Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time that Volleyball had been held as an Olympic sport. The sport would feature two medals during this games with the men's and women's indoor teams events. In both tournaments, the format was the same with a single round robin between all of the teams that was competing in the tournament.

1st Volleyball Olympic Tournament
Tokyo 1964
Tournament details
Olympics	1964 Summer Olympics
Host nation	Japan
City	Tokyo
Dates	October 11 – 23
Men's Medals(10 teams)
Gold	Soviet Union
Silver	Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Japan
Women's Medals(6 teams)
Gold	Japan
Silver	Soviet Union
Bronze	Poland

In the men's competition, the Soviet Union took out the gold medal as they won eight out of their nine games with the only loss being in Japan who came third. Finishing behind only on sets difference was Czechoslovakia who had only their single loss against the Soviet Union. In the women's competition, Japan won all five of their games to take the gold medal ahead of the Soviet Union and Poland who claimed silver and bronze respectively.[1]