Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Women's volleyball at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Komazawa Volleyball Courts Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium | |||||||||
Date | 11–23 October | |||||||||
Competitors | 71 from 6 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The inaugural Women's Volleyball Tournament in the Summer Olympic Games was held during Olympic Games of Tokyo, from October 11 to October 23, 1964. Japan won the gold medal, with the Soviet Union and Poland taking silver and bronze, respectively.[1]
Qualification[]
Means of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Country | 26 May 1959 | Munich | 1 | Japan |
1962 World Championship | 13-25 October 1962 | Soviet Union | 2 | Soviet Union |
Poland | ||||
1963 European Championship | 22 October-2 November 1963 | Romania | 1 | Romania |
Asian Qualifier | 22-30 December 1963 | New Delhi | 1 | |
1963 Pan American Games | 21 April – 3 May 1963 | São Paulo | 1 | |
Total | 6 |
*North Korea did not send athletes to the Olympic Games due to bad relations with Japan.[2]
Format[]
The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, all teams were placed into a single pool and faced each other once.
Rosters[]
Venues[]
Round robin[]
- All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Pts | Matches | Sets | Points | |||||||
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Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |
1 | Japan | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 15.000 | 238 | 93 | 2.559 |
2 | Soviet Union | 9 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4.000 | 212 | 97 | 2.186 |
3 | Poland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1.667 | 180 | 162 | 1.111 |
4 | Romania | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.667 | 140 | 172 | 0.814 |
5 | United States | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0.250 | 98 | 213 | 0.460 |
6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 94 | 225 | 0.418 |
Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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11 Oct | 13:15 | Romania | 0–3 | Soviet Union | 5–15 | 6–15 | 0–15 | 11–45 | Report | ||
11 Oct | 15:15 | United States | 0–3 | Japan | 1–15 | 5–15 | 2–15 | 8–45 | Report | ||
12 Oct | 15:15 | South Korea | 0–3 | Soviet Union | 0–15 | 6–15 | 0–15 | 6–45 | Report | ||
12 Oct | 17:15 | United States | 0–3 | Poland | 3–15 | 4–15 | 10–15 | 17–45 | Report | ||
12 Oct | 19:15 | Romania | 0–3 | Japan | 7–15 | 3–15 | 8–15 | 18–45 | Report | ||
13 Oct | 17:15 | Romania | 3–0 | United States | 15–9 | 15–1 | 15–2 | 45–12 | Report | ||
14 Oct | 15:15 | South Korea | 0–3 | Poland | 5–15 | 5–15 | 11–15 | 21–45 | Report | ||
14 Oct | 20:30 | South Korea | 0–3 | Japan | 3–15 | 2–15 | 4–15 | 9–45 | Report | ||
15 Oct | 14:00 | Poland | 0–3 | Soviet Union | 9–15 | 5–15 | 5–15 | 19–45 | Report | ||
17 Oct | 13:15 | Soviet Union | 3–0 | United States | 15–1 | 15–8 | 15–7 | 45–16 | Report | ||
18 Oct | 13:50 | Poland | 1–3 | Japan | 4–15 | 5–15 | 15–13 | 2–15 | 26–58 | Report | |
19 Oct | 17:15 | Romania | 3–0 | South Korea | 15–10 | 15–9 | 15–6 | 45–25 | Report | ||
21 Oct | 11:15 | South Korea | 0–3 | United States | 7–15 | 13–15 | 13–15 | 33–45 | Report | ||
22 Oct | 19:15 | Romania | 0–3 | Poland | 7–15 | 6–15 | 8–15 | 21–45 | Report | ||
23 Oct | 19:35 | Japan | 3–0 | Soviet Union | 15–11 | 15–8 | 15–13 | 45–32 | Report |
Final standings[]
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Medalists[]
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Japan (JPN) Masae Kasai (c) Emiko Miyamoto Kinuko Tanida Yuriko Handa Yoshiko Matsumura Sata Issobe Katsumi Matsumura Yoko Shinozaki Setsuko Sassaki Yuko Fujimoto Massako Kondo Ayano Shibuki Head coach: |
Soviet Union (URS) Nelli Abramova Astra Biltauere Lyudmila Buldakova Lyudmila Gureyeva Valentina Kamenek Marita Katusheva Ninel Lukanina Valentina Mishak Tatyana Roshchina Inna Ryskal Antonina Ryzhova Tamara Tikhonina Head coach: |
Poland (POL) Krystyna Czajkowska Maria Golimowska Krystyna Jakubowska Danuta Kordaczuk Krystyna Krupa Józefa Ledwig Jadwiga Marko Jadwiga Rutkowska Maria Śliwka Zofia Szczęśniewska Hanna Busz Barbara Hermel Head coach: |
Gallery[]
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
Yuriko Handa spiking ball against Poland National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
References[]
- ^ "Women's Volleyball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Women Volleyball Olympic Games 1964 Asia Qualification". Todor66.
External links[]
- Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- 1964 in women's volleyball
- Women's volleyball in Japan
- 1964 in Japanese women's sport
- Women's events at the 1964 Summer Olympics