Men Volleyball XIX Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City, Mexico 13th to 26th October

Men Volleyball XIX Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City, Mexico 13th to 26th October - Gold Medal: Soviet Union 2nd

	Eound Robin	pt	won	lst	sets	points	m
1.	Soviet Union	17	8(1)	1(1)	26:8^3.25	464/326^1.423	9
2.	Japan	16	7	2(1)	24:6^4.00	430/258^1.667	9
3.	Czechoslovakia	16	7(4)	2	22:15^1.47	454/417^1.089	9
4.	East Germany	15	6(1)	3(2)	22:12^1.83	449/374^1.201	9
5.	Poland	15	6	3	18:11^1.64	371/281^1.320	9
6.	Bulgaria	13	4(1)	5(2)	16:17^0.94	379/385^0.984	9
7.	United States	13	4(1)	5(1)	15:18^0.83	383/414^0.925	9
8.	Belgium	11	2(1)	7	6:24^0.25	239/407^0.587	9
9.	Brazil	10	1	8(1)	8:25^0.32	343/453^0.757	9
10.	Mexico	9	0	9(1)	6:27^0.22	263/460^0.572	9

Qualification

Teams Composition

Table	Sovi	Japa	Czec	East	Pola	Bulg	Unit	Belg	Braz	Mexi
Soviet Union	----	3:1^49-50	3:0^45-19	3:2^67-55	3:0^45-29	3:0^45-29		3:0^45-10	3:1^56-35	3:1^56-33
Japan		----		3:0^45-27	3:0^45-30	3:0^45-18	3:0^45-24	3:0^45-14	3:0^45-31	3:0^45-15
Czechoslovakia		3:2^50-65	----	3:2^74-65		3:2^59-53	3:1^55-29	3:0^45-16	3:2^71-61	3:0^45-26
East Germany				----	3:0^45-23	3:2^63-58	3:0^45-30	3:0^45-15	3:1^59-48	3:0^45-14
Poland			3:1^57-36		----	3:0^45-18	3:0^45-18	3:0^45-19	3:0^45-23	3:1^52-32
Bulgaria						----	3:2^65-66	3:0^45-16	3:0^48-27	3:0^45-19
United States	3:2^66-56						----	3:0^46-28	3:0^45-29	3:1^59-46
Belgium								----	3:1^55-42	3:2^66-49
Brazil									----	3:1^47-29
Mexico										----

date	team 1	score	team 2	points	set 1	set 2	set 3	set 4	set 5	dur
Round 1
Sun 13.10.68^10:00	Japan	3-0	Poland	45-30	15-9	15-11	15-10			1:30
Sun 13.10.68^10:00	Belgium	3-1	Brazil	55-42	15-7	16-14	9-15	15-6		1:30
Sun 13.10.68^17:00	Bulgaria	3-0	Mexico	45-19	15-9	15-4	15-6			1:02
Sun 13.10.68^17:00	United States	3-2	Soviet Union	66-56	11-15	15-10	10-15	15-10	15-6	1:52
Sun 13.10.68^19:00	Czechoslovakia	3-2	East Germany	74-65	15-12	15-17	14-16	15-11	15-9	2:36
Round 2
Wed 16.10.68^10:00	Bulgaria	3-0	Belgium	45-16	15-10	15-1	15-5			0:55
Wed 16.10.68^12:00	Czechoslovakia	3-1	United States	55-29	15-0	10-15	15-7	15-7		1:20
Wed 16.10.68^17:00	Poland	3-1	Mexico	52-32	15-10	7-15	15-4	15-3		1:35
Wed 16.10.68^17:00	Soviet Union	3-1	Brazil	56-35	11-15	15-2	15-9	15-9		1:39
Wed 16.10.68^19:00	Japan	3-0	East Germany	45-27	15-6	15-8	15-13			1:26
Round 3
Thu 17.10.68^10:00	East Germany	3-0	Mexico	45-14	15-3	15-5	15-6			1:03
Thu 17.10.68^10:00	Soviet Union	3-0	Bulgaria	45-29	15-10	15-9	15-10			1:20
Thu 17.10.68^12:00	Poland	3-0	Belgium	45-19	15-6	15-5	15-8			1:11
Thu 17.10.68^17:00	United States	3-0	Brazil	45-29	15-12	15-7	15-10			0:50
Thu 17.10.68^19:00	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Japan	50-65	2-15	3-15	15-12	15-12	15-11	2:19
Round 4
Sat 19.10.68^10:00	Japan	3-0	Mexico	45-15	15-1	15-3	15-11			0:55
Sat 19.10.68^10:00	Bulgaria	3-2	United States	65-66	10-15	17-15	7-15	15-7	16-14	1:49
Sat 19.10.68^12:00	Soviet Union	3-0	Poland	45-29	15-9	15-10	15-10			1:27
Sat 19.10.68^17:00	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Brazil	71-61	15-12	15-10	13-15	13-15	15-9	2:25
Sat 19.10.68^19:00	East Germany	3-0	Belgium	45-15	15-1	15-7	15-7			0:53
Round 5
Sun 20.10.68^12:00	Japan	3-0	Belgium	45-14	15-5	15-5	15-4			0:52
Sun 20.10.68^12:00	Bulgaria	3-0	Brazil	48-27	15-8	18-16	15-3			1:22
Sun 20.10.68^17:00	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Mexico	45-26	15-10	15-8	15-8			2:16
Sun 20.10.68^17:00	Poland	3-0	United States	45-18	15-5	15-5	15-8			0:49
Sun 20.10.68^19:00	Soviet Union	3-2	East Germany	67-55	10-15	15-9	15-11	12-15	15-5	2:34
Round 6
Mon 21.10.68^10:00	Czechoslovakia	3-2	Bulgaria	59-53	15-7	10-15	15-9	4-15	15-7	1:47
Mon 21.10.68^12:00	Belgium	3-2	Mexico	66-49	15-11	5-15	13-15	18-16	15-2	2:16
Mon 21.10.68^12:00	East Germany	3-0	United States	45-30	15-8	15-12	15-10			1:43
Mon 21.10.68^17:00	Poland	3-0	Brazil	45-23	15-12	15-4	15-7			1:10
Mon 21.10.68^19:00	Soviet Union	3-1	Japan	49-50	4-15	15-13	15-9	15-13		2:04
Round 7
Wed 23.10.68^10:00	Poland	3-0	Bulgaria	45-18	15-3	15-5	15-10			1:03
Wed 23.10.68^10:00	Soviet Union	3-1	Mexico	56-33	15-5	15-8	11-15	15-5		1:15
Wed 23.10.68^12:00	Japan	3-0	United States	45-24	15-5	15-8	15-11			1:14
Wed 23.10.68^12:00	East Germany	3-1	Brazil	59-48	15-13	15-7	14-16	15-12		1:51
Wed 23.10.68^19:00	Czechoslovakia	3-0	Belgium	45-16	15-0	15-4	15-12			0:56
Round 8
Thu 24.10.68^10:00	Japan	3-0	Brazil	45-31	15-8	15-11	15-12			1:00
Thu 24.10.68^10:00	East Germany	3-2	Bulgaria	63-58	15-11	8-15	15-10	10-15	15-7	1:58
Thu 24.10.68^12:00	United States	3-1	Mexico	59-46	14-16	15-10	15-9	15-11		1:56
Thu 24.10.68^17:00	Poland	3-1	Czechoslovakia	57-36	15-5	15-3	12-15	15-13		1:26
Thu 24.10.68^19:00	Soviet Union	3-0	Belgium	45-10	15-2	15-3	15-5			0:44
Round 9
Fri 25.10.68^10:00	Japan	3-0	Bulgaria	45-18	15-7	15-6	15-5			0:59
Fri 25.10.68^12:00	United States	3-0	Belgium	46-28	15-4	16-14	15-10			1:08
Fri 25.10.68^17:00	Brazil	3-1	Mexico	47-29	14-16	15-6	17-15	15-8		1:39
Fri 25.10.68^19:00	East Germany	3-0	Poland	45-23	15-11	15-6	15-6			1:06
Fri 25.10.68^20:00	Soviet Union	3-0	Czechoslovakia	45-19	15-7	15-4	15-8			0:57

Qualification
Mexico	Host
Soviet Union	Men 1964	1st
Czechoslovakia	World Men 1966	1st
Romania	World Men 1966	2nd
East Germany	World Men 1967	4th
Poland	Europe Men 1967	3rd
Japan	Asia/Men Q 1967	1st
United States	America Men PG 1967	1st
Brazil	America Men PG 1967	2nd
Tunisia	Africa Men 1967	1st

Tunisia withdrew in the spring of 1968

Romania withdrew in the last moment.

team	replaced	from	pl
Bulgaria	Tunisia	World Men 1966	7th
Belgium	Romania	invitation

Tunisia announced on 04.02 that will not compete in the Olympic Games.

Teams Composition

1. Soviet Union

Eduard Sibiryakov

Yury Poyarkov

Georgy Mondzolevsky

Valery Kravchenko

Vladimir Belyayev

Yevgeny Lapinsky

Ivans Bugajenkovs

Antropovs Oļegs

Vasilijus Matuševas

Viktor Mikhalchuk

Boris Tereshchuk

Vladimir Ivanov

2. Japan

Masayuki Minami

Katsutoshi Nekoda

Mamoru Shiragami

Isao Koizumi

Kenji Kimura

Yasuaki Mitsumori

Jungo Morita

Tadayoshi Yokota

Seiji Oko

Tetsuo Sato

Kenji Shimaoka

3. Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Golián

Antonín Procházka

Petr Kop

Jiří Svoboda

Josef Musil

Lubomír Zajíček

Josef Smolka

Vladimír Petlák

František Sokol

Zdeněk Groessl

Pavel Schenk

Drahomír Koudelka

4. East Germany

Arnold Schulz

Eckehard Pietzsch

Eckhard Tielscher

Horst Peter

Freiwald Jürgen

Kessel Jürgen

Manfred Heine

Rainer Tscharke

Rudi Schumann

Siegfried Schneider

Walter Toussaint

Wolfgang Webner

5. Poland

1. Stanisław Zduńczyk

2. Aleksander Skiba

3. Jerzy Szymczyk

4. Edward Skorek

5. Zbigniew Jasiukiewicz

6. Tadeusz Siwek

7. Zdzisław Ambroziak

8. Stanisław Gościniak

9. Romuald Paszkiewicz

10.Hubert Jerzy Wagner

11.Wojciech Rutkowski

12.Zbigniew Zarzycki

Coach: Tadeusz Szlagor

6. Bulgaria

Aleksandar Hristov Aleksandrov

Aleksandar Petrov Trenev

Angel Borisov Koritarov

Dimitar Lukov Karov

Dimitar Ivanov Zlatanov

Dinyo Atanasov Stefanov

Gramen Georgiev Prinov

Kiril Nikolov Slavov

Milyo Georgiev Milev

Petar Stoykov Krachmarov

Stoyan Stoev Stoyanov

Zdravko Ivanov Simeonov

7. United States

John Alstrom

Mike Bright

Winthrop Davenport

Horace Duke

Tom Haine

John Henn

Robert May

Daniel Patterson

Larry Rundle

Jon Stanley

Rudy Suwara

Pedro Velasco, Jr.

Women's Volleyball

8. Belgium

Benno Saelens

Bernard Vaillant

Berto Poosen

Fernand Walder

Hugo Huybrechts

Jozef Mol

Leo Dierckx

Paul Mestdagh

Roger Maes

Roger Vandergoten

Ronald Vandewal

Willem Bossaerts

9. Brazil

Antônio Carlos Moreno

Feitosa

Décio de Azevedo

Gerson Schuck

João Jens

Jorge Souza

José da Costa

Marco Antônio Volpi

Dunlop Mário

Paulo Peterle

Pinheiro Sérgio

Victor Borges

10.Mexico

Antonio Barbet

Carlos Aguirre

Carlos Barron

Osuna César

Eduardo Jiménez

Eduardo Sixtos

Francisco González

Jesús Loya

Joël Calva

Juan Manuel Duran

Leopoldo Reyna

Luis Martell

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