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Volleyball, Women

Date13 – 26 October 1968
StatusOlympic
LocationGimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Ciudad de México / Pista de Hielo Revolución, Ciudad de México
Participants87 from 8 countries
FormatRound-robin tournament.

There were eight teams entered in a round-robin tournament. The qualifying standards allowed in the first four finishers at the 1966 World Championships, the top three at the 1967 European Championships, and the host nation, Mexico. Japan had won the 1962 and 1966 World Championships in addition to the 1964 Olympic gold medal, although the 1966 World field was somewhat diluted because of an Eastern Bloc boycott following a scandal surrounding the GDR (East Germany) and PRK (North Korea) teams. But in the European Championships, the Soviet Union had won 7 of the 8 events since it was first held in 1949, losing only in 1955 to Czechoslovakia. The event was expected to come down again to Japan and the USSR. The final match saw the two teams meet, both with perfect records of 6-0. The Soviets won in four sets, 15-10, 16-14, 3-15, 15-9.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1Soviet UnionURSGold
1Lyudmila Buldakova
2Lyudmila Mikhaylovskaya
4Vera Lantratova
5Vera Galushka-Duyunova
6Tatyana Sarycheva
7Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova
8Nina Smoleyeva
9Inna Ryskal
10Galina Leontyeva
11Roza Salikhova
12Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova
3Tatjana Veinberga DNS
CoachGivi Akhvlediani
2JapanJPNSilver
1Setsuko Yoshida
2Suzue Takayama
3Toyoko Iwahara
6Yukiyo Kojima
7Sachiko Fukunaka
8Kunie Shishikura
9Setsuko Inoue
10Sumie Oinuma
12Keiko Hama
11Makiko Furukawa DNS
5Aiko Onozawa DNS
4Youko Kasahara DNS
CoachShigeo Yamada
3PolandPOLBronze
1Krystyna Czajkowska-Rawska
2Józefa Ledwig
3Elżbieta Porzec-Nowak
4Wanda Wiecha-Wanot
5Zofia Szcześniewska
6Krystyna Jakubowska
7Lidia Chmielnicka
8Barbara Hermel-Niemczyk
9Halina Aszkiełowicz
10Krystyna Krupa
11Jadwiga Marko-Książek
12Krystyna Ostromęcka-Guryn
CoachBenedykt Krysik
4PeruPER
2Esperanza Jiménez
3Teresa Núñez
4Irma Cordero
6Olga Asato
7Aída Reyna
8Alicia Sánchez
9Luisa Fuentes
10Ana María Ramírez
11Norma Velarde
1Mercedes González DNS
12Felicitas Arroyo DNS
CoachAkira Kato
5Republic of KoreaKOR
1Mun Gyeong-Suk
2Park Geum-Suk
4Seo Hui-Suk
5Lee Eun-Ok
6Hwang Gyu-Ok
7Lee Hyang-Sim
8Yang Jin-Su
9Kim Yeong-Ja
10Kim Oe-Sun
11An Gyeong-Ja
3Gwak Yong-Ja DNS
CoachPark Moo
6CzechoslovakiaTCH
1Pavlína Štefková
2Elena Poláková-Moskalová
3Karla Šašková
4Jitka Senecká
5Věra Štruncová
6Věra Hrabáková
7Júlia Bendeová
8Anna Mifková
9Irena Tichá
10Hana Vlasáková
11Eva Široká
12Hilda Mazúrová
Coach?
7MexicoMEX
1Isabel Nogueira
2Carolina Mendoza
3Rogelia Romo
4Yolanda Reynoso
6María Rodríguez
7Gloria Inzua
9Alicia Cárdeñas
10Gloria Casales
11Patricia Nava
12Trinidad Macías
13Blanca García
14Eloísa Cabada
Coach?
8United StatesUSA
1Jane Ward
2Nancy Owen
3Fanny Hopeau
4Bobbie Perry
5Ninja Jorgensen
6Miki McFadden
7Sharon Peterson
8Patti Bright
9Laurie Lewis
10Marilyn McReavy
11Mary Perry
12Kathryn Heck
CoachHarlan Cohen

Round-Robin

Date13 – 26 October 1968
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #113 Oct 10:00PolandPOL10-15, 12-15, 15-10, 15-12, 17-15Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #213 Oct 12:00JapanJPN15-6, 15-2, 15-2United StatesUSA
Match #313 Oct 17:00Soviet UnionURS8-15, 15-7, 15-13, 15-7CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #413 Oct 19:00PeruPER15-17, 15-5, 10-15, 15-2, 15-7MexicoMEX
Match #514 Oct 10:00PeruPER15-13, 15-6, 15-9Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #614 Oct 12:00CzechoslovakiaTCH15-8, 11-15, 15-9, 15-11United StatesUSA
Match #714 Oct 17:00JapanJPN15-7, 15-3, 15-2MexicoMEX
Match #814 Oct 19:00Soviet UnionURS15-5, 15-11, 15-4PolandPOL
Match #915 Oct 12:00CzechoslovakiaTCH15-8, 15-2, 16-14MexicoMEX
Match #1015 Oct 12:00JapanJPN15-3, 15-11, 15-9PeruPER
Match #1116 Oct 10:00PolandPOL15-3, 15-1, 16-14United StatesUSA
Match #1216 Oct 12:00Soviet UnionURS15-9, 15-6, 15-2Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1317 Oct 17:00Republic of KoreaKOR15-9, 15-13, 6-15, 15-5United StatesUSA
Match #1417 Oct 12:00Soviet UnionURS15-4, 15-9, 15-9PeruPER
Match #1519 Oct 17:00JapanJPN15-7, 15-8, 15-7CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #1619 Oct 12:00PolandPOL15-9, 12-15, 15-11, 11-15, 15-4MexicoMEX
Match #1720 Oct 10:00JapanJPN15-5, 15-6, 15-6PolandPOL
Match #1820 Oct 10:00CzechoslovakiaTCH7-15, 13-15, 15-9, 15-2, 15-3PeruPER
Match #1921 Oct 10:00Soviet UnionURS15-1, 6-15, 15-4, 15-6United StatesUSA
Match #2021 Oct 17:00Republic of KoreaKOR15-5, 15-4, 15-6MexicoMEX
Match #2121 Oct 19:00Soviet UnionURS15-6, 15-10, 15-3MexicoMEX
Match #2223 Oct 17:00PeruPER15-11, 15-0, 14-16, 15-12United StatesUSA
Match #2324 Oct 17:00PolandPOL15-13, 15-7, 15-12CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #2424 Oct 12:00JapanJPN15-5, 15-5, 15-4Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #2525 Oct 10:00PolandPOL15-10, 14-16, 15-9, 15-8PeruPER
Match #2625 Oct 12:00Republic of KoreaKOR15-9, 15-9, 9-15, 15-11CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #2726 Oct 16:00MexicoMEX15-8, 15-7, 15-4United StatesUSA
Match #2826 Oct 18:00Soviet UnionURS15-10, 16-14, 3-15, 15-9JapanJPN