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The inaugural Women's Volleyball Tournament in the Summer Olympic Games was held during Olympic Games of Tokyo, from October 11 to October 23, 1964. Japan won the gold medal, with the Soviet Union and Poland taking silver and bronze, respectively.
The 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time that volleyball had been held as an Olympic sport. The sport would feature two medals during this games with the men's and women's indoor teams events. In both tournaments, the format was the same with a single round robin between all of the teams that was competing in the tournament. [1]
[5] [6] The People's Republic of China won the gold medal in the women's competition in Los Angeles, their first time participating in an Olympic volleyball competition. [7] The United States successfully defended their men's gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and Peru won their only medal in volleyball, a silver in the women's ...
Athletes from the Soviet Union won the most medals overall, with 96, while the United States won the most gold medals, with 36. [17] The Bahamas won their first gold medal ever, doing so in the star class sailing event, [18] while athletes from Kenya, [19] Nigeria, [20] and Tunisia won their nations' first Olympic medals of any kind. [21]
U.S. women’s volleyball qualified for each of the first two Olympic competitions, in 1964 and 1968. They won a grand total of one match at those Games, then failed to qualify in ‘72 and ‘76.
Gold Silver Bronze 1964: Finn details Germany (EUA) Wilhelm Kuhweide United States (USA) Peter Barrett Denmark (DEN) Henning Wind: 1964: Flying Dutchman details New Zealand (NZL) Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells Great Britain (GBR) Keith Musto Tony Morgan United States (USA) Harry Melges William Bentsen: 1964: Star details Bahamas (BAH) Durward Knowles
Masae Kasai (河西 昌枝 Kasai Masae, 14 July 1933 – 3 October 2013) was a volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team, Oriental Witches, [1] that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Volleyball has been part of the Summer Olympics program for both men and women consistently since 1964.. Brazil, France, the United States and the former Soviet Union are the only teams to win multiple gold medals at the men's tournament since its introduction.