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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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan (1st title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland
1968 →

The story about the Japanese Women's Volleyball Team, and their Gold Medal triumph at the 1964 Olympics, is the subject of the documentary "The Witches of the Orient." https://www.kimstim.com/film/the-witches-of-the-orient/

Qualification

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

  South Korea

1963 Pan American Games 21 April – 3 May 1963   São Paulo 1   Brazil  United States
Total 6

*North Korea did not send its delegation to Tokyo because it does not have bilateral relations with Japan.Their spot was given to South Korea.[2]

Format

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The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, all teams were placed into a single pool and faced each other once.

Rosters

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

Venues

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Round robin

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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: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
11 Oct 13:15 Romania   0–3   Soviet Union 5–15 6–15 0–15     11–45 Report
11 Oct 15:15 United States   0–3   Japan 1–15 5–15 2–15     8–45 Report
12 Oct 15:15 South Korea   0–3   Soviet Union 0–15 6–15 0–15     6–45 Report
12 Oct 17:15 United States   0–3   Poland 3–15 4–15 10–15     17–45 Report
12 Oct 19:15 Romania   0–3   Japan 7–15 3–15 8–15     18–45 Report
13 Oct 17:15 Romania   3–0   United States 15–9 15–1 15–2     45–12 Report
14 Oct 15:15 South Korea   0–3   Poland 5–15 5–15 11–15     21–45 Report
14 Oct 20:30 South Korea   0–3   Japan 3–15 2–15 4–15     9–45 Report
15 Oct 14:00 Poland   0–3   Soviet Union 9–15 5–15 5–15     19–45 Report
17 Oct 13:15 Soviet Union   3–0   United States 15–1 15–8 15–7     45–16 Report
18 Oct 13:50 Poland   1–3   Japan 4–15 5–15 15–13 2–15   26–58 Report
19 Oct 17:15 Romania   3–0   South Korea 15–10 15–9 15–6     45–25 Report
21 Oct 11:15 South Korea   0–3   United States 7–15 13–15 13–15     33–45 Report
22 Oct 19:15 Romania   0–3   Poland 7–15 6–15 8–15     21–45 Report
23 Oct 19:35 Japan   3–0   Soviet Union 15–11 15–8 15–13     45–32 Report

Final standings

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Medalists

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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
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1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
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    Sata Isobe spiking ball against Soviet Union National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
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    Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
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    Yuriko Handa spiking ball against Poland National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball

References

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  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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