1968 Summer Olympics / Volleyball

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , volleyball tournaments were held for women and men.

mode

For the men, all ten qualified teams played in a group according to the “everyone against everyone” mode. The most successful team in this round was Olympic champion, the second best won silver, the third bronze.

For women, eight teams played on the same principle.

The games were played in Mexico City from October 13th to 26th.

Schedule men

The Soviet men lost their opening game against the USA in five sets, but then remained unbeaten and defended their title. In the battle for the silver medal, the set ratio had to decide. Japan lost to Czechoslovakia in the tiebreaker on matchday three, but gave up only six sets in total and therefore finished second. The GDR team was only fourth. The East German men had to admit defeat in the first two games of Czechoslovakia and Japan and then only lost to defending champions Soviet Union (2: 3). Host Mexico did not win.

space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Soviet Union	26: 8	16
2.	Japan	24: 6	14th
3.	Czechoslovakia	22:15	14th
4th	GDR	22:12	12
5.	Poland	16:11	12
6th	Bulgaria	16:17	8th
7th	United States	15:18	8th
8th.	Belgium	6:24	4th
9.	Brazil	8:25	2
10.	Mexico	6:27	0

October 13th	Japan	Poland	3-0
	Bulgaria	Mexico	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	GDR	3: 2
	Belgium	Brazil	3: 1
	United States	USSR	3: 2
October, 16th	Czechoslovakia	United States	3: 1
	Poland	Mexico	3: 1
	Japan	GDR	3-0
	Bulgaria	Belgium	3-0
	USSR	Brazil	3: 1
October 17th	GDR	Mexico	3-0
	Poland	Belgium	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Japan	3: 2
	USSR	Bulgaria	3-0
	United States	Brazil	3-0
October 19th	Japan	Mexico	3-0
	USSR	Poland	3-0
	GDR	Belgium	3-0
	Bulgaria	United States	3: 2
	Czechoslovakia	Brazil	3: 2
the 20th of October	Japan	Belgium	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Mexico	3-0
	USSR	GDR	3: 2
	Bulgaria	Brazil	3-0
	Poland	United States	3-0
October 21	Belgium	Mexico	3: 2
	USSR	Japan	3: 1
	Czechoslovakia	Bulgaria	3: 2
	GDR	United States	3-0
	Poland	Brazil	3-0
23rd October	Poland	Bulgaria	3-0
	Japan	United States	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Belgium	3-0
	USSR	Mexico	3: 1
	GDR	Brazil	3: 1
October 24th	Japan	Brazil	3-0
	United States	Mexico	3: 1
	USSR	Belgium	3-0
	GDR	Bulgaria	3: 2
	Poland	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
October 25	Brazil	Mexico	3: 1
	GDR	Poland	3-0
	Japan	Bulgaria	3-0
	United States	Belgium	3-0
	USSR	Czechoslovakia	3-0

Schedule women

The decisions were made in the last few games. On the final day of the match there was a direct duel for the gold medal between the previously undefeated teams from the USSR and defending champions Japan. With a 3-1 victory, the Soviet women reached first place and dethroned the Asian women. The battle for bronze was also decided in the last game between Poland and Peru, with the Eastern Europeans having the better end to themselves. The hosts from Mexico were able to secure at least the penultimate place with a success over the US women who did not win in the end.

space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Soviet Union	21: 3	14th
2.	Japan	19: 3	12
3.	Poland	15:12	10
4th	Peru	12:15	8th
5.	South Korea	11:14	6th
6th	Czechoslovakia	12:15	4th
7th	Mexico	7:18	2
8th.	United States	4:21	0

October 13th	Poland	South Korea	3: 2
	Japan	United States	3-0
	USSR	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
	Peru	Mexico	3: 2
October 14th	Peru	South Korea	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	United States	3: 1
	Japan	Mexico	3-0
	USSR	Poland	3-0
15th October	Czechoslovakia	Mexico	3-0
	Japan	Peru	3-0
October, 16th	Poland	United States	3-0
	USSR	South Korea	3-0
October 17th	South Korea	United States	3: 1
	USSR	Peru	3-0
October 19th	Japan	Czechoslovakia	3-0
	Poland	Mexico	3: 2
the 20th of October	Japan	Poland	3-0
	Czechoslovakia	Peru	3: 2
October 21	USSR	United States	3: 1
	South Korea	Mexico	3-0
23rd October	USSR	Mexico	3-0
	Peru	United States	3: 1
October 24th	Poland	Czechoslovakia	3-0
	Japan	South Korea	3-0
October 25	Poland	Peru	3: 1
	South Korea	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
October 26th	Mexico	United States	3-0
	USSR	Japan	3: 1

Medals

Men

space	country	player
1	Soviet Union	Eduard Sibirjakow , Viktor Mychaltschuk , Borys Tereschchuk , Volodymyr Ivanov , Jewhen Lapynskyj , Volodymyr Bjeljajew , Jurij Pojarkow , Ivans Bugajenkovs , Oļegs Antropovs , Vasilijus Matuševas , Valeri Kravtschenko , Georgi Grigorschenko
2	Japan	Masayuki Minami , Katsutoshi Nekoda , Mamoru Shiragami , Isao Koizumi , Kenji Kimura , Yasuaki Mitsumori , Jungo Morita , Tadayoshi Yokota , Seiji Ōko , Tetsuo Satō , Kenji Shimaoka
3	Czechoslovakia	Zdenek Grössel, Josef Smolka, Antonin Procházka, Pavel Schenk, Lubomir Zajicek, Vladimir Petlák, Petr Kop, Frantisek Sokol, Drahomir Koudelka, Bohumil Golian, Jiri Svoboda, Josef Musil
4th	GDR	Jürgen Freiwald , Manfred Heine, Jürgen Kessel , Horst Peter , Eckehard Pietzsch , Arnold Schulz , Rudi Schumann , Siegfried Schneider , Ekkehard Tielscher, Walter Toussaint, Rainer Tscharke , Wolfgang Webner

Women

space	country	Players
1	Soviet Union	Valentina Vinogradova , Inna Ryskal , Lyudmila Buldakowa , Wera Galuschka-Dujunowa , Nina Smolejewa , Pink Salichowa , Tatjana Sarytschewa , Lyudmila Michailowskaja , Tatjana Ponjajewa-Tretjakowa , Galina Leontjewa , Wera Lantratowa
2	Japan	Setsuko Yoshida , Suzue Takayama , Toyoko Iwahara , Yukiyo Kojima , Sachiko Fukunaka , Kunie Shishikura , Setsuko Inoue , Sumie Oinuma , Keiko Hama
3	Poland	Krystyna Czajkowska-Rawska , Krystyna Jakubowska , Krystyna Krupa , Józefa Ledwig , Zofia Szcześniewska , Elżbieta Porzec-Nowak , Wanda Wiecha-Wanot , Lidia Chmielnicka , Barbara Niemczyk , Halina Aszkiełowicz , Jadwiga Marko-Książek , Krystyna Ostromecka-Guryn