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Volleyball, Women

Date	11 – 23 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Komazawa Volleyball Court, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo / Yokohama Bunka Taiikukan, Naka, Yokohama
Participants	68 from 6 countries
Format	Round-robin tournament.

There were six teams who competed in a pure round-robin competition. The first four teams from the 1962 World Championships were eligible and the United States and North Korea (DPR Korea) were also offered a spot. When North Korea withdrew from the 1964 Olympics because of the problem with the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO), Korea received the sixth spot in the women’s tournament.

Japan was the hometown favorite, having won the 1962 World Championships. They were expected to be pressed by the Soviet Union, who had placed second in 1962 and won the Worlds in 1960. Japan was led by their martinet coach, Hirofumi Daimatsu. His Spartan training methods were highly criticized and would now be considered athlete abuse. In the end, Japan won the gold medal easily, losing only one set, 15-13, to Poland. Their final match was against the Soviets, and they defeated them in straight sets, 15-11, 15-8, 15-13. All the Japanese team members were from Nichibo Kaizuka (from near Osaka), a fiber spinning company, including Daimatsu. Daimatsu later became a member of parliament in Japan. After the Olympics, team captain Masae Kasai met with the Japanese Prime Minister and complained to him that she had not been able to find a husband because of the difficult training regimen. The Prime Minister set her up with a date and the two later married.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio	Side Outs
1	–	Japan	JPN	5	5	0	10	15-1	15.000	238-93	2.559	–	Gold
	1	Masae Kasai		5	–	–	12	–-–	–	–-–	–	11
	2	Emiko Miyamoto		5	–	–	15	–-–	–	–-–	–	18
	3	Kinuko Tanida		5	–	–	28	–-–	–	–-–	–	33
	4	Yuriko Handa		5	–	–	20	–-–	–	–-–	–	20
	5	Yoshiko Matsumura		5	–	–	11	–-–	–	–-–	–	8
	6	Sata Isobe		5	–	–	17	–-–	–	–-–	–	44
	7	Masako Kondo		4	–	–	6	–-–	–	–-–	–	15
	8	Ayano Shibuki		1	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	1
	9	Katsumi Matsumura		1	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0
	10	Yoko Shinozaki		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Setsuko Sasaki		1	–	–	6	–-–	–	–-–	–	18
	12	Yoko Fujimoto		2	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0
Coach		Hirofumi Daimatsu
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	5	4	1	9	12-3	4.000	212-97	2.186	–	Silver
	1	Antonina Ryzhova		5	–	–	6	–-–	–	–-–	–	10
	2	Astra Biltauere		1	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0
	3	Ninel Lukanina		1	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	3
	4	Lyudmila Buldakova		4	–	–	4	–-–	–	–-–	–	7
	5	Nelli Abramova		2	–	–	1	–-–	–	–-–	–	2
	6	Tamara Tikhonina		4	–	–	11	–-–	–	–-–	–	16
	7	Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova		5	–	–	18	–-–	–	–-–	–	29
	8	Inna Ryskal		5	–	–	19	–-–	–	–-–	–	33
	9	Marita Katusheva		2	–	–	5	–-–	–	–-–	–	4
	10	Tatyana Roshchina		5	–	–	9	–-–	–	–-–	–	10
	11	Valentina Mishak		5	–	–	17	–-–	–	–-–	–	25
	12	Lyudmila Gureyeva		3	–	–	8	–-–	–	–-–	–	8
Coach		Oleg Chekhov
3	–	Poland	POL	5	3	2	8	10-6	1.667	180-162	1.111	–	Bronze
	1	Krystyna Czajkowska-Rawska		5	–	–	11	–-–	–	–-–	–	26
	2	Józefa Ledwig		2	–	–	6	–-–	–	–-–	–	11
	3	Maria Golimowska		5	–	–	10	–-–	–	–-–	–	10
	4	Jadwiga Rutkowska		2	–	–	3	–-–	–	–-–	–	2
	5	Danuta Kordaczuk-Wagner		5	–	–	14	–-–	–	–-–	–	23
	6	Krystyna Jakubowska		5	–	–	24	–-–	–	–-–	–	30
	7	Jadwiga Marko-Książek		5	–	–	15	–-–	–	–-–	–	33
	8	Maria Śliwka		5	–	–	9	–-–	–	–-–	–	25
	9	Zofia Szcześniewska		2	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	1
	10	Krystyna Krupa		2	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	3
	12	Barbara Hermel-Niemczyk DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	11	Hanna Busz DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Benedykt Krysik
4	–	Romania	ROU	5	2	3	7	6-9	0.667	140-172	0.814	–
	1	Ana Mocanu		4	–	–	4	–-–	–	–-–	–	7
	3	Cornelia Lăzeanu		5	–	–	4	–-–	–	–-–	–	10
	4	Natalia Todorovschi		4	–	–	1	–-–	–	–-–	–	5
	5	Doina Ivănescu		4	–	–	13	–-–	–	–-–	–	28
	6	Doina Popescu		5	–	–	8	–-–	–	–-–	–	7
	7	Sonia Colceru		4	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0
	8	Lia Vanea		5	–	–	7	–-–	–	–-–	–	17
	9	Alexandrina Chezan		5	–	–	9	–-–	–	–-–	–	23
	10	Ileana Enculescu		5	–	–	6	–-–	–	–-–	–	24
	11	Elisabeta Goloșie		4	–	–	3	–-–	–	–-–	–	12
	12	Marina Stanca DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Dragan Constantinescu
5	–	United States	USA	5	1	4	6	3-12	0.250	98-213	0.460	–
	1	Jean Gaertner		5	–	–	12	–-–	–	–-–	–	35
	2	Gail O'Rourke		1	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	1
	3	Linda Murphy		5	–	–	18	–-–	–	–-–	–	29
	4	Lou Sara Galloway		4	–	–	1	–-–	–	–-–	–	4
	5	Neda Thomas		3	–	–	1	–-–	–	–-–	–	2
	6	Mary Perry		2	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	1
	7	Mary Jo Peppler		5	–	–	1	–-–	–	–-–	–	11
	8	Nancy Owen		5	–	–	4	–-–	–	–-–	–	11
	9	Patti Bright		3	–	–	1	–-–	–	–-–	–	1
	10	Jane Ward		5	–	–	7	–-–	–	–-–	–	19
	11	Sharon Peterson		4	–	–	2	–-–	–	–-–	–	6
	12	Barbie Harwerth		3	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	3
Coach		Doc Burroughs
6	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	5	0	5	5	0-15	0.000	94-225	0.418	–
	1	Seo Chun-Gang		5	–	–	13	–-–	–	–-–	–	47
	2	Mun Gyeong-Suk		5	–	–	7	–-–	–	–-–	–	25
	3	Yu Chun-Ja		5	–	–	7	–-–	–	–-–	–	4
	4	Kim Gil-Ja		1	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0
	5	Oh Sun-Ok		4	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	4
	6	Jeong Jeong-Eun		1	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0
	7	Choi Don-Hui		5	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	2
	8	Hong Nam-Seon		4	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	3
	9	Oh Cheong-Ja		5	–	–	1	–-–	–	–-–	–	0
	10	Yun Jeong-Suk		2	–	–	0	–-–	–	–-–	–	2
	11	Gwak Yong-Ja		4	–	–	1	–-–	–	–-–	–	0
	12	Lee Geun-Su		5	–	–	4	–-–	–	–-–	–	11
Coach		?

Round-Robin

Date	11 – 23 October 1964

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	11 Oct 11:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-5, 15-6, 15-0	Romania	ROU
Match #2	11 Oct 13:00	Japan	JPN	15-1, 15-5, 15-2	United States	USA
Match #3	11 Oct 15:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-0, 15-6, 15-0	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #4	12 Oct 15:00	Poland	POL	15-3, 15-4, 15-10	United States	USA
Match #5	12 Oct 17:00	Japan	JPN	15-7, 15-3, 15-8	Romania	ROU
Match #6	12 Oct 19:00	Romania	ROU	15-9, 15-1, 15-2	United States	USA
Match #7	13 Oct 17:00	Poland	POL	15-5, 15-5, 15-11	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #8	14 Oct 19:00	Japan	JPN	15-3, 15-2, 15-4	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #9	15 Oct 13:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-9, 15-5, 15-5	Poland	POL
Match #10	17 Oct 13:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-1, 15-8, 15-7	United States	USA
Match #11	18 Oct 13:00	Japan	JPN	15-4, 15-5, 13-15, 15-2	Poland	POL
Match #12	19 Oct 17:00	Romania	ROU	15-10, 15-9, 15-6	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #13	21 Oct 11:00	United States	USA	15-7, 15-13, 15-13	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #14	22 Oct 19:00	Poland	POL	15-7, 15-6, 15-8	Romania	ROU
Match #15	23 Oct 19:00	Japan	JPN	15-11, 15-8, 15-13	Soviet Union	URS