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Volleyball, Men

Date	29 July – 11 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Sports Arena, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California
Participants	118 from 10 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The USSR was absent because of the boycott, but they would have been likely co-favorites, having won the last two World Championships and the last five Europeans. Because of the boycott, only 10 teams competed, separated into two pools. The 10 qualifying teams were selected as follows: defending champion (USSR), 1982 World Champion (Brazil, replacing the Soviets), host nation (United States), South American Champion (Argentina), European Champion (Poland, replacing the Soviets), World Cup Champion (Cuba, replacing the Soviets), North American Champion (Canada, replacing the United States), Asian Champion (Japan), African Champion (Egypt), and Bulgaria qualified in a special tournament. Bulgaria, Cuba, Poland, and the Soviet Union did not compete and were replaced by China, Italy, Korea, and Tunisia.

Of the competing teams the two leading contenders were the United States and Brazil, with Brazil having won the 1983 Pan-American Championship. The United States had not competed at the Olympics since 1968 and the World Championships since 1966, as most American players played in semi-pro leagues or beach volleyball. The US came into the tournament on a 24-match winning streak, which included four wins over the Soviet Union, although that streak ended with a loss to Brazil in Los Angeles. Brazil and the United States were both drawn in Group A, along with Korea, and all three teams finished with group records of 3 wins and 1 loss. But Korea lost out on point ratios, and Brazil and the US advanced to the semis, joined by Italy and Canada from the Group B, which was a major upset as they had defeated a tough Japanese team. Canada and Korea were easily dispatched in the semi-finals, and the United States played Brazil in the final. Perhaps helped by the home crowd, the United States won easily in three sets, 15-6, 15-6, 15-7. The US was led by Karch Kiraly, considered the best volleyball player in the world through the 1980s, and also a top beach player. Two Japanese players were disqualified for doping – Eiji Shimomura for testosterone, and Mikiyasu Tanaka for ephedrine, a stimulant.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	–	United States	USA	6	5	1	11	15-4	3.750	258-159	1.623	Gold
	1	Dusty Dvorak		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Dave Saunders		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Steve Salmons		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Paul Sunderland		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Rich Duwelius		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Steve Timmons		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Craig Buck		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Marc Waldie		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Chris Marlowe		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Aldis Berzins		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	13	Pat Powers		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	15	Karch Kiraly		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Doug Beal
2	–	Brazil	BRA	6	4	2	10	13-8	1.625	267-214	1.248	Silver
	1	Bernardinho		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Xandó		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Badalhoca		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Montanaro		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Rui		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Renan		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	William		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Amauri		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Marcus Vinícius		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Domingos Maracanã		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Bernard		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	14	Fernandão		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Bebeto de Freitas
3	–	Italy	ITA	6	4	2	10	15-7	2.143	280-231	1.212	Bronze
	1	Marco Negri		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Pier Paolo Lucchetta		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Giancarlo Dametto		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Franco Bertoli		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Francesco Dall'Olio		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Piero Rebaudengo		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Giovanni Errichiello		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Guido De Luigi		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Fabio Vullo		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Giovanni Lanfranco		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Paolo Vecchi		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Andrea Lucchetta		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Silvano Prandi
4	–	Canada	CAN	6	3	3	9	10-9	1.111	221-212	1.042
	1	Glenn Hoag		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Terry Danyluk		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	John Barrett		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Dave Jones		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Paul Gratton		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Allan Coulter		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Tom Jones		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Don Saxton		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Randy Wagner		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Alex Ketrzynski		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Rick Bacon		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	15	Garth Pischke		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Ken Maeda
5	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	6	5	1	11	15-8	1.875	312-253	1.233
	1	Lee Jong-Gyeong		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Gang Du-Tae		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Jang Yun-Chang		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Lee Yong-Seon		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Lee Beom-Ju		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Yang Jin-Ung		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Mun Yong-Gwan		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Yu Jung-Tak		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Kim Ho-Cheol		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	No Jin-Su		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Gang Man-Su		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Jeong Ui-Tak		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Cho Bae-Ho
6	–	Argentina	ARG	6	2	4	8	11-13	0.846	282-307	0.919
	2	Daniel Castellani		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Eduardo Martínez		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Carlos Wagenpfeil		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Alejandro Diz		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Hugo Conte		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Waldo Kantor		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Raúl Quiroga		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Jon Emili Uriarte		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Alcides Cuminetti		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Leonardo Wiernes		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Daniel Colla DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	1	José De Palma DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Alberto Roitman
7	–	Japan	JPN	6	4	2	10	13-8	1.625	271-245	1.106
	1	Koshi Sobu		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Kazuya Mitake		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Eizaburo Mitsuhashi		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Hiroaki Okuno		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Yasushi Furukawa		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Shuji Yamada		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Kimio Sugimoto		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Minoru Iwata		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Akihiro Iwashima		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Shunichi Kawai		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Mikiyasu Tanaka		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Eiji Shimomura		[1]	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–		1
Coach		Naohiro Ikeda-Nakano
8	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	6	1	5	7	4-15	0.267	200-261	0.766
	1	Yan Jianming		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Song Jinwei		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Yu Juemin		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Ju Jixin		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Zhang Yousheng		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Yang Liqun		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Cao Ping		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Shen Keqin		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Zuo Yue		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Xiao Qingsong		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Zhao Feng		6	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Liu Changcheng		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Zou Zhihua
9	–	Tunisia	TUN	5	1	4	6	3-14	0.214	127-237	0.536
	1	Faycal Laridhi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Mohamed Sarsar		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Rashid Bousarsar		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Razi Mhiri		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Msaddak Lahmar		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Mounir Barek		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Walid Boulahya		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Slim Mehrizi		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Chebbi Mbarek		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Yassine Mezlini		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Abdel Aziz Ben Abdallah		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Adel Khechini		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Victor Turin
10	–	Egypt	EGY	5	0	5	5	2-15	0.133	147-246	0.598
	1	Khaled Al-Shamuti		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Mahmoud Farag		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Ahmed El-Askalani		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Essam Awad		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Essam Ramadan		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Gaber Abdelaty		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Shaban Khalifa		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Hisham Radwan		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Ahmed El-Shamouty		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Abdel Hamid El-Wassimy		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Hisham El-Gamal		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Ehab Fakhruddin		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Ahmed El-Gamel

Preliminary Round

Date	29 July – 6 August 1984

Group A

Date	29 July – 6 August 1984
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Brazil	BRA	3	1	7	10-4	2.500	191-144	1.326
2	United States	USA	3	1	7	9-4	2.250	168-117	1.436
3	Republic of Korea	KOR	3	1	7	9-6	1.500	203-162	1.253
4	Argentina	ARG	1	3	5	7-9	0.778	184-207	0.889
5	Tunisia	TUN	0	4	4	0-12	0.000	64-180	0.356

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 10:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-7, 15-7, 15-7	Tunisia	TUN
Match #2	29 Jul 18:30	United States	USA	15-6, 15-7, 10-15, 15-8	Argentina	ARG
Match #3	31 Jul 10:00	Brazil	BRA	15-8, 15-8, 16-18, 15-13	Argentina	ARG
Match #4	31 Jul 18:30	United States	USA	15-3, 15-2, 15-3	Tunisia	TUN
Match #5	02 Aug 10:00	Brazil	BRA	15-5, 15-9, 15-2	Tunisia	TUN
Match #6	02 Aug 18:30	United States	USA	15-13, 15-9, 15-6	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #7	04 Aug 10:00	Argentina	ARG	15-9, 15-7, 15-3	Tunisia	TUN
Match #8	04 Aug 18:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-4, 15-13, 13-15, 15-8	Brazil	BRA
Match #9	06 Aug 10:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-6, 14-16, 13-15, 15-7, 15-12	Argentina	ARG
Match #10	06 Aug 18:30	Brazil	BRA	15-10, 15-11, 15-2	United States	USA

Group B

Date	29 July – 6 August 1984
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Canada	CAN	3	1	7	10-3	3.333	167-122	1.369
2	Italy	ITA	3	1	7	11-4	2.750	210-143	1.469
3	Japan	JPN	3	1	7	9-5	1.800	179-162	1.105
4	People's Republic of China	CHN	1	3	5	3-9	0.333	124-160	0.775
5	Egypt	EGY	0	4	4	0-12	0.000	90-183	0.492

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 10:00	Japan	JPN	15-9, 15-9, 15-8	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	29 Jul 18:30	Italy	ITA	10-15, 15-4, 15-6, 15-7	Canada	CAN
Match #3	31 Jul 10:00	Canada	CAN	15-10, 15-9, 15-3	Egypt	EGY
Match #4	31 Jul 18:30	Italy	ITA	15-5, 16-14, 15-13	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #5	02 Aug 10:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	15-3, 15-5, 18-16	Egypt	EGY
Match #6	02 Aug 18:30	Japan	JPN	5-15, 11-15, 15-10, 15-10, 16-14	Italy	ITA
Match #7	04 Aug 10:00	Japan	JPN	15-6, 15-10, 15-11	Egypt	EGY
Match #8	04 Aug 18:30	Canada	CAN	15-8, 15-7, 15-3	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #9	06 Aug 10:00	Canada	CAN	15-10, 15-8, 15-9	Japan	JPN
Match #10	06 Aug 18:30	Italy	ITA	15-4, 15-7, 15-6	Egypt	EGY

Classification Round 5-8

Date	8 August 1984
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	08 Aug 11:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-4, 15-11, 6-15, 19-17	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	08 Aug 11:00	Argentina	ARG	9-15, 15-10, 15-10, 15-11	Japan	JPN

Semi-Finals

Date	8 August 1984
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	08 Aug 18:30	Brazil	BRA	12-15, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5	Italy	ITA
Match #2	08 Aug 18:30	United States	USA	15-6, 15-10, 15-7	Canada	CAN

Final Round

Date	8 – 11 August 1984
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	11 Aug 18:30	United States	USA	15-6, 15-6, 15-7	Brazil	BRA
Match 3/4	11 Aug 12:00	Italy	ITA	15-11, 15-12, 15-8	Canada	CAN
Match 5/6	10 Aug 20:30	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-13, 9-15, 15-9, 15-7	Argentina	ARG
Match 7/8	10 Aug 18:30	Japan	JPN	16-14, 15-9, 15-6	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match 9/10	08 Aug 13:00	Tunisia	TUN	15-13, 15-9, 5-15, 13-15, 15-5	Egypt	EGY