Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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1st Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Tokyo 1964
1964 Olympics volleyball stamp of Japan.jpg
Tournament details
Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics
Host nationFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
City Tokyo
DatesOctober 11 – 23
Men's Medals(10 teams)
Gold medal icon.svg GoldFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg SilverFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Women's Medals(6 teams)
Gold medal icon.svg GoldFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg SilverFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFlag of Poland.svg  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]

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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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1102
2Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1012
3Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 0101
4Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's indoor
details
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Ivans Bugajenkovs
Nikolay Burobin
Yuri Chesnokov
Vazha K'ach'arava
Valeri Kalachikhin
Vitali Kovalenko
Staņislavs Lugailo
Georgy Mondzolevski
Yuriy Poyarkov
Eduard Sibiryakov
Yury Vengerovsky
Dmitri Voskoboynikov

Head coach:

Yuri Chesnokov

Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  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:

Josef Brož

Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)
Yutaka Demachi
Tsutomu Koyama
Sadatoshi Sugahara
Naohiro Ikeda
Yasutaka Sato
Toshiaki Kosedo
Tokihiko Higuchi
Masayuki Minami
Takeshi Tokutomi
Teruhisa Moriyama
Yūzo Nakamura
Katsutoshi Nekoda

Head coach:

Yasutaka Matsudaira

Women's indoor
details
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)
Masae Kasai (c)
Emiko Miyamoto
Kinuko Tanida
Yuriko Handa
Yoshiko Matsumura
Sata Isobe
Katsumi Matsumura
Yoko Shinozaki
Setsuko Sasaki
Yuko Fujimoto
Maseko Kondo
Ayano Shibuki

Head coach:

Hirofumi Daimatsu

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Antonina Ryzhova
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:

Oleg Chekov

Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)
Krystyna Czajkowska
Józefa Ledwig
Maria Golimowska
Jadwiga Rutkowska
Danuta Kordaczuk
Krystyna Jakubowska
Jadwiga Książek
Maria Śliwka
Zofia Szczęśniewska
Krystyna Krupa
Hanna Krystyna Busz
Barbara Hermela-Niemczyk

Head coach:

Benedykt Krysik

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References

  1. "Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  2. "Volleyball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

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