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Volleyball, Women

Date	13 – 26 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Ciudad de México / Pista de Hielo Revolución, Ciudad de México
Participants	87 from 8 countries
Format	Round-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.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio	Side Outs
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	7	7	0	14	21-3	7.000	333-194	1.716	–	Gold
	1	Lyudmila Buldakova		7	–	–	19.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	17.0
	2	Lyudmila Mikhaylovskaya		6	–	–	5.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	6.0
	4	Vera Lantratova		6	–	–	9.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	10.0
	5	Vera Galushka-Duyunova		7	–	–	24.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	31.0
	6	Tatyana Sarycheva		6	–	–	7.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	13.0
	7	Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova		6	–	–	14.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	8.0
	8	Nina Smoleyeva		7	–	–	40.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	54.0
	9	Inna Ryskal		5	–	–	46.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	37.5
	10	Galina Leontyeva		7	–	–	10.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	11.0
	11	Roza Salikhova		7	–	–	36.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	45.5
	12	Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova		5	–	–	12.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	9.0
	3	Tatjana Veinberga DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Givi Akhvlediani
2	–	Japan	JPN	7	6	1	13	19-3	6.333	318-147	2.163	–	Silver
	1	Setsuko Yoshida		6	–	–	1.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	3.0
	2	Suzue Takayama		7	–	–	30.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	47.0
	3	Toyoko Iwahara		7	–	–	13.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	11.0
	6	Yukiyo Kojima		7	–	–	34.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	47.0
	7	Sachiko Fukunaka		7	–	–	31.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	24.0
	8	Kunie Shishikura		7	–	–	22.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	24.0
	9	Setsuko Inoue		7	–	–	25.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	21.5
	10	Sumie Oinuma		7	–	–	39.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	52.5
	12	Keiko Hama		5	–	–	15.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	14.0
	11	Makiko Furukawa DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	5	Aiko Onozawa DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	4	Youko Kasahara DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Shigeo Yamada
3	–	Poland	POL	7	5	2	12	15-11	1.364	324-304	1.066	–	Bronze
	1	Krystyna Czajkowska-Rawska		7	–	–	18.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	17.0
	2	Józefa Ledwig		7	–	–	25.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	35.0
	3	Elżbieta Porzec-Nowak		7	–	–	27.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	33.5
	4	Wanda Wiecha-Wanot		7	–	–	26.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	47.0
	5	Zofia Szcześniewska		7	–	–	6.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	10.0
	6	Krystyna Jakubowska		6	–	–	23.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	45.5
	7	Lidia Chmielnicka		5	–	–	0.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	2.0
	8	Barbara Hermel-Niemczyk		7	–	–	25.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	54.5
	9	Halina Aszkiełowicz		7	–	–	37.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	62.5
	10	Krystyna Krupa		7	–	–	10.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	17.5
	11	Jadwiga Marko-Książek		3	–	–	2.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	2.5
	12	Krystyna Ostromęcka-Guryn		4	–	–	3.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	1.0
Coach		Benedykt Krysik
4	–	Peru	PER	7	3	4	10	12-15	0.800	306-327	0.936	–
	2	Esperanza Jiménez		7	–	–	15.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	4.5
	3	Teresa Núñez		4	–	–	0.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0.0
	4	Irma Cordero		7	–	–	12.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	20.5
	6	Olga Asato		7	–	–	1.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0.0
	7	Aída Reyna		4	–	–	0.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	4.0
	8	Alicia Sánchez		7	–	–	16.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	16.5
	9	Luisa Fuentes		7	–	–	53.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	104.0
	10	Ana María Ramírez		7	–	–	54.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	110.0
	11	Norma Velarde		7	–	–	10.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	21.0
	1	Mercedes González DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
	12	Felicitas Arroyo DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Akira Kato
5	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	7	3	4	10	11-14	0.786	276-305	0.905	–
	1	Mun Gyeong-Suk		7	–	–	23.8	–-–	–	–-–	–	44.0
	2	Park Geum-Suk		6	–	–	5.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	21.0
	4	Seo Hui-Suk		7	–	–	50.8	–-–	–	–-–	–	95.5
	5	Lee Eun-Ok		6	–	–	9.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	27.0
	6	Hwang Gyu-Ok		7	–	–	0.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	3.0
	7	Lee Hyang-Sim		7	–	–	11.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	6.0
	8	Yang Jin-Su		7	–	–	24.3	–-–	–	–-–	–	35.5
	9	Kim Yeong-Ja		7	–	–	42.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	76.0
	10	Kim Oe-Sun		1	–	–	0.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0.0
	11	An Gyeong-Ja		6	–	–	0.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	0.0
	3	Gwak Yong-Ja DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–	–
Coach		Park Moo
6	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	7	3	4	10	11-15	0.733	307-308	0.997	–
	1	Pavlína Štefková		7	–	–	9.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	10.5
	2	Elena Poláková-Moskalová		7	–	–	27.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	47.0
	3	Karla Šašková		6	–	–	5.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	13.0
	4	Jitka Senecká		2	–	–	0.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0.0
	5	Věra Štruncová		6	–	–	3.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	14.5
	6	Věra Hrabáková		7	–	–	29.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	52.0
	7	Júlia Bendeová		7	–	–	26.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	37.0
	8	Anna Mifková		7	–	–	10.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	6.5
	9	Irena Tichá		7	–	–	14.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	27.0
	10	Hana Vlasáková		7	–	–	16.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	33.5
	11	Eva Široká		6	–	–	5.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	12.0
	12	Hilda Mazúrová		7	–	–	8.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	12.0
Coach		?
7	–	Mexico	MEX	7	1	6	8	7-18	0.389	215-338	0.636	–
	1	Isabel Nogueira		4	–	–	1.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	6.0
	2	Carolina Mendoza		7	–	–	16.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	30.0
	3	Rogelia Romo		5	–	–	1.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0.0
	4	Yolanda Reynoso		4	–	–	4.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	4.0
	6	María Rodríguez		6	–	–	1.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	7.0
	7	Gloria Inzua		6	–	–	4.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	19.0
	9	Alicia Cárdeñas		7	–	–	9.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	20.0
	10	Gloria Casales		7	–	–	7.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	13.0
	11	Patricia Nava		7	–	–	22.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	71.0
	12	Trinidad Macías		6	–	–	1.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	5.5
	13	Blanca García		7	–	–	42.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	71.5
	14	Eloísa Cabada		3	–	–	1.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	1.0
Coach		?
8	–	United States	USA	7	0	7	7	4-21	0.190	197-353	0.558	–
	1	Jane Ward		7	–	–	6.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	20.5
	2	Nancy Owen		6	–	–	7.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	5.0
	3	Fanny Hopeau		6	–	–	3.3	–-–	–	–-–	–	5.5
	4	Bobbie Perry		7	–	–	17.3	–-–	–	–-–	–	34.5
	5	Ninja Jorgensen		7	–	–	23.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	50.5
	6	Miki McFadden		7	–	–	0.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	0.0
	7	Sharon Peterson		7	–	–	4.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	6.0
	8	Patti Bright		6	–	–	1.3	–-–	–	–-–	–	0.5
	9	Laurie Lewis		7	–	–	12.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	21.5
	10	Marilyn McReavy		7	–	–	29.5	–-–	–	–-–	–	59.0
	11	Mary Perry		5	–	–	5.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	21.0
	12	Kathryn Heck		6	–	–	8.0	–-–	–	–-–	–	24.0
Coach		Harlan Cohen

Round-Robin

Date	13 – 26 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	13 Oct 10:00	Poland	POL	10-15, 12-15, 15-10, 15-12, 17-15	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #2	13 Oct 12:00	Japan	JPN	15-6, 15-2, 15-2	United States	USA
Match #3	13 Oct 17:00	Soviet Union	URS	8-15, 15-7, 15-13, 15-7	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #4	13 Oct 19:00	Peru	PER	15-17, 15-5, 10-15, 15-2, 15-7	Mexico	MEX
Match #5	14 Oct 10:00	Peru	PER	15-13, 15-6, 15-9	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #6	14 Oct 12:00	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15-8, 11-15, 15-9, 15-11	United States	USA
Match #7	14 Oct 17:00	Japan	JPN	15-7, 15-3, 15-2	Mexico	MEX
Match #8	14 Oct 19:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-5, 15-11, 15-4	Poland	POL
Match #9	15 Oct 12:00	Czechoslovakia	TCH	15-8, 15-2, 16-14	Mexico	MEX
Match #10	15 Oct 12:00	Japan	JPN	15-3, 15-11, 15-9	Peru	PER
Match #11	16 Oct 10:00	Poland	POL	15-3, 15-1, 16-14	United States	USA
Match #12	16 Oct 12:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-9, 15-6, 15-2	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #13	17 Oct 17:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-9, 15-13, 6-15, 15-5	United States	USA
Match #14	17 Oct 12:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-4, 15-9, 15-9	Peru	PER
Match #15	19 Oct 17:00	Japan	JPN	15-7, 15-8, 15-7	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #16	19 Oct 12:00	Poland	POL	15-9, 12-15, 15-11, 11-15, 15-4	Mexico	MEX
Match #17	20 Oct 10:00	Japan	JPN	15-5, 15-6, 15-6	Poland	POL
Match #18	20 Oct 10:00	Czechoslovakia	TCH	7-15, 13-15, 15-9, 15-2, 15-3	Peru	PER
Match #19	21 Oct 10:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-1, 6-15, 15-4, 15-6	United States	USA
Match #20	21 Oct 17:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-5, 15-4, 15-6	Mexico	MEX
Match #21	21 Oct 19:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-6, 15-10, 15-3	Mexico	MEX
Match #22	23 Oct 17:00	Peru	PER	15-11, 15-0, 14-16, 15-12	United States	USA
Match #23	24 Oct 17:00	Poland	POL	15-13, 15-7, 15-12	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #24	24 Oct 12:00	Japan	JPN	15-5, 15-5, 15-4	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #25	25 Oct 10:00	Poland	POL	15-10, 14-16, 15-9, 15-8	Peru	PER
Match #26	25 Oct 12:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-9, 15-9, 9-15, 15-11	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #27	26 Oct 16:00	Mexico	MEX	15-8, 15-7, 15-4	United States	USA
Match #28	26 Oct 18:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-10, 16-14, 3-15, 15-9	Japan	JPN