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Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's volleyball

|games = 1968 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium
Revolution Ice Rink

|date = 13–26 October

|competitors = 94

|nations = 8

|gold = {{vbw|URS|1955}} (1st title)

|silver = {{vbw|JPN}}

|bronze = {{vbw|POL|1928}}

|prev = 1964

|next = 1972

}}

The 1968 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 2nd edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Ciudad de México, Mexico from October 13 to 26, 1968.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Volleyball at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Women's Volleyball |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/VOL/womens-volleyball.html |access-date=25 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/VOL/womens-volleyball.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}

Qualification

class="wikitable"
width=280|Qualifierswidth=150|Datewidth=200|Hostwidth=80|Vacancieswidth=200|Qualified
Host Country18 October 1963{{flagicon|FRG}} Baden-Badenalign="center"|1{{vbw|MEX|1968}}
1964 Olympic GamesOct. 11–23, 1964{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyoalign="center"|1{{vbw|JPN}}
1967 World ChampionshipJan. 25 – 29, 1967{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyoalign="center"|3{{vbw|USA}}
{{vbw|KOR|1968}}
{{vbw|PER}}*
1967 European ChampionshipOct. 22 – Nov. 7, 1967{{flagicon|TUR}} İzmiralign="center"|3{{vbw|URS|1955}}
{{vbw|POL|1928}}
{{vbw|TCH}}
colspan="3"|Total8

* Peru qualified as the 1967 World Championship fourth best team as winners Japan were already qualified as 1964 Olympic champions.

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|Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters}}

Venues

Round robin

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|ranking_style=points|bwinpoints=2|blosspoints=1

|update=complete

| team1 = URS | name_URS ={{vbw|URS|1955}}

| team2 = JPN | name_JPN ={{vbw|JPN}}

| team3 = POL | name_POL ={{vbw|POL|1928}}

| team4 = PER | name_PER ={{vbw|PER}}

| team5 = KOR | name_KOR ={{vbw|KOR}}

| team6 = TCH | name_TCH ={{vbw|TCH}}

| team7 = MEX | name_MEX ={{vbw|MEX|1968}}

| team8 = USA | name_USA ={{vbw|USA}}

|bwin_URS =7 |bloss_URS =0 |sw_URS =21 |sl_URS =3 |spw_URS =333 |spl_URS =194

|bwin_JPN =6 |bloss_JPN =1 |sw_JPN =19 |sl_JPN =3 |spw_JPN =318 |spl_JPN =147

|bwin_POL =5 |bloss_POL =2 |sw_POL =15 |sl_POL =11 |spw_POL =324 |spl_POL =304

|bwin_PER =3 |bloss_PER =4 |sw_PER =12 |sl_PER =15 |spw_PER =306 |spl_PER =327

|bwin_KOR =3 |bloss_KOR =4 |sw_KOR =11 |sl_KOR =14 |spw_KOR =276 |spl_KOR =305

|bwin_TCH =3 |bloss_TCH =4 |sw_TCH =11 |sl_TCH =15 |spw_TCH =307 |spl_TCH =307

|bwin_MEX =1 |bloss_MEX =6 |sw_MEX =7 |sl_MEX =18 |spw_MEX =215 |spl_MEX =338

|bwin_USA =0 |bloss_USA =7 |sw_USA =4 |sl_USA =21 |spw_USA =196 |spl_USA =353

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{{Vb res start 3}}

{{Vb res 3|13 Oct|{{vbw-rt|POL|1928}}|3–2|{{vbw|KOR|1949}}|10–15|12–15|15–10|15–12|17–15|69–67|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#795 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|13 Oct|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|USA}}|15–6|15–2|15–2|||45–10|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#795 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|13 Oct|{{vbw-rt|URS|1955}}|3–1|{{vbw|TCH}}|8–15|15–7|15–13|15–7||53–42|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#796 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|13 Oct|{{vbw-rt|PER}}|3–2|{{vbw|MEX|1968}}|15–17|15–5|10–15|15–2|15–7|70–46|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#796 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|14 Oct|{{vbw-rt|PER}}|3–0|{{vbw|KOR|1949}}|15–13|15–6|15–9|||45–28|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#797 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|14 Oct|{{vbw-rt|TCH}}|3–1|{{vbw|USA}}|15–8|11–15|15–9|15–11||56–43|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#797 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|14 Oct|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|MEX|1968}}|15–7|15–3|15–2|||45–12|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#798 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|14 Oct|{{vbw-rt|URS|1955}}|3–0|{{vbw|POL|1928}}|15–5|15–11|15–4|||45–20|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#798 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|15 Oct|{{vbw-rt|TCH}}|3–0|{{vbw|MEX|1968}}|15–8|15–2|16–14|||46–24|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#799 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|15 Oct|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|PER}}|15–3|15–11|15–9|||45–23|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#799 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|16 Oct|{{vbw-rt|POL|1928}}|3–0|{{vbw|USA}}|15–3|15–1|16–14|||46–18|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#800 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|16 Oct|{{vbw-rt|URS|1955}}|3–0|{{vbw|KOR|1949}}|15–9|15–6|15–2|||45–17|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#800 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|17 Oct|{{vbw-rt|KOR|1949}}|3–1|{{vbw|USA}}|15–9|15–13|6–15|15–5||51–42|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#801 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|17 Oct|{{vbw-rt|URS|1955}}|3–0|{{vbw|PER}}|15–4|15–9|15–9|||45–22|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#801 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|19 Oct|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|TCH}}|15–7|15–8|15–7|||45–22|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#802 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|19 Oct|{{vbw-rt|POL|1928}}|3–2|{{vbw|MEX|1968}}|15–9|12–15|15–11|11–15|15–4|68–54|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#802 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|20 Oct|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|POL|1928}}|15–5|15–6|15–6|||45–17|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#803 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|20 Oct|{{vbw-rt|TCH}}|3–2|{{vbw|PER}}|7–15|13–15|15–9|15–2|15–3|65–44|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#803 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|21 Oct|{{vbw-rt|URS|1955}}|3–1|{{vbw|USA}}|15–1|6–15|15–4|15–6||51–26|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#804 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|21 Oct|{{vbw-rt|KOR|1949}}|3–0|{{vbw|MEX|1968}}|15–5|15–4|15–6|||45–15|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#804 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|23 Oct|{{vbw-rt|URS|1955}}|3–0|{{vbw|MEX|1968}}|15–6|15–10|15–3|||45–19|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#805 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|23 Oct|{{vbw-rt|PER}}|3–1|{{vbw|USA}}|15–11|15–0|14–16|15–12||59–39|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#805 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|24 Oct|{{vbw-rt|POL|1928}}|3–0|{{vbw|TCH}}|15–13|15–7|15–12|||45–32|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#806 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|24 Oct|{{vbw-rt|JPN}}|3–0|{{vbw|KOR|1949}}|15–5|15–5|15–4|||45–14|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#806 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|25 Oct|{{vbw-rt|POL|1928}}|3–1|{{vbw|PER}}|15–10|14–16|15–9|15–8||59–43|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#807 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|25 Oct|{{vbw-rt|KOR|1949}}|3–1|{{vbw|TCH}}|15–9|15–9|9–15|15–11||54–44|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#807 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|26 Oct|{{vbw-rt|MEX|1934}}|3–0|{{vbw|USA}}|15–8|15–7|15–4|||45–19|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#808 Report]}}

{{Vb res 3|26 Oct|{{vbw-rt|URS|1955}}|3–1|{{vbw|JPN}}|15–10|16–14|3–15|15–9||49–48|11=[http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf#808 Report]}}

{{end}}

Final standings

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Place

!Team

{{Gold1}}

|style="text-align:left;"|{{vbw|URS|1968 Summer}}

{{Silver2}}

|style="text-align:left;"|{{vbw|JPN|1968 Summer}}

{{Bronze3}}

|style="text-align:left;"|{{vbw|POL|1968 Summer}}

4

|style="text-align:left;"|{{vbw|PER|1968 Summer}}

5

|style="text-align:left;"|{{vbw|KOR|1968 Summer}}

6

|style="text-align:left;"|{{vbw|TCH|1968 Summer}}

7

|style="text-align:left;"|{{vbw|MEX|1968 Summer}}

8

|style="text-align:left;"|{{vbw|USA|1968 Summer}}

{{col-2}}

{{winners|vbw|1968 Women's Olympic champions|URS|1st|1955}}

style="text-align:center; margin-top:2em; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"
12-woman roster
Lyudmila Buldakova, Lyudmila Mikhailkovskaya, Tatyana Veinberga, Vera Lantratova, Vera Galushka-Duyunova, Tatyana Sarycheva, Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova, Nina Smoleeva, Inna Ryskal, Galina Leontyeva, Roza Salikhova, Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova
Head coach
Givi Akhvlediani

{{col-end}}

Medalists

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;"
style="width: 15em;background:gold"|Gold

!style="width: 15em;background:silver"|Silver

!style="width: 15em;background:#CC9966"|Bronze

{{flagIOCteam|URS|1968 Summer}}
Lyudmila Buldakova
Lyudmila Mikhailkovskaya
Tatyana Veinberga
Vera Lantratova
Vera Galushka-Duyunova
Tatyana Sarycheva
Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova
Nina Smoleeva
Inna Ryskal
Galina Leontyeva
Roza Salikhova
Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova
Head coach:

Givi Akhvlediani

|{{flagIOCteam|JPN|1968 Summer}}

Setsuko Yosjida
Suzue Takayama
Toyoko Iwahara
Youko Kasahara
Aiko Onozawa
Yukiyo Kojima
Sachiko Fukanaka
Kunie Shishikura
Setsuko Inoue
Sumie Oinuma
Makiko Furakawa
Keiko Hama
Head coach:

Shigeo Yamada

|{{flagIOCteam|POL|1968 Summer}}

Elżbieta Porzec
Zofia Szczęśniewska
Wanda Wiecha
Barbara Niemczyk
Krystyna Ostromęcka
Krystyna Krupa
Jadwiga Książek
Józefa Ledwig
Krystyna Jakubowska
Lidia Chmielnicka
Krystyna Czajkowska
Halina Aszkiełowicz
Head coach:

Benedykt Krysik

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/Olympics/honors_W.asp?sm=183 Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org]
  • [http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf Official results] (pgs. 772, 796–810)

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