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Volleyball, Women

Date29 July – 7 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPalau Sant Jordi, Barcelona / Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona / Palacio de los Deportes, Barcelona
Participants89 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

Eight teams competed in two pools of four, followed by elimination and medals rounds. The qualifying standards were as follows: host nation (Spain), 1990 World Championships (USSR/Unified Team, China), World Cup (United States [(4th]), Asian Champion (Japan), North American Champion (Cuba), European Championships (Netherlands, replacing the Unified Team), and the South American Champion (Brazil).

Cuba had become the best women’s team in the world and was heavily favored. The semi-finals came down to the four best teams in the world – Cuba, the USSR, Brazil, and the United States. Cuba was severely pressed in the semis by the US, eventually winning 15-11 in the fifth set. In the final they met the 1990 World Champions, the Soviet Union. The first two sets were split, but Cuba won close sets in the third and fourth to win the gold medal. Cuba did not lose a match in the tournament, but was pushed throughout, losing five sets overall. Cuba had won the 1991 World Cup, their first major championship. One of the Chinese players, Wu Dan, was disqualified for a positive doping test for a stimulant with a strychnine base.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1CubaCUBGold
1Tania Ortiz
2Marlenis Costa
3Mireya Luis
4Lilia Izquierdo
5Idalmis Gato
8Regla Bell
10Regla Torres
12Norka Latamblet
13Mercedes Calderón
15Magalys Carvajal
14Ana Ivis Fernández DNS
6Raisa O'Farrill DNS
CoachEugenio George
2Unified TeamEUNSilver
1Valentina Ogiyenko
2Nataliya Morozova
3Marina Nikulina-Pankova
4Yelena Batukhtina-Tyurina
5Irina Smirnova-Ilchenko
8Yevgeniya Artamonova-Estes
11Jelena Ovchinnikova-Čebukina
13Svetlana Korytova
7Tatyana Menshova DNS
6Tatyana Sidorenko DNS
9Galina Lebedeva DNS
10Svetlana Vasilevskaya DNS
CoachNikolay Karpol
3United StatesUSABronze
1Teee Sanders-Williams
2Yoko Zetterlund
4Kim Oden
5Lori Endicott
6Paula Weishoff
7Caren Kemner
8Tammy Webb-Liley
9Elaina Oden
12Janet Cobbs
13Tara Cross-Battle
14Liane Sato
15Ruth Lawanson
CoachTerry Liskevych
4BrazilBRA
2Ana Moser
3 Hilma
4 Ida
5 Ana Paula
7 Tina
8 Leila
9 Cilene
11 Ana Lúcia
12 Márcia Fu
13 Ana Flávia
14 Fernanda
15 Fofão
CoachWadson Lima
5JapanJPN
1Ichiko Sato
2Kumi Nakada
3Michiyo Ishikake
4Chieko Nakanishi
5Motoko Obayashi
6Yukiko Takahashi
7Ikuyo Naemura
8Mika Yamauchi
9Asako Tajimi
10Tomoko Yoshihara
11Kiyoko Fukuda
12Kazumi Nakamura
CoachKazunori Yoneda
6NetherlandsNED
2Sandra Wiegers
4Erna Brinkman
5Cintha Boersma
6Vera Koenen
7Irena Machovcak
8Aafke Hament
9Marjolein de Jong
10Henriëtte Weersing
12Kirsten Gleis
13Heleen Crielaard
15Linda Moons
1Marrit Leenstra DNS
CoachPeter Murphy
7People's Republic of ChinaCHN
1Lai Yawen
2Li Guojun
4Zhou Hong
5Ma Fang
6Wang Yi
7Su Huijuan
8Chen Fengqin
9Su Liqun
11Sun Yue
14Gao Lin
15Li Yueming
12Wu Dan 1
CoachHu Jin
8SpainESP
1Virginia Cardona
2Ana María Tostado
3Rita Oraá
4Inmaculada Torres
5Laura de la Torre
6Marta Gens
7Olga Martín
8Asunción Domenech
9Inmaculada González
10Estela Domínguez
11María Rey
14Carmen Miranda
CoachJaime Fernández

Preliminary Round

Date29 July – 2 August 1992

Group A

Date29 July – 2 August 1992
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1Unified TeamEUN2158-32.667158-1011.564
2United StatesUSA2158-51.600171-1531.118
3JapanJPN2156-51.200146-1271.150
4SpainESP0330-90.00041-1350.304
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #129 Jul 10:30Unified TeamEUN15-3, 15-0, 15-3SpainESP
Match #229 Jul 13:00JapanJPN13-15, 15-11, 15-12, 8-15, 15-13United StatesUSA
Match #331 Jul 19:00United StatesUSA9-15, 17-15, 15-12, 4-15, 15-11Unified TeamEUN
Match #431 Jul 21:30JapanJPN15-9, 15-1, 15-6SpainESP
Match #502 Aug 10:30Unified TeamEUN15-13, 15-11, 15-11JapanJPN
Match #602 Aug 13:00United StatesUSA15-4, 15-5, 15-10SpainESP

Group B

Date29 July – 2 August 1992
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1CubaCUB3069-24.500151-1291.171
2BrazilBRA2157-61.167170-1451.172
3NetherlandsNED1244-80.500136-1660.819
4People's Republic of ChinaCHN0335-90.556174-1910.911
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #129 Jul 19:00BrazilBRA15-9, 15-3, 11-15, 15-7NetherlandsNED
Match #229 Jul 21:30CubaCUB13-15, 15-11, 15-9, 15-11People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #331 Jul 10:30NetherlandsNED6-15, 15-17, 15-13, 16-14, 15-6People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #431 Jul 13:00CubaCUB15-11, 3-15, 15-13, 15-9BrazilBRA
Match #502 Aug 19:00CubaCUB15-11, 15-11, 15-13NetherlandsNED
Match #602 Aug 21:30BrazilBRA15-9, 7-15, 15-11, 14-16, 15-12People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Quarter-Finals

Date4 August 1992
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 Aug 19:00United StatesUSA15-11, 11-15, 15-8, 15-7NetherlandsNED
Match #204 Aug 21:30BrazilBRA14-16, 15-13, 15-13, 15-9JapanJPN

Semi-Finals

Date6 August 1992
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Aug 19:00Unified TeamEUN15-10, 13-15, 15-5, 15-5BrazilBRA
Match #206 Aug 21:30CubaCUB8-15, 15-9, 6-15, 15-5, 15-11United StatesUSA

Final Round

Date4 – 7 August 1992
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/207 Aug 21:30CubaCUB16-14, 12-15, 15-12, 15-13Unified TeamEUN
Match 3/407 Aug 13:00United StatesUSA15-8, 15-6, 15-13BrazilBRA
Match 5/606 Aug 10:30JapanJPN15-0, 11-15, 15-13, 15-10NetherlandsNED
Match 7/804 Aug 16:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN15-1, 15-3, 15-3SpainESP