France writing history with their first ever Olympic gold medal (indeed, their first of any colour), Argentina climbing on the podium again after 33 years and Brazil dramatically falling off the podium for the first time in four Olympiads were the highlights of the men's volleyball tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Volleyball
The records of Bruno Lima, Yuji Nishida and the longest match in history
The numbers that defined men's volleyball at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Published 07:25, 10 Aug 2021

Argentina's Bruno Lima was overall top scorer of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Olympic Games | Top scorer | Ctry | Pts |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney 2000 | Markos Milinkovic | ARG | 150 |
Athens 2004 | Andrea Sartoretti | ITA | 137 |
Beijing 2008 | Clayton Stanley | USA | 146 |
London 2012 | Maxim Mikhaylov | RUS | 148 |
Rio 2016 | Wallace de Souza | BRA | 147 |
Tokyo 2020 | Bruno Lima | ARG | 138 |

Japan's Yuji Nishida was the only player at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to score 30 points or more in a single match.

With .74 aces per set, at Tokyo 2020 Poland's Wilfredo Leon was the most efficient server of all time at the Olympic Games.

At 51 minutes, the 39-37 second set of the France v Brazil of match of Tokyo 2020 was the longest ever at the Olympic Games (since the introduction of the rally scoring system at Sydney 2000).