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Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at Summer Olympics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 were competing in the tournament.[1]
In the men's competition, the Soviet Union took out the gold medal as they won eight out of their nine games with the only loss being in Japan who came third. Finishing behind only on sets difference was Czechoslovakia who had only their single loss against the Soviet Union. In the women's competition, Japan won all five of their games to take the gold medal ahead of the Soviet Union and Poland who claimed silver and bronze respectively.[1]
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1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
Sata Isobe spiking ball against Soviet Union National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
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