Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
| Women's volleyball at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Montréal Forum, Paul Sauvé Arena | |||||||||
| Date | 19–30 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | from 8 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The 1976 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 4th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Montréal, Québec, Canada from July 19 to 30, 1976.[1]
This is the second time the Japanese Women's National Volleyball Team won in the Olympics. The team was coached by Shigeo Yamada.[1]
Qualification
| Volleyball Women | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 |  Canada |
| Munich Olympic Games | 1 |  Soviet Union |
| 1974 World Championship | 1 |  Japan |
| 1975 Asian Championsnip | 1 |  South Korea* |
| 1975 NORCECA Championship | 1 |  Cuba |
| 1975 South American Championship | 1 |  Peru |
| 1975 European Championship | 1 |  Hungary* |
| Special Tournament | 1 |  East Germany** |
| Total | 8 |
* South Korea and Hungary qualified as next best team as Japan and Soviet Union are already qualified.
** East Germany qualified after a special tournament held in Heidelberg, Germany.
Pools Composition
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
Venues
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | P | W | L | SF | SA | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 135 | 43 | 6 |
| Hungary |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 120 | 132 | 5 |
| Peru |
3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 124 | 154 | 4 |
| Canada |
3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 113 | 163 | 3 |
Group B
| Team | P | W | L | SF | SA | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 186 | 137 | 6 |
| South Korea |
3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 179 | 171 | 5 |
| Cuba |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 150 | 168 | 4 |
| East Germany |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 144 | 183 | 3 |
Brackets
Championship bracket
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||
| July 29 | |||||||
| Soviet Union |
3 | ||||||
| Hungary |
0 | ||||||
| July 30 | |||||||
| Japan |
3 | ||||||
| Soviet Union |
0 | ||||||
| Bronze medal match | |||||||
| July 29 | July 30 | ||||||
| Japan |
3 | South Korea |
3 | ||||
| South Korea |
0 | Hungary |
1 | ||||
5th–8th places bracket
| 5th–8th places | 5th place | ||||||
| July 26 | |||||||
| Cuba |
3 | ||||||
| Canada |
2 | ||||||
| July 27 | |||||||
| Cuba |
3 | ||||||
| East Germany |
0 | ||||||
| 7th place | |||||||
| July 26 | July 27 | ||||||
| East Germany |
3 | Peru |
3 | ||||
| Peru |
2 | Canada |
1 | ||||
Classification round
5th-8th places
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul | Cuba |
3–2 | Canada |
– | – | – | – | ||
| 26 Jul | East Germany |
3–2 | Peru |
– | – | – | – |
Semi-finals
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul | Soviet Union |
3–0 | Hungary |
– | – | – | – | ||
| 29 Jul | Japan |
3–0 | South Korea |
– | – | – | – |
Finals
7th place
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul | Peru |
3–1 | Canada |
– | – | – | – |
5th place
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul | Cuba |
3–0 | East Germany |
– | – | – | – |
Bronze medal match
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jul | South Korea |
3–1 | Hungary |
– | – | – | – |
Gold medal match
| Date | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jul | Japan |
3–0 | Soviet Union |
15–7 | 15–8 | 15–2 | 45–17 |
Final standing
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Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
.svg.png){kind=small} Japan (JPN)[2] Shoko Takayanagi Juri Yokoyama Mariko Yoshida Hiromi Yano Takako Shirai Mariko Okamoto Echiko Maeda Noriko Matsuda Yuko Arakida Kiyomi Kato Katsuko Kanesaka Takako Iida |
.svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Chernysova Larisa Bergen Olga Kozakova Natalya Kushnir Nina Muradyan Liliya Osadchaya Nina Smoleyeva Lyudmila Shchetinina Inna Ryskal Anna Rostova Lyubov Rudovskaya Zoya Yusova |
.svg.png){kind=small} South Korea (KOR) Yu Jung-Hye Yu Kyung-Hwa Jung Soon-Ok Yoon Young-Nae Park Mi-Kum Ma Kum-Ja Lee Soon-Ok Lee Soon-Bok Baik Myung-Sun Jo Hea-Jung Byon Kyung-Ja Chang Hee-Sook |
References
- 1 2 "Volleyball at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Women's Volleyball". http://www.sports-reference.com/. SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS. Retrieved 25 August 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "1976 Summer Olympics". http://www.databaseolympics.com/. Retrieved 25 August 2014. External link in
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External links
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