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Volleyball, Women

Date20 July – 3 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationThe Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants134 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

For the first time, the women’s tournament consisted of 12 teams, separated into two pools of six, followed by medal elimination matches. The teams were selected as follows: host nation (United States), World Cup (Cuba, Brazil, China), Continental Qualifiers (Korea, Canada, Germany, Peru), and qualifying tournaments (Russia, Japan, Netherlands, Ukraine)

Cuba was easily the best team in the world. They had won the 1992 Olympic gold medal and the 1994 World Championships, and every other tournament they entered in the interim. But they were fortunate to get out of group play, losing two matches, and finishing only third in Group B behind Brazil and Russia. In the quarter-finals they were drawn against their arch-rival, the United States, and crushed them – 1, 10, and 12. The semi-finals saw Cuba play Brazil, who had defeated them very easily in straight sets in their group. This match was much closer, going five sets, with Cuba winning 15-12 in the fifth. In the final, Cuba faced China, World Champions in 1982 and 1986. China’s female volleyball fortunes had fallen off considerably since then, but they had replaced their coach with former star player Lang Ping. This seemed to be the boost they needed and they reached the final undefeated. China won the first set of the final, 16-14, but Cuba came back to win the next three sets and the gold medal. The medal ceremony was tainted by booing and whistling from the American crowd when Cuba was awarded their gold medals.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1CubaCUBGold
1Yumilka Ruiz
2Marlenis Costa
3Mireya Luis
4Lilia Izquierdo
5Idalmis Gato
6Raisa O'Farrill
8Regla Bell
10Regla Torres
14Ana Ivis Fernández
15Magalys Carvajal
12Tai Agüero DNS
16Mirka Francis DNS
CoachEugenio George
2People's Republic of ChinaCHNSilver
1Lai Yawen
2Li Yan
3Cui Yongmei
5Wu Yongmei
6Wang Yi
7He Qi
10Wang Ziling
11Sun Yue
13Wang Lina
4Zhu Yunying DNS
9Liu Xiaoning DNS
8Pan Wenli DNS
CoachLang Ping
3BrazilBRABronze
2Ana Moser
4 Ida
5 Ana Paula
8 Leila
9 Hilma
10 Virna
11 Márcia Fu
12 Filó
13 Ana Flávia
14 Fernanda
15 Fofão
17 Sandra
Coach Bernardinho
4Russian FederationRUS
1Valentina Ogiyenko
2Nataliya Morozova
3Marina Nikulina-Pankova
4Yelena Batukhtina-Tyurina
5Irina Smirnova-Ilchenko
6Lena Godina
7Tatyana Menshova
8Yevgeniya Artamonova-Estes
9Yelizaveta Tishchenko
11Yuliya Timonova
12Tatyana Gracheva
14Lyubov Sokolova-Shashkova
CoachNikolay Karpol
5NetherlandsNED
1Jerine Fleurke
3Saskia van Hintum
4Erna Brinkman
5Cintha Boersma
7Irena Machovcak
9Marjolein de Jong
10Henriëtte Weersing
11Marrit Leenstra
12Elles Leferink
13Claudia van Thiel
14Riëtte Fledderus
15Ingrid Visser
CoachBert Goedkoop
6Republic of KoreaKOR
4Jang Yun-Hui
5Lee Su-Jeong
6Gang Hye-Mi
8Jeong Seon-Hye
9Kim Nam-Sun
10Park Su-Jeong
11Hong Ji-Yeon
15Jang So-Yeon
16Choi Gwang-Hui
12Lee In-Sook DNS
14Lee Yeon-Sun DNS
1Yoo Yon-Kyung DNS
CoachKim Cheol-Yong
7United StatesUSA
1Teee Sanders-Williams
2Yoko Zetterlund
3Paula Weishoff
4Caren Kemner
5Lori Endicott
6Kristin Klein
7Beverly Oden
8Tammy Webb-Liley
9Elaina Oden
10Danielle Scott-Arruda
11Tara Cross-Battle
15Elaine Youngs
CoachTerry Liskevych
8GermanyGER
1Susanne Lahme
3Tanja Hart
4Constance Radfan
5Sylvia Roll
8Ute Steppin
9Karin Horninger
10Ines Pianka
11Christina Schultz
12Claudia Wilke
15Nancy Celis
17Grit Jensen-Naumann
18Hanka Pachale
CoachSiegfried Köhler
=9JapanJPN
1Chieko Nakanishi
2Motoko Obayashi
3Aki Nagatomi
4Mika Yamauchi
5Tomoko Yoshihara
6Chiho Torii
9Kazumi Nakamura
10Kiyomi Sakamoto
11Mika Saiki
12Asako Tajimi
14Kayo Hoshino
17Ikumi Ogake
CoachKuniaki Yoshida
=9CanadaCAN
1Diane Ratnik
2Josée Corbeil
4Katrina von Sass
5Brigitte Soucy
7Erminia Russo
8Michelle Sawatzky
9Janis Kelly
10Lori Ann Mundt
12Kathy Tough
13Wanda Guenette
14Christine Stark
15Kerri Ann Buchberger
CoachMike Burchuk
=11UkraineUKR
1Olha Kolomiyets
2Vita Mateshuk
3Mariya Poliakova
4Olena Sydorenko
5Tetiana Ivaniushkina
6Rehina Myloserdova
7Alla Kravets
8Olha Pavlova
10Nataliya Bozhenova
12Oleksandra Fomina
13Yuliya Buieva
14Olena Kryvonosova
CoachHariy Yehiazarov
=11PeruPER
1Sara Joya
2Iris Falcón
4Verónica Contreras
6Paola Ramos
7Milagros Cámere
8Milagros Moy
9Sandra Rodríguez
10Luren Baylon
14Yulissa Zamudio
17Yolanda Delgado
12Leyla Chihuán DNS
11Marjorie Vílchez DNS
CoachPark Jong-Duk

Preliminary Round

Date20 – 28 July 1996

Group A

Date20 – 28 July 1996
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1People's Republic of ChinaCHN501015-35.000256-1811.414
2United StatesUSA41913-52.600241-1981.217
3NetherlandsNED32810-71.429211-1791.179
4Republic of KoreaKOR23710-91.111249-2221.122
5JapanJPN1463-120.250158-1990.794
6UkraineUKR0550-150.00089-2250.396
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #120 Jul 10:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN15-10, 15-5, 15-7NetherlandsNED
Match #220 Jul 18:30Republic of KoreaKOR15-10, 15-12, 15-10JapanJPN
Match #320 Jul 19:30United StatesUSA15-8, 15-5, 15-11UkraineUKR
Match #422 Jul 10:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN17-16, 16-14, 2-15, 13-15, 15-13Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #522 Jul 13:25JapanJPN15-9, 15-5, 15-4UkraineUKR
Match #622 Jul 19:30United StatesUSA12-15, 15-10, 17-15, 15-7NetherlandsNED
Match #724 Jul 10:00NetherlandsNED15-3, 15-10, 15-3JapanJPN
Match #824 Jul 19:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN15-8, 15-2, 12-15, 15-12United StatesUSA
Match #924 Jul 22:00Republic of KoreaKOR15-3, 15-10, 15-7UkraineUKR
Match #1026 Jul 12:30NetherlandsNED15-11, 15-12, 7-15, 15-8Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1126 Jul 16:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN15-4, 15-4, 15-6UkraineUKR
Match #1226 Jul 19:30United StatesUSA15-11, 15-7, 15-12JapanJPN
Match #1328 Jul 10:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN16-14, 15-11, 15-10JapanJPN
Match #1428 Jul 13:00United StatesUSA10-15, 15-13, 15-9, 15-3Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1528 Jul 15:30NetherlandsNED15-3, 15-5, 15-5UkraineUKR

Group B

Date20 – 28 July 1996
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsLossesPointsSetsSet RatioPointsPoints Ratio
1BrazilBRA501015-115.000238-1211.967
2Russian FederationRUS41912-43.000217-1401.550
3CubaCUB32810-61.667196-1561.256
4GermanyGER2377-90.778163-1910.853
5CanadaCAN1463-140.214156-2390.653
6PeruPER0552-150.133129-2520.512
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #120 Jul 12:30Russian FederationRUS15-5, 15-10, 15-7GermanyGER
Match #220 Jul 16:00CubaCUB15-8, 15-8, 15-5CanadaCAN
Match #320 Jul 22:00BrazilBRA15-7, 15-1, 15-5PeruPER
Match #422 Jul 16:00Russian FederationRUS15-1, 15-7, 15-9CanadaCAN
Match #522 Jul 18:30GermanyGER15-11, 15-6, 15-3PeruPER
Match #622 Jul 22:05BrazilBRA15-11, 15-10, 15-4CubaCUB
Match #724 Jul 12:30GermanyGER15-5, 15-12, 15-6CanadaCAN
Match #824 Jul 16:00BrazilBRA15-3, 15-11, 15-13Russian FederationRUS
Match #924 Jul 18:30CubaCUB15-2, 15-5, 15-10PeruPER
Match #1026 Jul 10:00Russian FederationRUS15-11, 15-8, 15-1PeruPER
Match #1126 Jul 18:30CubaCUB15-6, 15-8, 15-4GermanyGER
Match #1226 Jul 22:00BrazilBRA15-6, 15-6, 15-11CanadaCAN
Match #1328 Jul 12:30BrazilBRA15-4, 13-15, 15-6, 15-8GermanyGER
Match #1428 Jul 19:30Russian FederationRUS10-15, 15-6, 15-7, 15-8CubaCUB
Match #1528 Jul 22:00CanadaCAN16-17, 15-6, 11-15, 15-9, 15-12PeruPER

Quarter-Finals

Date30 July 1996
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #130 Jul 12:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN15-12, 15-8, 15-8GermanyGER
Match #230 Jul 14:30Russian FederationRUS10-15, 15-7, 15-9, 15-10NetherlandsNED
Match #330 Jul 19:30CubaCUB15-1, 15-10, 15-12United StatesUSA
Match #430 Jul 22:00BrazilBRA15-4, 15-2, 15-10Republic of KoreaKOR

Classification Round 5-8

Date31 July 1996
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #131 Jul 8:00NetherlandsNED15-12, 9-15, 13-15, 15-9, 15-10GermanyGER
Match #231 Jul 10:55Republic of KoreaKOR15-12, 15-5, 15-11United StatesUSA

Semi-Finals

Date31 July – 1 August 1996
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #101 Aug 19:30People's Republic of ChinaCHN12-15, 15-5, 15-8, 15-12Russian FederationRUS
Match #201 Aug 22:00CubaCUB5-15, 15-8, 10-15, 15-13, 15-12BrazilBRA

Final Round

Date1 – 3 August 1996
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/203 Aug 14:35CubaCUB14-16, 15-12, 17-16, 15-6People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match 3/403 Aug 12:00BrazilBRA15-13, 4-15, 16-14, 8-15, 15-13Russian FederationRUS
Match 5/601 Aug 16:25NetherlandsNED15-9, 15-9, 15-13Republic of KoreaKOR
Match 7/801 Aug 14:00United StatesUSA17-16, 15-6, 5-15, 15-6GermanyGER