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Volleyball, Women

Date	30 July – 7 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Sports Arena, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California
Participants	90 from 8 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

In most years, the Eastern European boycott would have decimated the women’s volleyball tournament. But the best two teams in the world in 1984 were China and the United States. The four top teams from the 1982 World Championships – China, Peru, United States, and Japan – were all present in Los Angeles. China had won the 1982 World Championships, with the United States third. The qualifying selection was as follows: host nation (United States), defending Olympic Champion (USSR), 1982 World Champion (China), European Champion (GDR [East Germany]), South American Champion (Brazil), Asian Champion (Japan), and North American Champion (Cuba). An African team was invited but there was no interest. The USSR, East Germany and Cuba boycotted the 1984 Olympics, and were replaced by the FRG (West Germany), Korea (South), and Canada. Peru was allotted a spot in the tournament when no African team elected to compete.

The leading four teams made it to the semi-finals. In pool play, the US had defeated China in four sets. Both teams won their semis in straight sets, over Peru and Japan respectively, and met again in the final. China got revenge on the earlier match, winning quite easily in three sets, 16-14, 15-3, 15-9. The US was led by Flo Hyman, the very tall (1.95 [6-5]) front spiker. Only 17 months after the Los Angeles Olympics, Hyman died while playing professional volleyball in Japan, the victim of a dissecting aortic aneurysm. Hyman had Marfan’s Syndrome (as did Abraham Lincoln), which manifests itself in very tall, thin individuals, but also can make them prone to weakness of the walls of the major arteries.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	5	4	1	9	13-3	4.333	235-148	1.588	Gold
	1	Lang Ping		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Liang Yan		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Zhu Ling		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Hou Yuzhu		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Yang Xilan		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Jiang Ying		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Li Yanjun		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Yang Xiaojun		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Zheng Meizhu		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Zhang Rongfang		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Su Huijuan DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Zhou Xiaolan DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Yuan Weimin
2	–	United States	USA	5	4	1	9	12-6	2.000	239-218	1.096	Silver
	1	Paula Weishoff		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Sue Woodstra		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Rita Crockett		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Laurie Flachmeier		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Carolyn Becker		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Flo Hyman		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Rose Magers		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Julie Vollertsen		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Debbie Green		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Kim Ruddins		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Jeanne Beauprey		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	14	Linda Chisholm		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Arie Selinger
3	–	Japan	JPN	5	4	1	9	12-5	2.400	222-154	1.442	Bronze
	1	Yumi Egami-Maruyama		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Kimie Morita		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Yuko Mitsuya		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Miyoko Hirose		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Kyoko Ishida		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Yoko Kagabu		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Norie Hiro		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Kayoko Sugiyama		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Sachiko Otani		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Keiko Miyajima		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Emiko Odaka		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Kumi Nakada		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Shigeo Yamada
4	–	Peru	PER	5	2	3	7	7-11	0.636	192-229	0.838
	1	Carmen Pimentel		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Rosa García		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Sonia Heredia		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Gaby Pérez		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	María Cecilia del Risco		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Cecilia Tait		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Luisa Cervera		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Denisse Fajardo		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Miriam Gallardo		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Gina Torrealva		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Natalia Málaga		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Ana Rosa Chaparro DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Park Man-Bok
5	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	5	3	2	8	12-7	1.714	240-194	1.237
	1	Lee Eun-Gyeong		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Lee Un-Im		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Lee Yeong-Seon		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Kim Jeong-Sun		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Han Gyeong-Ae		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Lee Myeong-Hui		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Kim Ok-Sun		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Park Mi-Hui		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Im Hye-Suk		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Yun Jeong-Hye		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Jea Sook-Ja DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Jin Chun-Mae DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Lee Chang-Ho
6	–	West Germany	FRG	5	2	3	7	6-9	0.667	160-184	0.870
	1	Ruth Holzhausen		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Gudrun Witte		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Beate Bühler		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Regina Vossen		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Sigrid Terstegge		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Andrea Sauvigny		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Renate Riek		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Marina Staden		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Almut Kemperdick		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Terry Place-Brandel		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	14	Ute Hankers		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Birgitta Rühmer DNS		–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Ryszard Niemczyk
7	–	Brazil	BRA	5	1	4	6	6-12	0.500	212-236	0.898
	4	Vera Mossa		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Fernanda Emerick		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Mônica da Silva		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Isabel		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Heloísa Roese		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Regina Uchôa		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Jackie Silva		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Ana Richa		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Sandra		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	13	Lica		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	14	Luiza Machado		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	15	Ida		2	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Ênio Figueiredo
8	–	Canada	CAN	5	0	5	5	0-15	0.000	88-225	0.391
	1	Diane Ratnik		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	2	Suzi Smith		4	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	3	Tracy Mills		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	4	Joyce Gamborg		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	5	Audrey Vandervelden		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	6	Monica Hitchcock		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	7	Karen Fraser		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	8	Rachel Beliveau		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	9	Lise Martin		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	10	Caroline Côté		5	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	11	Barb Broen-Ouelette		1	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
	12	Josée Lebel		3	–	–	–	–-–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Lorne Sawula

Preliminary Round

Date	30 July – 3 August 1984

Group A

Date	30 July – 3 August 1984
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	United States	USA	3	0	6	9-3	3.000	167-139	1.201
2	People's Republic of China	CHN	2	1	5	7-3	2.333	144-101	1.426
3	West Germany	FRG	1	2	4	3-6	0.500	93-126	0.738
4	Brazil	BRA	0	3	3	2-9	0.222	120-158	0.759

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul 10:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	15-13, 15-10, 15-11	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	30 Jul 18:30	United States	USA	17-15, 15-8, 15-10	West Germany	FRG
Match #3	01 Aug 10:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	15-5, 15-6, 15-3	West Germany	FRG
Match #4	01 Aug 18:30	United States	USA	12-15, 10-15, 15-5, 15-5, 15-12	Brazil	BRA
Match #5	03 Aug 10:00	West Germany	FRG	15-9, 16-14, 15-11	Brazil	BRA
Match #6	03 Aug 18:30	United States	USA	15-13, 7-15, 16-14, 15-12	People's Republic of China	CHN

Group B

Date	30 July – 3 August 1984
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Sets	Set Ratio	Points	Points Ratio
1	Japan	JPN	3	0	6	9-1	9.000	143-73	1.959
2	Peru	PER	2	1	5	6-5	1.200	123-125	0.984
3	Republic of Korea	KOR	1	2	4	6-6	1.000	137-125	1.096
4	Canada	CAN	0	3	3	0-9	0.000	55-135	0.407

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul 10:00	Peru	PER	15-9, 15-10, 15-4	Canada	CAN
Match #2	30 Jul 18:30	Japan	JPN	8-15, 15-11, 15-2, 15-7	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #3	01 Aug 10:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-10, 15-1, 15-3	Canada	CAN
Match #4	01 Aug 18:30	Japan	JPN	15-8, 15-7, 15-5	Peru	PER
Match #5	03 Aug 10:00	Peru	PER	15-8, 15-6, 7-15, 6-15, 15-13	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #6	03 Aug 18:30	Japan	JPN	15-6, 15-6, 15-6	Canada	CAN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	5 August 1984
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug 10:00	West Germany	FRG	15-5, 15-7, 15-1	Canada	CAN
Match #2	05 Aug 10:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	13-15, 15-13, 15-9, 15-10	Brazil	BRA

Semi-Finals

Date	5 August 1984
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug 16:30	United States	USA	16-14, 15-9, 15-10	Peru	PER
Match #2	05 Aug 18:30	People's Republic of China	CHN	15-10, 15-7, 15-4	Japan	JPN

Final Round

Date	7 August 1984
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	07 Aug 20:00	People's Republic of China	CHN	16-14, 15-3, 15-9	United States	USA
Match 3/4	07 Aug 16:00	Japan	JPN	13-15, 15-4, 15-7, 15-10	Peru	PER
Match 5/6	07 Aug 12:00	Republic of Korea	KOR	15-10, 15-10, 15-2	West Germany	FRG
Match 7/8	07 Aug 10:00	Brazil	BRA	15-9, 15-3, 15-8	Canada	CAN