Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| File:Volleyball, London 2012.pngFile:Volleyball (Beach), London 2012.png Pictograms for indoor (left) and beach volleyball (right) | |
| Venue | Earls Court Exhibition Centre (indoor) Horse Guards Parade (beach) |
| Dates | 28 July – 12 August 2012 |
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| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
| Beach File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
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The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August.[1] The indoor volleyball competition took place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in west London, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Horse Guards Parade in central London.
Events
Four 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)
Qualifying criteria
Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to enter one men's and one women's qualified team in the volleyball tournaments and two men's and two women's qualified teams in the beach volleyball.[2]
Men's indoor volleyball qualification
Details of the men's qualification follow: {{#section-h:Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification|Qualification summary}}
Women's indoor volleyball qualification
Details of the women's qualification follow: {{#section-h:Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification|Qualification summary}}
Men's beach volleyball qualification
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Women's beach volleyball qualification
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Medalists
References
- ↑ "Volleyball at the 2012 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ↑ Olympic Qualifying process confirmed for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball, FIVB, 17 May 2010.
External links
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
- Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
- Beach Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
- Official results book – Volleyball. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
- Official results book – Beach Volleyball. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 April 2013)
- Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- Beach Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB.org)
