| Date | 23 October 1968 — 12:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Ciudad de México | |
| Referee #1 | Oldřich Slaviček | TCH |
| Referee #2 | Boris Leonov | URS |
| Details | Match Time: 1-14 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Sets Won | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Japan | JPN | 3 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| – | United States | USA | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
Japan| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Side Outs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Masayuki Minami | 1.0 | 4.0 | ||||
| 3 | Katsutoshi Nekoda | 1.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| 4 | Mamoru Shiragami | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 5 | Isao Koizumi | 4.0 | 3.5 | ||||
| 6 | Kenji Kimura | 3.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| 7 | Yasuaki Mitsumori | 1.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| 8 | Jungo Morita | 5.5 | 14.0 | ||||
| 9 | Tadayoshi Yokota | 7.5 | 11.0 | ||||
| 10 | Seiji Oko | 1.5 | 4.0 | ||||
| 11 | Tetsuo Sato | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 45 | – | |||||
| Coach | Yasutaka Matsudaira | ||||||
United States| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Side Outs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Patterson | 0.5 | 1.0 | ||||
| 2 | Pete Velasco, Jr. | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| 3 | Jack Henn | 0.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 4 | Butch May | 4.0 | 3.5 | ||||
| 5 | Larry Rundle | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||||
| 6 | Mike Bright | 1.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| 7 | Smitty Duke | 0.5 | 8.5 | ||||
| 8 | John Alstrom | 0.0 | 4.0 | ||||
| 9 | Jon Stanley | 4.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| 10 | Tom Haine | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| 11 | Rudy Suwara | 6.5 | 13.5 | ||||
| 12 | Wink Davenport | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 24 | – | |||||
| Coach | Jim Coleman | ||||||