More than 1.5 million spectators attended the 12-day event. Volleyball was invited to participate with 20 Teams in the Standing and Sitting Volleyball competition. For Standing Volleyball 7 countries have qualified.
Wonderful Games in Barcelona, with a special meeting with Antonio Samaranch, President IOC, who was very interested in Sitting Volleyball, as quest during the final match. He accepted the invitation of the WOVD President to present the medals.
Debut for host country ESP and IRQ in sitting volleyball.
| PARALYMPICS | SITTING VOLLEYBALL |
| Year: 1992 Location: Barcelona, Spain Date: 3-14 September 1992 Total athletes: 2999 ( 2300 men & 699 women) Number of countries: 83 Total sports: 16 Name of the mascot: Petra Top 5 countries: 1.USA 2.GER 3.GBR 4.FRA 5.ESP | Edition: 4th men Sitting Volleyball Period: September 1992 Venue: Palau Sant Jordi Number of teams: 12 Number of countries: 12 |
| Medals | |||
| Men Sitting | Gold – IRI | Silver – NED | Bronze – GER |
| Men Standing | Gold – GER | Silver – POL | Bronze – CZE |
Petra, the Paralympic mascot for Barcelona 1992, was designed by Javier Mariscal, a prolific Spanish designer and illustrator. Petra depicts a positive, extroverted, independent, energetic and brave girl with no arms.