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United States libero Erik Shoji (22) celebrates after winning the men's volleyball bronze medal match against Italy during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at South Paris Arena 1.
The U.S. men's volleyball team won the bronze medal Friday, defeating Italy 3-0. It is the sixth volleyball medal for the American men and their third bronze. They won gold in 1984, 1988 and 2008.
Team USA men's volleyball has had mixed results at the Olympics: Despite winning golds in 1984, 1988 and 2008 — and a pair of bronzes in 1992 and 2016 — the Americans don't consistently make ...
Brazil, France, the United States and the former 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, Poland, Netherlands, Russia and the defunct Yugoslavia.
The volleyball tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 11 August 2024. 24 volleyball teams and 48 beach volleyball teams participated in the tournament. Indoor volleyball competitions occurred at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles with the beach volleyball tournament staged at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Champ de ...
In the men's competition, Brazil won its first gold medal, and the Netherlands its first overall medal in the sport. On 18 September 1993, at the 101st IOC session in Monte Carlo, the Committee voted to add beach volleyball for both men and women to the Olympic programme effective with the 1996 Atlanta Games. [2]
PARIS (AP) — As of this moment, Matt Anderson is planning to make another go at an Olympic gold medal in men's volleyball four years from now. At age 41. If his body holds up.
The men's tournament in volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics was the 14th edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 7 to 21 August 2016. Brazil won the gold medal after a 3–0 win over Italy. [1]