Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Women's volleyball; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Gymnasium ; Saemaul Sports Hall ; Hanyang University Gymnasium
Date	20–29 September
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
	← 1984 1992 →

Last updated January 12, 2024

Qualification

Qualifiers	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	30 September 1981	Baden-Baden	1	South Korea
1984 Olympic Games	30 Jul – 7 Aug 1984	Los Angeles	1	China
1986 World Championship	2–13 September 1986	Prague	1	~~Cuba~~ Peru
1987 Asian Championsnip	6–14 June 1987	Shanghai	1	Japan*
1987 NORCECA Championship	12-19 June 1987	Havana	1	United States*
1987 South American Championship	20-29 September 1987	Punta del Este	1	Brazil
1987 European Championship	25 Sep – 3 Oct 1987	Auderghem	1	East Germany
1988 Olympic qualification tournament		Italy	1	Soviet Union
Total			8

* Notes:^[1]

1. Cuba was the 1986 World Championship runners-up (champions China, had already qualified as 1984 Olympic champions), but together with 6 another countries, boycotted the games and their spot was given to Peru, as the team finished in the 3rd place during the 1986 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship

2.Peru won the 1987 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, as they had already qualified, the South American place was reassigned to Brazil.

3. Japan was the 1987 Asian Championship runners-up (champions China, had already qualified as 1984 Olympic champions).

4. United States was the 1987 NORCECA Championship runners-up (champions Cuba, had already qualified as 1986 World Championship runners-up).

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the Preliminary round (first stage), the eight participants were divided into two pools of four teams. A single round-robin format was played within each pool to determine the teams position in the pool. The Final round (second stage) was played in a single elimination format, where the preliminary round two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the semifinals and the two lowest ranked teams advanced to the 5th–8th place semifinals.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
East Germany	Brazil
Japan	China
South Korea	Peru
Soviet Union	United States

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	154	114	1.351	1st–4th semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	8	6	1.333	173	159	1.088	1st–4th semifinals
3	South Korea	3	1	2	4	4	7	0.571	116	137	0.847	5th–8th semifinals
4	East Germany	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	127	160	0.794	5th–8th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	Japan	3–2	Soviet Union	15–2	8–15	15–12	10–15	19–17	67–61	Report
20 Sep	East Germany	1–3	South Korea	6–15	16–14	10–15	7–15		39–59	Report
23 Sep	East Germany	3–2	Japan	11–15	16–14	4–15	15–2	15–7	61–53	Report
23 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–5	15–8	15–7			45–20	Report
25 Sep	East Germany	0–3	Soviet Union	16–18	7–15	4–15			27–48	Report
25 Sep	Japan	3–1	South Korea	8–15	15–3	15–11	15–8		53–37	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Peru	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	177	142	1.246	1st–4th semifinals
2	China	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	161	132	1.220	1st–4th semifinals
3	United States	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	140	167	0.838	5th–8th semifinals
4	Brazil	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	126	163	0.773	5th–8th semifinals

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	China	3–0	United States	15–9	15–5	15–7			45–21	Report
20 Sep	Peru	3–0	Brazil	15–11	15–11	15–3			45–25	Report
23 Sep	Brazil	2–3	United States	16–14	5–15	13–15	15–12	7–15	56–71	Report
23 Sep	China	2–3	Peru	15–13	13–15	15–7	12–15	14–16	69–66	Report
25 Sep	China	3–1	Brazil	2–15	15–7	15–12	15–11		47–45	Report
25 Sep	Peru	3–2	United States	12–15	9–15	15–4	15–5	15–9	66–48	Report

Final round

5th to 8th place

5–8th place		5th place

27 September

South Korea	2
		29 September
Brazil	3
		Brazil	1
27 September
		East Germany	3
East Germany	3

United States	1
		7th place

		29 September

		South Korea	2

		United States	3

5th–8th place semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	South Korea	2–3	Brazil	6–15	17–15	15–8	4–15	15–17	57–70	Report
27 Sep	East Germany	3–1	United States	15–13	15–11	10–15	15–8		55–47	Report

7th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	South Korea	2–3	United States	4–15	15–12	15–13	9–15	8–15	51–70	Report

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	Brazil	1–3	East Germany	9–15	4–15	15–11	11–15		39–56	Report

Final

Semi-finals		Final

27 September

Soviet Union	3
		29 September
China	0
		Soviet Union	3
27 September
		Peru	2
Japan	2

Peru	3
		Third place

		29 September

		China	3

		Japan	0

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	China	15–0	15–9	15–2			45–11	Report
27 Sep	Japan	2–3	Peru	9–15	6–15	15–6	15–10	13–15	58–61	Report

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	China	3–0	Japan	15–13	15–6	15–6			45–25	Report

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	Soviet Union	3–2	Peru	10–15	12–15	15–13	15–7	17–15	69–65	Report

Final standings

Place	Team
	Soviet Union
	Peru
	China
4	Japan
5	East Germany
6	Brazil
7	United States
8	South Korea

1988 Women's Olympic champions
Soviet Union 4th title

12-woman roster

Valentina Ogiyenko, Yelena Volkova, Marina Kumysh, Irina Smirnova, Tatyana Sidorenko, Irina Parkhomchuk, Tatyana Kraynova, Olga Shkurnova, Marina Nikulina, Yelena Ovchinnikova, Olga Krivosheyeva, Svetlana Korytova

Head coach

Nikolay Karpol

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Valentina Ogiyenko Yelena Volkova Marina Kumysh Irina Smirnova Tatyana Sidorenko Irina Parkhomchuk Tatyana Kraynova Olga Shkurnova Marina Nikulina Yelena Ovchinnikova Olga Krivosheyeva Svetlana Korytova Head coach: Nikolay Karpol	Peru (PER) Katherine Horny Cenaida Uribe Rosa García Miriam Gallardo Gaby Pérez Sonia Heredia Cecilia Tait Luisa Cervera Denisse Fajardo Alejandra de la Guerra Gina Torrealva Natalia Málaga Head coach: Park Man-bok	China (CHN) Li Guojun Zhao Hong Hou Yuzhu Wang Yajun Yang Xilan Su Huijuan Jiang Ying Cui Yongmei Yang Xiaojun Zheng Meizhu Wu Dan Li Yueming Head coach: Li Yaoxian

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References

1 2 "Volleyball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

External links

Results
Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org
Official results (pgs. 625–627, 635–638)

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[SR-1] 1 2 "Volleyball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

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