Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
| 1st Volleyball Olympic Tournament | |
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| Tokyo 1964 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Olympics | 1964 Summer Olympics |
| Host nation |  Japan |
| City | Tokyo |
| Dates | October 11 – 23 |
| Men's Medals(10 teams) | |
 Gold |  Soviet Union |
 Silver |  Czechoslovakia |
 Bronze | Japan |
| Women's Medals(6 teams) | |
| Gold | Japan |
| Silver | Soviet Union |
| Bronze |  Poland |
The 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time that volleyball had been held as an Olympic sport. The sport would feature two medals during this games with the men's and women's indoor teams events. In both tournaments, the format was the same with a single round robin between all of the teams that was competing in the tournament.[1]
In the men's competition, the Soviet Union took out the gold medal as they won eight out of their nine games with the only loss being in Japan who came third. Finishing behind only on sets difference was Czechoslovakia who had only their single loss against the Soviet Union. In the women's competition, Japan won all five of their games to take the gold medal ahead of the Soviet Union and Poland who claimed silver and bronze respectively.[2]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's indoor |
Staņislavs Lugailo Georgy Mondzolevski Yuriy Poyarkov Eduard Sibiryakov Yury Vengerovsky Dmitri Voskoboynikov Head coach: |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) Milan Čuda Bohumil Golián Zdeněk Humhal Petr Kop Josef Labuda Josef Musil Karel Paulus Boris Perušič Pavel Schenk Václav Šmídl Josef Šorm Ladislav Toman Head coach: |
Sadatoshi Sugahara Naohiro Ikeda Yasutaka Sato Toshiaki Kosedo Tokihiko Higuchi Masayuki Minami Takeshi Tokutomi Teruhisa Moriyama Yūzo Nakamura Katsutoshi Nekoda Head coach: |
| Women's indoor |
Maseko Kondo Ayano Shibuki Head coach: |
Astra Biltauer Ninel Lukanina Lyudmila Buldakova Nelli Abramova Tamara Tikhonina Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova Inna Ryskal Marita Katusheva Tatyana Roshchina Valentina Mishak Lyudmila Gureyeva Head coach: |
Barbara Hermela-Niemczyk Head coach: |
Gallery
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Sata Isobe spiking ball against Soviet Union National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball -
Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
References
- ^ "Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ "Volleyball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
External links
- Official Olympic Report
- Video of the moments of victory and of awarding gold medal in Tokyo Olympics
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