Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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
Soviet Union (4th title)  Peru  China
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The 1988 women's Olympic volleyball tournament was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee. The competition in Seoul, South Korea was held from 20 to 29 September 1988.^[1]

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, United States	1	China
1986 World Championship	2–13 September 1986	Prague, Czechoslovakia	(1)	Cuba*
1987 Asian Championsnip	6–14 June 1987	Shanghai, China	1	Japan*
	1987	Havana, Cuba	1	United States*
	1987	Punta del Este, Uruguay	1	Peru
1987 European Championship	25 Sep – 3 Oct 1987	Auderghem, Belgium	1	East Germany
		Italy	1	Soviet Union
Replacing boycotting nation*	–	–	1	Brazil
Total			8

* Notes:^[1]

1. Cuba was the 1986 World Championship runners-up (champions China, were already qualified as 1984 Olympic champions), but together with other countries, boycotted the games.

2. Brazil replaced Cuba.

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

4. United States was the 1987 NORCECA Championsnip runners-up (champions Cuba, were 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[]

• Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
• Saemaul Sports Hall, Seoul, South Korea
• Hanyang University Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea

Preliminary round[]

(A)	Advance to 1st–4th semifinals
(a)	Advance to 5th–8th semifinals

Group A[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union (A)	5	2	1	8	3	2.667	154	114	1.351
2	Japan (A)	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	173	159	1.088
3	South Korea (a)	4	1	2	4	7	0.571	116	137	0.847
4	East Germany (a)	4	1	2	4	8	0.500	127	160	0.794

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[]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Peru (A)	6	3	0	9	4	2.250	177	142	1.246
2	China (A)	5	2	1	8	4	2.000	161	132	1.220
3	United States (a)	4	1	2	5	8	0.625	140	167	0.838
4	Brazil (a)	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	126	163	0.773

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[]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union Valentina Ogiyenko Yelena Volkova Marina Kumysh Irina Smirnova Tatyana Sidorenko Irina Parkhomchuk Tatyana Kraynova Olga Shkurnova Marina Nikulina Yelena Ovchinnikova Olga Krivosheyeva Svetlana Korytova	Peru 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	China Li Guojun Zhao Hong Hou Yuzhu Wang Yajun Yang Xilan Su Huijuan Jiang Ying Cui Yongmei Yang Xiaojun Zheng Meizhu Wu Dan Li Yueming

See also[]

• Men's Olympic Tournament

References[]

External links[]

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