Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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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.
Men's volleyball at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho | |||||||||
Date | 7–21 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 144 from 12 nations | |||||||||
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Brazil won the gold medal after a 3–0 win over Italy.[1] The United States defeated Russia 3–2 to win the bronze medal.[2]
The medals for the competition were presented by Shamil Tarpishchev, Russia; Habu Gumel, Nigeria; and Bernard Rajzman, Brazil; Members of the International Olympic Committee and Carlos Arthur Nuzman, Honorary member of the International Olympic Committee and President of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the gifts were presented by Ary Graça, Dr. Rafael Lloreda Currea and Dr. Amr Elwani, President and Executive Vice-Presidents of the FIVB.