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Volleyball At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's tournament in volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the 2nd edition of the event at the Summer Olympics, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 13 to 26 October 1968. Qualification * Romania and Tunisia withdrew and were replaced by Belgium and Bulgaria respectively. Rosters Venues Round robin Final standing Medalists References External linksFinal Standing (1964–2000)
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Gimnasio Olímpico Juan De La Barrera
The Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, it hosted the volleyball competitions, and it is located next to the Olympic pool. It was the home of La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal of the LNBP from 2000 to 2007 and the professional basketball team Capitanes de Ciudad de México The Capitanes de Ciudad de México (English: ''Mexico City Captains'') are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Mexico City, Mexico. The Capitanes competed as a member club in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) for the ... from 2017 to 2020. The arena seats 5,242 people in two stand levels. For years, it has been the traditional home of professional basketball in Mexico City. References 1968 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 72, 74. Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball venues Indoor arenas in Mexico Sports venues in Mexico City Volleyball venues in M ...
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Tunis
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Viktor Mikhalchuk
Viktor Illich Mikhalchuk ( uk, Віктор Ілліч Михальчук, born 5 February 1946) is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Barnaul, Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci .... In 1968, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played eight matches. External links profile 1946 births Living people Ukrainian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Russian men's volleyball players Sportspeople from Barnaul Medalists at the ...
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Vasilijus Matuševas
Vasilijus Matuševas (18 October 1945 – 24 October 1989) was a Lithuanian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... He was born in Žagarinė, Ignalina district municipality. In 1968, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches. External links * 1945 births 1989 deaths People from Ignalina District Municipality Lithuanian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{Lithuania-v ...
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Oļegs Antropovs
Oļegs Pyotrovich Antropovs (5 November 1947 – 15 October 2023) was a Latvian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... Biography Antropovs was born in Noviy, Kazakh SSR on 5 November 1947. He played for Burevestnik Alma-Ata and Elektrotechnika Riga. In 1968, Antropovs was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches. In 1998, he was head coach of men's national team of Russia, which became the silver medalist in the FIVB Volleyball World League. After 1999, he worked for nine years in Japan with the club Jay-T (Hiroshima), repeatedly won medals of the national championship and the Emperor's Cup. Antropovs died on 15 October 2023 ...
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Ivans Bugajenkovs
Ivans Bugajenkovs (born 18 February 1938 in Kumylzhensky District, Volgograd Oblast) is a Latvian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Burlatskiy, Volgograd Oblast. Career In 1964, he was part of the Soviet team that won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches. Four years later, he won his second gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1968 Olympic tournament. He played eight matches. Bugajenkovs worked in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ... for over 16 years, as the general manager of all age groups of Iranian volleyball, from 1991 to 2007. References External links profile 1938 births Living people Russian men's vol ...
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Yevhen Lapinsky
Yevhen Valentinovich Lapinsky ( uk, Євген Валентинович Лапинський, 23 March 1942 – 29 September 1999), also known as Yevgeny Lapinsky, was a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played for Burevestnik Odessa. He was Jewish, and was born in the Krasnoye Zagorye, Voronezh, Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci .... In 1968, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches. Four years later, in 1972, he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team in the 1972 Olympic tournament. He played four matches. See also * List of select Jewish volleyball players References External lin ...
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Volodymyr Byelyayev
Volodymyr Ivanovich Byelyayev ( uk, Володимир Іванович Бєляєв, born 7 December 1944) is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Michurinsk, Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci .... In 1968, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played eight matches. External links * * 1944 births Living people People from Michurinsk Russian men's volleyball players Ukrainian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists ...
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Valeri Kravchenko
Valeri Ivanovich Kravchenko (russian: Валерий Иванович Кравченко, 2 February 1939 – 3 September 1996) is a Soviet former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Kabodiyen, Khatlon, Tajik SSR The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp .... He played for Burevestnik Alma-Ata. In 1968, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played eight matches. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team in the 1972 Olympic tournament. He played six matches. External links * *Biography of Valeri Kravchenko 1939 births 1996 deaths People from Khatlon Region Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volle ...
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Georgy Mondzolevski
Georgy Grigorevich Mondzolevski (russian: Георгий Григорьевич Мондзолевский, born January 26, 1934) is a Soviet former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. Career He is Jewish, and was born in Orsha Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College included Shary on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists.Eisen, George"Jewish Olympic Medalists" International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2011-02-02. He won the Soviet championship with Burevestnik Odessa in 1956 and with CSKA Moskva (1958, 1960–1963, 1965, and 1966). Also with CSKA Moskva, he twice won the European Champions’ League title (1960 and 1962). He played in all nine matches during the Soviet team's gold medal performances at the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics. He also won two World Championships with the Soviet team (1960 and 1962) and the European Championships title in 1967. After his volleyball ...
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Yuriy Poyarkov
Yuriy Mikhaylovich Poyarkov ( uk, Юрій Михайлович Поярков; 10 February 1937, in Kharkiv – 10 February 2017, in Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... Career In 1964, Poyarkov was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played eight matches. Four years later, Poyarkov won his second gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1968 Olympic Games tournament. He played all nine matches. At the 1972 Olympic Games, Poyarkov was a member of the Soviet team that won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches. Poyarkov died on ...
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Eduard Sibiryakov
Eduard Fyodorovich Sibiryakov (russian: Эдуард Фёдорович Сибиряков; 27 November 1941 – 14 January 2004) was a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Chelyabinsk and died in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million .... In 1964, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches. Four years later, in 1968, he won his second gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1968 Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches. External links * 1941 births 2004 deaths Russian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Vol ...
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