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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |