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Volleyball · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.2

The Olympics Today

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 25 October 2026 · markdown

The men's and women's tournaments at Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, qualification and format, the venues, the results of the three Games, and the coaches behind the golds.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Rio 2016: the menTake a test

  1. Brazil beat Italy in the final in Rio.

    Source: Olympic results records; Wikipedia, Volleyball at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics · recall

  2. Italy took silver.

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  3. Bernardinho led Brazil to gold at home.

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  4. The 'little Maracanã' arena hosted indoor volleyball.

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  5. Brazil won in 1992, 2004 and 2016.

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  6. The United States took bronze.

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  7. Brazil's previous gold was at Athens 2004.

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  8. Three golds over 24 years.

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  9. Gold, silver and bronze in Rio.

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  10. Brazil beat Italy in the 2016 final.

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Test 2Rio 2016: the womenTake a test

  1. China beat Serbia in the final.

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  2. Serbia took silver, its first women's Olympic medal.

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  3. Lang Ping won Olympic gold as a coach, 32 years after winning it as a player.

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  4. The United States took bronze.

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  5. China knocked out the two-time champions Brazil.

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  6. China won in 1984, 2004 and 2016.

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  7. Serbia became world champions in 2018.

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  8. Three golds over 32 years.

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  9. Gold, silver and bronze in Rio.

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  10. Lang Ping won as a player and as a coach.

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Test 3Tokyo 2020: the menTake a test

  1. France beat the Russian Olympic Committee team in the final.

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  2. Tillie led France in Tokyo.

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  3. The Games were postponed a year by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  4. The pandemic forced a one-year delay.

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  5. Argentina beat Brazil for bronze.

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  6. Ariake Arena was built for the Games.

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  7. Pandemic rules kept fans out of the halls.

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  8. 2020, 2021 and 2024.

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  9. Gold, silver and bronze in Tokyo.

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  10. Spectators were barred because of COVID-19.

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Test 4Tokyo 2020: the womenTake a test

  1. The United States beat Brazil in the final.

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  2. Brazil took silver.

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  3. Serbia beat South Korea for bronze.

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  4. Kiraly added a coaching gold to his three player golds.

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  5. They lost finals in 1984, 2008 and 2012.

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  6. China won the 1984 final in Los Angeles.

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  7. South Korea lost the bronze match to Serbia.

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  8. Three silvers, then gold.

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  9. Gold, silver and bronze in Tokyo.

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  10. The United States beat Brazil in the final.

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Test 5Paris 2024: the menTake a test

  1. France won at home.

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  2. Poland took silver after losing 3-0.

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  3. The United States beat Italy for bronze.

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  4. The Italian Giani took over France in 2022.

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  5. Gold in Tokyo and again in Paris.

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  6. The exhibition centre at Porte de Versailles hosted indoor volleyball.

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  7. France won 3-0.

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  8. Gold, a new coach, and gold again.

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  9. Gold, silver and bronze in Paris.

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  10. France beat Poland 3-0 in the 2024 final.

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Test 6Paris 2024: the womenTake a test

  1. Italy beat the United States in the final.

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  2. The defending champions took silver.

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  3. Brazil beat Turkey for bronze.

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  4. Velasco, coach of Italy's great men's team of the 1990s, won gold with the women.

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  5. No Italian indoor team had won Olympic gold before.

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  6. Turkey lost the bronze match to Brazil in Paris.

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  7. Silver in Tokyo, bronze in Paris.

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  8. A rise from bronze to two golds.

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  9. Gold, silver and bronze in Paris.

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  10. Velasco coached Italy's women to gold in 2024.

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Test 7Qualification and formatTake a test

  1. Twelve men's and twelve women's teams qualify.

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  2. Hosts get a place in each tournament.

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  3. Six places came from qualifying tournaments and five from the ranking.

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  4. Teams high in the ranking can qualify without a tournament.

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  5. Results in official matches move the ranking.

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  6. Three pools of four open each tournament.

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  7. Three pools of four teams each.

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  8. Pools, then knockouts.

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  9. Six, five and one.

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  10. Paris 2024 used three pools of four.

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Test 8Olympic venuesTake a test

  1. Maracanãzinho means little Maracanã.

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  2. A stadium stood on Copacabana.

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  3. The Eiffel Tower Stadium was built on the Champ de Mars.

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  4. The temporary stadium stood on the Champ de Mars.

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  5. Landmark settings make memorable images.

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  6. A stadium was built on Horse Guards Parade.

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  7. Ariake Arena opened for the Games.

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  8. 2000, 2012, 2016 and 2024.

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  9. 2016, 2020 and 2024.

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  10. The Eiffel Tower Stadium hosted beach volleyball in 2024.

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Test 9Three Games in resultsTake a test

  1. Brazil in 2016, then France twice.

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  2. China, then the USA, then Italy.

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  3. The USA and Italy won for the first time; China had won before.

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  4. The US men took bronze in 2016 and 2024.

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  5. Bronze in 2016, gold in 2020 and silver in 2024.

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  6. Argentina's previous medal was bronze in 1988.

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  7. Italy's men lost the 2016 final; Italy's women won in 2024.

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  8. 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024.

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  9. 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024.

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  10. The United States won the women's gold at Tokyo 2020.

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Test 10The coaches behind the goldsTake a test

  1. Kiraly coached the US women to gold.

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  2. Velasco won gold with Italy's women.

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  3. Giani coached France.

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  4. Tillie was France's coach for Tokyo 2020.

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  5. Top coaches move between countries.

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  6. Lang Ping won as player and coach.

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  7. Bernardinho stepped down after Rio.

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  8. Women's champions' coaches in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

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  9. Brazil, then France twice under two coaches.

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  10. The Paris women's champions were coached by Velasco.

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Sources

FIVB, Volleyball World and Olympic results records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIVB rules belong to the Rules category.

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