List of Olympic venues in volleyball

Druzhba Multipurpose Arena hosted the volleyball preliminaries for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Sydney Entertainment Centre hosted the indoor volleyball final for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Horse Guards Parade hosted the beach volleyball events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

For the Summer Olympics there are 32 venues that have been or will be used for beach volleyball or volleyball.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1964 Tokyo Komazawa Volleyball Courts None 3,900 [1][2][3]
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium (final) None 3,800 [1][4]
1968 Mexico City Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium (final) None 5,242 [5]
Juan Escutia Sports Palace Basketball 22,370 [6]
Revolution Ice Rink None 1,500 [7]
1972 Munich Volleyballhalle None 3,680 [8]
1976 Montreal Montreal Forum (final) Basketball (final), Boxing (final), Gymnastics, Handball (final) 18,000 [9]
Paul Sauvé Centre None 4,000 [10]
1980 Moscow Druzhba Multipurpose Arena None 3,900 [11]
Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (final) None 8,700 [12]
1984 Los Angeles Long Beach Arena None 12,000 [13]
1988 Seoul Hanyang University Gymnasium None 8,000 [14]
Jamsil Gymnasium (final) Basketball 12,751 [15][16]
Saemaul Sports Hall None 4,500 [14]
1992 Barcelona Palau dels Esports de Barcelona Gymnastics (rhythmic) 8,000 [17]
Palau Sant Jordi (final) Gymnastics (artistic), Handball (final) 15,000 [18]
Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron Basque pelota (demonstration) 2,500 (volleyball)
3,300 (basque pelota) 		[19]
1996 Atlanta Atlanta Beach (beach) None 12,600 [20][21]
Omni Coliseum (indoor final) None 16,500 [22][23]
University of Georgia Coliseum (indoor) Gymnastics (rhythmic) 10,000 [24][25]
2000 Sydney Bondi Beach (beach) None 10,000 [26]
Sydney Entertainment Centre (indoor final) None 11,000 [27]
Sydney Showground Pavilion 4 (indoor) None 6,000 [28]
2004 Athens Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre (beach) None 8,000 [29]
Peace and Friendship Stadium (indoor) None 17,000. [30]
2008 Beijing Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium (indoor) None 5,000 [31]
Capital Indoor Stadium (indoor final) None 18,000 [32]
Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground (beach) None 12,000 [33]
2012 London Earls Court Exhibition Centre (indoor) None 15,000 [34]
Horse Guards Parade (beach) None 15,000. [35]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Arena (beach) None 12,000 [36]
Maracanãzinho (indoor) None 12,000 [37]

References

  1. 1 2 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 115. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  2. ↑ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 126. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  3. ↑ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. p. 621. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  4. ↑ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 139. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  5. ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 72, 74. Accessed 4 November 2010. (English) & (French)
  6. ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 72. Accessed 4 November 2010. (English) & (French)
  7. ↑ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 78. Accessed 4 November 2010. (English) & (French)
  8. ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 190-1. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  9. ↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 138-43. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  10. ↑ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 134-7. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  11. ↑ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 61-4. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  12. ↑ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 52-4. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  13. ↑ 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 123-8. Accessed 24 November 2010.
  14. 1 2 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 194. Accessed 1 December 2010.
  15. ↑ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 164. Accessed 1 December 2010.
  16. ↑ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 2. p. 335. Accessed 2 December 2010.
  17. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 192-5. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  18. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 168-76. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  19. ↑ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 242-5. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  20. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 539. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  21. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 464. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  22. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 543. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  23. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 465. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  24. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 544. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  25. ↑ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 457. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  26. ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 372. Accessed 17 December 2010.
  27. ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 384. Accessed 17 December 2010.
  28. ↑ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 391. Accessed 16 December 2010.
  29. ↑ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. p. 417. Accessed 24 December 2010.
  30. ↑ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. p. 421. Accessed 24 December 2010.
  31. ↑ "Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  32. ↑ "Capital Indoor Stadium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  33. ↑ "Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  34. ↑ London2012.com profile of Earls Court. Accessed 30 December 2010.
  35. ↑ London2012.com profile of the Horse Guards Parade. Accessed 30 December 2010.
  36. ↑ "Copacabana Stadium", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF) 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 76–77, retrieved December 2, 2009.
  37. ↑ "Maracanãzinho", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF) 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 102–103, retrieved December 2, 2009.
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