Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's Volleyball at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Date	13–26 October
Medalists
Soviet Union    Japan    Czechoslovakia

The 1968 Men'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 Mexico City, Mexico from 13 to 26 October 1968.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	18 Oct 1963	Baden-Baden	1	Mexico
1964 Olympic Games	13–23 Oct 1964	Tokyo	1	Soviet Union
1966 World Championship	30 Aug–11 Sep 1966	Prague	3	Czechoslovakia
				Romania **
				East Germany
1967 African Championship	Jul 1967	Tunis	1	Tunisia **
Asian Qualifier	1967	Unknown	1	Japan
1967 European Championship	26 Oct–8 Nov 1967	Istanbul	1	Poland
1967 Pan American Games *	24 Jul–3 Aug 1967	Winnipeg	2	United States
				Brazil
Total			10

* Best North and South American team qualified for the Olympic Games.
**  Belgium and  Bulgaria replaced Romania and Tunisia, who withdrew from the tournament.

Venues

• Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, Mexico
• Palacio de los Deportes Juan Escutia, Mexico City, Mexico
• Revolution Ice Rink, Mexico City, Mexico

Round robin

			Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	17	8	1	26	8	3.250	464	326	1.423
2	Japan	16	7	2	24	6	4.000	430	258	1.667
3	Czechoslovakia	16	7	2	22	15	1.467	454	417	1.089
4	East Germany	15	6	3	22	12	1.833	449	374	1.201
5	Poland	15	6	3	18	11	1.636	371	281	1.320
6	Bulgaria	13	4	5	16	17	0.941	379	385	0.984
7	United States	13	4	5	15	18	0.833	383	414	0.925
8	Belgium	11	2	7	6	24	0.250	239	417	0.573
9	Brazil	10	1	8	8	25	0.320	357	469	0.761
10	Mexico	9	0	9	6	27	0.222	289	474	0.610

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Japan	3–0	Poland	15–9	15–11	15–10			45–30
13 Oct	Belgium	3–1	Brazil	15–7	16–14	9–15	15–6		55–42
13 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Mexico	15–9	15–4	15–6			45–19
13 Oct	United States	3–2	Soviet Union	11–15	15–10	10–15	15–10	15–6	66–56
13 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	East Germany	15–12	15–17	14–16	15–11	15–9	74–65
16 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Belgium	15–10	15–1	15–5			45–16
16 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–1	United States	15–0	10–15	15–7	15–7		55–29
16 Oct	Poland	3–1	Mexico	15–10	7–15	15–4	15–3		52–32
16 Oct	Soviet Union	3–1	Brazil	11–15	15–2	15–9	15–9		56–35
16 Oct	Japan	3–0	East Germany	15–6	15–8	15–13			45–27
17 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Mexico	15–3	15–5	15–6			45–14
17 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–10	15–9	15–10			45–29
17 Oct	Poland	3–0	Belgium	15–6	15–5	15–8			45–19
17 Oct	United States	3–0	Brazil	15–12	15–7	15–10			45–29
17 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Japan	2–15	3–15	15–12	15–12	15–11	50–65
19 Oct	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–1	15–3	15–11			45–15
19 Oct	Bulgaria	3–2	United States	10–15	17–15	7–15	15–7	16–14	65–66
19 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland	15–9	15–10	15–10			45–29
19 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Brazil	15–12	15–10	13–15	13–15	15–9	71–61
19 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Belgium	15–1	15–7	15–7			45–15
20 Oct	Japan	3–0	Belgium	15–5	15–5	15–4			45–14
20 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–8	18–16	15–3			48–27
20 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Mexico	15–10	15–8	15–8			45–26
20 Oct	Poland	3–0	United States	15–5	15–5	15–8			45–18
20 Oct	Soviet Union	3–2	East Germany	10–15	15–9	15–11	12–15	15–5	67–55
21 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Bulgaria	15–7	10–15	15–9	4–15	15–7	59–53
21 Oct	Belgium	3–2	Mexico	15–11	5–15	13–15	18–16	15–2	66–59
21 Oct	East Germany	3–0	United States	15–8	15–12	15–10			45–30
21 Oct	Poland	3–0	Brazil	15–12	15–4	15–7			45–23
21 Oct	Soviet Union	3–1	Japan	4–15	15–13	15–9	15–13		49–50
23 Oct	Poland	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–5	15–10			45–18
23 Oct	Soviet Union	3–1	Mexico	15–5	15–8	11–15	15–5		56–33
23 Oct	Japan	3–0	United States	15–5	15–8	15–11			45–24
23 Oct	East Germany	3–1	Brazil	15–13	15–7	14–16	15–12		59–48
23 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Belgium	15–0	15–4	15–12			45–16
24 Oct	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–11	15–12			45–31
24 Oct	East Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	15–11	8–15	15–10	10–15	15–7	63–58
24 Oct	United States	3–1	Mexico	14–16	15–10	15–9	15–11		59–46
24 Oct	Poland	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–5	15–3	12–15	15–13		57–36
24 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Belgium	15–2	15–3	15–5			45–10
25 Oct	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–6	15–5			45–18
25 Oct	United States	3–0	Belgium	15–4	16–14	15–10			46–28
25 Oct	Brazil	3–1	Mexico	14–16	15–6	17–15	15–8		61–45
25 Oct	East Germany	3–0	Poland	15–11	15–6	15–6			45–23
26 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–7	15–4	15–8			45–19

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  Soviet Union 02 !  Japan 03 !  Czechoslovakia 4  East Germany 5  Poland 6  Bulgaria 7  United States 8  Belgium 9  Brazil 10  Mexico

1968 Men's Olympic Champions  Soviet Union 2nd title 12–man Roster Sibiryakov, Poyarkov, Mondzolevski, Kravchenko, Byelyayev, Lapinsky, Bugajenkovs, Antropovs, Matuševas, Mikhalchuk, Tereshchuk, Ivanov Head Coach Unknown

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Eduard Sibiryakov Yuriy Poyarkov Georgy Mondzolevski Valeri Kravchenko Volodymyr Byelyayev Yevhen Lapinsky Ivans Bugajenkovs Oļegs Antropovs Vasilijus Matuševas Viktor Mikhalchuk Borys Tereshchuk Volodymyr Ivanov	Japan (JPN) Masayuki Minami Katsutoshi Nekoda Mamoru Shiragami Isao Koizumi Kenji Kimura Yasuaki Mitsumori Naohiro Ikeda Jungo Morita Tadayoshi Yokota Seiji Oko Tetsuo Satō Kenji Shimaoka	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Bohumil Golián Antonín Procházka Petr Kop Jiří Svoboda Josef Musil Lubomír Zajíček Josef Smolka Vladimír Petlák František Sokol Zdeněk Groessl Pavel Schenk Drahomír Koudelka

External links

• Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.org
• Olympic volleyball story at FIVB.org
• Results at Todor66.com
• Results at Sports123.com
• Results at Sports–Reference.com
• Medalists at Olympic.org

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