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Volleyball, Women

Date	19 – 30 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Le Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec / Centre Paul-Sauvé, Montréal, Québec
Participants	96 from 8 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The tournament consisted of eight teams separated into two pools of four, followed by elimination matches. The qualifying was as follows: defending champion (USSR), 1974 World Champion (Japan), host nation (Canada), Asian Games Champion ships (Korea, replacing Japan), European Championship (Hungary, replacing the USSR), North American Champion (Cuba), South American Champion (Peru), and the GDR (East Germany) qualified at a special tournament in Heidelberg, Germany.

Once again the favorites were the Soviet Union and Japan. Japan had won the World Championships in 1974 and the Soviet Union had won the last five European Championships. In the end, Japan absolutely dominated the tournament. They defeated the Soviets in the final, crushing them in straight sets, 15-7, 15-8, 15-2. Japan played five matches and never lost a set, the only time this has happened in Olympic volleyball, and only one team (Korea) even reached double figures in any set (15-13 in the first set in the semi-finals). Nine of the Japanese players represented the Hitachi team, as did their coach, Shigeo Yamada. For the fourth straight Olympics, the gold and silver medals were won by Japan and the Soviet Union, who had now both won two gold and two silver medals. For the Soviets, Inna Ryskal had played on all four medal-winning teams. Through the first 40 years of Olympic volleyball, she is the only player to have won four medals.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	–	Japan	JPN	5	5	0	10	15-0	∞	225-84	2.679	Gold
	1	Takako Iida		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Mariko Okamoto		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Echiko Maeda		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Noriko Matsuda		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Takako Shirai		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Kiyomi Kato		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Yuko Arakida		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Katsuko Kanesaka		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Mariko Yoshida		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Shoko Takayanagi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Hiromi Yano		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Juri Yokoyama		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Shigeo Yamada
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	5	4	1	9	12-7	1.714	248-211	1.175	Silver
	1	Anna Rostova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Lyudmila Shchetinina		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Liliya Osadchaya		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Nataliya Kushnir		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Olga Kozakova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Nina Smoleyeva		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Lyubov Rudovskaya		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Larisa Bergen		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Inna Ryskal		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Lyudmila Chernyshova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Zoya Yusova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Nina Muradyan		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Givi Akhvlediani
3	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	5	3	2	8	10-11	0.909	260-259	1.004	Bronze
	1	Lee Sun-Bok		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Yu Jeong-Hye		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Byeon Gyeong-Ja		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Lee Sun-Ok		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Baek Myeong-Seon		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Jang Hye-Suk		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Ma Geum-Ja		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Yun Yeong-Nae		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Yu Gyeong-Hwa		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Park Mi-Geum		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Jeong Sun-Ok		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Jo Hye-Jeong		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Kim Han-Soo
4	–	Hungary	HUN	5	2	3	7	7-11	0.636	192-234	0.821
	1	Zsuzsa Szloboda		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Gyöngyi Bardi-Gerevich		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Éva Biszku		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Zsuzsa Biszku		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Lucia Bánhegyi-Radó		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Gabriella Csapó-Fekete		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Ágnes Gajdos-Hubai		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Judit Schlégl-Blaumann		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Ágnes Torma		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Katalin Eichler-Schadek		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Emerencia Siry-Király		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Éva Sebők-Szalay		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Gabriella Kotsis
5	–	Cuba	CUB	5	3	2	8	12-9	1.333	267-250	1.068
	1	Mercedes Pérez		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Imilsis Téllez		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Ana Díaz		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Mercedes Pomares		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Lucila Urgellés		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Mercedes Roca		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Miriam Herrera		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Claudina Villaurrutia		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Melania Tartabull		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Nelly Barnet		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Ana María García		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Evelina Borroto		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Eugenio George
6	–	East Germany	GDR	5	1	4	6	8-14	0.571	237-286	0.829
	1	Karla Roffeis		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Johanna Strotzer		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Cornelia Rickert		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Christine Walther-Mummhardt		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Ingrid Mierzwiak		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Helga Offen		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Barbara Czekalla		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Jutta Balster		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Anke Westendorf		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Hannelore Meincke		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Monika Meißner		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Gudrun Gärtner		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Dieter Grund
7	–	Peru	PER	5	2	3	7	9-12	0.750	239-250	0.956
	1	Mercedes González		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Gaby Cárdenas		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Teresa Núñez		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Irma Cordero		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Ana Cecilia Carrillo		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Luisa Merea		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Delia Córdova		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Silvia Quevedo		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Luisa Fuentes		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	María Cecilia del Risco		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	María Cervera		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	María Ostolaza		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Park Man-Bok
8	–	Canada	CAN	5	0	5	5	6-15	0.400	198-292	0.678
	1	Carole Bishop		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Barbara Dalton		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Kathy Girvan		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Patty Olson		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Regyna Armonas		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Anne Ireland		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Mary Dempster		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Claire Lloyd		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Betty Baxter		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Connie Lebrun		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Debbie Heeps		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Audrey Vandervelden		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Park Moo

Preliminary Round

Date	19 – 24 July 1976

Group A

Date	19 – 23 July 1976
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Japan	JPN	3	0	6	9-0	∞	135-43	3.140
2	Hungary	HUN	2	1	5	6-5	1.200	120-132	0.909
3	Peru	PER	1	2	4	4-8	0.500	124-154	0.805
4	Canada	CAN	0	3	3	3-9	0.333	113-163	0.693

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul 15:30	Japan	JPN	15-6, 15-3, 15-4	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	19 Jul 19:30	Peru	PER	12-15, 15-4, 15-10, 7-15, 15-12	Canada	CAN
Match #3	21 Jul 15:30	Japan	JPN	15-7, 15-4, 15-9	Peru	PER
Match #4	21 Jul 19:30	Hungary	HUN	15-13, 15-10, 9-15, 15-9	Canada	CAN
Match #5	23 Jul 15:30	Hungary	HUN	7-15, 15-8, 15-3, 16-14	Peru	PER
Match #6	23 Jul 19:30	Japan	JPN	15-6, 15-2, 15-2	Canada	CAN

Group B

Date	20 – 24 July 1976
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	6	9-4	2.250	186-137	1.358
2	Republic of Korea	KOR	2	1	5	7-7	1.000	179-171	1.047
3	Cuba	CUB	1	2	4	6-7	0.857	150-168	0.893
4	East Germany	GDR	0	3	3	5-9	0.556	144-183	0.787

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul 15:30	Soviet Union	URS	16-14, 12-15, 15-2, 16-14	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #2	20 Jul 19:30	Cuba	CUB	7-15, 15-5, 15-5, 15-13	East Germany	GDR
Match #3	22 Jul 15:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-9, 13-15, 15-11, 15-10	Cuba	CUB
Match #4	22 Jul 19:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	5-15, 11-15, 16-14, 15-2, 15-13	East Germany	GDR
Match #5	24 Jul 15:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	14-16, 15-4, 15-8, 13-15, 15-10	Cuba	CUB
Match #6	24 Jul 19:30	Soviet Union	URS	15-11, 13-15, 11-15, 15-5, 15-1	East Germany	GDR

Classification Round 5-8

Date	26 July 1976
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul 13:00	Cuba	CUB	13-15, 15-7, 14-16, 15-9, 15-3	Canada	CAN
Match #2	26 Jul 15:00	East Germany	GDR	15-11, 15-9, 8-15, 8-15, 15-8	Peru	PER

Semi-Finals

Date	26 – 29 July 1976
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 13:00	Soviet Union	URS	15-10, 15-10, 15-9	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	29 Jul 15:00	Japan	JPN	15-13, 15-6, 15-5	Republic of Korea	KOR

Final Round

Date	27 – 30 July 1976
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Jul 15:00	Japan	JPN	15-7, 15-8, 15-2	Soviet Union	URS
Match 3/4	30 Jul 13:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-12, 12-15, 15-10, 15-6	Hungary	HUN
Match 5/6	27 Jul 14:00	Cuba	CUB	15-12, 15-12, 15-8	East Germany	GDR
Match 7/8	27 Jul 12:00	Peru	PER	15-9, 12-15, 15-4, 15-7	Canada	CAN