt Vol. 2, No. 2|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|date=Mar 1964|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QdkDAAAAMBAJ|quote=Sone Kaminaga black belt.|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QdkDAAAAMBAJ/page/n26 27]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/the-history-of-olympic-volleyball|title=The history of Olympic volleyball|publisher=Olympics.com|access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>

The volleyball Olympic tournament was originally a simple competition, whose format paralleled the one still employed in the [[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|World Cup]]: all teams played against each other team and then were ranked by number of wins, set average and point average. One disadvantage of this round-robin system is that medal winners could be determined before the end of the games, making the audience lose interest in the outcome of the remaining matches.

To cope with this situation, the competition was split into two phases: a "final round" was introduced, consisting of quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. Since its creation in [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]], this new system has become the standard for the volleyball Olympic tournament, and is usually referred to as the "Olympic format".

The number of teams involved in the games has grown steadily since 1964. Since [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], both men's and women's indoor events count 12 participant nations. Each of the five continental volleyball confederations has at least one affiliated national federation involved in the Olympic Games.

===Events===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Event !! [[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|64]] !! [[Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|68]] !! [[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|72]] !! [[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics|76]] !! [[Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|80]] !![[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|84]] !! [[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|88]] !! [[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|92]] !! [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|96]] !! [[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|00]] !! [[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|04]] !! [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|08]] !! [[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics|12]] !! [[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics|16]] !! [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics|20]] !! [[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics|24]] !! Years
|-
| align=left| Men's tournament
| [[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|X]]
| 16
|-
| align=left| Women's tournament
| [[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| [[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|X]]
| 16
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| align=left| ''Total'' || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 ||
|}

===Men's winners===
The first two editions of the volleyball Olympic tournament were won by the [[Soviet Union men's national volleyball team|Soviet Union]] team. Bronze in [[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] and silver in [[Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]], [[Japan men's national volleyball team|Japan]] won gold in [[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]. In [[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]], the introduction of a new offensive skill, the back row attack, helped [[Poland men's national volleyball team|Poland]] win the competition over the Soviets in a very tight five-setter.

In [[Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]], many of the strongest teams in men's volleyball belonged to the [[Eastern Bloc]], so the [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]] did not have as great an effect on these events as it had on the women's. The Soviet Union collected their third Olympic gold medal with a 3–1 victory over [[Bulgaria men's national volleyball team|Bulgaria]]. With a Soviet-led boycott in [[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], the [[United States men's national volleyball team|United States]] confirmed their new volleyball leadership in the Western World by sweeping smoothly over [[Brazil men's national volleyball team|Brazil]] in the finals. In that edition a minor nation, [[Italy men's national volleyball team|Italy]], won their first medal, but Italy would rise to prominence in volleyball in later decades. A long-awaited confrontation between the US and Soviet volleyball teams came in the [[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] final: powerplayers [[Karch Kiraly]] and [[Steve Timmons]] pushed the United States to a second gold medal setting the issue in favor of the Americans.

In [[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], Brazil upset favorites [[Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Unified Team]], [[Netherlands men's national volleyball team|Netherlands]], and Italy for their first Olympic championship. Runners-up Netherlands, with [[Ron Zwerver]] and [[Olof van der Meulen]], came back in the [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|following edition]] for a five-set win over Italy. In spite of their success in other major volleyball competitions in the 1990s, Italy did not fare well at the Olympics. After winning bronze in Atlanta, [[Serbia and Montenegro men's national volleyball team|Serbia and Montenegro]], led by [[Vladimir Grbić|Vladimir]] and [[Nikola Grbić]], beat [[Russia men's national volleyball team|Russia]] at the final in [[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] to secure the gold (in 1996 and 2000 they played under the name [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]).

In [[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], Brazil beat Italy in the final, adding a second gold medal to their record and confirming their role as the men's volleyball superpowers of the 2000s. In [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]], United States beat Brazil in the final, winning their third gold medal. Russia won the bronze for the second time by defeating Italy. In the [[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] final, Russia came back from a 0–2 set deficit, not letting the Brazilians take advantage of any of their 2 match points in the third set. [[Dmitriy Muserskiy]] scored 31 points, which is an Olympic Games record in a final. Italy defeated Bulgaria and took Bronze.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Olympics/London2012/viewPressRelease.asp?No=36516&Language=en|title=FIVB – London 2012 Olympic Games|publisher=FIVB|access-date=30 April 2018}}</ref>

After coming up short in the previous two editions of the Olympics as runners-up, the Brazilians captured their third gold medal in the history of the competition playing home in [[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]] after their straight-set victory against Italy in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/volleyball/news/brazil-make-triumphant-return-to-the-top?id=64552|title=Brazil make triumphant return to the top of the podium|publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB.org]]|date=21 August 2016|access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> The United States pulled off a comeback from a 0–2 deficit to claim the bronze medal with a victory over Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/volleyball/news/usa-grab-mens-bronze-with-fantastic-comeback?id=64545|title=USA grab men's bronze with fantastic comeback|publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB.org]]|date=21 August 2016|access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref>

The [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 tournament]], held in 2021 due to the global [[COVID-19 pandemic]] causing a delay, had the French team of [[Earvin N'Gapeth]] win its first gold by defeating the Russian Olympic Committee, who returned to the podium after missing out in 2016.<ref>[https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/news/ngapeth-guides-france-to-first-golden-glory Ngapeth guides France to Olympic glory]</ref> In a repeat of the 1988 bronze medal match, Brazil were upset by neighbor Argentina.<ref>[https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/news/conte-rallies-argentina-s-five-set-win-to-claim-bronze Conte powers Argentina’s five-set win to claim bronze]</ref>

Gold medals appear to be more evenly distributed in men's volleyball than in women's: the former Soviet Union (three titles), United States (three) and Brazil (three) are the only teams to have won the tournament more than once. The remaining six editions were won each by a different country. Despite having been a major force in men's volleyball since the 1990s and never missing a tournament since 1976, Italy are the only volleyball powerhouse that lack a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

===Women's winners===
[[File:Women's Volleyball semifinals - 6.jpg|thumbnail|right|Women's volleyball semifinals match between the [[United States women's national volleyball team|United States]] and [[South Korea women's national volleyball team|South Korea]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].]]

The opening edition of the volleyball Olympic tournament, in [[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]], was won by the host nation [[Japan women's national volleyball team|Japan]]. There followed two victories in a row by the [[Soviet Union women's national volleyball team|Soviet Union]], in [[Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]. [[South Korea women's national volleyball team|South Korea]] were expected to get their first gold after beating Japan in the 1975 Pre-Olympic Games, but Japan came back again in [[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] for one last Olympic gold before losing their status of women's volleyball superpowers.

The [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|American-led boycott]] of the [[Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Games]] left many strong volleyball nations like Japan and South Korea out of the games. As a result, the Soviet Union easily secured a third Olympic gold medal. In [[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], the [[Eastern bloc]] was, in its turn, boycotting the games, and the Soviet Union did not participate. As a result, host nation [[United States women's national volleyball team|United States]] won its first medals in volleyball, losing the finals to [[China women's national volleyball team|China]]. With eastern and western nations again involved in the Olympics, the Soviet Union obtained a remarkable victory over [[Peru women's national volleyball team|Peru]] after trailing 0–2 in [[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988's]] marking one of the most dramatic female matches of the 20th century. The 1988 games were, however, boycotted by [[Cuba women's national volleyball team|Cuba]], who would become the next dominating force.

[[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] saw a new force go down in Olympic history: organized under the name [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]], the nations of the former Soviet Union that chose to form a combined team easily reached the gold medal game, but could not neutralize the power play of the young, rising Cuban squad. Led by superstars [[Mireya Luis]] and [[Regla Torres]], Cuba would eventually set the record for consecutive wins in the Olympic Games by also taking the gold in [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] and [[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] against China and [[Russia women's national volleyball team|Russia]], respectively.

In [[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], the winners were once again China. Second were Russia who beat [[Brazil women's national volleyball team|Brazil]] in a very tough and dramatic semifinal match after being down 1–2, 19–24 in the fourth set.

In [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]], Brazil finally won the gold, beating the United States in the final and losing only one set in the competition. China were awarded the bronze by beating Cuba. After a troubled start, Brazil secured the double gold in [[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] after beating the United States once again in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/volleyball/story/_/id/8259676/2012-london-olympics-brazil-shocks-us-women-volleyball-gold|title=Brazil wins women's volleyball gold|work=ESPN|date=11 August 2012 |access-date=31 October 2013}}</ref> Japan won the bronze medal after defeating South Korea.

In [[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]], home team Brazil were favorites to once again win the title, thus equalling Cuba's three consecutive gold medals between 1992 and 2000. After winning all of their preliminary round matches without dropping a set, the team was, however, stunned by a young Chinese squad in a tiebreaker in the quarterfinals. China went on to win the title, their third in Olympic history, by beating [[Serbia women's national volleyball team|Serbia]] in four sets in the gold medal match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/volleyball/news/china-crowned-champions-in-rio-de-janeiro?id=64539|title=China crowned champions in Rio de Janeiro|publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB.org]]|date=21 August 2016|access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> In the process, [[Lang Ping]] became the first person to win a gold medal as a player in Los Angeles 1984 and repeat the feat now as a coach in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/volleyball/news/lang-ping-becomes-first-person-in-volleyball?id=64550|title=Lang Ping became the first person in volleyball to win Olympic gold as player and coach|publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB.org]]|date=21 August 2016|access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> China also became the first team to win the Olympics after losing three matches in the preliminary round. The United States defeated the [[Netherlands women's national volleyball team|Netherlands]] 3–1 to capture the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/volleyball/news/usa-raise-high-wall-to-stop-netherlands?id=64527|title=USA raise high wall to stop Netherlands for bronze medal|publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB.org]]|date=20 August 2016|access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref>

In the [[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics|fifteenth edition]] of the games in 2020, the United States faced Brazil for the third final in four editions, only this time they broke the long title drought. Thus the Americans became only the sixth country to win the women's tournament, after Brazil, China, Cuba, Japan, and the former Soviet Union.<ref>[https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/news/drews-shines-as-usa-strike-gold-in-tokyo Drews shines as USA strike gold in Tokyo]</ref> Serbia got the bronze, beating South Korea.<ref>[https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/news/boskovic-s-33-bags-bronze-for-serbia Boskovic’s 33 bags bronze for Serbia]</ref>

==Competition formula==
The volleyball Olympic tournament has a very stable competition formula. The following rules apply:

; Qualification
*Twelve teams participate in each event.
*Host nations are always pre-qualified.
*Two teams qualify through the [[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|Men's]] and [[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|Women's World Cup]] (this number was reduced from three prior to the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]).
*Five teams qualify as winners of continental qualification tournaments.
*The four remaining berths are decided in world qualification tournaments.

; Competition format
*For the first phase, called qualification round, teams are ranked by the [[FIVB World Rankings]] and then divided in two pools of six teams using the [[serpentine system]]. The host nation is always ranked 1.
*At the qualification round, each team plays one match against all other teams in its pool. Top four teams in each pool advance, the remaining two leave the competition.
*At the second phase, usually called final round, teams play quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.
*For the final round, matches are organized according to the results obtained in the qualification round. Let the top four teams in each pool be A1, A2, A3, A4 (group A); and B1, B2, B3, B4 (group B). Quarterfinals would then be: A1xB4; A2xB3; A3xB2; A4xB1.
*Winners of quarterfinals play semifinals as follows: (A1/B4) x (A3/B2) ; (A2/B3) x (A4xB1).
*At the finals, winners of semifinals play for the gold, and losers for the bronze.
*The tournament implements very tight line-up restrictions: only twelve players are allowed, and no replacement is permitted, even in case of injuries.

==Men's tournaments==
===Results summary===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2" style="width:6%"|Year
!rowspan="2" style="width:12%"|Host
!width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan="3"|Gold medal match
!width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan="3"|Bronze medal match
!width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff|
!rowspan="2" style="width:5%"|Teams
|- style="background:#efefef"
!style="width:14%; background:gold"|Gold medalists
!width=9%|Score
!style="width:14%; background:silver"|Silver medalists 
!style="width:14%; background:#cc9966"|Bronze medalists
!width=9%|Score
!style="width:14%; background:#9acdff"|4th place
|-
|1964<br />[[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Tokyo]]
|'''{{vb-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{vb-big|TCH}}
|{{vb-big|JPN|1870}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{vb-big|ROU|1952}}
|10
|-
|1968<br />[[Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}}<br>[[Mexico City]]
|'''{{vb-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{vb-big|JPN|1870}}
|{{vb-big|TCH}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{vb-big|GDR}}
|10
|-
|1972<br />[[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|FRG}}<br>[[Munich]]
|'''{{vb-big|JPN|1870}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vb-big|GDR}}
|{{vb-big|URS|1955}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|BUL|1971}}
|12
|-
|1976<br />[[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|CAN}}<br>[[Montreal]]
|'''{{vb-big|POL|1928}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{vb-big|URS|1955}}
|{{vb-big|CUB}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|JPN|1870}}
|10
|-
|1980<br />[[Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|URS|1955}}<br>[[Moscow]]
|'''{{vb-big|URS|1955}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vb-big|BUL|1971}}
|{{vb-big|ROU|1965}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vb-big|POL}}
|10
|-
|1984<br />[[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|USA}}<br>[[Los Angeles]]
|'''{{vb-big|USA}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|BRA|1968}}
|{{vb-big|ITA}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|CAN}}
|10
|-
|1988<br />[[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}}<br>[[Seoul]]
|'''{{vb-big|USA}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vb-big|URS}}
|{{vb-big|ARG}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{vb-big|BRA|1968}}
|12
|-
|1992<br />[[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}}<br>[[Barcelona]]
|'''{{vb-big|BRA}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|NED}}
|{{vb-big|USA}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vb-big|CUB}}
|12
|-
|1996<br />[[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|USA}}<br>[[Atlanta]]
|'''{{vb-big|NED}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{vb-big|ITA}}
|{{vb-big|FRY}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vb-big|RUS}}
|12
|-
|2000<br />[[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}}<br>[[Sydney]]
|'''{{vb-big|FRY}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|RUS}}
|{{vb-big|ITA}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|ARG}}
|12
|-
|2004<br />[[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|GRE}}<br>[[Athens]]
|'''{{vb-big|BRA}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vb-big|ITA|2003}}
|{{vb-big|RUS}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|USA}}
|12
|-
|2008<br />[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}}<br>[[Beijing]]
|'''{{vb-big|USA}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vb-big|BRA}}
|{{vb-big|RUS}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|ITA}}
|12
|-
|2012<br />[[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}}<br>[[London]]
|'''{{vb-big|RUS}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{vb-big|BRA}}
|{{vb-big|ITA}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vb-big|BUL}}
|12
|-
|2016<br />[[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}}<br>[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|'''{{vb-big|BRA}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|ITA}}
|{{vb-big|USA}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{vb-big|RUS}}
|12
|- 
|2020<br />[[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Tokyo]]
|'''{{vb-big|FRA}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{vb-big|RUS|roc-olympics|name=ROC}}
|{{vb-big|ARG}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{vb-big|BRA}}
|12
|-
|2024<br />[[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}}<br>[[Paris]]
|'''{{vb-big|FRA}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|POL}}
|{{vb-big|USA}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vb-big|ITA}}
|12
|}

===Medal table===
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 | gold_URS = 3 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 1 | name_URS = ''{{flagIOCteam|URS}}''
 | gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 3
 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 2
 | gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 1
 | gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0
 | gold_SCG = 1 | silver_SCG = 0 | bronze_SCG = 1 | name_SCG = ''{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics|Yugoslavia]] (FRY)''
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 3
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 1 | name_TCH = ''{{flagIOCteam|TCH}}''
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 0
 | gold_GDR = 0 | silver_GDR = 1 | bronze_GDR = 0 | name_GDR = ''{{flagIOCteam|GDR}}''
 | gold_ROC = 0 | silver_ROC = 1 | bronze_ROC = 0 | name_ROC = ''{{flagIOCteam|ROC|2020 Summer}} {{Font|(ROC)|size=90%}}''
 | gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 2
 | gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 0 | bronze_CUB = 1
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1
}}

===Participating nations===
;Legend
*{{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
*{{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
*{{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
*{{bg|#9acdff|4th}} – Fourth place
*{{border|width=1px|color=gray|&nbsp;•&nbsp;}} – Did not enter / Did not qualify
*{{border|width=3px|color=purple|&nbsp;&nbsp;}} – Hosts
*= – More than one team tied for that rank
*Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

{| class="wikitable shortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
!Team
!{{flagicon|JPN}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1964]]
!{{flagicon|MEX}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1968]]
!{{flagicon|FRG}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1972]]
!{{flagicon|CAN}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1976]]
!{{flagicon|URS|1955}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1980]]
!{{flagicon|USA}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1984]]
!{{flagicon|KOR|1984}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1988]]
!{{flagicon|ESP}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1992]]
!{{flagicon|USA}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996]]
!{{flagicon|AUS}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]]
!{{flagicon|GRE}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004]]
!{{flagicon|CHN}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008]]
!{{flagicon|GBR}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012]]
!{{flagicon|BRA}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016]]
!{{flagicon|JPN}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020]]
!{{flagicon|FRA}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2024]]
!Total
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ALG}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||12th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ARG}}||•||•||•||•||•||6th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||•||8th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||=5th||•||=5th||=5th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||11th||'''9'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|AUS}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|8th||=11th||•||=9th||•||•||•||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|BEL}}||•||8th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•|||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|BRA}}||7th||9th||8th||7th||5th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=gold|1st||5th||6th||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||style="border:3px solid purple" bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||8th||'''16'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|BUL}}||5th||6th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||bgcolor=silver|2nd||•||6th||•||7th||•||•||=5th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||•||•||'''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|CAN}}||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|9th||•||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||10th||•||•||•||•||•||=5th||8th||10th||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|CHN}}||•||•||•||•||•||8th||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|=5th||•||•||•||•||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|CUB}}||•||•||10th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||7th||•||•||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||6th||7th||•||•||•||=11th||•||•||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|EGY}}||•||•||•||{{Tooltip|WD|Withdrew}}||•||10th||•||•||•||=11th||•||=11th||•||=9th||•||12th||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|FRA}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||8th||11th||•||•||=9th||•||•||=9th||bgcolor=gold|1st||style="border:3px solid purple" bgcolor=gold|1st||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|GER}}||colspan=7|See {{vb|GDR}} and {{vb|FRG}}||•||•||•||•||=9th||=5th||•||•||6th||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|GBR}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|=11th||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|GRE}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|=5th||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|HUN}}||6th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|IRI}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=5th||9th||•||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ITA}}||•||•||•||8th||9th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||9th||5th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||6th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||'''13'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|JPN}}||style="border:3px solid purple" bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||7th||10th||6th||•||•||•||=11th||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|7th||7th||'''10'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|LBA}}||•||•||•||•||10th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|MEX}}||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|10th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=11th||•||•||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|NED}}||8th||•||•||•||•||•||5th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||5th||=9th||•||•||•||•||•||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|POL}}||•||5th||9th||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||•||•||=11th||•||=5th||=5th||=5th||=5th||5th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||'''11'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ROU}}||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||5th||•||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|RUS}}||colspan=8|See {{vb|URS}}||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||•||'''7'''{{efn-ua|name=ROC|Russia's total includes one appearance as [[Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Russian Olympic Committee]] in 2020.}}
|-
|align=left|{{vb|SRB}}||colspan=7|See {{vb|YUG}}||colspan=4|See {{vb|SCG}}||=5th||=9th||•||•||9th||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|SLO}}||colspan=7|Part of {{vb|YUG}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||5th||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|KOR}}||10th||•||7th||6th||•||5th||style="border:3px solid purple"|11th||9th||=9th||=9th||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ESP}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|8th||•||=9th||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|SWE}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||7th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|TUN}}||•||•||12th||•||•||9th||12th||•||=11th||•||=11th||•||=11th||•||11th||•||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|USA}}||9th||7th||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple" bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||style="border:3px solid purple"|=9th||=11th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=gold|1st||=5th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||10th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||'''13'''
|-
|align=left|{{vb|VEN}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=9th||•||•||12th||•||'''2'''
|-
|align="center" colspan=18|'''Discontinued nations'''
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|TCH}}''||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||6th||5th||8th||•||•||•||colspan=8|See {{vb|CZE}}||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|GDR}}''||•||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||•||•||•||•||colspan=9|See {{vb|GER}}||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|SCG}}''||colspan=7|See {{vb|YUG}}||•||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st||=5th||colspan=5|See {{vb|SRB}}||'''3'''{{efn-ua|name=Serbia and Montenegro|Serbia and Montenegro's total includes two appearances as [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] in 1996 and 2000.}}
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|URS}}''||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||style="border:3px solid purple" bgcolor=gold|1st||•||bgcolor=silver|2nd||7th||colspan=8|See {{vb|RUS}}||'''7'''{{efn-ua|name=Soviet Union|Soviet Union's total includes one appearance as [[Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Unified Team]] in 1992.}}
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|FRG}}''||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|11th||•||•||•||•||colspan=9|See {{vb|GER}}||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|YUG}}''||•||•||•||•||6th||•||•||colspan=4|See {{vb|SCG}}||colspan=5|See {{vb|SRB}}||'''1'''
|-
! Total || 10 || 10 || 12 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 
|}

==Women's tournaments==
===Results summary===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%; text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2" style="width:6%"|Year
!rowspan="2" style="width:12%"|Host
!width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan="3"|Gold medal match
!width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan="3"|Bronze medal match
!width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff|
!rowspan="2" style="width:5%"|Teams
|- style="background:#efefef"
!style="width:14%; background:gold"|Gold medalists
!width=9%|Score
!style="width:14%; background:silver"|Silver medalists 
!style="width:14%; background:#cc9966"|Bronze medalists
!width=9%|Score
!style="width:14%; background:#9acdff"|4th place
|-
|1964<br />[[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Tokyo]]
|'''{{vbw-big|JPN|1870}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{vbw-big|URS|1955}}
|{{vbw-big|POL|1928}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{vbw-big|ROU|1952}}
|6
|-
|1968<br />[[Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}}<br>[[Mexico City]]
|'''{{vbw-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{vbw-big|JPN|1870}}
|{{vbw-big|POL|1928}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{vbw-big|PER}}
|8
|-
|1972<br />[[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|FRG}}<br>[[Munich]]
|'''{{vbw-big|URS|1955}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{vbw-big|JPN|1870}}
|{{vbw-big|PRK}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|KOR|1949}}
|8
|-
|1976<br />[[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|CAN}}<br>[[Montreal]]
|'''{{vbw-big|JPN|1870}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|URS|1955}}
|{{vbw-big|KOR|1949}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|HUN}}
|8
|-
|1980<br />[[Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|URS|1955}}<br>[[Moscow]]
|'''{{vbw-big|URS|1955}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|GDR}}
|{{vbw-big|BUL|1971}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{vbw-big|HUN}}
|8
|-
|1984<br />[[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|USA}}<br>[[Los Angeles]]
|'''{{vbw-big|CHN}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|USA}}
|{{vbw-big|JPN|1870}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|PER}}
|8
|-
|1988<br />[[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|KOR|1984}}<br>[[Seoul]]
|'''{{vbw-big|URS}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{vbw-big|PER}}
|{{vbw-big|CHN}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|JPN|1870}}
|8
|-
|1992<br />[[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}}<br>[[Barcelona]]
|'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|[[Image:Olympic flag.svg|30px|border|alt=|link=]]<br /> [[CIS women's national volleyball team|Unified Team]]
|{{vbw-big|USA}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|BRA}}
|8
|-
|1996<br />[[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|USA}}<br>[[Atlanta]]
|'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|CHN}}
|{{vbw-big|BRA}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{vbw-big|RUS}}
|12
|-
|2000<br />[[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}}<br>[[Sydney]]
|'''{{vbw-big|CUB}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{vbw-big|RUS}}
|{{vbw-big|BRA}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|USA}}
|12
|-
|2004<br />[[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|GRE}}<br>[[Athens]]
|'''{{vbw-big|CHN}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{vbw-big|RUS}}
|{{vbw-big|CUB}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|BRA}}
|12
|-
|2008<br />[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}}<br>[[Beijing]]
|'''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|USA}}
|{{vbw-big|CHN}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|CUB}}
|12
|-
|2012<br />[[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}}<br>[[London]]
|'''{{vbw-big|BRA}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|USA}}
|{{vbw-big|JPN}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|KOR}}
|12
|-
|2016<br />[[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}}<br>[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|'''{{vbw-big|CHN}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|SRB}}
|{{vbw-big|USA}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|NED}}
|12
|- 
|2020<br />[[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Tokyo]]
|'''{{vbw-big|USA}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|BRA}}
|{{vbw-big|SRB}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|KOR}}
|12
|-
|2024<br />[[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Details]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}}<br>[[Paris]]
|'''{{vbw-big|ITA}}'''
|'''3–0'''
|{{vbw-big|USA}}
|{{vbw-big|BRA}}
|'''3–1'''
|{{vbw-big|TUR}}
|12
|}

===Medal table===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOCteam
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 0 | name_URS = ''{{flagIOCteam|URS}}''
 | gold_CHN = 3 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 2
 | gold_CUB = 3 | silver_CUB = 0 | bronze_CUB = 1
 | gold_JPN = 2 | silver_JPN = 2 | bronze_JPN = 2
 | gold_BRA = 2 | silver_BRA = 1 | bronze_BRA = 3
 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 4 | bronze_USA = 2
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 0
 | gold_GDR = 0 | silver_GDR = 1 | bronze_GDR = 0 | name_GDR = ''{{flagIOCteam|GDR}}''
 | gold_PER = 0 | silver_PER = 1 | bronze_PER = 0
 | gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 1 | bronze_SRB = 1
 | gold_EUN = 0 | silver_EUN = 1 | bronze_EUN = 0 | name_EUN = ''{{flagIOCteam|EUN}}''
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 2
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1
 | gold_PRK = 0 | silver_PRK = 0 | bronze_PRK = 1
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1
}}

===Participating nations===
;Legend
*{{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
*{{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
*{{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
*{{bg|#9acdff|4th}} – Fourth place
*{{border|width=1px|color=gray|&nbsp;•&nbsp;}} – Did not enter / Did not qualify
*{{border|width=3px|color=purple|&nbsp;&nbsp;}} – Hosts
*= – More than one team tied for that rank
*Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

{| class="wikitable shortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
!Team
!{{flagicon|JPN}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1964]]
!{{flagicon|MEX}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1968]]
!{{flagicon|FRG}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1972]]
!{{flagicon|CAN}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1976]]
!{{flagicon|URS|1955}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1980]]
!{{flagicon|USA}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1984]]
!{{flagicon|KOR|1984}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1988]]
!{{flagicon|ESP}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1992]]
!{{flagicon|USA}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1996]]
!{{flagicon|AUS}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000]]
!{{flagicon|GRE}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004]]
!{{flagicon|CHN}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008]]
!{{flagicon|GBR}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012]]
!{{flagicon|BRA}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2016]]
!{{flagicon|JPN}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2020]]
!{{flagicon|FRA}}<br/>[[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2024]]
!Total
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ALG}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=11th||=11th||•||•||•||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ARG}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=9th||11th||•||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|AUS}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|=9th||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|BRA}}||•||•||•||•||7th||7th||6th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||style="border:3px solid purple"|=5th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||'''12'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|BUL}}||•||•||•||•||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CMR}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=11th||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CAN}}||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|8th||•||8th||•||•||=9th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CHN}}||•||•||•||•||•||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||7th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||5th||bgcolor=gold|1st||style="border:3px solid purple" bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||=5th||bgcolor=gold|1st||9th||5th||'''11'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CRO}}||colspan=7|Part of {{vbw|YUG}}||•||•||7th||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CUB}}||•||•||6th||5th||5th||•||•||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||•||•||•||'''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|DOM}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=11th||•||=5th||•||8th||8th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|FRA}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|11th||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|GER}}||colspan=7|See {{vbw|GDR}} and {{vbw|FRG}}||•||8th||6th||=9th||•||•||•||•||•||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|GBR}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|=9th||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|GRE}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|=9th||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|HUN}}||•||•||5th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ITA}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=9th||=5th||=5th||=5th||=9th||6th||bgcolor=gold|1st||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|JPN}}||style="border:3px solid purple" bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||•||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||5th||=9th||•||=5th||=5th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||=5th||style="border:3px solid purple"|10th||9th||'''14'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|KAZ}}||colspan=8|Part of {{vbw|URS}}||•||•||•||=9th||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|KEN}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=11th||=11th||•||•||•||12th||12th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|MEX}}||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|7th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|NED}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||6th||5th||•||•||•||•||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||10th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|PRK}}||•||•||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|PER}}||•||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||7th||6th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||•||=11th||=11th||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|POL}}||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=9th||•||•||•||6th||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|PUR}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=11th||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ROU}}||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||•||•||8th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|RUS}}||colspan=8|See {{vbw|URS}}||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||=5th||=5th||=5th||7th||•||'''7'''{{efn-ua|name=ROC|Russia's total includes one appearance as [[Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Russian Olympic Committee]] in 2020.}}
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|SRB}}||colspan=7|See {{vbw|YUG}}||colspan=4|See {{vbw|SCG}}||=5th||=11th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||7th||'''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|KOR}}||6th||5th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||•||5th||style="border:3px solid purple"|8th||•||6th||8th||=5th||•||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||=5th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||•||'''12'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ESP}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|8th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|TUR}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=9th||•||5th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|UKR}}||colspan=8|Part of {{vbw|URS}}||=11th||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|USA}}||5th||8th||•||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple" bgcolor=silver|2nd||7th||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||style="border:3px solid purple"|7th||bgcolor=#9acdff|4th||=5th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=#CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||'''13'''
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|VEN}}||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||•||=11th||•||•||•||•||'''1'''
|-
|align="center" colspan=18|'''Discontinued nations'''
|-
|align=left|''{{vbw|TCH}}''||•||6th||7th||•||•||•||•||•||colspan=8|See {{vbw|CZE}}||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|''{{vbw|GDR}}''||•||•||•||6th||bgcolor=silver|2nd||•||5th||colspan=9|See {{vbw|GER}}||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|''{{vbw|URS}}''||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||style="border:3px solid purple" bgcolor=gold|1st||•||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||colspan=8|See {{vbw|RUS}}||'''7'''{{efn-ua|name=Soviet Union}}
|-
|align=left|''{{vbw|FRG}}''||•||•||style="border:3px solid purple"|8th||•||•||6th||•||colspan=9|See {{vbw|GER}}||'''2'''
|-
! Total || 6 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 
|}

==Medal table==
*Defunct [[National Olympic Committee|NOCs]] are shown in ''italic''.
Sources:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_dbversion=&param_country=&param_games=ALL&param_sport=Volleyball |title= Medals by Countries |website=Olympic Analytics |access-date=2022-01-31}}</ref>

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOCteam
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_URS = 7 | silver_URS = 4 | bronze_URS = 1 |name_URS = ''{{flagIOCteam|URS}}''
 | gold_BRA = 5 | silver_BRA = 4 | bronze_BRA = 3
 | gold_USA = 4 | silver_USA = 4 | bronze_USA = 5
 | gold_JPN = 3 | silver_JPN = 3 | bronze_JPN = 3
 | gold_CHN = 3 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 2
 | gold_CUB = 3 | silver_CUB = 0 | bronze_CUB = 2
 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 0
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 3
 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 3 | bronze_RUS = 2
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 2
 | gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 0
 | gold_SCG = 1 | silver_SCG = 0 | bronze_SCG = 1 |name_SCG = ''{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics|Yugoslavia]] (FRY)''
 | gold_GDR = 0 | silver_GDR = 2 | bronze_GDR = 0 |name_GDR = ''{{flagIOCteam|GDR}}''
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 1
 | gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 1 |name_TCH = ''{{flagIOCteam|TCH}}''
 | gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 1 | bronze_SRB = 1
 | gold_PER = 0 | silver_PER = 1 | bronze_PER = 0
 | gold_ROC = 0 | silver_ROC = 1 | bronze_ROC = 0 |name_ROC = ''{{FlagIOCteam|ROC|2020 Summer}} {{Font|(ROC)|size=90%}}''
 | gold_EUN = 0 | silver_EUN = 1 | bronze_EUN = 0 |name_EUN = ''{{flagIOCteam|EUN}}''
 | gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 2
 | gold_PRK = 0 | silver_PRK = 0 | bronze_PRK = 1
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1
}}

==Most valuable player by edition==
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===Men===
*[[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1984]] – {{flagathlete|[[Steve Timmons]]|USA}}
*[[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1988]] – {{flagathlete|[[Karch Kiraly]]|USA}}
*[[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1992]] – {{flagathlete|[[Marcelo Negrão]]|BRA|1968}}
*[[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996]] – {{flagathlete|[[Bas van de Goor]]|NED}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]] – {{flagathlete|[[Bas van de Goor]]|NED}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004]] – {{flagathlete|[[Giba|Gilberto Godoy Filho]]|BRA}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008]] – {{flagathlete|[[Clayton Stanley]]|USA}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012]] – {{flagathlete|[[Murilo Endres]]|BRA}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016]] – {{flagathlete|[[Sérgio Santos (volleyball)|Sérgio Santos]]|BRA}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020]] – {{flagathlete|[[Earvin N'Gapeth]]|FRA}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/news/ngapeth-named-mvp-of-men-s-tokyo-2020-dream-team|title=Ngapeth named MVP of men's Tokyo 2020 Dream Team|date=7 August 2021 |publisher=volleyballworld.com|access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2024]] – {{flagathlete|[[Earvin N'Gapeth]]|FRA}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/volleyball-olympic-games-paris-2024/news/french-star-ngapeth-repeats-as-paris-2024-mvp |title= French star Ngapeth repeats as Paris 2024 MVP|date=10 August 2024 |publisher=volleyballworld.com|access-date=10 August 2024}}</ref>

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===Women===
*[[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1984]] – {{flagathlete|[[Lang Ping]]|CHN}}
*[[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1988]] – {{flagathlete|[[Cecilia Tait]]|PER}}
*[[Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1992]] – {{flagathlete|[[Paula Weishoff]]|USA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/news/olympic-countdown---barcelona-rocks-to-a?id=59080|title=News detail – Olympic Countdown – Barcelona rocks to a Latin American rhythm – FIVB – Olympic Games – Rio 2016|website=rio2016.fivb.com|access-date=30 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1996]] – {{flagathlete|[[Cintha Boersma]]|NED}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000]] – {{flagathlete|[[Barbara Jelić-Ružić|Barbara Jelić]]|CRO}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2004]] – {{flagathlete|[[Feng Kun]]|CHN}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008]] – {{flagathlete|[[Paula Pequeno]]|BRA}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012]] – {{flagathlete|[[Kim Yeon-koung]]|KOR}}
*[[Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2016]] – {{flagathlete|[[Zhu Ting (volleyball)|Zhu Ting]]|CHN}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/FIVBVolleyball/status/767215190484156416 |title=FIVB:#Rio2016 women's #Volleyball Dream Team |publisher=fivb.com |date=20 Aug 2016 |access-date=20 Aug 2016}}</ref>
*[[Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2020]] – {{flagathlete|[[Jordan Larson]]|USA}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/olympics-2020/news/larson-leads-women-s-tokyo-2020-dream-team|title=Larson leads women's Tokyo 2020 Dream Team|date=8 August 2021 |publisher=volleyballworld.com|access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament|2024]] – {{flagathlete|[[Paola Egonu]]|ITA}}

{{col-end}}

==Win–loss records==

===Men's tournament===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Team!!width="50px"|Matches played!!width=50px|Wins!!width=50px|Losses!!width=70px|[[Winning percentage]]
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ALG}}||6||0||6||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ARG}}||55||27||28||49.1%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|AUS}}||18||4||14||22.2%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|BEL}}||9||2||7||22.2%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|BRA}}||113||69||44||61.1%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|BUL}}||60||32||28||53.3%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|CAN}}||28||9||19||32.1%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|CHN}}||12||3||9||25.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|CUB}}||47||22||25||46.8%
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|TCH}}''||37||24||13||64.9%
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|GDR}}''||16||11||5||68.8%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|EGY}}||20||1||19||5.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|FRA}}||31||14||17||45.2%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|GER}}||11||3||8||27.3%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|GBR}}||5||0||5||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|GRE}}||6||3||3||50.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|HUN}}||9||4||5||44.4%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|IRI}}||11||4||7||36.4%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ITA}}||85||55||30||64.7%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|JPN}}||62||35||27||56.5%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|LBA}}||5||0||5||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|MEX}}||14||0||14||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|NED}}||45||26||19||57.8%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|POL}}||62||35||27||56.5%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ROU}}||22||14||8||63.6%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|RUS}}{{efn-ua|name=ROC}}||56||38||18||67.9%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|SRB}}||11||3||8||27.3
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|SCG}}''{{efn-ua|name=Serbia and Montenegro}}||22||15||7||68.1%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|KOR}}||51||16||35||31.4%
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|URS}}''{{efn-ua|name=Soviet Union}}||51||41||10||80.4%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|ESP}}||13||4||9||30.8%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|SWE}}||7||3||4||42.9%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|TUN}}||38||1||37||2.7%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|USA}}||84||49||35||58.3%
|-
|align=left|{{vb|VEN}}||10||1||9||10.0%
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|GER|name=West Germany}}''||6||1||5||16.7%
|-
|align=left|''{{vb|YUG}}''||6||3||3||50.0%
|}

===Women's tournament===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Team!!width="50px"|Matches played!!width=50px|Wins!!width=50px|Losses!!width=70px|[[Winning percentage]]
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ALG}}||10||0||10||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ARG}}||10||1||9||10.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|AUS}}||5||1||4||20.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|BRA}}||75||52||23||69.3%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|BUL}}||5||3||2||60.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CMR}}||5||0||5||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CAN}}||15||1||14||6.7%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CHN}}||65||41||24||63.1%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CRO}}||8||4||4||50.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|CUB}}||52||37||15||71.2%
|-
|align=left|''{{vbw|TCH}}''||12||4||8||33.3%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|DOM}}||17||5||12||29.4%
|-
|align=left|''{{vbw|GDR}}''||15||7||8||46.7%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|GER}}||21||7||14||33.3%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|GBR}}||5||1||4||20.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|GRE}}||5||1||4||20.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|HUN}}||15||7||8||46.7%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ITA}}||34||17||17||50.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|JPN}}||73||42||31||57.5%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|KAZ}}||5||1||4||20.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|KEN}}||15||0||15||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|MEX}}||7||1||6||14.3%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|NED}}||21||11||10||52.4%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|PRK}}||5||3||2||60.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|PER}}||37||12||25||46.2%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|POL}}||17||9||8||53.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|PUR}}||5||0||5||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ROU}}||10||4||6||40.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|RUS}}{{efn-ua|name=ROC}}||48||32||16||66.6%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|SRB}}||27||13||14||48.1%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|KOR}}||76||31||45||40.8%
|-
|align=left|''{{vbw|URS}}''{{efn-ua|name=Soviet Union}}||37||32||5||86.5%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|ESP}}||4||0||4||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|TUR}}||11||5||6||45.5%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|UKR}}||5||0||5||0.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|USA}}||82||50||32||61.0%
|-
|align=left|{{vbw|VEN}}||5||0||5||0.0%
|-
|align=left|''{{vbw|GER|name=West Germany}}''||10||2||8||20.0%
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Volleyball|Olympics}}
*[[Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics]]
*[[List of Olympic venues in volleyball]]
*[[List of indoor volleyball world medalists]]
*[[Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics]]

==Notes==
{{notelist-ua}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Volleyball at the Olympics}}
*[http://www.fivb.com/en/volleyball/ Fédération Internationale de Volleyball] – official website
*[http://www.fivb.org/TheGame/TheGame_VolleyballOlympicGames.htm Olympic Volleyball History]– Comprehensive results for all tournaments.
*[http://www.olympic.org/volleyball International Olympic Committee] – official website

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{{International volleyball (Men)}}
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{{Summer Olympics Women's Volleyball tournament winners}}

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