What is Volleyball at the Summer Olympics?
[[Volleyball]] has been played at the [[Summer Olympics]] ever since the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]. The history of Olympic volleyball can be traced back to the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]], where volleyball was played as part of an American sports demonstration event. It was only added as an Olympic sport, however, after [[World War II]]. This was when the [[FIVB]] was founded and of some of the continental confederations. In 1957, a special tournament was held at the 53rd [[IOC]] session in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], to support such request. The competition was a success, and the sport was officially introduced in 1964. The Olympic Committee initially dropped volleyball for the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Olympics]], meeting protests.<ref>{{cite book|title=Black Belt Vol. 2, No. 2|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|date=Mar 1964|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdkDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Sone+Kaminaga+black+belt&pg=PA27|page=27}}</ref> [[File:Algeria and Japan women's national volleyball team at the 2012 Summer Olympics (7913959028).jpg|250px|right|thumb]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.fivb.com/ FIVB] *[http://www.fivb.org/TheGame/TheGame_VolleyballOlympicGames.htm Olympic Volleyball History] *[http://www.olympic.org/volleyball IOC] [[Category:Volleyball]] [[Category:Summer Olympic Games]] {{sports-stub}}