Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
This page presents the results of men's and women's volleyball tournaments during the Los Angeles Olympics in the summer of 1984. The competition was held in the Long Beach Arena, which had a capacity of 12,033.[1]
Volleyball at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Long Beach Arena |
Dates | July 29 – August 11, 1984 |
No. of events | 2 |
Competitors | 216 (120 men, 96 women) from 12 nations |
Schedule
P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Event↓/Date → | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 31st Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | 5th Sun | 6th Mon | 7th Tue | 8th Wed | 9th Thu | 10th Fri | 11th Sat |
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Men | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | F | |||||||
Women | P | P | P | ½ | F |
Events
Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
- Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams, 120 athletes)
- Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams, 96 athletes)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's indoor |
![]() Douglas Dvorak Dave Saunders Steven Salmons Paul Sunderland Rich Duwelius Steve Timmons Craig Buck Marc Waldie Chris Marlowe (c) Aldis Berzins Patrick Powers Karch Kiraly Head coach: Doug Beal |
![]() Amauri Ribeiro Antônio Carlos Gueiros Ribeiro Bernard Rajzman Bernardo Rocha de Rezende Domingos Lampariello Neto Fernando Roscio de Ávila Marcus Vinícius Simões Freire José Montanaro Junior Renan Dal Zotto Rui Campos do Nascimento William Carvalho da Silva Xandó Head coach: Bebeto de Freitas |
![]() Franco Bertoli Francesco Dall'Olio Giancarlo Dametto Guido De Luigi Giovanni Errichiello Giovanni Lanfranco Andrea Lucchetta Pier Paolo Lucchetta Marco Negri Piero Rebaudengo Paolo Vecchi Fabio Vullo Head coach: Silvano Prandi |
Women's indoor |
![]() Lang Ping Liang Yan Zhu Ling Hou Yuzhu Yang Xilan Jiang Ying Li Yanjun Yang Xiaojun Zheng Meizhu Zhang Rongfang (c) Su Huijuan Zhou Xiaolan Head coach: Yuan Weimin |
![]() Paula Weishoff Sue Woodstra (c) Rita Crockett Laurie Flachmeier Carolyn Becker Flo Hyman Rose Magers Julie Vollertsen Debbie Green-Vargas Kimberly Ruddins Jeanne Beauprey Linda Chisholm Head coach: Arie Selinger |
![]() Yumi Egami Kimie Morita Yuko Mitsuya Miyoko Hirose Kyoko Ishida Yoko Kagabu Norie Hiro Kayoko Sugiyama Sachiko Otani Keiko Miyajima Emiko Odaka Kumi Nakada Head coach: Shigeo Yamada |
Highlights
- The United States won their first men's title. Brazil took second. It was Karch Kiraly's first Olympic Gold medal.
- China won the women's title. The United States took second. It was the Iron Hammer Lang Ping's first Olympic Gold medal.
- The China National Women's Volleyball National Team completed the three-peat (winners in the World Cup 1981, World Volleyball Championships 1982, and Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984).
See also
- Volleyball at the Friendship Games
References
- "Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Games". Olympedia. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
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