| Date | 15 October 1968 — 12:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Ciudad de México | |
| Referee #1 | Jerzy Krol |  POL | 
| Referee #2 | Adrián Hernández |  MEX | 
| Details | Match Time: 1-52 | 
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Sets Won | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | United States |  USA | 3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | |
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 2 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 
 United States
United States| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Side Outs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Patterson | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2 | Pete Velasco, Jr. | 1.0 | 2.0 | ||||
| 3 | Jack Henn | 5.0 | 5.0 | ||||
| 5 | Larry Rundle | 4.5 | 13.5 | ||||
| 6 | Mike Bright | 3.0 | 11.0 | ||||
| 7 | Smitty Duke | 3.5 | 9.5 | ||||
| 8 | John Alstrom | 7.0 | 13.0 | ||||
| 9 | Jon Stanley | 2.5 | 7.0 | ||||
| 11 | Rudy Suwara | 9.5 | 10.0 | ||||
| 12 | Wink Davenport | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 66 | – | |||||
| Coach | Jim Coleman | ||||||
 Soviet Union
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Side Outs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eduard Sibiryakov | 3.8 | 7.5 | ||||
| 2 | Valery Kravchenko | 7.0 | 12.0 | ||||
| 3 | Vladimir Belyayev | 1.0 | 8.0 | ||||
| 4 | Yevgeny Lapinsky | 4.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| 7 | Viktor Mikhalchuk | 2.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 8 | Yury Poyarkov | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||||
| 9 | Boris Tereshchuk | 1.5 | 1.0 | ||||
| 10 | Vladimir Ivanov | 2.0 | 8.0 | ||||
| 11 | Ivans Bugajenkovs | 8.8 | 10.0 | ||||
| 12 | Georgy Mondzolevsky | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 56 | – | |||||
| Coach | Yury Kleshchov | ||||||