Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's volleyball
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Men's volleyball; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Gymnasium,; Hanyang University Gymnasium ; and Saemaul Sports Hall
Date	17 September – 2 October
Medalists
	← 1984 1992 →

Last updated July 05, 2023

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	30 September 1981	Baden-Baden	1	South Korea
1984 Olympic Games	29 July – 11 August 1984	Los Angeles	1	United States
1985 World Cup	22 November – 1 December 1985	Japan	1	Soviet Union
1986 World Championship	25 September – 5 October 1986	France	1	Bulgaria
1st World Qualifier	10–17 May 1987	Brasília	1	Argentina
1987 African Championship	December 1987	Tunis	1	Tunisia
1987 Asian Championsnip	15–25 October 1987	Kuwait City	1	Japan
1987 European Championship	25 September – 3 October 1987	Belgium	1	France
1987 NORCECA Championship	12–19 June 1987	Havana	1	~~Cuba~~ Italy *
1987 South American Championship	20–27 September 1987	Montevideo	1	Brazil
2nd World Qualifier	31 January – 7 February 1988	Amsterdam	1	Netherlands
3rd World Qualifier	20–25 May 1988	Florence	1	Sweden
Total			12

* Cuba withdrew because of the North Korea-led boycott and were replaced by Italy, who won the best-of-three playoff against China.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
South Korea (Hosts)	Argentina
Brazil	France
Bulgaria	Japan
Sweden	Netherlands
Italy	Tunisia
Soviet Union	United States

Rosters

Venues

Main venue	Sub venue	Sub venue
Seoul, South Korea	Seoul, South Korea	Seoul, South Korea
Jamsil Gymnasium	Hanyang University Gymnasium	Saemaul Sports Hall
Capacity: 13,409	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 4,500
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Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	248	190	1.305	Semifinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	9	14	7	2.000	296	225	1.316	Semifinals
3	Sweden	5	2	3	7	9	11	0.818	220	262	0.840	5th–8th semifinals
4	Bulgaria	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	190	194	0.979	5th–8th semifinals
5	Italy	5	2	3	7	7	11	0.636	203	222	0.914	9th–12th semifinals
6	South Korea	5	1	4	6	5	14	0.357	200	264	0.758	9th–12th semifinals

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Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	Sweden	3–2	South Korea	10–15	5–15	15–12	17–15	15–4	62–61
18 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–4	17–15			47–26
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–9	15–8			45–24
19 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Sweden	15–8	15–7	16–14			46–29
19 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–8	15–6			45–21
19 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Brazil	19–17	15–8	6–15	11–15	15–12	66–67
22 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	13–15	15–6	15–12	15–12		58–45
22 Sep	Italy	3–2	Sweden	9–15	15–6	12–15	15–12	15–3	66–51
22 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–6	15–7	15–13			45–26
24 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Sweden	15–6	13–15	15–0	15–12		58–33
24 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea	15–7	15–10	15–8			45–25
24 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Italy	15–9	15–9	12–15	15–12		57–45
26 Sep	Italy	3–0	South Korea	15–10	15–7	15–5			45–22
26 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Soviet Union	12–15	9–15	15–8	15–11	15–6	66–55
26 Sep	Sweden	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–12	15–8			45–31

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	263	155	1.697	Semifinals
2	Argentina	5	3	2	8	11	7	1.571	219	211	1.038	Semifinals
3	France	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	222	190	1.168	5th–8th semifinals
4	Netherlands	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	202	183	1.104	5th–8th semifinals
5	Japan	5	1	4	6	5	12	0.417	182	225	0.809	9th–12th semifinals
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	101	225	0.449	9th–12th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Sep	Netherlands	3–1	France	15–8	7–15	15–11	15–7		52–41
18 Sep	United States	3–0	Japan	15–13	15–2	15–2			45–17
18 Sep	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	15–5	15–11	15–6			45–22
19 Sep	United States	3–1	Netherlands	15–7	12–15	15–1	15–11		57–34
19 Sep	France	3–0	Tunisia	15–10	15–3	15–9			45–22
19 Sep	Argentina	3–1	Japan	15–11	15–12	11–15	15–11		56–49
22 Sep	United States	3–2	Argentina	11–15	11–15	15–4	17–15	15–7	69–56
22 Sep	France	3–1	Japan	10–15	15–10	17–15	15–12		57–52
22 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Tunisia	15–6	15–10	15–5			45–21
24 Sep	United States	3–0	France	17–15	15–6	15–13			47–34
24 Sep	Japan	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–11	15–7			45–22
24 Sep	Argentina	3–0	Netherlands	15–11	15–7	15–8			45–26
26 Sep	France	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–5	15–5			45–17
26 Sep	United States	3–0	Tunisia	15–4	15–6	15–4			45–14
26 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Japan	15–7	15–4	15–8			45–19

Final round

9th–12th places

9th–12th semifinals		9th place match

28 September

Italy	3
		30 September
Tunisia	0
		Italy	3
28 September
		Japan	2
South Korea	2

Japan	3
		11th place match

		30 September

		Tunisia	0

		South Korea	3

9th–12th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	15–2	15–2	15–5			45–9
28 Sep	South Korea	2–3	Japan	15–13	15–6	9–15	13–15	9–15	61–64

11th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Tunisia	0–3	South Korea	11–15	9–15	7–15			27–45

9th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Italy	3–2	Japan	15–11	15–11	12–15	13–15	15–7	70–59

5th–8th places

5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

28 September

Sweden	2
		1 October
Netherlands	3
		Netherlands	3
28 September
		Bulgaria	0
Bulgaria	3

France	0
		7th place match

		1 October

		Sweden	3

		France	2

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–8	15–12	15–11			45–31
28 Sep	Sweden	2–3	Netherlands	10–15	15–13	15–8	11–15	14–16	65–67

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Oct	Sweden	3–2	France	12–15	15–5	8–15	15–12	15–12	65–59

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	Bulgaria	15–6	15–8	15–10			45–24

Final four

Semifinals		Gold medal match

30 September

Soviet Union	3
		2 October
Argentina	0
		Soviet Union	1
30 September
		United States	3
Brazil	0

United States	3
		Bronze medal match

		2 October

		Argentina	3

		Brazil	2

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	Brazil	0–3	United States	3–15	5–15	11–15			19–45
30 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Argentina	15–11	17–15	15–8			47–34

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Oct	Argentina	3–2	Brazil	15–10	15–17	15–8	12–15	15–9	72–59

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Oct	Soviet Union	1–3	United States	15–13	10–15	4–15	8–15		37–58

Final standing

Rank	Team
	United States
	Soviet Union
	Argentina
4	Brazil
5	Netherlands
6	Bulgaria
7	Sweden
8	France
9	Italy
10	Japan
11	South Korea
12	Tunisia

1988 Men's Olympic champions
United States 2nd title

12–man roster

Troy Tanner, Dave Saunders, Jon Root, Bob Ctvrtlik, Douglas Partie, Steve Timmons, Craig Buck, Scott Fortune, Ricci Luyties, Jeff Stork, Eric Sato, Karch Kiraly (c)

Head coach

Marv Dunphy

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Troy Tanner Dave Saunders Jon Root Bob Ctvrtlik Douglas Partie Steve Timmons Craig Buck Scott Fortune Ricci Luyties Jeff Stork Eric Sato Karch Kiraly (c) Head coach: Marv Dunphy	Soviet Union (URS) Yuriy Panchenko Andrei Kuznetsov Vyacheslav Zaytsev Igor Runov Vladimir Shkurikhin Evgeni Krasilnikov Raimonds Vilde Valeri Losev Yuri Sapega Oleksandr Sorokalet Yaroslav Antonov Yuri Cherednik Head coach: Vladimir Kondra	Argentina (ARG) Claudio Zulianello Daniel Castellani Esteban Martínez Alejandro Diz Daniel Colla Javier Weber Hugo Conte Waldo Kantor Raúl Quiroga Jon Uriarte Esteban de Palma Juan Cuminetti Head coach: Luis Muchaga

Awards

Most valuable player
Karch Kiraly
Best spiker
Andrea Gardini
Best blocker
Steve Timmons
Best server
Ron Zwerver
Best digger
Eizaburo Mitsuhashi
Best setter
Ferdinando De Giorgi
Best receiver
Bob Ctvrtlik

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References

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[1] "Volleyball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

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