Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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]

Women's volleyball
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
VenueKomazawa Volleyball Courts
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
Date11–23 October
Competitors71 from 6 nations
Medalists
 Japan
 Soviet Union
 Poland

Participating teams

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
Main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

Venues

Round robin
Pts Matches Sets Points
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
11 Oct13:15Romania  0–3  Soviet Union 5–156–150–15  11–45Report
11 Oct15:15United States  0–3  Japan 1–155–152–15  8–45Report
12 Oct15:15South Korea  0–3  Soviet Union 0–156–150–15  6–45Report
12 Oct17:15United States  0–3  Poland 3–154–1510–15  17–45Report
12 Oct19:15Romania  0–3  Japan 7–153–158–15  18–45Report
13 Oct17:15Romania  3–0  United States 15–915–115–2  45–12Report
14 Oct15:15South Korea  0–3  Poland 5–155–1511–15  21–45Report
14 Oct20:30South Korea  0–3  Japan 3–152–154–15  9–45Report
15 Oct14:00Poland  0–3  Soviet Union 9–155–155–15  19–45Report
17 Oct13:15Soviet Union  3–0  United States 15–115–815–7  45–16Report
18 Oct13:50Poland  1–3  Japan 4–155–1515–132–15 26–58Report
19 Oct17:15Romania  3–0  South Korea 15–1015–915–6  45–25Report
21 Oct11:15South Korea  0–3  United States 7–1513–1513–15  33–45Report
22 Oct19:15Romania  0–3  Poland 7–156–158–15  21–45Report
23 Oct19:35Japan  3–0  Soviet Union 15–1115–815–13  45–32Report

Final standings

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan
Masae Kasai
Emiko Miyamoto
Kinuko Tanida
Yuriko Handa
Yoshiko Matsumura
Sata Issobe
Katsumi Matsumura
Yoko Shinozaki
Setsuko Sassaki
Yuko Fujimoto
Massako Kondo
Ayano Shibuki		  Soviet Union
Nelli Abramova
Astra Biltauere
Lyudmila Buldakova
Lyudmila Gureyeva
Valentina Kamenek
Marita Katusheva
Ninel Lukanina
Valentina Mishak
Tatyana Roshchina
Inna Ryskal
Antonina Ryzhova
Tamara Tikhonina		  Poland
Krystyna Czajkowska
Maria Golimowska
Krystyna Jakubowska
Danuta Kordaczuk
Krystyna Krupa
Józefa Ledwig
Jadwiga Marko
Jadwiga Rutkowska
Maria Śliwka
Zofia Szczęśniewska
Hanna Busz
Barbara Hermel
1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
  • 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

References
  1. "Women's Volleyball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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