8th Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Barcelona 1992
Tournament details
Olympics1992 Summer Olympics
Host nation Spain
CityBarcelona
DatesJuly 26 – August 9
Men's Medals(12 teams)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze United States
Women's Medals(8 teams)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver CIS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze United States

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Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil1001
 Cuba1001
3 Netherlands0101
 Unified Team0101
5 United States0022
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's indoor
 Brazil (BRA)
Amauri Ribeiro
Antônio Carlos Gouveia
Douglas Chiarotti
Giovane Gávio
Janelson Carvalho
Jorge Edson Brito
Maurício Lima
Marcelo Negrão
Paulo André Silva
André Felipe Ferreira
Talmo Oliveira
Alexandre Samuel

Head coach: Zé Roberto
 Netherlands (NED)
Edwin Benne
Peter Blangé
Ron Boudrie
Henk-Jan Held
Martin van der Horst
Marko Klok
Olof van der Meulen
Jan Posthuma
Avital Selinger
Martin Teffer
Ronald Zoodsma
Ron Zwerver

Head coach: Arie Selinger
 United States (USA)
Nick Becker
Carlos Briceno
Bob Ctvrtlik
Scott Fortune
Dan Greenbaum
Brent Hilliard
Bryan Ivie
Douglas Partie
Bob Samuelson
Eric Sato
Jeff Stork
Steve Timmons

Head coach: Fred Sturm
Women's indoor
 Cuba (CUB)
Regla Bell
Mercedes Calderón
Magaly Carvajal
Marlenis Costa
Idalmis Gato
Lilia Izquierdo
Norka Latamblet
Mireya Luis
Tania Ortiz
Raisa O'Farril
Regla Torres
Ana Ibis Fernandez

Head coach: Eugenio George
 Unified Team (EUN)
Valentina Ogienko
Natalya Morozova
Marina Nikoulina
Elena Tyurina
Irina Ilchenko
Tatyana Sidorenko[2]
Tatiana Menchova
Yevgeniya Artamonova
Galina Lebedeva[3]
Svetlana Vassilevskaia[4]
Elena Chebukina
Svetlana Koritova

Head coach: Nikolay Karpol
 United States (USA)
Liane Sato
Paula Weishoff
Yoko Zetterlund
Elaina Oden
Kimberley Oden
Tonya Williams
Caren Kemner
Ruth Lawanson
Tammy Liley
Janet Cobbs
Tara Cross-Battle
Lori Endicott

Head coach: Terry Liskevych

References

  1. "Volleyball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. "Tatyana SIDORENKO | Olympics.com".
  3. "Galina LEBEDEVA | Olympics.com".
  4. "Svetlana VASSILEVSKAIA | Olympics.com".


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