Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan (1st title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland

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]

Qualification
Means of qualification Date Host Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 26 May 1959 West Germany Munich 1  Japan
1962 World Championship 13-25 October 1962 Soviet Union Soviet Union 2  Soviet Union
 Poland
1963 European Championship 22 October-2 November 1963 Romania Romania 1  Romania
Asian Qualifier 22-30 December 1963 India New Delhi 1  North Korea *

 South Korea

1963 Pan American Games 21 April – 3 May 1963 Brazil São Paulo 1  Brazil

 United States

Total 6

*North Korea did not send athletes to the Olympic Games due to bad relations with Japan.[2]

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

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Japan 5 5 0 10 15 1 15.000 238 93 2.559
2  Soviet Union 5 4 1 9 12 3 4.000 212 97 2.186
3  Poland 5 3 2 8 10 6 1.667 180 162 1.111
4  Romania 5 2 3 7 6 9 0.667 140 172 0.814
5  United States 5 1 4 6 3 12 0.250 98 213 0.460
6  South Korea 5 0 5 5 0 15 0.000 94 225 0.418
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Oct13:15Romania 0–3 Soviet Union5–156–150–15  11–45Report
11 Oct15:15United States 0–3 Japan1–155–152–15  8–45Report
12 Oct15:15South Korea 0–3 Soviet Union0–156–150–15  6–45Report
12 Oct17:15United States 0–3 Poland3–154–1510–15  17–45Report
12 Oct19:15Romania 0–3 Japan7–153–158–15  18–45Report
13 Oct17:15Romania 3–0 United States15–915–115–2  45–12Report
14 Oct15:15South Korea 0–3 Poland5–155–1511–15  21–45Report
14 Oct20:30South Korea 0–3 Japan3–152–154–15  9–45Report
15 Oct14:00Poland 0–3 Soviet Union9–155–155–15  19–45Report
17 Oct13:15Soviet Union 3–0 United States15–115–815–7  45–16Report
18 Oct13:50Poland 1–3 Japan4–155–1515–132–15 26–58Report
19 Oct17:15Romania 3–0 South Korea15–1015–915–6  45–25Report
21 Oct11:15South Korea 0–3 United States7–1513–1513–15  33–45Report
22 Oct19:15Romania 0–3 Poland7–156–158–15  21–45Report
23 Oct19:35Japan 3–0 Soviet Union15–1115–815–13  45–32Report

Final standings

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan (JPN)
Masae Kasai (c)
Emiko Miyamoto
Kinuko Tanida
Yuriko Handa
Yoshiko Matsumura
Sata Issobe
Katsumi Matsumura
Yoko Shinozaki
Setsuko Sassaki
Yuko Fujimoto
Massako Kondo
Ayano Shibuki
Head coach:

Hirofumi Daimatsu

  Soviet Union (URS)
Nelli Abramova
Astra Biltauere
Lyudmila Buldakova
Lyudmila Gureyeva
Valentina Kamenek
Marita Katusheva
Ninel Lukanina
Valentina Mishak
Tatyana Roshchina
Inna Ryskal
Antonina Ryzhova
Tamara Tikhonina
Head coach: Oleg Chekov		  Poland (POL)
Krystyna Czajkowska
Maria Golimowska
Krystyna Jakubowska
Danuta Kordaczuk
Krystyna Krupa
Józefa Ledwig
Jadwiga Marko
Jadwiga Rutkowska
Maria Śliwka
Zofia Szczęśniewska
Hanna Busz
Barbara Hermel
Head coach: Benedykt Krysik
1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
  • Sata Isobe spiking ball against Soviet Union National Team, 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
    Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
  • Yuriko Handa spiking ball against Poland National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
    Yuriko Handa spiking ball against Poland National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball

References
  1. "Olympedia – Women's Volleyball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympedia. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  2. "Women Volleyball Olympic Games 1964 Asia Qualification". Todor66.
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