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. The United States beat the Soviet Union in the final in the men's tournament, but was beaten in the women's competition.

Format

In the men's tournament, 31 participants were divided into 7 groups of four teams and one group of three. They played a single round-robin match and the winners advanced to the second round and the others to the classification round. In the second round, two groups of four teams played round-robin matches and the top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-final. In the classification round, five groups of four teams and one group of three played round-robin matches and then advanced to the placement sem-finals and finals.

Men's competition

First round

* Group A * Group B * Group C * Group D * Group E

Second round

* Group A (1st - 8th) * Group B (9th - 16th) * Group C (17th - 24th) * Group D (25th - 31st) : Group 1 (1st - 8th) : Group 2 (9th - 16th) : Group 3 (17th - 24th) : Group 1 (1st - 8th) : Group 2 (9th - 16th) : Group 3 (17th - 24th) Group 1 (1st - 8th) : Group 2 (9th - 16th) : Group 3 (17th - 24th)

Classification round

Semi-finals

Group A

* 1st - 4th * 5th - 8th

Group B

* 9th - 12th * 13th - 16th

Group C

* 17th - 20th * 21st - 24th

Group D

* 25th - 28th * 29th -

Finals

: Gold medal match : Third-place match : Fifth-place match * 7th place match * 9th place match * 11th place match * 13th place match * 15th place match * 17th place match * 19th place match * 21st place match * 23rd place match * 25th place match * 27th place match

Final standings

Women's competition

Preliminary round

* Group A * Group B * Group C * Group D

Second round

* semifinals

Semifinals

Group A

* 1st - 4th * 5th - 8th

Group B

* 9th - 12th * 13th - 16th

Finals

* Gold medal match * Bronze medal match * 5th place match * 7th place match * 9th place match * 11th place match * 13th place match * 15th place match

Final standings

References

New York Times (Scores for the final and 3rd place matches)

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