VOLLEYBALL
(Beach,
Indoor)
Beach
Volleyball Centre (10,000) - Bondi Beach, 7km from Sydney
Sydney Entertainment Centre (11,000) - Darling Harbour
The Dome and Pavilions (22,000) -
Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay
MEN
Blanton & Fonoimoana, undefeated throughout the
tournament but ranked only 11th in the world, powered the US to its 2nd
consecutive Olympic Beach Volleyball gold medal defeating the Brazilians
12-11, 12-9. Italy beat Argentina decisively 25-16, 25-15, 25-18 to win
the volleyball bronze medal. Yugoslavia resoundingly crushed Russia 25-22,
25-22, 25-20 to win the volleyball gold medal.
|
BEACH
VOLLEYBALL |
|
Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana (USA) |
|
Ze Marco De Melos & Ricardo Santos (BRA) |
|
|
Jorg Ahmann & Axel Hager (GER) |
|
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INDOOR
VOLLEYBALL |
|
YUGOSLAVIA |
|
RUSSIA |
|
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ITALY |
WOMEN
Cuba wins unprecedented 3rd successive
Olympic gold medal in women's indoor volleyball fighting back from 2
sets down to defeat Russia 25-27, 32-34, 25-19, 25-18, 15-7 in 103 mins.
They become the 1st volleyball team, men's or women's, to win 3 golds in
a row. Brazil defeats USA 25-18, 25-22, 25-21 for the bronze repeating
their '96 performance.
|
BEACH
VOLLEYBALL |
|
Natalie Cook & Kerri Pottharst (AUS) |
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Shelda Bede & Adriana Behar (BRA) |
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Sandra Pires & Adriana Samuel (BRA) |
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INDOOR
VOLLEYBALL |
|
CUBA |
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RUSSIA |
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BRAZIL |
BONDI BEACH
Country |
|
|
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia (AUS) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Cuba (CUB) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
United States (USA) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Yugoslavia (YUG) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Brazil (BRA) |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Russia (RUS) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Italy (ITA) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Germany (GER) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Total |
4 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
